| 1 | ->''"It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare I haven't done."'' |
| 2 | -->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Dame]] Creator/JudiDench''' |
| 3 | |
| 4 | As in "classically trained [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespearian]] actor". These actors (male and female), usually Brits, have had some ''serious'' training — often a stint at the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany or the Royal National Theatre — and so have developed redoubtable acting skills. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Of course, they won't necessarily limit themselves to Shakespeare, or even to theater. It's entirely possible for these people to do comedy, appear in major action movies and even enter LargeHam territory at times (see, for instance, Creator/BrianBlessed). |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Used intelligently, Shakespearian Actors can raise ''everyone'''s game, or turn a blah character into a BreakoutCharacter. But beware: being cast alongside one or more Shakespearian Actors makes it painfully clear if someone can't act (see, for instance, ''Film/TeachingMrsTingle'', in which Creator/HelenMirren out-acts all of her co-stars ''combined'' with her hands quite literally tied behind her back). Think of them as the acting equivalent of Spandex: they make good things better, and bad things much, much worse. Another drawback is the tendency to re-use GratuitousIambicPentameter in stories that don't necessarily call for it, otherwise known as [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner]]-speak. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Because these actors will be critically acclaimed (they can be popular as well), they are more likely than most actors, if they're British, to succumb to the K-strain of UsefulNotes/KnightFever, i.e. getting a knighthood. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | One of the litmus tests for being a Shakespearian actor is to have played a major/lead role for the Royal Shakespeare Company or the Royal National Theatre. These two theatres are the most prominent and prestigious theatres in Great Britain with the globally-known RSC catering (almost) exclusively Shakespeare's plays. (RSC's closest North American equivalents are probably the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland.) Even better, see the Website/YouTube entries for the old educational series, ''Playing Shakespeare'', featuring the RSC players of its day, now in retrospect stock-full of future movie stars like Sir Creator/PatrickStewart, Dame Creator/JudiDench, Sir Creator/BenKingsley, and Sir Creator/IanMcKellen. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | !!Shakespearian Actors in fiction |
| 15 | |
| 16 | As we've just seen, real-life Shakespearian Actors take a variety of roles for a variety of reasons, and few jobbing actors--even among this exceptionally talented bunch — can afford to be picky about the sorts of roles they accept. In fiction, though, the Shakespearian Actor tends to be a particular subtype of the high-maintenance diva archetype: one who constantly laments his decision to give up theater and who has nothing but contempt for the tripe he's being asked to deliver. This version is the ClassicallyTrainedExtra. |
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| 18 | %%PLEASE ADD ACTORS' NAMES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. |
| 19 | %% Also note that many of the names are red links. This is because otherwise it would mess up the index. |
| 20 | ---- |
| 21 | !!Real examples: |
| 22 | [[index]] |
| 23 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [[folder:A-C]] |
| 26 | * Creator/FMurrayAbraham |
| 27 | * Creator/AmyAcker |
| 28 | * Creator/MarkAddy |
| 29 | * Creator/WesleyAddy |
| 30 | * Creator/JennyAgutter: Veteran of both the RSC and the National Theatre, including the title role in ''Theatre/HeddaGabler'' among ''many'' others. |
| 31 | * Creator/AliAhn |
| 32 | * Creator/JaneAlexander |
| 33 | * Creator/RogerAllam: Old hand at the RSC, has turned his hand to film, musicals, television and radio. |
| 34 | * Creator/WoodyAllen |
| 35 | * Creator/LaurenAmbrose |
| 36 | * Creator/AnthonyAndrews |
| 37 | * Creator/HarryAndrews |
| 38 | * Creator/GethinAnthony |
| 39 | * Creator/RichardArmitage |
| 40 | * Creator/GemmaArterton: Graduated from RADA and was in ''Theatre/LovesLaboursLost'' at the Globe. |
| 41 | * Creator/BeaArthur |
| 42 | * Dame Creator/PeggyAshcroft: One of the queens of the British stage from the '30s to the '80s, and an Oscar-winner. |
| 43 | * Creator/AnnaleighAshford |
| 44 | * Creator/RogerAshtonGriffiths |
| 45 | * Dame Eileen Atkins: Has been appearing on stage since the late 1950s |
| 46 | * Creator/AshlieAtkinson |
| 47 | * Creator/RowanAtkinson |
| 48 | * Creator/HayleyAtwell |
| 49 | * Sir Creator/RichardAttenborough |
| 50 | * Creator/KellyAuCoin |
| 51 | * Creator/ErickAvari |
| 52 | * Creator/TomBaker |
| 53 | * Creator/AlecBaldwin |
| 54 | * Creator/ChristianBale |
| 55 | * Creator/JamieBamber |
| 56 | * Creator/TallulahBankhead |
| 57 | * Creator/LeslieBanks |
| 58 | * Creator/ChristineBaranski |
| 59 | * Creator/FrancesBarber |
| 60 | * Creator/BarbaraBarrie |
| 61 | * Creator/JohnBarrowman |
| 62 | * Creator/EthelBarrymore |
| 63 | * Creator/JohnBarrymore |
| 64 | * Creator/LionelBarrymore |
| 65 | * Creator/DavidAlanBasche |
