Tom Conti
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 Conti (Glasgow, December 2007), still in costume after a performance from his starring role in the play Romantic Comedy. |
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| Born | Thomas Conti 22 November 1941 Paisley, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor, theatre director, novelist |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Spouse | Kara Wilson (1967-present) |
Thomas "Tom" Conti (born 22 November 1941) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and novelist.
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[edit] Early life
Born Thomas Conti in Paisley, Renfrewshire, he was brought up Roman Catholic, but he considers himself anti-religious.[1] Conti's father was Italian and his mother was Scottish.
[edit] Education
Conti was educated Hamilton Crescent School an independent fee-paying Catholic boys' (at that time) school in Glasgow, and at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
[edit] Life and career
Conti is an accomplished film and television actor. He began working with the Dundee Repertory in 1959. He appeared on Broadway in Whose Life Is It Anyway? in 1979, and in London he played the lead in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell at the Garrick Theatre.
Besides taking the leading role in the TV versions of Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes and Alan Ayckbourn's Norman Conquests, Conti appeared in the Princess and the Pea episode of the family television series Faerie Tale Theatre, guested on Friends and Cosby, and played opposite Nigel Hawthorne in a long-running series of Vauxhall Astra car advertisements in the UK during the mid 1990s.
Conti has appeared in such films as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence; Reuben, Reuben; American Dreamer; Shirley Valentine; Miracles; Saving Grace; Dangerous Parking and Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase.
Conti's book The Doctor, about a former Secret Operations pilot with Intelligence Services, was published in 2004.
He appeared as Miranda's father in the episode 'The Perfect Christmas' on the hit BBC sitcom Miranda alongside Patricia Hodge and Miranda Hart.
Conti has been married to Scottish actress Kara Wilson since 1967 and their daughter Nina is an actress and ventriloquist; according to her, her parents have an open marriage.[2]
[edit] Work
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[edit] Awards
- National Board of Review for Best Actor (Reuben, Reuben and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
- Academy Award nomination as Best Actor (Reuben, Reuben)
- Golden Globe nominations for Reuben, Reuben and Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story
- Tony Award for Best Actor (Whose Life Is It Anyway?)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play ('Whose Life is it Anyway?)
- Variety Club Award for Best Actor (Whose Life is it Anyway?)
[edit] References
- ^ Middlehurst, Lester (2006-06-09). "Tom Conti on why he doesn't think a sexual affair is necessarily a betrayal". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-389862/Tom-Conti-doesnt-think-sexual-affair-necessarily-betrayal.html. Retrieved 2010-05-13. "When it comes to opinions, Tom is certainly not afraid to voice his own. A lapsed Catholic, he is fiercely anti-religious."
- ^ Tom Conti: there are worse things than being unfaithful, a December 12, 2009, article from The Sunday Times
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Tom Conti at the Internet Movie Database
- Tom Conti in Jesus, My Boy, Pleasance Theatre
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