English theatre directors

British playwright (1930–2008)

English actress (born 1934)

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was an English actor. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he was renowned for his stage and screen roles and for his deep and distinctive voice. He received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award.

English actor and director (1907–1989)

Edward Thomas Hardy is an English actor. Known for his intense screen presence and versatility, he has established a career across independent films, major studio productions, and television, often portraying complex and psychologically driven characters. After training at the Drama Centre London, Hardy made his film debut in Black Hawk Down (2001). He gained early recognition for his roles in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and RocknRolla (2008), before achieving critical acclaim for Bronson (2008), Warrior (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Lawless (2012), and Locke (2013).

English actor (born 1964)

British theatre composer (born 1948)

British-American actor (1899–1962)

British stage and film director (born 1965)

English theatre and film director (1925–2022)

English actor (born 1938)

English actress, screenwriter and producer (born 1985)

English writer and director (born 1943)

English actor, playwright and theatre director

English theatre and film director and producer (1928-1991)

English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836–1911)

British director

British-born American film director

English theatre, film, television, and radio director

British actor, playwright, author and director (born 1937)

British actor

British actor

British actor and author (1905–1994)

British poet laureate (1671–1757)

Modernist stage designer and theatre director (1872-1966)

English actor and theatre director

British actress

British film and theatre director

British comedian and actor (1952–2013)

British actress, presenter, director, writer

English theatre, opera and film director (1930–2017)

British entertainer (born 1936)

British actor and director

British actor and theatre director

British theatre director (1934-2019)

British actor (1925–2017)

English film and theatre director

British actor, writer and theatre director (1949–2021)

film director (1951–2013)

English actor director and producer (1913-1996)

British actor and director

British theatre, film and television director

British actor and manager (1873–1934)

British theatre director and actress (1914-2002)

British writer and director

English comedian, actor, film director & astronomer (1888-1949)

English comedian, playwright, director, actor, and screenwriter

English actor (1926–1970)

British actor and writer (1880-1970)

British theatre director

English actress (1913–2014)

British actor (1913–1999)

filmmaker (1917–2010)

American writer and director

British actor (1937–2023)

English theatre director (1941–2020)

British actor and theatre director (1925–2018)

British actor

British director

English actor and director (1900–1971)