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* ''[[The Comedy of Errors (1976 musical)|The Comedy of Errors]]'' (as Antipholus of Syracuse), Stratford-on-Avon and London, 1976
* ''[[The Comedy of Errors (1976 musical)|The Comedy of Errors]]'' (as Antipholus of Syracuse), Stratford-on-Avon and London, 1976
* ''[[Cymbeline]]'' (as Posthumus), [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], Stratford-on Avon 1979 <ref>http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Performance&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=((Title='Cymbeline')AND(UserInteger1='1979')AND(Venue='Stratford'))</ref>
* ''[[Cymbeline]]'' (as Posthumus), [[Royal National Theatre]], 1980
* ''[[Cymbeline]]'' (as Posthumus), [[Royal National Theatre]], 1980
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (as Nicholas Nickleby), [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], 1981–1982
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (as Nicholas Nickleby), [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], 1981–1982

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Roger Rees
File:Roger-rees-1980.jpg
Roger Rees in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1980)
Born (1944-05-05) 5 May 1944 (age 80)
Aberystwyth, Wales
OccupationActor
Years active1975-present

Roger Rees (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor. He is best known to American audiences for playing the characters Robin Colcord on the American television sitcom show Cheers and Lord John Marbury on the American television drama The West Wing. He won a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

Early life

Rees was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, the son of Doris Louise (née Smith), a shop clerk, and William John Rees, a police officer.[1]

Career

Rees started his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and attended the Slade School of Fine Arts.[2] He played Malcolm in the acclaimed Trevor Nunn 1976 stage and 1978 television production of Macbeth. Rees created the title role in the original production of the play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, winning both an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1982. He also starred in the original production of The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard in London in 1984.

Rees began to work in television during the 1970s, appearing opposite Laurence Olivier in The Ebony Tower (1984). From 1988 to 1991 he starred in the late 80s/early 90s British sitcom Singles, with actress and co-star Judy Loe. From 1989 to 1993 he also appeared intermittently on the long-running American TV series Cheers as the dashing, feckless English tycoon Robin Colcord. [citation needed] Later television appearances include My So-Called Life as substitute teacher Mr Racine, British Ambassador Lord John Marbury on The West Wing and James MacPherson on Warehouse 13 .

His film career beginning in the 1980s, Rees played the Sheriff of Rottingham in Mel Brooks' 1993 film, Robin Hood: Men in Tights. More recent film appearances include Frida (2002) and The Prestige (2006).

Continuing his work in the theatre through the 1990s, both as an actor and a director, Rees was awarded an Obie award for his 1992 performance in the off-Broadway play The End of the Day. In 1995 he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Indiscretions. [citation needed]

In November 2004, Rees was named artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, only the fourth person to hold the post in its half century history. He left the position in October 2007.

Rees is set to replace Patrick Stewart as Vladimir in the revival of Waiting for Godot, after a sold out national tour and extended run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End, alongside Ian McKellen, Ronald Pickup and Matthew Kelly (who replaces Simon Callow as Pozzo). [citation needed]

In October 2010, it was announced that on March 22, he would be portraying the role of Gomez in the Broadway musical adaptation of The Addams Family, following the departure of Nathan Lane.[3]

Personal life

Rees became a naturalized United States citizen in 1989. [citation needed]

Openly gay, Rees's longtime partner is writer/producer Rick Elice.[4][5][6][7] Rees and Elice have also collaborated professionally, most notably as co-playwrights of the comedic thriller Double Double. Elice is also the co-author (with Marshall Brickman) of the book of the "Addams Family" musical, the cast of which Rees had joined on 22 March 2011.

Work

Film

Television

Theater

References

Notes
  1. ^ Roger Rees Film Reference biography
  2. ^ Roger Rees Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  3. ^ "Roger Rees to Replace Nathan Lane in The Addams Family" at Broadway World
  4. ^ Interview with Rees
  5. ^ "Roger Rees Tests His 'Will' Shakespearean Roles Don't Define the Actor, but He's Clearly Bard-Wired" by Peter Marks The Washington Post Sunday, 25 March 2007
  6. ^ Actor-director Roger Rees and partner Rick Elice, co-librettist of Jersey Boys.
  7. ^ Writer Rick Elice and actor Roger Rees attend the opening night afterparty for the Broadway premiere of 'The Addams Family' at the Marriot Marquis on 8 April 2010 in New York City.
  8. ^ http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Performance&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=((Title='Cymbeline')AND(UserInteger1='1979')AND(Venue='Stratford'))
  9. ^ "Sir Ian McKellen is mistaken for a tramp on a Melbourne bench between Waiting for Godot rehearsals". Alison Barclay. herald sun. May 7, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-17.


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