Antony Sher Biography (1949-)
Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies

Nicholas Selby to Marc Singer

Antony Sher Biography (1949-)

Born June 14, 1949, in Cape Town, South Africa; immigrated to England, 1968,naturalized citizen, 1979; son of Emmanuel (in business) and Margery Sher; companion of Gregory Doran (a director).

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, artist, writer

Birth Details

June 14, 1949

Cape Town, South Africa

Famous Works

CREDITS

Stage Appearances

Teeth 'n' Smiles, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1975

Muhammad, Goose-Pimples, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1981

Austin, True West, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1981-1990

Fool, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, then Barbican Theatre, London, 1982-1983

Moliere, Other Place Theatre, Stratford, then Pit Theatre, London,1983

Title role, Tartuffe, Pit Theatre, London, 1983

Martin Glass, Maydays, Barbican Theatre, 1983

Marcel Fiote, Red Noses, Barbican Theatre, 1985

Title role, Richard III, Barbican Theatre, 1985

Arnold Backoff, Torch Song Trilogy, Albery Theatre, London, 1985

Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, then Barbican Theatre, 1988

Vindice, The Revenger's Tragedy, Swan Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon,then Pit Theatre, 1987-1988

Johnny Smit, Hello and Goodbye, Almeida Theatre, London, 1988

Peter Singer, Singer, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre,then Pit Theatre, 1990

Joseph K., The Trial, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1991

Arturo Ui, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Olivier Theatre, London, 1991-1992

Mikhail Lvovich Astrov, Uncle Vanya, Cottesloe Theatre, 1992

Title role, Tamburlaine the Great, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, 1994

Sir Stanley Spencer, Stanley, Royal National Theatre, London, 1996then Circle in the Square, New York City, 1997

Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1999

Title role, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, thenYoung Vic Theatre, London, 1999-2000 later Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 2000

Appeared in Cloud Nine, Royal Court Theatre; The Glad Hand,London production; John, Paul, George, Ringo, and Bert, Lyric Theatre, London; Prayer for My Daughter, London production; Titus Andronicus, National Theatre Company; and Travesties, Royal Shakespeare Company; also appeared in performances of Astonish Me, The Cherry Orchard, A Flea in Her Ear, The Good Woman of Setzuan, TheGovernment Inspector, Knickers, Teeth and Smiles, Twelfth Night,and Ziggomania.

Film Appearances

Soldier at cinema, Yanks (also known as Yanks--Gestern waren wir noch Freunde), Universal, 1979

Bellboy, Superman II, Warner Bros., 1980

Mark Gertler: Fragments of a Biography, 1981

Oliver Shadey, Shadey, Film Four International, 1984

Loki, Eric the Viking (also known as Erik viking), Orion, 1990

Moliere, 1990

Tartuffe, 1990

Dr. Ernest Zeigler, The Young Poisoner's Handbook (also known as Das Handbuch des jungen Giftmischers), 1995 Cineplex Film Properties, 1996

Chief weasel, The Wind in the Willows (also known as Mr. Toad'sWild Ride), 1996 Columbia, 1997

Jack, Indian Summer (also known as Alive and Kicking), First Look Pictures Releasing, 1996

Benjamin Disraeli, Mrs. Brown (also known as Her Majesty, Mrs.Brown), Miramax, 1997

Dr. Moth, Shakespeare in Love, Miramax, 1998

Television Appearances

Movies

Title role, Genghis Cohn, BBC, 1993 Arts and Entertainment, 1994

Moncoutant, Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (also known asHoratio Hornblower: The Wrong War), Arts and Entertainment, 1999

Voice of Ben Azra, The Miracle Maker, ABC, 2000

Episodic

Scum editor, "The Crying Game," The Comic Strip Presents, MTV, 1992

The don, "The Organisation," Look at the State We're In!, BBC, 1995

Other

Howard Kirk, The History Man (also known as Malcolm Bradbury'sThe History Man), 1981

David Samuels, The Land of Dreams, 1990

Sergeant Cuff, The Moonstone (special), PBS, 1996

Also appeared in Cold Harbour and Collision Course.

WRITINGS

Film Scripts

(With others) Mark Gertler: Fragments of a Biography, 1981

Television Scripts

Changing Step, BBC1, 1990

Books

The Year of the King (nonfiction), Chatto & Windus, 1985

Middlepost (novel), Knopf (New York City), 1988

Characters (paintings and sketches), 1989

The Indoor Boy (novel), Viking (New York City), 1992

Cheap Lives (novel), Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1995

(With Gregory Doran) Woza Shakespeare! (nonfiction), 1997

The Feast (novel), Little, Brown, 1998

Beside Myself: An Autobiography, Hutchinson, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Daily Telegraph, January 5, 2001

New Statesman, May 10, 1985 January 15, 1999, p. 38

New York, March 17, 1997

New York Times, February 2, 1997