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Antony Sher
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British actor, writer and theatre director (1949–2021)
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Vinony's link graph records 352 inbound references to Antony Sher, and connects out to Order of the British Empire, Tartuffe and Richard III.
It is catalogued under topics including 1949 births, 2021 deaths and 20th-century British Jews.
Vinony links it to 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1949
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Naʻar ha-bayit
- Middlepost
- Characters
- Cheap lives
- The Giant (Hampstead Theatre)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Cape Town, South Africa
Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) was an English actor of South African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. He died of cancer on 3rd December 2021.
Known for
- Queer as Art — Self2017
- Joe Orton Laid Bare — Ensemble Cast2017
- Shakespeare Live! From the RSC — Self2016
- RSC Live: King Lear — King Lear2016
- War Book — David2015
- Antony Sher and Greg Doran in Conversation with Sue MacGregor — Himself2015
- Shylock's Ghost — Self2015
- RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 — Sir John Falstaff2015
- RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2 — Sir John Falstaff2015
- Dickens in London — Older Dickens(Voice)2012
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 25
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- b. 1949
- Gender
- Unknown
Recorded by 2 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cape Town
- Place of death
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Spouse
- Gregory Doran
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Employer
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Languages spoken
- English language
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1949-06-14
- nominated for
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
- name in native language
- Antony Sher
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-12-02
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- honorific prefix
- Sir
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