Bertie Carvel

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Bertie Carvel
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Carvel as Rupert Murdoch in Ink (2019)
Born
Robert Hugh Carvel

(1977-09-06) 6 September 1977 (age 47)
Marylebone, London, England
Alma mater University of Sussex
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Sally Scott
​
(m. 2019)​
[1]
Children1

Robert Hugh Carvel (born 6 September 1977) is a British film and theatre actor. He has twice won a Laurence Olivier Award: for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical , and for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Rupert Murdoch in Ink . For the latter role, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play.

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On television, Carvel is known for playing Jonathan Strange in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell , Simon Foster in Doctor Foster , and Adam Dalgliesh in Dalgliesh . He also starred in ITV drama The Sister in 2020.

Early life and education

Carvel was born in Marylebone, London, the son of a psychologist mother and John Carvel, a journalist. Carvel was educated at University College School, Hampstead. [2] He gained a first class honours degree in English at the University of Sussex, going on to win a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (his acting training was paid for via scholarships from The Wall Trust and the Sir John Cass Foundation), [3] graduating in 2003 after a three-year course. [4]

Career

Theatre

Carvel has appeared in Revelations at the Hampstead Theatre, in Rose Bernd at the Arcola Theatre, as Alexander Ashbrook in the 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 National Theatre production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy [5] and in their productions of The Life of Galileo and The Man of Mode , in Parade at the Donmar Warehouse, and in Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Carvel was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his performance in Parade in 2008. He won the award in the same category in 2012 for his performance as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical , [6] a production that won six other Oliviers. Carvel also won the UK's TMA Award for Best Performance in a Musical and was similarly nominated for the London's Evening Standard Award. [7] He played Enrico in Damned By Despair at the National Theatre. [8]

In March 2013, he reprised his role as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. [9] This won him a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical and a nomination for Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, one of only a handful of nominations for an actor portraying a character of the opposite sex. [10] [11]

From August to October 2015, Carvel played both Pentheus and Agave in Bakkhai at the Almeida Theatre. [12] Carvel also performed as Yank in the play The Hairy Ape at the Old Vic in November of the same year.

In February 2016, Carvel announced his directorial debut. He directed the play Strife at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, which opened in August 2016.

In September 2017, Carvel played the role of Rupert Murdoch in the play Ink by James Graham, which debuted at the Almeida Theatre before transferring to the West End. [13] In April 2019 Ink transferred to Broadway, with Carvel reprising his role. This performance won him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

In 2022, he returned to The Old Vic to play US President Donald Trump in The 47th , a play by Mike Bartlett.

Roles in other media

Carvel has appeared in several other film, TV and theatre roles, including The Wrong Mans , Babylon , Doctor Who (episode "The Lazarus Experiment"), Sherlock (episode "The Blind Banker"), Bombshell , Hawking , The Crimson Petal and the White , Money and Midsomer Murders (episode "The Great and the Good"). He played Lord Carmarthen in John Adams . In the television film Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures , he played Christie's second husband Max Mallowan. Carvel appeared as Bamatabois in the film Les Misérables , based on the musical of the same name. From 2011 to 2024, Carvel was [14] the voice of the male Imperial Agent in the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic until the role was reassigned to Wilf Scolding. In 2009, Carvel played Wormwood in Focus on the Family's audio adaptation of The Screwtape Letters , alongside Andy Serkis as Screwtape. This production was a 2010 Audie Award finalist.

In 2015, Carvel starred as Jonathan Strange in the BBC One adaptation of Susanna Clarke's novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell , opposite Eddie Marsan as Gilbert Norrell. [15] He played Nick Clegg in the Channel 4 drama Coalition and in September appeared as the unfaithful husband of Suranne Jones's title character in the BBC One thriller series Doctor Foster . The second series of Doctor Foster started filming in September 2016 and was broadcast in September 2017.

Since 2021, Carvel has starred as Adam Dalgliesh in Helen Edmundson's Dalgliesh . [16] He plays former Prime Minister Tony Blair in the fifth and sixth series of The Crown . [17] In June 2024, it was announced that Carvel would portray Baelor Targaryen in the upcoming series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms . [18]

Personal life

Carvel is a Patron of the Globe Theatre's education department's 'Playing Shakespeare' programme, which provides free educational resources and free theatre tickets to secondary school students. [19] In 2013, he ran for and was elected to Equity's 11-person Stage Committee. He was re-elected for a further two-year term in 2015. [20]

Carvel married actress Sally Scott on 5 January 2019 after dating for ten years. Their first child was born in May 2020. [21]

