Greg Hicks
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Greg Hicks (b. 27 May 1953 in Leicester) is an English actor. He completed theatrical training at Rose Bruford College[1][when?] and has been a member of The Royal Shakespeare Company since 1976. He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award[2] in the category "Best Actor of 2003" for his performance in Coriolanus at the Old Vic and was awarded the 2003 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards (Drama) for Best Shakespearian Performance in the same role.[3]
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[edit] Personal life
Greg Hicks practises the Brazilian hybrid of martial arts and dance capoeira[4] and the Japanese dance form butoh.[5]
[edit] Selected stage performances
- Royal Shakespeare Company:
- Julius Caesar (2001) as Brutus
- Merry Wives of Windsor (2002) as Dr Caius
- Coriolanus (2002) as Coriolanus
- Hamlet (2004) as Ghost/Player King/Gravedigger
- Macbeth (2004) as Macbeth
- Julius Caesar (2009) as Julius Caesar
- The Winter's Tale (2009) as Leontes
- King Lear (2010) as King Lear
- Other:
- Acastos at the National Theatre (1980)
- The Romans in Britain, as Marban, a druid, at the National Theatre (1980)
- Messiah at the Old Vic (2002) as Christ
- Missing Persons: Four Tragedies and Roy Keane by Colin Teevan at the Jermyn Steet Theatre (2006) as various characters
- Tamburlaine at the Barbican (2005) as Tamburlaine
- An Enemy of the People at the Arcola Theatre (2008) as Dr Thomas Stockmann
- "In Blood: The Bacchae" at the Arcola Theatre (2009)
[edit] Partial filmography
- Northanger Abbey 1986 (TV)
- Fortunes of War 1987 (TV)
- Bergerac (TV)
- Maigret 1992 (TV)
- Marple: Sleeping Murder 2006 (TV)
- Tantalus: Behind the Mask 2001
- Waking the Dead 2007 (TV)
[edit] Reference
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/london/E8821070553137/20+Questions+With...Greg+Hicks.html
- ^ http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/past_winners/view/item98547/Olivier-Winners-2004/
- ^ http://criticscircle.org.uk/drama/award.asp?CAT=drama_sp&title=The%20John%20And%20Wendy%20Trewin%20Award%20For%20Best%20Shakespearian%20Performance
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2005/oct/10/rsc.theatre
- ^ http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/interviews/view/item71748/Greg-Hicks/
[edit] External links
- Greg Hicks at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Greg Hicks in The Guardian on playing Macbeth
- The Times on Greg Hicks' career and his role as Macbeth
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