Roger Rees Biography (1944-)

Born May 5, 1944, in Aberystwyth, Wales; immigrated to the United States, 1989; son of William John (a police officer) and Doris Louise (a shop clerk; maiden name, Smith) Rees. Addresses: Agent: Gary Gersh, Innovative Artists, 235 Park Ave. South, Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10003.; Manager: Alan Siegel, Alan Siegel Entertainment, 345 North Maple Dr., Suite 375, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, writer
Birth Details: May 5, 1944; Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Member of the chorus, Ralph Reader Gang Show, Golder's Green Hippodrome, 1963
Alan, Hindle Wakes, Wimbledon, London, England, 1964
Yasha, The Cherry Orchard, Pitlochry, Scotland, 1965
As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1967, later produced in Los Angeles, 1968
The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1967, later produced in Los Angeles, 1968
Fenton, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968
Volumnius, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968
Curio, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1969
Guildford, Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1969
Patchbreech, Pericles, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1969
The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1969 and 1970
Damaschke, The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising, Royal ShakespeareCompany, 1970
Stephen Undershaft, Major Barbara, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1970
Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1970
Claudio, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1971
Roderigo, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1971, then Aldwych Theatre, London, 1971-1972
Balin, The Island of the Mighty, Aldwych Theatre, 1971-1972
Gratiano, The Merchant of Venice, Aldwych Theatre, 1971-1972
Marchbanks, Candida, Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1973
Q, Moving Clocks Go Slow, Theatre Upstairs, London, 1975
Vosco, Paradise, Theatre Upstairs, 1975
Antipholus, The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1976
Benvolio, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1976
Malcolm, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1976
Young shepherd, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1976
Ananias, The Alchemist, Other Place Theatre, London, then AldwychTheatre, 1977
Malcolm, Macbeth, Warehouse Theatre, London, 1977
Nazzer, Factory Birds, Warehouse Theatre, 1977
Petulant, The Way of the World, Aldwych Theatre, 1978
Posthumus, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company, then Other PlaceTheatre, 1979
Semyon Podsekalnikov, The Suicide, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, then Newcastle Theatre, Warehouse Theatre, and Aldwych Theatre, all 1980
Nicholas Nickleby, The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980, then Plymouth Theatre, New York City,1981
David, Cries from the Mammaz House, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1983
The Real Thing, Strand Theatre, London, 1983
Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1984, then Newcastle Theatre and Barbican Theatre, London, 1985
Title role, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1984, then Newcastle Theatre and Barbican Theatre, both 1985
Duncan McFee, Double-Double, Watford Palace Theatre, then FortuneTheatre, both London, 1986
Lofty, Archangels Don't Play Pinball, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Theatre Royal, London, 1986
Kerner, Hapgood, Aldwych Theatre, 1988, then Center Theatre Group,Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1988-1989
Cabaret Verboten, Sundays at the Itchey Foot, 1990-1991
Graydon Massey, The End of the Day, off-Broadway production, 1992
Boris Lermontov, The Red Shoes, Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 1993
George, Indiscretions (also known as Les parents terribles), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1995
Captain Josiah Wickett, The Uneasy Chair, Playwrights' Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1998
Alceste, The Misanthrope, Classic Stage Company, New York City, 1999
The Taming of the Shrew, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1999
Uncle Vanya, Broadway production, 2000
John Adams, "1776," Reprise!, Los Angeles, 2001
Alfie Byrne, A Man of No Importance (musical), Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 2002
Appeared in The Rehearsal, Roundabout Theatre Company, Broadway production.
Major Tours
Twelfth Night, Australian cities, 1970
The Winter's Tale, Australian cities, 1970
Brother, Fear and Misery in the Third Reich, Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities, 1973-1974
Fabian, Twelfth Night, Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities,1973-1974
Pierre, Aunt Sally or the Triumph of Death, Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities, 1973-1974
Simple Simon, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities, 1973-1974
Young Marlowe, She Stoops to Conquer, Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities, 1973-1974
Charles Courtly, London Assurance, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S.cities, 1974-1975
Algernon Moncrieff, The Importance of Being Earnest, Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities, 1975
Stanley, The Birthday Party, Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities, 1975
Sir Andrew, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities, 1978
Tusenbach, The Three Sisters, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities, 1978
Is There Honey Still for Tea?, Royal Shakespeare Company, Britishcities, 1978
Appeared in The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Winter's Tale, both Japanese cities.
Stage Work
Director

