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Jonathan Pryce Biography (1947-)

Original name, John Price; born June 1, 1947, in Holywell, Wales; son of Issac (a coal miner and shopkeeper) and Margaret Ellen (a shopkeeper; maiden name, Williams) Price; married (divorced); companion of Kate Fahy (an actress); children: (with Fahy) Patrick, Gabriel, Phoebe. Addresses: Contact: James Sharkey, 15 Golden Sq., Third Floor, London W1R 3AG, England.; Agent: AdamIsaacs, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills,CA 90212.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

June 1, 1947

Holywell, Wales, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Joseph Manasse, Voyage of the Damned, Avco-Embassy, 1977
• Ken, Breaking Glass, Paramount, 1980
• Taylor, Loophole (also known as Break In), Brent Walker, 1981
• James Penfield, The Ploughman's Lunch, Samuel Goldwyn, 1983
• Mr. Dark, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Buena Vista, 1983
• Robert Fallon, The Doctor and the Devils, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• Sam Lowry, Brazil, Universal, 1985
• Charles, Haunted Honeymoon, Orion, 1986
• Jack, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
• Michael, Man on Fire (also known as Absinthe and Un uomosotto tiro), TriStar, 1987
• Sean, Hotel London, Retake Film and Video Collective, 1987
• Mr. Farris, Consuming Passions, Samuel Goldwyn, 1988
• Horatio Jackson, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (also known asDie Abenteuer des Baron von Muenchausen), Columbia/TriStar, 1989
• Norman, The Rachel Papers, United Artists, 1989
• James Lingk, Glengarry Glen Ross, New Line Cinema, 1992
• Voice of Trilby, Freddie as F.R.O.7 (animated; also known as Freddie the Frog), Miramax, 1992
• Harry Fisher, Dark Blood, 1993
• Monsieur Riviere, The Age of Innocence, Columbia, 1993
• Alec Bolton, A Business Affair (also known as Astucias de mujer, D'une femme a l'autre, and Liebe und andere Geschaefte),Castle Hill Productions, 1994
• Conway, Shopping, Concorde Pictures, 1994
• Dr. Ted Philips, Deadly Advice, Rosebud Communications Releasing,1994
• Voice of Alan, A Troll in Central Park (animated), Warner Bros., 1994
• Lytton Strachey, Carrington, Gramercy Pictures, 1995
• General Juan Peron, Evita, Buena Vista, 1996
• Dr. William Rivers, Regeneration (also known as Behind the Lines and Renaissance), Alliance Releasing, 1997
• Elliot Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1997
• Seamus, Ronin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1998
• Cardinal Daniel Houseman, Stigmata, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
• Mark, Il gioco (also known as Deceit), Lantia, 1999
• Narrator, Titanic: Answers from the Abyss, 1999
• Commedia, 1999
• Da (Taliesin's father), The Testimony of Taliesin Jones, 1999, released as Taliesin Jones, Impact, 2001
• Bourne, The Suicide Club (also known as Game of Death, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Game of Death, and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club), 2000
• Pavarotti in Dad's Room, 2000
• Cardinal Louis de Rohan, The Affair of the Necklace, Warner Bros.,2001
• Gustav Mahler, Bride of the Wind (also known as Die Windsbraut), Paramount Classics, 2001
• Jack Pugh, Very Annie Mary (also known as Annie-Mary a la folie!), Empire, 2001
• Supreme being, Mad Dogs, Brainstorm Media, 2002
• Victor Fox, Unconditional Love (also known as Who Shot Victor Fox?), New Line Cinema, 2002
• Alistair Payne, What a Girl Wants, Warner Bros., 2003
• Governor Weatherby Swann, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (also known as Pirates of the Caribbean), Buena Vista,2003
• Delatombe, The Brothers Grimm, Dimension Films, 2004
• Gabe, De-lovely, United Artists, 2004
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Spine Chillers, BBC, 1980
• Zarniwoop and Autopilot, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, BBC-2, 1981
• Roger Flower, Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore, The Entertainment Channel, 1982-1983
• Narrator, Into the Unknown, The Discovery Channel and [Canada], beginning 1997
• Narrator, The Union Game: A Rugby History, [Great Britain], beginning 1999
• Miniseries
• "Three Ravens," The Storyteller (also known as Jim Henson's TheStoryteller), Channel 4 and Television South, 1987
• Gerd Heidemann, Selling Hitler, Euston Films, 1991
• Mr. Wroe, Mr. Wroe's Virgins, BBC, 1993
• Saul, David (also known as Die Bibel--David and La bibbia: David), TNT, 1997
• King Leopold I of Belgium, Victoria & Albert, BBC and Arts andEntertainment, 2001
• Movies
• Daft as a Brush, 1975
• Dave Finn, Spasms, 1977
• Mr. Ambrose, After the Boom Was Over, 1977
• King Herod, The Day Christ Died, CBS, 1980
• Mr. Ellsworthy, Murder Is Easy (also known as Agatha Christie'sMurder Is Easy), CBS, 1982
• Duncan Stewart, Great Moments in Aviation (also known as Shadesof Fear), BBC, 1993
• Henry R. Kravitz, Barbarians at the Gate (also known as Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco), HBO, 1993
• Sam, Thicker Than Water, Arts and Entertainment, 1994
• Master Schoonmacker, "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" (also known as "Confessions"), Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2002
• Specials
• Play Things (also known as BBC-2 Playhouse: Play Things), BBC-2, 1976
• For Tea on Sunday (also known as BBC-2 Play of the Week: For Tea on Sunday), BBC-2, 1978
