Greg Wise

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Greg Wise
Born 15 May 1966 (1966-05-15) (age 45)
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Spouse Emma Thompson (2003-present) 2 children

Greg Wise (born 15 May 1966) is an English actor and producer. He has appeared in many British television works, as well as several feature films (notably the role of John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility).

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[edit] Early life

He was born Matthew Gregory Wise to architect parents in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England was educated at the independent St Peter's School, York. He went to Heriot Watt university to study architecture. Greg then moved to Glasgow where he studied drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He then travelled in the Far East.

[edit] Career

His television work includes three BBC period dramas: The Moonstone with Keeley Hawes, Madame Bovary with Frances O'Connor and as Sir Charles Maulver in the 2007 five-part series Cranford. In 1999 he starred as Marshall in ITV's seven-part drama Wonderful You alongside his future mother-in-law Phyllida Law and future brother-in-law Richard Lumsden. Recently he filmed a number of readings of love scenes from a selection of classic and modern love scenes, from Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles to Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss for The Carte Noire Readers.[1][2] In 2011, he appeared in Hallmark Channel's Honeymoon for One, starring Nicollette Sheridan.[3]

He is also the producer of the 2010 BBC/Masterpiece production The Song of Lunch starring his wife, actress Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman.[4]

[edit] Personal life

He has been married to Emma Thompson, who played Elinor in Sense and Sensibility, since 2003. They have a daughter, Gaia Romilly (born in 1999) and a Rwandan son named Tindyebwa Agaba (informally adopted in 2003 at the age of 16).[5]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Carte Noire Readers
  2. ^ Press Association
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  5. ^ Alison Boshoff (7 March 2008). "The young refugee who was adopted by a famous actress". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=528573&in_page_id=1773. Retrieved 11 July 2010. 

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