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Peter Chelsom Biography (1956-)

Born April 20, 1956, in Blackpool, England; son of Reginald (an antiques shopowner) and Kay (an antiques shop owner) Chelsom. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 S. El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, writer

Birth Details

April 20, 1956

Blackpool, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director, Except Where Indicated
• Treacle (short), 1988
• Hear My Song, Miramax Films, 1991
• (And producer) Funny Bones, Buena Vista, 1995
• The Mighty, Miramax, 1998
• Town & Country, New Line Cinema, 2001
• Serendipity, Miramax, 2001
• Film Appearances
• Mitchell, The American Success Company (also known as The Ringer, American Success, and Success), 1978
• Nigel Playfayre, Christmas Present, 1985
• Oliver Sutherland, Indian Summer, 1987
• Stage Appearances
• Edmund, Edward II, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1978-79
• All Ayre and Fire, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, 1978-79
• The son, Bingo, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, 1978-79
• Charley, Charley's Aunt, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, 1978-79
• Title role, The Gingerbread Man, Leeds Playhouse Company, 1979-80,Harcourt, The Country Wife, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, 1980
• Nick Croucher, Television Times, Royal Shakespeare Company, Londonand Stratford, 1980-82
• Florizel, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1980-82
• Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1980-82
• Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1980-82
• All's Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1980-82
• Ralph, The Accrington Pals, Royal Shakespeare Company, Warehouse Theatre, London, 1981
• Black and Nicky Hutchinson, Our Friends in the North, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1982
• Joe Conran, Ourselves Alone, Royal Court Theatre, London, then Theatre Upstairs, London, 1985-86
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Bernard Wilsher (as a young adult), Cream in My Coffee, 1980
• Kenny Winters, Not That Kind of People, 1982
• Houseman, Intensive Care, BBC, 1982
• Giles, An Englishman Abroad, BBC, 1983
• Also appeared as Alan, Time and the Conways, BBC.
• Miniseries
• Edwin Fairley, A Woman of Substance, 1983
• Specials
• School Play (also known as BBC2 Playhouse: School Play), BBC2, 1979
• Bryan Snow, "Star Quality," Noel Coward Stories, BBC, 1987, televised in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987
• "Bill the Minder," Long Ago and Far Away, PBS, 1989
• Televsion Appearances
• Episodic
• Alcohol, Granada TV, 1979
• Christopher Sorrell, Sorrell and Son (six episodes), Yorkshire TV,1983
• Cleante, "The Miser," Great Performances, PBS, 1988
• Radio Appearances
• Horatio, A Hard Night in Elsinore, BBC, 1978-79
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Adrian Dunbar) Hear My Song (based on the story by Chelsom),Miramax Films, 1991
• Funny Bones, Buena Vista, 1995

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Film Comment, May, 1995.
• New York Times, January 26, 1992, sec 2, p. H22.