Nigel Terry

Nigel Terry
Born	15 August 1945 (1945-08-15) (age 64) Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Nigel Terry (born 15 August 1945) is a British stage and film actor probably best known by movie audiences for his portrayal of King Arthur in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981). However, he has had a long career in classical theatre.

Early Career and the RSC

Terry was born in Bristol, England and was educated at Truro School in Cornwall. After training with repertory companies like the Oxford Meadow Players and Bristol Old Vic, Terry appeared in many productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Round House Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre. Among his roles was Bosola in the 1989 Royal Shakespeare Company production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. The same year, he played Pericles in David Thacker's production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

Movies and TV

In addition to Excalibur, he has appeared in approximately a dozen films, like The Lion in Winter (1968), where he played Prince John and Derek Jarman's Caravaggio (1986), where he played the title character. He has also appeared in some of Jarman's other films. Recently, he appeared in Troy (2004) playing the Trojan high priest and Prince Telephus, as well as the 2006 Hallmark production of Blackbeard as a marooned sailor.

His main US and British television appearances include Covington Cross, a series set in medieval times. He also appeared in Casualty as Denny and in May 2008 he played General Cobb in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" and as Gabriel Piton in Highlander: The Series.

External links

• Nigel Terry at the Internet Movie Database

http://www.filmreference.com/film/91/Nigel-Terry.html

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