| 66 | * Creator/AngelaBassett |
| 67 | * Creator/SeanBean: Made his professional debut as Tybalt in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' and has appeared on several plays (not just Shakespearean) since, in addition to being one of RSC's prominent alumni. He's primarily known as a legendary ChronicallyKilledActor, though. |
| 68 | * Creator/JimBeaver |
| 69 | * Creator/KateBeckinsale |
| 70 | * Creator/TonyBeckley |
| 71 | * Creator/LauraBenanti |
| 72 | * Creator/AnnetteBening |
| 73 | * Creator/MelissaBenoist |
| 74 | * Creator/JonBernthal |
| 75 | * Creator/EveBest |
| 76 | * Creator/PaulBettany |
| 77 | * Creator/ClaudiaBlack |
| 78 | * Creator/KarenBlack |
| 79 | * Creator/MarshaStephanieBlake |
| 80 | * Creator/CateBlanchett: While not a member of the RSC, is a classically trained theatre actress with a Shakespeare background who has her name mentioned in the same breath as the most famous RSC alums. |
| 81 | * Creator/JulianBleach |
| 82 | * Creator/HansChristianBlech |
| 83 | * Creator/BrianBlessed |
| 84 | * Claire Bloom: Among other work, played [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]] opposite both Creator/RichardBurton and Creator/PaulScofield. |
| 85 | * Creator/OrlandoBloom |
| 86 | * Creator/DylanBluestone |
| 87 | * Creator/EmilyBlunt |
| 88 | * Creator/MaryBoland |
| 89 | * Creator/SamanthaBond |
| 90 | * Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter |
| 91 | [[/index]] |
| 92 | * Hugh Bonneville: Best known as the [[Series/DowntonAbbey Earl of Grantham]]. |
| 93 | [[index]] |
| 94 | * Creator/JessicaBoone |
| 95 | * Creator/RichardBoone |
| 96 | * Creator/BarryBostwick |
| 97 | * Creator/DennisBoutsikaris |
| 98 | * Creator/JohnBoyega |
| 99 | * Creator/DavidBradley |
| 100 | * Creator/ZachBraff |
| 101 | * Sir Creator/KennethBranagh: Almost singlehandedly revived Shakespeare on film with a string of hits in the Nineties. |
| 102 | * Creator/MarlonBrando |
| 103 | * Creator/AndreBraugher |
| 104 | * Creator/BernardBresslaw: He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but spent the last 20 years of his career frequently appearing in the RSC's theatre productions. |
| 105 | * Creator/JeremyBrett |
| 106 | * Creator/LloydBridges |
| 107 | * Creator/RichardBriers |
| 108 | * Creator/JimBroadbent |
| 109 | * Creator/JacquelineBrookes |
| 110 | * Creator/AveryBrooks |
| 111 | * Creator/DanielleBrooks |
| 112 | * Creator/RachelBrosnahan |
| 113 | * Creator/SterlingKBrown |
| 114 | * Creator/JessicaBrownFindlay |
| 115 | * Creator/KarenBryson |
| 116 | * Creator/JessieBuckley |
| 117 | * Creator/VictorBuono |
| 118 | * Creator/MyAnnaBuring |
| 119 | * Creator/TyBurrell |
| 120 | * Creator/KateBurton |
| 121 | * Creator/RichardBurton |
| 122 | * Creator/GerardButler |
| 123 | * Creator/LScottCaldwell |
| 124 | * Creator/JamesCagney |
| 125 | * Creator/JonathanCake |
| 126 | * Creator/JDCannon |
| 127 | * Creator/PeterCapaldi |
| 128 | * Creator/JessicaCapshaw |
| 129 | * Creator/LorneCardinal |
| 130 | * Creator/TantooCardinal |
| 131 | * Creator/JohnCariani |
| 132 | * Creator/JaneCarr |
| 133 | * Creator/RockyCarroll |
| 134 | * Creator/JohnCarradine |
| 135 | * Creator/GarryChalk |
| 136 | * Creator/StockardChanning |
| 137 | * Creator/OonaChaplin: Best known as [[Series/GameOfThrones Talisa Maegyr/Stark]]. She performed in a few Shakespearean plays even before admitting to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. |
| 138 | * Creator/AnyaChalotra |
| 139 | * Ian Charleson: Of ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' and ''Film/{{Gandhi}}''. His Hamlet at the National Theatre in 1990 was widely acclaimed, and Ian [=McKellen=], having won the Evening Standard Best Actor award, gave Charleson the statuette, feeling that he deserved it more. Charleson died soon after (the first UK celebrity death openly attributed to AIDS), and the Ian Charleson Awards were established within the year to recognize actors under the age of thirty. |
| 140 | * Creator/JessicaChastain |
| 141 | * Creator/JuanChioran |
| 142 | * Creator/GwendolineChristie: Best known as [[Series/GameOfThrones Brienne of Tarth]]. She performed as The Queen in a production of ''Theatre/{{Cymbeline}}'', and her first post-''Thrones'' outing was as Titania in a production of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. |
| 143 | * Creator/JulieChristie |
| 144 | * Creator/MorfyddClark |
| 145 | * Creator/GlennClose |
| 146 | * Creator/RhysCoiro |
| 147 | * Creator/JohnColicos |
| 148 | * Creator/ToniCollette |
| 149 | * Creator/LynnCollins |
| 150 | * Creator/KerryCondon |
| 151 | * Creator/SeanConnery |
| 152 | * Creator/KennethConnor |
| 153 | * Creator/FrancesConroy |
| 154 | * Creator/KevinConroy |
| 155 | * Creator/CarrieCoon |
| 156 | * Creator/ChrisCooper |
| 157 | * Creator/DominicCooper |
| 158 | * Creator/GretchenCorbett |
| 159 | * Creator/JudyCornwell |
| 160 | * Creator/DavidCostabile |
| 161 | * Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau |
| 162 | * Creator/MarionCotillard |
| 163 | * Creator/JosephCotten |
| 164 | * Creator/GeorgeCoulouris |
| 165 | * Creator/BrianCox |
| 166 | * Creator/CharlieCox |
| 167 | * Creator/DanielCraig |
| 168 | * Creator/BernardCribbins |
| 169 | * Creator/StephenCritchlow |
| 170 | * Creator/JamesCromwell |
| 171 | * Creator/HumeCronyn |
| 172 | * Creator/MackenzieCrook |
| 173 | * Creator/BenCross |
| 174 | * Creator/LindsayCrouse |