• Gethin Price, Comedians (also known as Play for Today: Comedians), BBC, 1979
• Title role, Timon of Athens (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Timon of Athens), BBC-2 and PBS, both 1981
• Christian Magny, Praying Mantis, Channel 4, 1982
• Himself, An Audience with Mel Brooks, 1983
• Himself, The Making of "Something Wicked This Way Comes," 1983
• Himself, What Is Brazil?, 1985
• William Wallace, The Man from the PRU, 1989, broadcast as an episode of Mystery!, PBS, 1991
• Himself, A Broadway Christmas, Showtime, 1990
• Host, Halloween! (documentary), CBS, 1994
• Himself, A New Madonna: The Making of "Evita," 1996
• Narrator, Spontaneous Human Combustion (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1997
• Professor Henry Higgins and the engineer, Hey Mr. Producer (also known as Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh), PBS, 1998
• Himself, Divine Rites: The Story of Stigmata, 1999
• Narrator, The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty, BBC and PBS, 1999
• Narrator, Titanic: Answers from the Abyss, The Discovery Channel,1999
• The seventeenth Master, Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (also known as Doctor Who: The Curse of the Fatal Death),BBC, 1999
• Narrator, The Quest for the Giant Squid (documentary), The Discovery Channel, 2000
• Narrator, Sabretooth (documentary), The Discovery Channel, 2000
• Himself, Best Ever Bond (documentary), 2002
• Awards Presentations
• The 45th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1991
• Himself, The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003, 2003
• Himself, TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (also known as First Annual TV Land Awards), TV Land, 2003
• Episodic
• Police constable, "Fire & Brimstone," Doomwatch, BBC, 1972
• Himself, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Channel 4, multiple episodes in1988
• Himself, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Channel 4, multiple episodes in1990
• William Wallace, "The Man from the PRU," Mystery!, PBS, 1991
• Narrator and voice of father, "A Child's Garden of Verses," HBO Storybook Musicals (animated), HBO, 1992
• "Forces of Nature," A History of Britain, 2002
• Himself, This Morning, 2004
• Appeared in James Bond, Jr. (animated).
• Stage Appearances
• Belvawny, Engaged, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1975
• Rainer, Heroes, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1975
• Gethin Price, Comedians, National Theatre Company, Nottingham Theatre, Nottingham, England, 1975, later Old Vic Theatre, then Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1976-1977
• Count Ludovico, The White Devil, Old Vic Theatre, 1976
• Jakob Lenz, Lenz, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1976
• Angelo, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1978
• Octavius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company,Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1978, then Aldwych Theatre, London, 1979
• Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1978, then Aldwych Theatre, 1979
• Title role, Hamlet, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1980
• The Caretaker, National Theatre, London, 1981
• The fool, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1984
• The Seagull, Queen's Theatre, London, 1985
• Title role, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1986
• Astrov, Uncle Vanya, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1988
• The engineer, Miss Saigon, Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, London, beginning 1989, then Broadway Theatre, New York City, beginning 1991
• Nine--The Concert (concert), 1992
• Emcee, Cabaret, 1993
• Fagin, Oliver!, 1995
• Sondheim Tonight (concert), Barbican Centre, London, 1998
• George, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 2000
• Professor Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London, beginning c. 2000, later Drury Lane, Theatre Royal
• Spencer, A Reckoning, Soho Theatre, London, 2003
• Three Sisters, Playhouse Theatre, London, 2003
• Martin, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Almeida Theatre, London, 2004, later Apollo Theatre, London, beginning 2004
• Appeared in Julius Caesar; appeared in productions of the EverymanTheatre Company, Liverpool, England.
• RECORDINGS
• Soundtrack Albums; Stage Productions
• Miss Saigon, Geffen, 1990
• Nine--The Concert (concert), RCA Victor, 1992
• Oliver!, Angel, 1995
• Cabaret (1999 studio cast recording), Jay Records, 1999
• Sondheim Tonight (concert), Jay Records, 1999
• Soundtrack Albums; Films
• Brazil, RCA, 1985
• Evita, Warner Bros., 1996
• Selections from Evita, Warner Bros., 1997
• Taped Readings
• My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne Du Maurier, 1993
• Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas, EMI, 2003
• Videos
• Himself and the engineer, The Heat Is On (documentary; also knownas The Making of Miss Saigon), 1989
• Illusions, by Ute Lemper, PolyGram Video, 1993
• Himself, Highly Classified: The World of 007, 1997
• Himself, An Epic at Sea: The Making of "Pirates of the Caribbean: TheCurse of the Black Pearl," Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• New York, March 11, 1991
• New York Times, November 5, 1995
• People Weekly, December 2, 1996, pp. 81-82
• Premiere, December, 1995