Aden Gillett

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Aden Gillett
Born
John Aden Gillett

12 January 1958 (age 66)
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
Spouse Sara Stewart
Children2

John Aden Gillett (born 12 January 1958) is a British actor. He is best known for playing the role of Jack Maddox on the BBC series The House of Eliott . [1]

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Biography and career

Gillet was born on 12 January 1958 in Aden, Yemen, from which he got his name. He attended Elizabeth College, Guernsey.

Gillet trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has received a number of awards and honours for his work, including the Tree Prize, the Sir Emile Littler Prize, the Vanbrugh Prize and the Radio Prize. He received the Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer on Broadway for his performance in "An Inspector Calls" at the Royale Theatre, Broadway. [2]

Gillet played Mr Banks in a new production of Mary Poppins and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing . In films, he appeared in The Winslow Boy and The Borrowers . He played Dr Chiltern in Polyanna 2003 film.

Gillet is active in the Theatre Royal at Bath with the Peter Hall Company in numerous productions of Shakespearean plays and other classics, including Antony and Cleopatra , As You Like It , and at The Old Vic in The Tempest . He also appeared in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit , and Private Lives , and in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman and The Doctor's Dilemma . [3]

On television, he appeared as Robin Hood in Ivanhoe and as Peter Townsend, Princess Margaret's forbidden love, in The Queen's Sister . He also appeared in Harry Enfield's Television Programme and as Charles Garner in episode 8 series 2 of Lovejoy first broadcast on 24 February 1991.

Gillet narrated the 2004 Discovery Channel documentary Who Betrayed Anne Frank. The documentary discusses the suspect who exposed the location of the Frank Family to the gestapo's in accordance from evidence found by author Carol Ann Lee.

From December 2018 to January 2019 he played the role of Scrooge in the RSC's production of A Christmas Carol at Stratford-upon-Avon.

Gillet was married to actress Sara Stewart. [4] They have two children.

Filmography

Actor
TitleYearRoleNotes
Mister Clay, Mister Clay1985Mathew Clay
Hot Metal 1986ReporterEpisode The Tell-Tale Heart (16 February 1986)
A Hazard of Hearts 1987Groom (uncredited)TV movie (CBS)
Ending Up1989Trevor
Screen Two 1990UlinovEpisode Kremlin Farewell (1 April 1990)
Under the Lighthouse Dancing 1996David
Innocents 2000Steve Bolsin
Shadow of the Vampire 2000Henrik Galeen
Midsomer Murders 2010Ian Kent“The Silent Land” S13 (22 September 2010)
Tula: The Revolt 2013Father Schinck
Lewis 2013Tom MarstonSeason 8 "Entry Wounds", 2 episodes
Father Brown 2015Bentley DukeEpisode 3.14 "The Deadly Seal"
Midsomer Murders2016Christopher CorbyS18E5: “Saints and Sinners”
Vera 2016Harry BentonEpisode: “The Moth Catcher”
The Foreigner 2017Ross
Brexit: The Uncivil War 2019 Robert Mercer TV movie
The Crown 2019 Richard Crossman Season 3, "Olding", “Aberfan”, “Bubbikins”

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