| 175 | * Creator/BillyCrudup |
| 176 | * Creator/MartonCsokas |
| 177 | * Creator/JohnCullum |
| 178 | * Creator/BenedictCumberbatch has not yet played for the RSC, but has played lead roles in Royal National Theatre productions; he has twice been nominated for an Olivier Award (winning for ''Theatre/Frankenstein2011'' in 2012). |
| 179 | * Creator/AnnaCummer |
| 180 | * Creator/AlanCumming |
| 181 | * Creator/LiamCunningham |
| 182 | * Creator/TimCurry |
| 183 | * Creator/JoanCusack |
| 184 | * Creator/NiamhCusack |
| 185 | * Creator/PeterCushing |
| 186 | * Creator/HenryIanCusick: Attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and appeared in productions with the Strathclyde Theatre Group in Glasgow. |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:D-G]] |
| 190 | * Creator/JimDale |
| 191 | * Creator/TimothyDalton: Trained at RADA for two years and spent most of the 1970s performing with the RSC and other troupes. |
| 192 | * Creator/CharlesDance |
| 193 | * Creator/ClaireDanes: A weird example in that her first Shakespearean work is [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet a movie adaptation]] before she started regularly appearing on stage. |
| 194 | * Creator/BenDaniels |
| 195 | * Creator/NathanDarrow |
| 196 | * Creator/ArthurDarvill |
| 197 | * Creator/KeithDavid |
| 198 | * Creator/LaneDavies |
| 199 | * Creator/EmbethDavidtz |
| 200 | [[/index]] |
| 201 | * Daniel Davis has reportedly been in all but six of Shakespeare's plays, presumably thanks to his ''ridiculously'' good English accent. (He's from Arkansas.) Also performed with both the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. |
| 202 | [[index]] |
| 203 | * Creator/JudyDavis |
| 204 | * Creator/ViolaDavis: Graduated from Juilliard, won a Tony for ''Fences'' and then an Oscar for the film adaptation. |
| 205 | * Creator/BruceDavison |
| 206 | * Creator/PeterDavison |
| 207 | * Creator/DavidDawson |
| 208 | * Creator/RosarioDawson |
| 209 | * Creator/DanielDayLewis: Performed at the National Youth Theatre, attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and performed with the RSC. |
| 210 | * Creator/ElizabethDebicki |
| 211 | * Dame Creator/OliviaDeHavilland |
| 212 | [[/index]] |
| 213 | * Frances de la Tour: Madame Olympe Maxime in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' series; she joined the RSC in 1965 and is a three-time Olivier Award winner. |
| 214 | [[index]] |
| 215 | * Creator/JohnDeLancie |
| 216 | * Creator/DanaDelany |
| 217 | * Creator/JeffreyDeMunn |
| 218 | * Dame Creator/JudiDench: M in the last half-dozen or so ''Film/JamesBond'' films. Also stole ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'' as Queen Elizabeth I with roughly nine total minutes of screen time. She picked up an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward as Best Supporting Actress for the performance. |
| 219 | * Creator/BrianDennehy |
| 220 | * Creator/GerardDepardieu |
| 221 | * Creator/WilliamDevane |
| 222 | * Creator/DannyDeVito |
| 223 | [[/index]] |
| 224 | * Colleen Dewhurst: The "Queen of Off-Broadway" who appeared several times in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. Won two Tonys and four Emmys (two of them for playing Series/{{Murphy Brown}}'s mother). |
| 225 | [[index]] |
| 226 | * Creator/ReedDiamond |
| 227 | * Creator/DaleDickey |
| 228 | * Creator/AugustDiehl |
| 229 | * Creator/DaveedDiggs |
| 230 | * Creator/StephenDillane |
| 231 | * Creator/JoeDinicol |
| 232 | * Creator/PeterDinklage: Best known as [[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]]. He's one of notable actors to portray the titular ''Theatre/RichardIII'' in the modern era. |
| 233 | * Creator/KenDodd |
| 234 | * Creator/RobertDonat |
| 235 | * Creator/ColinDonnell |
| 236 | * Creator/JeffreyDonovan |
| 237 | * Creator/NatalieDormer |
| 238 | * Creator/MelvynDouglas |
| 239 | * Creator/RobertDowneyJr |
| 240 | * Creator/RachelDratch |
| 241 | * Creator/RichardDreyfuss |
| 242 | * Creator/LindsayDuncan |
| 243 | * Creator/CharlesDurning |
| 244 | * Creator/ChristopherEccleston |
| 245 | * Creator/AdrianEdmondson |
| 246 | * Creator/SamanthaEggar |
| 247 | * Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor, the Operative from ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. Has played ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' -- and won the 2008 Olivier for Best Actor in a Play -- and Orsino from ''Theatre/TwelfthNight''. |
| 248 | * Creator/IdrisElba |
| 249 | * Creator/DenholmElliott |
| 250 | * Creator/MaryElizabethEllis |
| 251 | * Creator/MichaelEmerson |
| 252 | * Creator/RobertEnglund |
| 253 | * Creator/CynthiaErivo |
| 254 | * Creator/NormanEshley |
| 255 | * Creator/RaulEsparza |
| 256 | [[/index]] |
| 257 | * Dame Edith Evans: Three-time Academy Award-nominee. |
| 258 | [[index]] |
| 259 | * Creator/MauriceEvans |
| 260 | * Creator/RupertEvans |
| 261 | * Creator/RupertEverett |
| 262 | * Creator/MichelleFairley |
| 263 | * Creator/VeraFarmiga |
| 264 | * Creator/MiaFarrow |
| 265 | * Creator/MichaelFassbender |
| 266 | * Creator/ColmFeore |
| 267 | * Creator/JesseTylerFerguson |
| 268 | * Creator/JosephFiennes, who played the title role in ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'', and is the younger brother of |
| 269 | * Creator/RalphFiennes |
| 270 | * Creator/NathanFillion |
| 271 | * Creator/JonFinch |
| 272 | * Creator/AlbertFinney |