Turkey Time, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Theatre Royal, thenNew Vic Theatre, London, 1986
John Bull, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Theatre Royal, then New Vic Theatre, 1987
Julius Caesar, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Theatre Royal, then New Vic Theatre, 1987
Mud, River, Stone, Playwrights' Horizons Theatre, New York City, beginning in 1997
The Taming of the Shrew, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1999
Arms and the Man, Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 2000
The Late Middle Classes, Williamstown Theatre Festival, 2000
Love's Labour's Lost, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 2000
Also directed productions of The Film Society, Williamstown Theatre Festival; The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Globe Theatre; and TheRivals, Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Television Appearances
Series
Malcolm, Singles, Yorkshire Television, c. 1988-1990
Robin Colcord, a recurring role, Cheers, NBC, between 1989 and 1993
John Stonebrake, M.A.N.T.I.S., Fox, 1994-1995
Voice of Prince Malcolm, Gargoyles (animated), syndicated, 1994-1996
Voice of Prince Malcolm, Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (animated), ABC, 1996-1997
President Harrison Cross, Boston Common, NBC, 1997
Damian Cromwell, Damian Cromwell's Postcards from America, beginning in 1997
Miniseries
A Bouquet of Barbed Wire, London Weekend Television, 1976
Nicholas Nickleby, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (also known as Nicholas Nickleby), Channel 4 and The Disney Channel, 1982, broadcast as Nicholas Nickleby, syndicated, 1983
Himself, Playing Shakespeare, 1984
Imaginary Friends, 1987
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers, 1988
Thomas Paine, Liberty! The American Revolution, PBS, 1997
Movies
Under Western Eyes, 1975
Donald Henderson, Saigon: Year of the Cat, 1983
Narrator and Fred Holywell, A Christmas Carol, CBS, 1984
Jason Cross, The Return of Sam McCloud (also known as The Return of McCloud), CBS, 1989
Prince Charles, Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (also known as Charles and Diana: A Palace Divided and A Palace Divided),ABC, 1992
Mr. Littlehill, The Tower, Fox, 1993
Robin Banks, The Possession of Michael D. (also known as Legacyof Evil), Fox, 1995
J. Bruce Ismay, Titanic, CBS, 1996
Marc Reckler, Double Platinum, ABC, 1999
Dr. Croft, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Starz!, 2000
General Hugh Mercer, The Crossing, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
Priest, 3 A.M., Showtime, 2001
Also appeared in Place of Peace.
Specials
Antipholus of Syracuse, "The Comedy of Errors," The BBC Television Shakespeare, BBC-2, 1978
Malcolm, "Macbeth," The BBC Television Shakespeare, BBC-2, 1979
The Voysey Inheritance (also known as Play of the Month: The Voysey Inheritance), BBC, 1979
David Williams, "The Ebony Tower," Great Performances, PBS, 1987
Antipholus of Syracuse, The Comedy of Errors, Arts and Entertainment, 1990
Cheers: Special 200th Episode Celebration, NBC, 1990
The 50th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1996
Episodic
James Howgill, "The Reconciliation," Tales of the Unexpected, Anglia Television, 1984
Dad, "The Finding," WonderWorks, PBS, 1990
Tyler Dewitt, "Lady for a Night," The Young Riders, ABC, 1990
Vic Racine, "The Substitute," My So-Called Life, ABC, 1994
Voice of Judge Roebling, "Vows," Gargoyles (animated), syndicated,1995
Voice of the piper, "The Pied Piper of Manhattan," Extreme Ghostbusters (animated), syndicated, 1997
British ambassador Lord John Marbury, "He Shall, from Time to Time ... ,"The West Wing, NBC, 2000
British ambassador Lord John Marbury, "Lord John Marbury," The West Wing, NBC, 2000
Cheers: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television,2000
British Ambassador Lord John Marbury, "The Drop-in," The West Wing, NBC, 2001
Frederick, "The Faculty Party," Three Sisters, NBC, 2001
Frederick, "The Rooster," Three Sisters, NBC, 2001
Jack Aldridge, "Medium Rare," Oz, HBO, 2001
British ambassador Lord John Marbury, "Dead Irish Writers," The West Wing, NBC, 2002
Dan Franklin, "The Bad Girl," The Education of Max Bickford, CBS,2002
Television Work
Director; Episodic
"Variety," Oz, HBO, 2002
Film Appearances
Aram Nicholas, Star 80, Warner Bros., 1983
William Tyndale, God's Outlaw, 1986
Voice of Peter, Next, Channel Four Films, 1989
Edgar Papworth, Mountains of the Moon, Carolco, 1990
Augustus Steranko, If Looks Could Kill (also known as Teen Agent), Warner Bros., 1991
Parnell, Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Universal, 1992
Sheriff Mervin of Rottingham, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (also known as Sacre Robin des bois), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
Max, The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
Murphy, Sudden Manhattan, Phaedra Cinema, 1996
Mr. McMurtry, Trouble on the Corner, 1997
Ray Thornback, Next Stop Wonderland (also known as The Last Train to Wonderland), Miramax, 1998
Narrator, Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (documentary), First Run, 1999
Peter Quince, A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as WilliamShakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Sogno di una notte di mezza estate), Fox Searchlight, 1999
Jump, Arrow Releasing, 1999
Bill Fontaine, BlackMale (also known as Blackmail), A-pix Entertainment, 2000
Himself, Loop Dreams: The Making of a Low-Budget Movie, Captured Time Productions, 2001
Guillermo Kahlo, Frida, Miramax, 2002
King Pheron, The Scorpion King, Universal, 2002
Mr. Castle, The Emperor's Club, Universal, 2002
Nat Banks, Crazy Like a Fox, 2002
Voice of Edward, Return to Never Land (animated; also known as Peter Pan: Return to Never Land), Buena Vista, 2002
RECORDINGS
Albums
Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby (dramatic reading), Caedmon, 1982
Audiobooks
David Copperfield, Caedmon, 1982
Memnoch the Devil, Random House, 1995
The Door in the Wall, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, 1998
The Iliad, Audio Literature, 2000
The Grave Maurice: A Richard Jury Mystery, Penguin Audiobooks, 2002
WRITINGS
Plays
Is There Honey Still for Tea?, Royal Shakespeare Company, producedon a tour of British cities, 1978
(With Eric Elice) Double-Double, Watford Palace Theatre, then Fortune Theatre, both London, 1986, later Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA,1988-1989
Also author (with Elice) of the play Elephant Manse. Contributor to books, including Players of Shakespeare 1, 1985; and A Study Guide to Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Albany Times Union, June 26, 1997, p. 26
Houston Chronicle, March 22, 1997, p. 4
InTheatre, Issue 14, 1997, pp. 28-29
Newsday, November 20, 1996, p. B3

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