British male Shakespearean actors

The list British male Shakespearean actors includes Richard Madden, Colin Morgan, Eddie Redmayne, James McAvoy and Ewan McGregor. The list consists of 61 members and 4 sublists.

English male Shakespearean actors
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Male Shakespearean actors from Northern Ireland
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Scottish male Shakespearean actors
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Welsh male Shakespearean actors
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Richard Madden

British actor

Overview: Richard Madden (born 18 June 1986) is a Scottish actor. Born and raised in Renfrewshire near Glasgow, Madden rose to prominence in 2011 for his portrayal of Robb Stark in the HBO fantasy drama series Game ...

Date of birth: 18 June 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Scottish male Shakespearean actors 22T

Scottish male video game actors 26T

Scottish male voice actors 63T
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Colin Morgan

Actor

Overview: Colin Morgan (born 1 January 1986) is a Northern Irish actor. He is best known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series Merlin.

Date of birth: 1 January 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: Northern Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Katie McGrath (Engaged)

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Male Shakespearean actors from Northern Ireland 7T

Merlin 106T

Male Shakespearean actors 308T
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James McAvoy

Scottish stage and screen actor

Overview: James McAvoy (born 21 April 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and made mostly television appearances until 2003, when his feature film career began ...

Date of birth: 21 April 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Lisa Liberati (Married)

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BAFTA Rising Star Award winners 15T

Scottish male Shakespearean actors 20T

Male Shakespearean actors 304T
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Eddie Redmayne

British actor (born 1982)

Overview: Edward John David Redmayne OBE (born 6 January 1982) is an English actor. He began his professional acting career as a youth in West End theatre, before making his screen debut in 1998 with guest tel ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Hannah Redmayne (Married)

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Golden Raspberry Award winners 272T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

People with color blindness 41T
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Timothy Dalton

British actor (born 1946)

Overview: Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (born 21 March 1946), known by the stage name Timothy Dalton, is a British actor. He was the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions ...

Date of birth: 21 March 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors of English descent 380T

Male Shakespearean actors 307T
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Richard Burton

Welsh actor

Overview: Richard Burton, CBE (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Sh ...

Date of birth: 10 November 1925

Date of death: 5 August 1984

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Stroke-related deaths in Switzerland 10T

Special Tony Award recipients 132T

20th-century diarists 190T
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Ewan McGregor

Scottish actor (born 1971)

Overview: Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE ( YOO-ən; born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish-American actor who has starred in various film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the ...

Date of birth: 31 March 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Married)

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Scottish male Shakespearean actors 21T

People educated at Morrison's Academy 23T

Empire Icon Award winners 8T
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Lee Ingleby

British actor

Overview: Lee David Ingleby (born 28 January 1976) is an English film, television and stage actor.

Date of birth: 28 January 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Male actors from Lancashire 78T

Male Shakespearean actors 304T

21st-century English male actors 1,293T
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John Nettles

British actor

Overview: John Vivian Drummond Nettles, OBE (born 11 October 1943) is a Cornish actor and writer. He is best known for playing the lead roles in the long-running television series Bergerac and Midsomer Murders.

Date of birth: 11 October 1943

Age: 80

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Cathryn Sealey (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

British male non-fiction writers 73T

English male non-fiction writers 1,748T
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Dominic West

English actor (born 1969)

Overview: Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in The Wire (2002–2008) and Noah Solloway in The Affair ...

Date of birth: 15 October 1969

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Catherine FitzGerald (Married)

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Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers 20T

Wikipedia articles with NLA identifiers 21T

Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers 30T
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Peter O'Toole

Actor

Overview: Peter Seamus O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor of Irish descent. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining rec ...

Date of birth: 2 August 1932

Date of death: 14 December 2013

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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People with diabetes mellitus type 1 138T

English male Shakespearean actors 282T

Male actors from Leeds 69T
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Hugo Weaving

British actor (born 1960)

Overview: Hugo Wallace Weaving AO (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his professional career. He is the recipient ...

Date of birth: 4 April 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Katrina Greenwood (Long-Term)

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Nigerian people of English descent 8T

Animal rights activists 263T

English male Shakespearean actors 251T
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Jeremy Sheffield

British, Actor

Overview: Jeremy Sheffield (born 17 March 1966) is a British actor and former professional ballet dancer from Chelmsford, England. He is most noted for his roles in Holby City, Murder in Suburbia and Hollyoaks on ...

Date of birth: 17 March 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Male actors from Chelmsford 7T

English LGBT dancers 15T

21st-century English LGBT people 579T
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Lenny Henry

Stand-up comedian

Overview: Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE (born 29 August 1958), known as Lenny Henry, is a British stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter, known for co-founding the charity Comic Relief ...

Date of birth: 29 August 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Black British male comedians 25T

Comic Relief people 11T

The Masked Singer (British TV series) contestants 19T
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Richard E. Grant

Swazi-English actor

Overview: Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swazi-English actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987) and has had prominent roles ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: Swazi

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Joan Washington (Married)

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Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male winners 31T

British people of Afrikaner descent 1T

Male actors of German descent 672T
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Hugh Bonneville

British actor (born 1963)

Overview: Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams, DL (born 10 November 1963) is an English film and television actor. He is best known for playing Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in the ITV historical drama series Downton ...

Date of birth: 10 November 1963

Age: 60

Nationality: English

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Male Shakespearean actors 304T

Male actors from Kent 179T

Male actors from London 1,398T
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Michael Gambon

Irish-English actor (1940–2023)

Overview: Sir Michael John Gambon CBE (19 October 1940 – 28 September 2023) was an Irish actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre ...

Date of birth: 19 October 1940

Date of death: 28 September 2023

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Phillipa Hart (Long-Term)

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2023 deaths 6,271T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

People from Cabra, Dublin 19T
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Peter De Jersey

British actor

Overview: Peter de Jersey (born 1965 in London Borough of Southwark) is a British television and theatre actor. He has played roles in television, including the long-time recurring role of "Jerome Taylor" in The ...

Date of birth: 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Black British male actors 215T

British male soap opera actors 85T

British male film actors 778T
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David Oyelowo

British actor (born 1976)

Overview: David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo OBE ( oh-YEL-ə-woh; born 1 April 1976) is a British actor and producer with dual British and American citizenship. His highest-profile role to date was as Martin Luther King Jr ...

Date of birth: 1 April 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Male actors from Oxford 29T

Actors from Islington (district) 91T

Black British filmmakers 32T
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Paterson Joseph

British actor

Overview: Paterson Joseph (born 22 June 1964) is a British actor. He appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost in 1990. On television he is known for his roles in ...

Date of birth: 22 June 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Actors at the Royal Exchange, Manchester 104T

Black British male actors 215T

Male Shakespearean actors 304T