| 273 | * Creator/ColinFirth |
| 274 | * Creator/LaurenceFishburne: A stage veteran and the first African American to portray ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' in a motion picture by a major studio. |
| 275 | * Creator/RayFisher |
| 276 | * Creator/TaraFitzgerald |
| 277 | * Creator/KateFleetwood |
| 278 | * Creator/GlennFleshler |
| 279 | * Creator/CalistaFlockhart |
| 280 | * Creator/DannFlorek |
| 281 | * Creator/BarrettFoa |
| 282 | * Creator/MeganFollows |
| 283 | * Creator/EmiliaFox |
| 284 | * Creator/ClaireFoy: Has played Lady Theatre/{{Macbeth}} opposite Creator/JamesMcAvoy as the VillainProtagonist. |
| 285 | * Creator/KayFrancis |
| 286 | * Creator/DennisFranz |
| 287 | * Creator/LauraFraser |
| 288 | * Creator/MartinFreeman |
| 289 | * Creator/MorganFreeman |
| 290 | * Creator/AnnaFriel |
| 291 | * Creator/StephenFry |
| 292 | * Creator/MichaelGambon |
| 293 | * Creator/RomolaGarai |
| 294 | * Creator/AndrewGarfield |
| 295 | * Creator/GreerGarson |
| 296 | * Creator/MarkGatiss |
| 297 | * Creator/WillGeer |
| 298 | * Creator/RichardGere |
| 299 | * Creator/PaulGiamatti |
| 300 | * Creator/MelGibson |
| 301 | * Creator/ThomasGibson |
| 302 | * Creator/JohnGielgud: Up there with Olivier as one of the most important British stage actors of the 20th century. |
| 303 | * Creator/AidanGillen |
| 304 | * Creator/JessalynGilsig |
| 305 | * Creator/LillianGish |
| 306 | * Creator/IainGlen |
| 307 | * Creator/KimikoGlenn |
| 308 | * Creator/JohnGlover |
| 309 | * Creator/JulianGlover |
| 310 | * Creator/JeffGoldblum: His first professional acting credit was as a chorus member/understudy for Eglamour in the Broadway musical adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTwoGentlemenOfVerona'', which originated as a Shakespeare in the Park production. He played Malvolio in a straight production of ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' in 1989, though he got bad reviews[[note]]this is VERY likely the unhappy experience he talks about in a ''Creator/ConanOBrien Needs a Friend'' podcast appearance, though he doesn't name the show or the producer who took pity on him (which would have been Joseph Papp in that case)[[/note]]. |
| 311 | * Creator/ReneeEliseGoldsberry |
| 312 | * Creator/CarolineGoodall |
| 313 | * Creator/JohnGoodman |
| 314 | * Creator/GinniferGoodwin |
| 315 | * Creator/MichelleGomez |
| 316 | * Creator/BurnGorman |
| 317 | * Creator/MichaelGough |
| 318 | * Creator/HughGrant |
| 319 | * Creator/RichardEGrant |
| 320 | * Creator/ShalitaGrant |
| 321 | * Creator/RupertGraves |
| 322 | * Creator/CharlesGray |
| 323 | * Creator/MackenzieGray |
| 324 | * Creator/LorneGreene |
| 325 | * Creator/ClarkGregg |
| 326 | * Creator/StephenGreif |
| 327 | * Creator/RichardGriffiths |
| 328 | * Creator/IoanGruffudd |
| 329 | * Sir Creator/AlecGuinness: Spoke the very first lines at the Stratford Festival (namely, "[[Theatre/RichardIII Now is the winter of our discontent]]"). |
| 330 | * Creator/PeterGuinness |
| 331 | * Creator/DanaiGurira |
| 332 | * Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | [[folder:H-L]] |
| 336 | * Creator/JonathanHadary |
| 337 | * Creator/DavidHaig |
| 338 | * Creator/RonHalder |
| 339 | * Creator/MichaelCHall |
| 340 | * Creator/RebeccaHall |
| 341 | * Creator/HarryHamlin |
| 342 | * Creator/JonHamm |
| 343 | * Creator/TomHanks |
| 344 | * Creator/JohnHannah |
| 345 | * Creator/DavidHarbour |
| 346 | * Creator/MarciaGayHarden |
| 347 | * Creator/CedricHardwicke |
| 348 | * Creator/RobertHardy has appeared on stage in ''Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}'' and ''Theatre/HenryV'' (and played the latter role in the 1960 mini-series ''An Age of Kings''). |
| 349 | * Creator/DorisHare |
| 350 | * Creator/DavidHarewood |
| 351 | * Creator/KitHarington |
| 352 | * Creator/WilliamJacksonHarper |
| 353 | * Creator/LauraElenaHarring |
| 354 | * Creator/EdHarris |
| 355 | * Creator/JaredHarris |
| 356 | * Julie Harris: Possibly ''the'' most acclaimed American stage actress, with ten Tony Award nominations and five wins. |
| 357 | * Creator/NeilPatrickHarris |
| 358 | * Creator/RichardHarris |
| 359 | * Creator/RosemaryHarris |
| 360 | * Creator/WilliamHartnell: Appeared in a number of Shakespeare productions starting in 1925. |
| 361 | * Creator/JoshHartnett |
| 362 | * Creator/HurdHatfield |
| 363 | * Creator/AnneHathaway |
| 364 | * Creator/EthanHawke |
| 365 | * Creator/SallyHawkins |
| 366 | * Creator/GoldieHawn |
| 367 | * Creator/NigelHawthorne |
| 368 | * Creator/CHarlesHawtrey |
| 369 | [[/index]] |
| 370 | * Helen Hayes, "First Lady of the American Theatre" and an EGOT-winner. |
| 371 | [[index]] |
| 372 | * Creator/DavidHedison |
| 373 | * Creator/DonHenderson |
| 374 | * Creator/ShirleyHenderson |
| 375 | * Creator/IanHendry |
| 376 | * Creator/BrianTyreeHenry |
| 377 | * Creator/GreggHenry |
| 378 | * Creator/GuyHenry |
| 379 | * Creator/KatharineHepburn |
| 380 | * Creator/EdwardHerrmann |
| 381 | * Creator/CharltonHeston |
| 382 | * Creator/SamHeughan |
