Roger Rees

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-05-05 (71 years old)

Deathday

2015-07-10

Place of Birth

Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

Roger Rees

Biography

Roger Rees (1944-2015) was a Welsh-American actor and director who achieved acclaim across stage, television, and film. Born on May 5, 1944, in Aberystwyth, Wales, he grew up in south London where his father worked as a police officer. He attended Camberwell College of Arts and the Slade School of Fine Art, initially training as a painter before transitioning to theater work. He painted scenery at the Wimbledon Theater in south London before becoming an actor there in 1965. Rees became widely recognized for his stage work, particularly his starring role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby," whi...

Acting

2006

The Prestige

as Owens

2002

Frida

as Guillermo Kahlo

1982

Imaginary Friends

as Douglas Pitblado

2007

The Invasion

as Yorish

1983

Star 80

as Aram Nicholas

1991

If Looks Could Kill

as Augustus Steranko

1993

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

as Sheriff of Rotingham

1984

A Christmas Carol

as Fred Holywell / Narrator

2002

The Scorpion King

as King Pheron

2000

The Crossing

as Gen. Hugh Mercer

1979

Macbeth

as Malcolm

2014

2015

The Pilgrims

as William Bradford

2019

On Broadway

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Almost Perfect

as Kai Lee

1997

Trouble on the Corner

as Mr. McMurtry

1990

2004

Going Under

as Peter

1989

2002

Return to Never Land

as Edward (voice)

1986

God's Outlaw

as William Tyndale

2014

Affluenza

as Mr. Carson

1984

The Ebony Tower

as David Williams

2006

Falling for Grace

as Andrew Barrington Sr

1993

The Tower

as Mr. Littlehill

2015

Survivor

as Dr. Emil Balan

1981

The Three Sisters

as Tusenbach

2008

The Narrows

as Professor Reyerson

1995

The Possession of Michael D.

as Robin Banks (Hypnotist)

2006

Game 6

as Jack Haskins

2006

The Pink Panther

as Raymmond Laroque

1999

1996

2001

3 A.M.

as Priest

1983

Saigon: Year Of The Cat

as Donald Henderson

2016

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth

as William Bradford (Adult)

1998

Next Stop Wonderland

as Ray Thornback

2004

Crazy Like a Fox

as Nat Banks

1990

Next

as Peter (voice)

1999

Double Platinum

as Marc Reckler

2009

Happy Tears

as Antiques Dealer

2000

Blackmale

as Bill Fontaine

1992

P.J. Sparkles

as Betty (voice)

1978

The Comedy of Errors

as Antipholus of Syracuse

2005

A Life in Suitcases

as Tulse Luper

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