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| Born | 1968 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England |
Adrian Philip Scarborough (born 1968) is an English character actor and won an Olivier award for best actor in a supporting role in 2011.
Scarborough was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, winning the Chesterton Award for Best Actor.
In 1993, he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award and won the Manchester Evening News Award for his performance in The Comedy of Errors at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; making his big screen debut the following year in The Madness of King George. He makes frequent stage appearances at the Donmar, the Almeida, and in the West End. He has appeared in twenty productions for the Royal National Theatre. In March 2011 he won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a revival of the play After the Dance by Terence Rattigan.[1]
On screen, films include, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Vera Drake, Notes on a Scandal, The History Boys, Gosford Park, and The King's Speech.
An early role on television was J.G. Quiggin in the 1997 adaptation of A Dance to the Music of Time. His other appearances on television have included productions such as the French and Saunders series Let Them Eat Cake, the BBC's The Cranford Chronicles, Into the Storm and Psychoville. Scarborough is best known for his cameo appearances with Julia Davis in Gavin & Stacey. He also appears as Charlie in the BBC comedy series Miranda. He plays Mr. Pritchard the butler in the new series of Upstairs, Downstairs. He has also appeared in two episodes of Midsomer Murders, playing separate characters in series 5 and series 10.[2] Scarborough lives in Hertfordshire and is married with a son and a daughter.
On 19th June 2011, Scarborough took part in The Barn Theatre presents... with Elliot Brown at the the Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Olivier Awards 2011: The winners, BBC News.
- ^ "Adrian Scarborough - IMDb". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769083/.
- ^ [1] The Barn Theatre presents...
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