| 383 | * Creator/TomHiddleston, trained at RADA. Played [[Theatre/HenryIV Prince Hal]][=/=]Theatre/HenryV in a new BBC production of the Henriad coinciding with Britain's hosting the Olympics. Nominated at the Olivier awards for Best Newcomer in a Play twice, once in 2008 for Cassio in ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' with the aforementioned Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role and again -- also in 2008 -- for his double performance as Cloten and Posthumus in the lesser-known Shakespeare play ''Cymbeline''. He won for ''Cymbeline''. He also starred as Caius Martius in the National Theatre production of ''Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}'' from December 2013 to February 2014, which earned him his third nomination at the Oliver awards, this time for Best Actor in a Play. |
| 384 | * Creator/FreddieHighmore |
| 385 | * Creator/ConlethHill |
| 386 | * Creator/JacquelineHill |
| 387 | * Creator/WendyHiller |
| 388 | * Creator/CiaranHinds |
| 389 | * Creator/DouglasHodge |
| 390 | * Creator/DustinHoffman |
| 391 | * Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman |
| 392 | * Creator/EdwardHogg |
| 393 | * Creator/HalHolbrook |
| 394 | * Creator/LaurieHolden |
| 395 | * Creator/TomHollander |
| 396 | * Creator/IanHolm |
| 397 | * Creator/CharlotteHope |
| 398 | * Sir Creator/AnthonyHopkins: Despite his stated uninterest in "Shakespeare and all that British nonsense," he studied at RADA and was Laurence Olivier's understudy for a while. |
| 399 | * Creator/OskarHomolka |
| 400 | * Creator/MichaelHordern |
| 401 | * Creator/BernardHorsfall |
| 402 | * Creator/BobHoskins |
| 403 | * Creator/JayneHoudyshell |
| 404 | * Creator/BryceDallasHoward |
| 405 | * Creator/LeslieHoward |
| 406 | * Creator/TrevorHoward |
| 407 | * Creator/FrankieHowerd |
| 408 | * Creator/NealHuff |
| 409 | * Creator/HelenHunt |
| 410 | * Creator/KathrynHunter |
| 411 | * Creator/IsabelleHuppert |
| 412 | * Creator/JohnHurt |
| 413 | * Creator/MaryBethHurt |
| 414 | * Creator/WilliamHurt |
| 415 | * Creator/OliviaHussey |
| 416 | * Creator/JosephineHutchinson |
| 417 | * Creator/JonathanHyde |
| 418 | * Creator/RhysIfans |
| 419 | * Creator/CeliaImrie |
| 420 | * Creator/JeremyIrons: Educated at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. |
| 421 | * Creator/JeremyIrvine |
| 422 | * Creator/AmyIrving |
| 423 | * Creator/BillIrwin |
| 424 | * Creator/OscarIsaac |
| 425 | * Creator/ZeljkoIvanek |
| 426 | * Creator/DanaIvey |
| 427 | * Creator/ChukwudiIwuji |
| 428 | * Sir Creator/DerekJacobi: Invited by Lawrence Olivier to be a founding member of the National Theatre, and played Laertes in the Theatre's inaugural production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''. He's won two Lawrence Olivier Awards and a Tony. |
| 429 | * Creator/GillianJacobs |
| 430 | * Creator/LennieJames |
| 431 | * Creator/LilyJames |
| 432 | * Creator/LouiseJameson |
| 433 | * Creator/AllisonJanney |
| 434 | * Creator/TonyJay |
| 435 | * Creator/MichaelJayston |
| 436 | * Creator/IsabelJeans |
| 437 | * Creator/RichardJenkins |
| 438 | * Creator/CarolineJohn |
| 439 | * Creator/HannahJohnKamen |
| 440 | * Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson |
| 441 | * Creator/RichardJohnson |
| 442 | * Creator/CherryJones: Five-time Tony Award nominee, two-time winner, including one for the original production of ''Film/{{Doubt}}''. |
| 443 | * Creator/FelicityJones |
| 444 | * Creator/FreddieJones |
| 445 | * Creator/JamesEarlJones: Played Theatre/{{Othello}} (duh) and numerous other Shakespeare roles, and won two Tonys. |
| 446 | * Creator/MarkLewisJones |
| 447 | * Creator/NealJones |
| 448 | * Creator/RonCephasJones |
| 449 | * Creator/PatersonJoseph |
| 450 | * Creator/RaulJulia |
| 451 | * Creator/CushJumbo: Nominated for an Olivier Award for her portrayal of Mark Antony in an all-female ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. |
| 452 | * Creator/CarolKane |
| 453 | * Creator/JohnKani |
| 454 | * Creator/KareenaKapoor |
| 455 | * Tunji Kasim: Now on ''Series/NancyDrew2019'', he was part of the RSC from 2009 to 2011, and read Shakespearian sonnets for a phone app. |
| 456 | * Creator/LloydKaufman |
| 457 | * Creator/HakeemKaeKazim |
| 458 | * Creator/StacyKeach: Appeared in Shakespearean plays from the early 1960s until well into the 2000s. |
| 459 | * Creator/MichaelKeaton |
| 460 | * Creator/HughKeaysByrne |
| 461 | * Creator/TobyKebbell |
| 462 | * Creator/PenelopeKeith |
| 463 | * Creator/EllieKendrick |
| 464 | * Creator/JohnKeston: Became famous for the character Gehn in VideoGames/RivenTheSequelToMyst. Atrus' father and the main antagonist of said game. |
| 465 | * Creator/ValKilmer |
| 466 | * Creator/KimYunjin |
| 467 | * Sir Creator/BenKingsley: Joined the RSC in 1967 and spent most of the next fifteen years on stage. |
| 468 | * Creator/FerdinandKingsley |
| 469 | * Creator/AlexKingston of ''Series/{{ER}}'' and ''Series/DoctorWho'' fame. |
| 470 | * Creator/RoryKinnear |
| 471 | * Creator/EmilyKinney |
| 472 | * Creator/VanessaKirby: Has appeared in ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' and ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt''. |
| 473 | * Creator/MichaelKitchen |
| 474 | * Creator/GertanKlauber |
| 475 | * Creator/KevinKline: Studied at Juilliard and formed, with some of his classmates (including Creator/PattiLuPone and Creator/DavidOgdenStiers), the City Center Acting Company (later renamed The Acting Company) and spent the next few years performing on stage, including Shakespeare. He's won three Tony Awards. |
| 476 | * Creator/TRKnight |
| 477 | * Creator/ThomasKopache |
| 478 | * Creator/YaphetKotto |
| 479 | * Creator/RikiyaKoyama |
| 480 | * Creator/StephenKunken |
| 481 | * Creator/JenniferLafleur |
| 482 | * Creator/PhilLaMarr |
