John Sackville (actor)

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John Sackville is an English actor, best known for his role as the villainous Robert Frobisher Smythe in the British-American TV series House of Anubis , in which he co-starred with Alexandra Shipp [1] He has worked in theatre, film and television.

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Sackville was born in Norfolk. He was educated at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset and St Andrews University. Afterwards, he trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

On stage he has performed with the National Theatre, the RSC and in the West End. While at the RSC, performing in Michael Attenborough's critically acclaimed Othello with Ray Fearon and Richard McCabe [2] and Volpone , with Guy Henry, he produced, directed and featured in a short film, The Mosquito, The Flea, The Fly, funded by The Other Place.

In 1998 he played the lead role of Kevin in the British premiere of Party at the Arts Theatre. [3] In 2005 he performed as a double-act with Russ Abbot, playing the title role in Lord Arthur Savile's Crime . [4] In 2006 he played William Roper alongside Martin Shaw in A Man for All Seasons at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Both shows were produced by Bill Kenwright. In 2008 he starred as Pope John Paul II in BBC1's Young John Paul II: Witness to Evil. [5]

In 2011, Sackville starred alongside Carla Juri in the feature film Fossil, shot on location in the Dordogne. [6] In 2012 he appeared as Dr David Wilcox in the BBC's The Secret of Crickley Hall , opposite Olivia Cooke. In 2012-13 he played lead regular Robert Frobisher Smythe in the series House of Anubis . In 2014 he played the Reverend John Clarke opposite Anne Archer in The Trial of Jane Fonda in London and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. [7] In the same year Sackville co-starred with Mischa Barton in the film The Hoarder, set in New York. In 2015 he was cast in the new Netflix series The Crown , playing alongside John Lithgow and Jeremy Northam, and as George VI in the BBC's Royal Wives at War opposite Gina McKee.

In 2016 he played the role of Simon Beauclerk in James Gray's The Lost City of Z , working with Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson. He also began filming Season Two of The Crown , working opposite Anton Lesser. In 2017 he was cast as R Davis Halliwell in the new 20th Century Fox series Genius and as the title role in William Wordsworth for English Touring Theatre. [8] He also took the lead role of Julian Anson - "elegantly played by John Sackville" as reviewed by The Guardian's Michael Billington [9] - in a rare revival of N.C. Hunter's A Day by the Sea at Southwark Playhouse.

In 2018 he was cast in the role of Douglas Eden in Joe Hill-Gibbins' production of Absolute Hell at the National Theatre. [10] He was then cast as Robin Day in Misbehaviour , directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, playing opposite Keira Knightley. [11] In 2019 he played Henry VI in the Headlong adaptation of Shakespeare's play Richard III , [12] directed by John Haidar, followed by the role of Thomas Armstrong in Go Bang Your Tambourine at the Finborough Theatre, for which he won Best Male Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play at the Off West End Theatre Awards 2020. [13] He was also nominated for Best European Actor at Amsterdam's New Vision International Film Festival for his role as Harry in Into the Mirror [14] In 2020 he worked with Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor on Steven Knight's film Locked Down , directed by Doug Liman. In 2021 he played Charlie Dyer in the first London revival of Staircase , a part originally performed by Paul Scofield in 1966, in one of the first dramas to explore same-sex relationships at a time when they remained illegal. In 2022 he directed his adaptation of T.S.Eliot's The Waste Land at the Jermyn Street Theatre. [15] He also worked with director Mike Barker, playing Hugh Butterworth in 20th Television's pilot for The Bends. [16] In 2023 he played opposite Linda Bassett in Call the Midwife and Russell Tovey in Paul Andrew Williams's Suspect for Disney+

He lives in London.

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  2. ↑ "Great performances in a thrilling production". The Daily Telegraph . 10 January 2000. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Dominic Cavendish (22 September 1998). "The Independent recommends: Theatre" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (tour) Review". What's On Stage. 28 February 2005. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Young John Paul II - Witness to Evil". BBC. 12 April 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "DVD Review of Fossil". Cine Vue. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Edinburgh Festival 2014: The Trial of Jane Fonda, Assembly Rooms, review: 'laboured'". The Daily Telegraph . 5 August 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "William Wordsworth – A new play by Nicholas Pierpan". 27 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "It's theatre, but not as we know it, review: 'Michael Billington compares two plays written 64 years apart'". Country Life . 18 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Absolute Hell | Royal National Theatre". 10 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Misbehaviour". IMDb. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  12. ↑ https://www.headlong.co.uk/productions/richard-iii/people.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ "Off West End Theatre Awards 2020: the winners in full". 9 March 2020.
  14. ↑ "International NVIFF Nominees". 4 August 2019.
  15. ↑ "1922: The Waste Land by T.S Eliot | Jermyn Street Theatre".
  16. ↑ "The Bends". IMDb. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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