Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre
as one of twenty young schoolboys in
Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On"
with John Gielgud. He began his career at
the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include
spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A
Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of
Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to
Land" with Maggie Smith, directed
by Peter Hall, the much-acclaimed
Greenwich Theatre production of
Robin Chapman's "One of Us" and,
as "Pastor Manders", in
Robin Phillips's highly acclaimed
production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at
the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by
Bill Kenwright.
Anthony's first television appearance was in
A Beast with Two Backs (1968)
by Dennis Potter, which was part
of
The Wednesday Play (1964)
series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character
in the BBC's
The Fortunes of Nigel (1974)
by Walter Scott. Subsequently, he
distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio"
in Romeo & Juliet (1978)
and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976)
series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He
also starred in Danger UXB (1979),
in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash".
Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of
the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in
Wiedersehen mit Brideshead (1981)
for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA
and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor.
Anthony's since gone on to star in
Jewels (1992), for which he
received another Golden Globe nomination.
Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his
outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the
Palace Theatre in London's West End.
As a producer, he co-produced
Gulag 3 (1991),
which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which
received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and
Haunted - haus der geister (1995), produced by his own
production company, Double 'A' Films.