| 483 | * Creator/EriqLaSalle |
| 484 | * Creator/DianeLane |
| 485 | * Creator/NathanLane |
| 486 | * Creator/StephenLang |
| 487 | * Creator/JessicaLange |
| 488 | * Creator/FrankLangella |
| 489 | * Dame Creator/AngelaLansbury |
| 490 | * Creator/LizaLapira |
| 491 | * Creator/SanaaLathan |
| 492 | * Creator/CharlesLaughton |
| 493 | * Creator/DanLauria, the father on ''Series/TheWonderYears''. |
| 494 | * Creator/JohnLaurie |
| 495 | * Creator/PiperLaurie |
| 496 | * Creator/JudeLaw |
| 497 | * Creator/AlexLawther |
| 498 | * Creator/ClorisLeachman |
| 499 | * Creator/ChristopherLee |
| 500 | [[/index]] |
| 501 | * Eva Le Gallienne: Nominated for an Oscar for ''Resurrection'', one of only three movies she made because she was so devoted to the theater. One of the women (like her idol Sarah Bernhardt) to have played Theatre/{{Hamlet}}. |
| 502 | [[index]] |
| 503 | * Creator/JohnLeguizamo |
| 504 | * Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh |
| 505 | * Creator/VivienLeigh |
| 506 | * Creator/MargaretLeighton |
| 507 | * Creator/HarryLennix |
| 508 | * Creator/RoseLeslie |
| 509 | * Creator/AntonLesser |
| 510 | [[/index]] |
| 511 | * Adrian Lester of ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' |
| 512 | [[index]] |
| 513 | * Creator/MattLetscher |
| 514 | * Creator/KatieLeung |
| 515 | * Creator/DamianLewis |
| 516 | * Creator/AndrewLincoln |
| 517 | * Creator/RobertLindsay |
| 518 | * Creator/HamishLinklater |
| 519 | * Creator/LauraLinney: Studied at Juilliard, four-time Tony nominee. |
| 520 | * Creator/MaureenLipman |
| 521 | * Creator/JohnLithgow |
| 522 | * Creator/ChristopherLloyd |
| 523 | * Creator/HarryLloyd |
| 524 | * Creator/NormanLloyd |
| 525 | * Creator/BelaLugosi |
| 526 | * Creator/PattiLuPone |
| 527 | [[/folder]] |
| 528 | |
| 529 | [[folder:M-R]] |
| 530 | * Creator/JeanetteMacDonald (starred in operatic version of ''Romeo and Juliet'') |
| 531 | * Creator/AngusMacfadyen |
| 532 | * Creator/MatthewMacfadyen |
| 533 | * Creator/KyleMacLachlan |
| 534 | * Creator/PatrickMacnee |
| 535 | * Creator/PeterMacNicol |
| 536 | * Creator/AnnaMadeley |
| 537 | * Creator/RichardMadden |
| 538 | * Creator/PatrickMagee: Appeared in Anew [=McMaster's=] theatre company and later joined the RSC. |
| 539 | * Creator/PatrickMalahide |
| 540 | * Creator/ChristopherMalcolm |
| 541 | * Creator/PaulaMalcomson |
| 542 | * Creator/LesleyManville |
| 543 | * Creator/StephanieMarch |
| 544 | * Creator/NancyMarchand |
| 545 | * Creator/MiriamMargolyes |
| 546 | * Creator/JeanMarsh |
| 547 | * Creator/EGMarshall |
| 548 | * Creator/HerbertMarshall |
| 549 | * Creator/FayeMarsay |
| 550 | [[/index]] |
| 551 | * William Marshall: Film/{{Blacula}} himself; played Theatre/{{Othello}} in no less than six productions. |
| 552 | [[index]] |
| 553 | * Creator/JesseLMartin |
| 554 | * Creator/NanMartin |
| 555 | * Creator/ElizabethMarvel |
| 556 | * Creator/JamesMason |
| 557 | * Creator/AnnaMassey |
| 558 | * Creator/MaryElizabethMastrantonio |
| 559 | * Creator/DannyMastrogiorgio |
| 560 | * Creator/CarmenMathews |
| 561 | * Creator/RikMayall |
| 562 | * Creator/GuguMbathaRaw: Has played [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]] to Creator/AndrewGarfield's Romeo and [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]] to Creator/JudeLaw's Hamlet. |
| 563 | * Creator/JamesMcAvoy |
| 564 | * Creator/DavidMcCallum |
| 565 | * Creator/AlecMcCowen |
| 566 | * Creator/SylvesterMcCoy |
| 567 | * Creator/HelenMcCrory |
| 568 | * Creator/IanMcDiarmid: Best known as [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]]. He's an acclaimed stage director and actor, often involved with Shakespearean works. |
| 569 | * Creator/AudraMcDonald |
| 570 | * Creator/FrancesMcDormand |
| 571 | * Creator/RoddyMcDowall |
| 572 | * Creator/MalcolmMcDowell: Trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. |
| 573 | * Creator/MichaelMcElhatton |
| 574 | * Creator/IanMcElhinney |
| 575 | * Creator/NataschaMcElhone |
| 576 | * Creator/PeterMcEnery |
| 577 | * Creator/PaulMcGann |
| 578 | * Creator/KellyMcGillis |
| 579 | * Creator/ElizabethMcGovern |
| 580 | * Creator/EwanMcGregor |
| 581 | * Creator/TimMcInnerny |
| 582 | * Creator/NeveMcIntosh |
| 583 | * Creator/MichaelMcKean |
| 584 | * Sir Creator/IanMcKellen |
| 585 | * Creator/JacquelineMcKenzie |
| 586 | * Creator/LeoMcKern |
| 587 | * Creator/IanMcShane |
| 588 | * Creator/GrahamMcTavish |
| 589 | * Music/MeatLoaf |
| 590 | * Creator/TobiasMenzies |
| 591 | * Creator/BurgessMeredith |
| 592 | * Creator/SimonMerrells |
| 593 | * Creator/JaneMerrow |
| 594 | * Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers |
| 595 | * Creator/SarahMiles |
| 596 | * Creator/AnnMiller |
| 597 | * Creator/SiennaMiller |
| 598 | * Creator/HayleyMills |
| 599 | * Creator/JohnMills |
| 600 | * Creator/JosephMillson |
| 601 | * Dame Creator/HelenMirren |
| 602 | * Creator/ElizabethMitchell |
| 603 | * Creator/KatherineMoennig |
| 604 | * Creator/AlfredMolina |
| 605 | * Creator/JulianneMoore |
| 606 | * Sir Creator/RogerMoore |
| 607 | * Creator/EsaiMorales: A veteran screen and stage actor, one of his earliest roles was in ''Theatre/TheTempest'' during the 1981 New York Shakespeare festival. |
| 608 | * Creator/JeanneMoreau |
| 609 | * Creator/ColinMorgan |
| 610 | * Creator/MichaelMoriarty |
| 611 | * Creator/DavidMorrissey |
| 612 | * Creator/JoeMorton |
| 613 | * Creator/WunmiMosaku graduated from RADA. |
