Adrian Scarborough
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| Adrian Scarborough | |
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| Born | 1968 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England |
| Residence | Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Notable work(s) | Gosford Park, The King's Speech |
| Television | Gavin & Stacey, Upstairs, Downstairs |
Adrian Philip Scarborough (born 1968) is an English character actor and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in 2011.
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Personal life
Scarborough was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, winning the Chesterton Award for Best Actor. He lives in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire and is married with a son and a daughter..[1]
Career
Scarborough made his big-screen debut in 1994 in The Madness of King George. His other movie appearances have included Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Vera Drake, Notes on a Scandal, The History Boys, Gosford Park, The King's Speech and the upcoming Les Misérables.
One of Scarborough's early television roles was J.G. Quiggin in the 1997 adaptation of A Dance to the Music of Time. His other appearances on television have included productions such as the French and Saunders series Let Them Eat Cake, Cranford, the television film Into the Storm, Psychoville and in the BBC comedy series Miranda. He has also appeared in two episodes of Midsomer Murders, playing separate characters in series 5 and series 10. He has been cast to play a character named Kahler Jex in an episode of Doctor Who which is expected to air in 2012.[2]
Scarborough is particularly well known for his appearances with Julia Davis in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey and for his role as the butler Mr. Pritchard in the new BBC series Upstairs, Downstairs. [3]
On stage, Scarborough makes frequent appearances at the Donmar, the Almeida, and in the West End and he has appeared in twenty productions for the Royal National Theatre. On 19 June 2011, Scarborough took part in The Barn Theatre presents... with Elliot Brown at the Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City[4]
Awards
In 1993, he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award and won the Manchester Evening News Award for his performance in The Comedy of Errors at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. In March 2011 he won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a revival of the play After the Dance by Terence Rattigan.[5]
References
- ^ "The Gavin & Stacey star you pass in the street". Berkhamsted & Tring Gazette. 11 November 2009. http://www.berkhamstedtoday.co.uk/news/the_gavin_amp_stacey_star_you_pass_in_the_street_1_1207789. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Jones, Paul (7 March 2012). "Doctor Who: Upstairs Downstairs star Adrian Scarborough cast in series seven". Radio Times. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-03-07/doctor-who-upstairs-downstairs-star-adrian-scarborough-cast-in-series-seven. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ "Adrian Scarborough - IMDb". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769083/.
- ^ [1] The Barn Theatre presents...
- ^ Olivier Awards 2011: The winners, BBC News.
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