Jason Watkins (actor)
Jason Watkins (born October 1962), is an award-nominated[1] British stage, film and television actor.
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[edit] Career
Since training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he has established himself as a stage actor, and is a member of the National Theatre company.[2]
He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Servant For Two Masters (Young Vic, subsequently transferred to New Ambassadors Theatre).[3]
Other theatre work includes Philistines and Landscape with Weapon (by Joe Penhall) at the National Theatre, London (2007) and A Laughing Matter (by April De Angelis) at the Liverpool Playhouse in 2003 (for which he was hailed as "magnificent" for his portrayal of the actor David Garrick).
[edit] Television work
Watkins' most prominent television roles have included vampire leader Herrick in Being Human, crime suspect Jason Buliegh in Conviction, Bradley Stainer in Funland and dog-walking crime witness Francis Cross in Five Days. He also played Plornish in the 2008 BBC production of Little Dorrit, and Cabbage Patterson in the BBC's ongoing production of Lark Rise to Candleford. Watkins performed a memorable cameo in episode seven of the second series of Life on Mars (as Gene Hunt's dissolute lawyer Colin Merric).[4]In 2006 he played real life pioneering radiologist Ernest Wilson in BBC pilot Casualty 1906. He is now set to star in the BBC's dark comedy Psychoville, as Peter Bishop, owner of Hoyti Toyti, an antique shop specialising in toys. Later in ther series it was found out he was a Nazi enthusiast and killed main character Michael "Tealeaf" Fry (Daniel Kaluuya) in an attempt to find the locket. He has also appeared in the sky 1 British sitcom Trollied as the store manager Gavin.
[edit] Film work
Watkins' most prominent film role to date has been the vividly camp gay wedding planner Gregory Hough in the 2006 comedy 'Confetti'. He has also played smaller roles in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Golden Compass, Wild Child (2008 film) and Nativity!.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Jason Watkins @ Weblo Celebrities
- ^ Jason Watkins @ National Theatre company database
- ^ Jason Watkins @ Weblo Celebrities
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914327/ Jason Watkins @ IMDB
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914327/ Jason Watkins @ IMDB
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