| 614 | * Creator/AnsonMount |
| 615 | * Creator/JosephMawle, best known for his role as [[Series/GameOfThrones Benjen Stark]], [[Film/MrJones2019 George Orwell]] and [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower Adar]], graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2002. |
| 616 | * Creator/KateMulgrew |
| 617 | * Creator/CareyMulligan |
| 618 | * Creator/CillianMurphy |
| 619 | * Creator/BillMurray |
| 620 | * Creator/BrianMurray |
| 621 | * Creator/JaimeMurray |
| 622 | * Creator/EveMyles |
| 623 | [[/index]] |
| 624 | * Jason Narvy: Skull from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' to ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', has a doctorate in the craft. |
| 625 | [[index]] |
| 626 | * Creator/MatthewNeedham |
| 627 | * Creator/RuthNegga |
| 628 | * Creator/KateNelligan |
| 629 | * Creator/TimBlakeNelson |
| 630 | [[/index]] |
| 631 | * John Neville: Among other work, did a production of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' in which he and Richard Burton alternated the roles of Othello and Iago. |
| 632 | [[index]] |
| 633 | * Creator/BillNighy |
| 634 | * Creator/LeonardNimoy |
| 635 | * Creator/AlessandroNivola |
| 636 | * Creator/DeanNorris |
| 637 | * Creator/LupitaNyongo: Attended the Yale School of Drama and appeared in ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' and ''Theatre/TheWintersTale''. |
| 638 | * Creator/DerrickOConnor |
| 639 | * Creator/FrancesOConnor |
| 640 | * Creator/JoshOConnor |
| 641 | * Creator/KateOMara |
| 642 | * Creator/TerryOQuinn |
| 643 | * Creator/AnnOgbomo: Has performed with the RSC and National Theatre. |
| 644 | * Creator/SophieOkonedo: Trained at RADA and won a Tony for ''Theatre/ARaisinInTheSun''. |
| 645 | * Creator/GaryOldman |
| 646 | * Creator/PeterOToole, trained at RADA and began his acting career on stage at the Bristol Old Vic before doing a stint with the RSC. |
| 647 | * Sir Creator/LaurenceOlivier, Lord Olivier: ''the'' Shakesperian actor. |
| 648 | * Creator/JasonOMara |
| 649 | * Creator/DeObiaOparei |
| 650 | * Creator/BrianOsborne |
| 651 | * Creator/KellyOverton |
| 652 | * Creator/CliveOwen |
| 653 | * Creator/DavidOyelowo became the first black actor to play an English king in a major Shakespeare production when he appeared as the title character in the RSC's 2000-01 production of the ''Theatre/HenryVI'' plays. |
| 654 | * Creator/LeePace |
| 655 | * Creator/AlPacino |
| 656 | * Creator/GwynethPaltrow |
| 657 | * Creator/AnnieParisse |
| 658 | * Creator/CraigParker |
| 659 | * Creator/NathanielParker of ''Series/TheInspectorLynleyMysteries'' fame began his career at the RSC. |
| 660 | * Creator/EstelleParsons |
| 661 | * Creator/JimParsons |
| 662 | * Creator/PedroPascal |
| 663 | * Creator/MandyPatinkin |
| 664 | * Creator/TrevorPeacock |
| 665 | * Creator/MaryBethPeil |
| 666 | * Creator/ElizabethPerkins |
| 667 | * Creator/HaroldPerrineau |
| 668 | * Creator/SeanPertwee: Toured with the RSC for three years. |
| 669 | * Creator/WilliamPetersen |
| 670 | * Creator/MichellePfeiffer |
| 671 | * Creator/EthanPhillips |
| 672 | * Creator/SianPhillips |
| 673 | * Creator/GeoffPierson |
| 674 | * Creator/RosamundPike |
| 675 | * Creator/BilliePiper |
| 676 | * Creator/OliverPlatt |
| 677 | * Creator/AmandaPlummer |
| 678 | * Creator/ChristopherPlummer, trained at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. |
| 679 | * Creator/PeggyPope |
| 680 | * Creator/AnnaPopplewell |
| 681 | * Creator/BillyPorter |
| 682 | * Creator/RayPorter |
| 683 | * Creator/PetePostlethwaite |
| 684 | * Creator/MichaelPotts |
| 685 | * Creator/CCHPounder |
| 686 | * Creator/CarriePreston |
| 687 | * Creator/BryanPringle |
| 688 | * Creator/JonathanPryce: Can't get much more Shakespearian than winning an Olivier Award for playing Theatre/{{Hamlet}}. |
| 689 | * Creator/JamesPurefoy |
| 690 | * Creator/LilyRabe |
| 691 | * Creator/ClaudeRains |
| 692 | * Creator/DaleRaoul |
| 693 | * Creator/AnthonyRapp |
| 694 | * Creator/CondolaRashad |
| 695 | * Creator/PhyliciaRashad |
| 696 | * Creator/BasilRathbone |
| 697 | * Creator/BillRaymond |
| 698 | * Creator/ElizabethReaser |
| 699 | * Creator/RachelRedford |
| 700 | * Creator/JemmaRedgrave |
| 701 | * Creator/LynnRedgrave |
| 702 | * Creator/MichaelRedgrave |
| 703 | * Creator/VanessaRedgrave |
| 704 | * Creator/EddieRedmayne |
| 705 | * Creator/RogerRees |
| 706 | * Creator/ChristopherReeve |
| 707 | * Creator/KeanuReeves |
| 708 | * Creator/HalinaReijn |
| 709 | * Creator/KellyReilly |
| 710 | * Creator/JohnRhysDavies |
| 711 | * Creator/MatthewRhys |
| 712 | * Creator/IanRichardson, worked for the RSC for fifteen years before making glorious infamy as one of fiction's most {{Magnificent Bastard}}s ala [[Series/HouseOfCardsUK Francis Urquhart]]. |
| 713 | * Creator/JoelyRichardson |
| 714 | * Creator/NatashaRichardson |
| 715 | * Sir Creator/RalphRichardson: One of the "big three" of the British stage in the mid-20th century alongside Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. |
| 716 | * Creator/AlanRickman: Trained at RADA, performed with the RSC, won a Tony, and made his screen debut playing Tybalt in 1978. |
| 717 | * Creator/DanielRigby |
| 718 | * Dame Creator/DianaRigg |
| 719 | * Creator/MollyRingwald |
| 720 | * Creator/AndreaRiseborough |
| 721 | * Creator/LinusRoache |
| 722 | * Creator/MaggieRobertson |
| 723 | * Creator/LailaRobins |
