Elliot Levey

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Elliot Levey
Born (1973-12-06) 6 December 1973 (age 50)
Leeds, England.
SpouseEmma Loach
Children3

Elliot Levey (born 6 December 1973) is an English Olivier award winning actor. [1]

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Career

Olivier award winner for the role of Herr Shultz in Cabaret. Known for his work in British Theatre, he has performed at the Donmar Warehouse, Almeida and National Theatres. [1]

His work has included the 2004 revival of the National Theatre production of His Dark Materials , the 2013 Donmar Warehouse production of Coriolanus playing the tribune Brutus alongside Mark Gatiss and Tom Hiddleston and the premieres of the musical Take Flight (2007, Menier Theatre) and the Bennett play The Habit of Art (2010, National Theatre), [2] along with Robespierre in Danton's Death alongside Toby Stephens (2010, National Theatre) and Don John in a 2011 production of Much Ado About Nothing alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate. [3] In 2014 he played an American journalist in Ripper Street . In 2019 he played Judge Jeffreys in the ghost story Martin's Close for the BBC. In 2020, he portrayed David Briggs in the mini series Quiz. [4] In 2021, he played in the movies The Amazing Mr Blunden [5] and Smudged Smile. [6] In 2023, He appeared in the movie National Theatre Live: Good. [7]

Private life

Levey was educated at Clifton College before reading philosophy at Oxford University, where he met Emma Loach (daughter of director Ken Loach), whom he later married and with whom he has three sons. [8] He is Jewish. [9] [10] [11] [12]

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  2. Royal National Theatre - Company Members - Elliot Levey Archived 21 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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  9. "Elliot Leavey on growing up Jewish in Leeds, becoming an actor and Tom Hiddleston's pants". Yorkshire Post. Yorkshire. 27 June 2016.
  10. Elliot Levey wins Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard , retrieved 2 December 2022
  11. "'It's right and proper that Jews play Jews' says Elliot Levey as he prepares for his role in a new production of Good". The JC. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  12. Grant, Brigit. ""I'm the Jew!"". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

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