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Angus Wright | |
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| Born | 11 November 1964 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Parent | Patrick Wright (Father) |
Angus Wright (born 11 November 1964) is an American-born British actor.
Wright was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest child of Virginia and Patrick Wright. His father's career in the British Diplomatic Service took the family to the UK, the U.S., Lebanon, Egypt, Bahrain, Luxembourg, Syria and Saudi Arabia.
He gained an M.A. in Art History at the University of Edinburgh and then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has since worked extensively in theatre, film and television.
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Frankenstein | Guard |
| 1995 | First Knight | Marauder |
| Cutthroat Island | Captain Trotter | |
| 1997 | Jilting Joe | Mick |
| 1999 | RKO 281 | Joseph Cotten |
| 2000 | All Forgotten | Boris |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Literary Figure |
| The Affair of the Necklace | Henri Sanson | |
| Charlotte Gray | Secret Agent | |
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Mr Pluck |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Richard's Knight |
| 2008 | The Bank Job | Robert Rowlands |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | John Nott |
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Captain Barnes |
| 2013 | A Little Chaos | Sualem |
| 2013 | Closed Circuit | Andrew Altman |
| 2014 | Maleficent | King Henry's Advisor |
| 2016 | Rogue One | Hammerhead Captain |
| 2018 | The Rabbit's Foot | Lucky Francis |
| The Little Stranger | Coroner Riddell | |
| 2019 | Official Secrets | Mark Ellison |
| 2020 | The Courier | Dickie Franks |
| The Witches | Waiter | |
| 2022 | Pinocchio | Signore Rizzi |
| See How They Run | Sergeant Bakewell | |
| Samovar (short) | Raoul Wallenberg | |
| Catherine Called Birdy | Fulk the Elder | |
| 2023 | Bank of Dave | Clarence |
| Year | Play | Role | Director | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Henry IV Parts I & II | Douglas & Bullcalf | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1992 | The Dybbuk | Batlon | Katie Mitchell | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1992 | The Theban Plays | Chorus | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1993 | Hamlet | Guildenstern | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1993 | Salomé | Iokanaan | Steven Berkoff | European tour |
| 1994 | A Mongrel's Heart | Bormenthal | Mark Wing-Davey | Royal Lyceum Theatre |
| 1995 | Private Lives | Victor | Kenny Ireland | Royal Lyceum Theatre |
| 1996 | Mother Courage | The Lieutenant | Jonathan Kent | National Theatre |
| 1997 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | Jonathan Miller | Almeida Theatre |
| 1998 | Chips With Everything | Pilot Officer | Howard Davies | National Theatre |
| 1999 | Talk of the City | Clive | Stephen Poliakoff | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 2000 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Algernon | Selina Cadell | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 2001 | Three Sisters | Tusenbach | Loveday Ingram | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2002 | Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Tim Carroll | Globe Theatre at the Middle Temple Hall |
| 2003 | Three Sisters | Kulygin | Katie Mitchell | National Theatre |
| 2004 | Measure for Measure | Provost | Simon McBurney | National Theatre |
| 2004 | Stuff Happens | Journalist/David Manning | Nicholas Hytner | National Theatre |
| 2005 | A Dream Play | The Dreamer | Katie Mitchell | National Theatre |
| 2006 | Measure for Measure | Angelo | Simon McBurney | Complicite & International tour |
| 2006 | The Seagull | Dr Dorn | Katie Mitchell | National Theatre |
| 2007 | St Joan | Earl of Warwick | Marianne Elliott | National Theatre |
| 2007 | War Horse | Hauptmann Friedrich Müller | Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris | National Theatre |
