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- Mark Tandy at IMDb
- Mark Tandy on BFI
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Mark Napper O'Connor Tandy is an Irish stage, film and television actor.
Mark Tandy was born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland on 8 February 1957. [1] His childhood was spent between the Republic of Ireland and the Persian Gulf. He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Bristol Drama Department, and was a member of the National Youth Theatre from 1974 to 1976. [2]
Tandy's first professional engagement in the theatre was for the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1979, where appearances included the original stage production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby , which played for three seasons at the Aldwych Theatre, London and at the Plymouth Theatre, New York. [3] Tandy has since appeared irregularly at the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, The Old Vic, London's West End and around the UK. [4]
Tandy's first television role was as WB Yeats for the BBC in 1982, and many subsequent television appearances include The Jewel in the Crown , Inspector Morse , Portrait of a Marriage , Poirot , Absolutely Fabulous , [5] Longitude , Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea [6] and Shackleton . Tandy appears as Cecil Beaton in the first two seasons of The Crown for Netflix. [7]
Tandy first appeared on film as Viscount Risley in Merchant Ivory's Maurice . Other film appearances include Howards End , Defence of the Realm , Wings of Fame , Luzhin Defence , Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason , Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story and Dad's Army .
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