In the cinema, on television and theatrical stage. Roger Allam: biography and short filmography

Roger Allam is a famous British actor,The owner of two awards Lawrence Olivier, represented by the Society of the London Theater. On his account at least 30 roles in theatrical productions. But in the article we pay attention to the way he did in the cinema and on television.

Biography

Allam was born in 1953 in the eastern partLondon. His father at that time was a vicar in the English church of St Mary Woolnoth. Their education future actor received the first boarding school Christ`s Hospital, and then to the University of Manchester.

Career actor Roger Allam began with theatricalrepresentations. In 1983, he happened to play a friend of Romeo, Mercutio, in the production of Romeo and Juliet, staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was Inspector Javer in the musical Les Miserables, based on the famous novel by Victor Hugo. He also appeared in the image of Hitler on the stage of the Royal National Theater.

In 2001, he received the award forplayed the role of Captain Terry Denis in the production of Privates on Parade, shown in the theater Donmar Warehouse. And in 2002 at the Harold Pinter Theater, together with Gillian Anderson played in the romantic comedy of Michael Weller What the night is for.

Outside the stage

But the roles in theatrical productions are notthe only thing that can boast of Roger Allam. Films began to appear around 1989. Then the actor received a supporting role in the British comedy of Peter Shashdi Ending up. A year later he played another secondary character in the Michael Tochner crime comedy Wilt (1990). And only after that he waited one of the main roles in Michael Beckham's television drama "Investigation: The Inside of the Terrorist Attack" (1990).

After a series of episodic roles in the seriesRoger Allam got a good role in the adventure drama "Island of Hope" (2002). Almost at the same time, he took part in the filming of the mini-series "The Jury" (2002) and the comedy series "Bes in the Rib" (2002-2003). Then the actor in 2005 received a small role in the biographical drama of Stephen Frears "The Queen". A year later, he played the commandant of the concentration camp of Lewis Protero in the political thriller "V - means vendetta" (2006) about a group of activists who are tired of tolerating the dictatorship of the local government. Probably, this is one of the best films in the actor's film career.

The tempo is dialed

Since 2008, several more projects havewhich starred Roger Allam. The list of films of the actor was replenished with the television biopic drama "The Curse of Steptoe", in which the actor played the most important character, English journalist and TV host Tom Sloan. Then came the self-absorbed sports action film "Speedy Racer" (2008). And after Mr. Allam got another major role in James Kent's television drama "Margaret Thatcher" (2009).

In 2010, the actor again played the main characterin the comedy "Irresistible Tamara", based on the same comic strip by Rosemary Elizabeth Simmonds. A year later received a small role in the biographical drama "Iron Lady" (2011), the plot of which is based on the career and life of the politician and British Prime Minister of the 20th century, Margaret Thatcher.

A couple of years passed, and Roger Allam receivedthe offer to play Mr. Bentley, a senior partner of a law firm, in a thriller on James Watkins' supernatural theme "Woman in Black." He also took part in the filming of two mini-series: "The End of the Parade" (2012) and "The Husband of the Woman-Politician" (2013) with David Tennant and Emily Watson in the lead roles.

A little bit more

In 2013, released a forty-part animated series TimFerenbach and Tim O'Sullivan "Sarah and the Duck," where the actor acted as a narrator. A year later, Roger Allam received the main role in Jeremy Herrin's comedy staging The Tempest (2014). And in 2015 he played in the detective drama of Bill Condon "Mr. Holmes" about the famous detective, who has long retired.

Over the past two years, the actor starred in three moreprojects. This is the British comedy Nicholas Heitner "Lady in the van" (2015) about a homeless old woman who lived for 15 years in a yellow broken van parked under the windows of British playwright Alan Bennett. Also, the actor played the role of Henry Stanfield, the police commissioner, who undertook to investigate the complicated case of the disappearance of the fifteen-year-old Connor Rocher. And in 2016 he received a supporting role in John Jenks' comedy film The Hippo (2016), based on the same comic novel by Stephen Fry.

This is almost all the films in which it was shotRoger Allam. The complete filmography, of course, includes a little more projects, but there he got very small roles. Information about future films with the participation of the actor yet. But he does not sit idle, as evidenced recently staged at the Donmar Warehouse Theater play "Limehouse" (2017).