Mark Tandy (actor)

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Mark Napper O'Connor Tandy is an Irish stage, film and television actor.

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Early life

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]

Career

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]

His 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]

He 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 .

Selected filmography

Selected theatre

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References

  1. ↑ Profile, digiguide.tv; accessed 9 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Past Productions" (PDF).
  3. ↑ League, The Broadway. "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Mark Tandy - Artists - ATG Tickets". www.atgtickets.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. ↑ TV.com. "Absolutely Fabulous". TV.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Mumford, Gwilym; Robinson, John; Skegg, Martin; Raeside, Julia; Davies, Hannah J.; Jones, Mark; Verdier, Hannah; Mueller, Andrew (12 March 2013). "TV highlights 12/03/2013". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "What 14 Characters from 'The Crown' Look Like in Real Life". ELLE UK. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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