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Allan Corduner (born 2 April 1950) is an English character actor who has worked extensively in theatre in London's West End and on Broadway, television as well as in film. One of his first film roles was in Yentl in 1982, with Barbra Streisand. He's probably best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy (1999), his first leading role in a feature film. He received acclaim on Broadway for the role of Etches in the musical Titanic.
Corduner is gay and Jewish; his mother was from Berlin, Germany, and his father was of Finnish-Russian ancestry. Although born in Stockholm, he grew up in London, and has remained in the city ever since. He lives with his partner, the Finnish actor Juha Leppäjärvi. [1]
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Early life
Corduner grew up in a secular Jewish home in North London with his mother, father and a younger brother. His mother had escaped Nazi Germany to England with her family in 1938. His father was born in Helsinki, Finland of a Finnish mother and a Russian father of distant Sephardic Jewish ancestry, although his father's family later moved to Stockholm, Sweden. Corduner's parents, too, first settled in Stockholm, but the family relocated to London when Corduner was one year old. Interest in arts and music was always encouraged at home, and Corduner's early ambition was to become either an orchestra conductor or a concert pianist. He attended University College School in Hampstead, London NW3. Although Corduner developed into a very skilled jazz and classical pianist, musical aspirations had taken second place by the time he went to study at Bristol University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Filmography
- Mr Nobody to be released
- Defiance as "Shimon"
- Fred Claus
- The Waiting Room
- Against Nature (short)
- The White Countess
- Bigger Than the Sky
- The Merchant of Venice as "Tubal"
- A Higher Agency
- Vera Drake
- De-Lovely as "Monty Woolley
- Food of Love
- Moonlight Mile
- Me Without You
- The Grey Zone as "Miklos Nyiszli"
- The Search for John Gissing
- Joe Gould's Secret
- Topsy-Turvy as "Sir Arthur Sullivan"
- The Impostors
- Norma Jean and Marilyn as "Billy Wilder"
- Alive and Kicking
- Voices from a Locked Room (unreleased)
- Heart of Darkness
- A Business Affair
- Carry On Columbus
- Edward II
- Fat Man and Little Boy aka Shadow Makers
- Talk Radio
- Bad Medicine
- Yentl
- Sredni Vashtar (Oscar Nomination for Best Short Film 1983, Winner of BAFTA award for best Short Film 1981)
Provides many of the voices for the Harry Potter video games.
Television
- No Heroics
- The Whistleblowers
- The Last Days of the Raj
- Rome (series 2)
- Schama's Power of Art as "Mark Rothko"
- The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle
- Heartbeat
- Friends and Crocodiles
- The Last Detective (series 2)
- La Femme Musketeer
- Trust
- Daniel Deronda
- Foyle's War
- The Way We Live Now
- Fat Friends1, 2 and 3
- Liverpool One
- Drop The Dead Donkey
- Paris
- Gadgetman
- Mad About You
- Nostromo
- Love In The Ancient World
- No Bananas
- An Independent Man
- Stick With Me Kid
- The Bill
- The Last Machine
- Nobody's Children
- Boon
- Inspector Morse (Twilight of The Gods)
- Teenage Health Freak
- Girls On Top
- Headhunters
- Antonia & Jane
- Minder
- Mandela
- Freud
- Diamonds
- Roots
- Buccaneer
Theatre
- Hello, Dolly! Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
- A View from the Bridge Duke of York's Theatre, London
- Born In the Gardens Theatre Royal, Bath
- The Grouch West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
- Two Thousand Years Royal National Theatre, London
- Titanic The Lunt Fontanne Theater, Broadway NYC
- Serious Money The Royal Court & West End; Broadway NYC
- Rosmersholm Young Vic, London
- Marya Old Vic, London
- The Beaux StratagemRoyal National Theatre, London
References
2. http://www.thjc.com/articles/interview-allan-corduner 3. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article5774112.ece
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