Acting credits

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Les Misérables Bamatabois
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth Banquo

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Hawking George EllisTelevision film
2004 Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures Max MallowanTelevision film
2005Beethoven Ferdinand Ries 2 episodes
2006 Bombshell Lieutenant Roddy Frost7 episodes
2006 Holby City Martin PhillipsEpisode: "Looking After Number One"
2007 Doctor Who Mysterious ManEpisode: "The Lazarus Experiment"
2008 John Adams Lord Carmarthen Episode: "Reunion"
2009 Primeval Ryan MasonEpisode: "Haunted House"
2009 Waking the Dead Dr Dench2 episodes
2009 Midsomer Murders Justin HooperEpisode: "The Great and the Good"
2010 Sherlock Sebastian WilkesEpisode: "The Blind Banker"
2010 Just William Uncle NevilleEpisode: "Parrots for Ethel"
2011 The Crimson Petal and the White Ashwell3 episodes
2011 Hidden Alexander Wentworth4 episodes
2012 Restless Mason HardingEpisode: "Part Two"
2014 Babylon Finn Kirkwood7 episodes
2014 The Wrong Mans Nathan CrossEpisode: "White Mans"
2015 Coalition Nick Clegg Television film
2015 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Jonathan Strange7 episodes
2015–2017 Doctor Foster Simon FosterTwo series, lead role
2016 Revolting Rhymes Various voices2 episodes
2017 The Crown Robin Day Episode: "Marionettes"
2018Big CatsNarrator [22] 3 episodes
2020 The Pale Horse Zachariah Osborne2 episodes
2020 Baghdad Central Frank Temple6 episodes
2020 The Sister Robert “Bob” Morrow4 episodes
2021-present Dalgliesh Adam Dalgliesh Lead role
2022–2023 The Crown Tony Blair Supporting role (Season 5);
Main role (Season 6)
2025 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Prince Baelor TargaryenSupporting role

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreRefs.
2003RevelationsJack Hampstead Theatre
2004Victory? A Musical Drama For PeaceUri Donmar Warehouse
2005 Rose Bernd Heinzel/Policeman Oxford Stage Company/Arcola Theatre/Dumbfounded Theatre [23]
2004 Macbeth Macbeth Union Theatre, London
2005 Faustus Faustus Etcetera Theatre [24]
2005–07 Coram Boy Alexander Ashbrook (adult) / Ensemble National Theatre [5] [25]
2005 Professor Bernhardi Dr Kurt Pflugfelder/Professor Filitz Arcola Theatre
2006 The Life of Galileo Ludovico Marsili National Theatre
2007 The Man of Mode Medley National Theatre
2008 The Pride Oliver Royal Court Theatre
2008 Parade Leo Frank Donmar Warehouse
2008 The Circle Edward LutonChichester/Tour
2009 Rope Rupert Cadell Almeida Theatre
2011 Dr Dee Dr Dee Palace Theatre, Manchester
2010–13 Matilda the Musical Miss Trunchbull Courtyard Theatre
9 November 2010 – 30 January 2011
Cambridge Theatre
25 October 2011 – July 2012
Shubert Theatre
4 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2011Damned By DespairEnrico National Theatre
2015 Bakkhai Pentheus, AgaveAlmeida Theatre
2015 The Hairy Ape Yank The Old Vic
2016 Splendid's Policeman Trafalgar Studios
Rehearsed reading
2017–19 Ink Rupert Murdoch Almeida Theatre
17 June – 5 August 2017
Duke of York's Theatre
9 September 2017 – 6 January 2018
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
2 April 2019 – 7 July 2019
2022 The 47th Donald Trump The Old Vic
29 Mar - 28 May 2022
2023 Pygmalion Henry Higgins The Old Vic

Video games

YearTitleRole
2008 Haze Shane Carpenter
2020–Present Dark Princes Star Wars Galaxies Male Imperial Agent
2012 The Secret World The Forest God, Callisto

Audio

YearTitleRole
2009 The Screwtape Letters Wormwood

Accolades

Theatre

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2008 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Parade Nominated [26]
2011 Evening Standard Theatre Award Best Actor Matilda the Musical Nominated [27]
2012 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Won [6]
2013 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Nominated [28]
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Won [29]
Drama League Award Distinguished PerformanceNominated [30] [31]
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalNominated [32] [33]
2017 Evening Standard Theatre Award Best Actor Ink Nominated [34]
2018 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play Won [35]
2019 Tony Award Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Won [36]
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayNominated [37]

Television

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The Crown Nominated [38]

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