| 2008 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | Tim Carroll | Shakespeare Company |
| 2008 | The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes | Rotten | Elizabeth Freestone | Shakespeare Company |
| 2009 | Mrs Affleck | Alfred Affleck | Marianne Elliott | National Theatre |
| 2010 | Design for Living | Ernest | Anthony Page | The Old Vic |
| 2010 | The Cat in the Hat | The Cat | Katie Mitchell | National Theatre & Young Vic & Paris |
| 2011 | Wastwater | Jonathan | Katie Mitchell | The Royal Court |
| 2012 | The Master and Margarita | Koroviev-Fagot | Simon McBurney | Barbican Theatre & European Tour |
| 2013 | Privates on Parade | Major Giles Flack | Michael Grandage | Noël Coward Theatre |
| 2013 | Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Tim Carroll | Belasco Theatre |
| 2013 | Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | Tim Carroll | Belasco Theatre |
| 2014 | The Cherry Orchard | Leonid Gaev | Katie Mitchell | The Young Vic |
| 2015 | Oresteia | Agamemnon | Robert Icke | Almeida Theatre & Trafalgar Studios [1] |
| 2016 | 1984 | O'Brien | Daniel Raggett | Playhouse Theatre |
| 2017 | Hamlet | Claudius | Robert Icke | Almeida Theatre & Harold Pinter Theatre [2] |
| 2018 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Gordon Lowther | Polly Findlay | Donmar Warehouse |
| 2022 | Oresteia & Hamlet | Agamemnon & Claudius | Robert Icke | Park Avenue Armory, New York |
| 2023 | Nachtland | Kahl | Patrick Marber | The Young Vic |
| Year | Series | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Between the Lines | Motorcycle Officer | |
| 1995 | The Bill | Chief Inspector Wallace | |
| 1996 | Crocodile Shoes | Alan McGuire | |
| 1997 | The Painted Lady | Charles Stafford | |
| 1998 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Greg Waterson | |
| 2000 | Attachments | Ed Viner | |
| 2001 | Whistleblower | Sutton | |
| The Vice | Defence Council | ||
| The Way We Live Now | Miles Grendall | ||
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies | Guy Liddell | |
| Boudica | Severus | ||
| 2004 | Wire in the Blood | Willerton | |
| 2005 | Casanova | Man at Arms | |
| 2007 | Hotel Babylon | Francis Levington | |
| 2008 | Waking the Dead | Stephen Carson | |
| The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall | Sherard Cowper-Coles | ||
| 2009 | Above Suspicion | Parks | |
| 2010 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Mr Dread | |
| 2012 | Being Human | Dr North | |
| 2013 | Murder on the Home Front | Carver | |
| 2015 | Peep Show | Angus Maynard | |
| Father Brown | Colonel Laurence St Clare | ||
| 2016 | Midsomer Murders | Roderick Craven | |
| Flowers | George | ||
| 2018 | Plebs | Evander | |
| 2019 | Year of the Rabbit | Sir Giles Linley | |
| The Crown | Martin Furnival Jones | ||
| Succession | Phillipe Layton | ||
| 2020 | COBRA | General Pickering | |
| His Dark Materials | Dr. Haley | ||
| Endeavour | Professor Blish | ||
| 2021 | Sex Education | Sex Educator | |
| 2022 | The Witchfinder | Mr Harvey | |
| The Capture | Anthony Reed | ||
| 2023 | Dreaming Whilst Black | Timothy Eastly | |
| 2024 | Mary & George | Sir David Graham | |
| Year | Show | Role | Director | Producer |
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| 1990 | Awarded a six month internship, via a Carleton Hobbs Bursary, to be a repertory member of the BBC's on-air Radio Drama Company [3] | |||
| 2002 | Precious | Geoff | Jane Morgan | Pier Productions |
| 2008 | Plenty | Sir Andrew Charleson | John Dove | Catherine Bailey Productions [4] |
| 2010 | The Secret Pilgrim | Hansen | Patrick Rayner | BBC Radio 4 |
| Year | Game | Role | Developer | Producer | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Killzone: Mercenary | Mandor Savic | Guerrilla Cambridge | Sony Computer Entertainment | PlayStation Vita |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy XVI | Quentin | Square Enix Creative Business Unit III | Square Enix | Playstation 5 |
| 2024 | Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes | Markus | Rabbit and Bear Studios | 505 Games | Multiple |
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