| 724 | * Creator/AndrewRobinson |
| 725 | * Creator/SebastianRoche |
| 726 | * Creator/MickeyRooney |
| 727 | * Creator/PatriciaRoutledge |
| 728 | * Creator/PaulRudd |
| 729 | * Creator/DeborahRush |
| 730 | * Creator/GeoffreyRush |
| 731 | * Creator/MattRyan: Member of the RSC since 2004 and has appeared in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/TheTempest'' and ''Theatre/HenryV''. |
| 732 | * Creator/RobertRyan |
| 733 | * Creator/WinonaRyder |
| 734 | * Creator/MarkRylance |
| 735 | [[/folder]] |
| 736 | |
| 737 | [[folder:S-W]] |
| 738 | * Creator/RobinSachs |
| 739 | * Creator/ThomasSadoski |
| 740 | * Creator/DianeSalinger |
| 741 | * Creator/HiroyukiSanada |
| 742 | * Creator/JayOSanders |
| 743 | * Creator/StarkSands |
| 744 | * Creator/SusanSarandon |
| 745 | * Creator/PeterSarsgaard |
| 746 | * Creator/RaphaelSbarge |
| 747 | * Creator/DianaScarwid |
| 748 | * Creator/AugustSchellenberg |
| 749 | * Creator/DavidSchramm |
| 750 | * Creator/LievSchreiber is one of the more prominent Americans of this type. |
| 751 | * Creator/PaulScofield: His two Oscar nominations came twenty-eight years apart because he was much more interested in the stage than the screen. |
| 752 | * Creator/AndrewScott |
| 753 | * Creator/GeorgeCScott |
| 754 | [[/index]] |
| 755 | * Margaretta Scott: Best remembered as Mrs. Pumphrey on ''Series/{{All Creatures Great And Small|1978}}''; she was educated at RADA and was one of the first actresses to perform Shakespeare on television (''Much Ado About Nothing'', way back in ''1937''). |
| 756 | [[index]] |
| 757 | * Creator/AndySerkis |
| 758 | * Creator/NestorSerrano |
| 759 | * Creator/TonyShalhoub |
| 760 | * Creator/JeremyShamos |
| 761 | * Creator/DanielSharman |
| 762 | * Creator/WillSharpe |
| 763 | * Creator/WilliamShatner, trained at the Canadian National Reparatory Theatre and performed at the Stratford Festival in the 1960s. He repeated some of his roles on TV as well. |
| 764 | * Creator/FionaShaw: Five Olivier Award nominations, two wins. |
| 765 | * Creator/MartinShaw |
| 766 | * Creator/RobertShaw |
| 767 | * Creator/NormaShearer |
| 768 | * Creator/MartinSheen |
| 769 | * Creator/MichaelSheen |
| 770 | * Creator/PaulShenar - Founding member of the American Conservatory Theater. |
| 771 | * Creator/SamShepard |
| 772 | * Creator/WMorganSheppard: RADA graduate and member of the RSC. |
| 773 | * Creator/JameySheridan |
| 774 | * Creator/VladekSheybal |
| 775 | * Creator/AlastairSim |
| 776 | * Creator/JohnSimm |
| 777 | * Creator/JoanSims |
| 778 | * Creator/ElisabethSladen |
| 779 | * Creator/SharonSmall has played for the Royal National Theatre (U.K.), the Donmar Warehouse, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
| 780 | * Creator/JeanSmart |
| 781 | * Creator/AnnaDeavereSmith |
| 782 | * Dame Creator/MaggieSmith |
| 783 | * Creator/SheridanSmith |
| 784 | * Creator/JimmySmits |
| 785 | * Creator/PaulSoles |
| 786 | * Creator/PaulSorvino |
| 787 | * Creator/KevinSpacey |
| 788 | * Creator/RafeSpall |
| 789 | * Creator/TimothySpall |
| 790 | * Creator/CliveStanden |
| 791 | * Creator/RobertStanton |
| 792 | * Creator/ImeldaStaunton |
| 793 | * Creator/TobyStephens |
| 794 | * Creator/DanStevens |
| 795 | * Creator/FisherStevens |
| 796 | * Creator/CatrinStewart |
| 797 | * Sir Creator/PatrickStewart, his classical training has allowed him to dodge being [[TypeCasting type cast]] by either ''Franchise/StarTrek'' or ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and he's returned to the RSC since (most recently, as Claudius to Creator/DavidTennant's ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''). |
| 798 | * Creator/DavidOgdenStiers |
| 799 | * Creator/JuliaStiles |
| 800 | * Creator/RachaelStirling |
| 801 | * Creator/NigelStock |
| 802 | * Creator/CoreyStoll |
| 803 | * Creator/PeterStormare |
| 804 | * Creator/MalcolmStorry |
| 805 | * Creator/KenStott |
| 806 | * Creator/MerylStreep |
| 807 | * Creator/MarkStrong |
| 808 | * Creator/MichaelStuhlbarg |
| 809 | * Creator/DavidSuchet |
| 810 | * Creator/DonaldSumpter |
| 811 | * Creator/TildaSwinton: Performed on stage in college, then joined the RSC in 1984. |
| 812 | * Creator/MeeraSyal |
| 813 | * Creator/JeffreyTambor |
| 814 | * Creator/JessicaTandy: Spent the Thirties on stage alongside such luminaries as Gielgud and Olivier. |
| 815 | * Creator/CatherineTate did small parts in her youth for the RSC, and in 2011 played Beatrice opposite Creator/DavidTennant's Benedick in ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''. |
| 816 | * Dame Creator/ElizabethTaylor |
| 817 | * Creator/RodTaylor |
| 818 | * Creator/EricaTazel |
| 819 | * Creator/NataliaTena |
| 820 | * Creator/DavidTennant, the Tenth Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'', was an RSC man (including a well-regarded [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]]) before his stint in the TARDIS, and moonlighted as a critically-acclaimed ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' between filming the 2009 specials. He then played Benedick opposite real-life best friend and former ''Who'' co-star Creator/CatherineTate in ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'', and a few years later returned to the RSC to play the title role in ''Theatre/RichardII''. |
| 821 | * Creator/OliviaTennet (Dr. K) from ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''. Shortly after her stint on the show, she left for the Globe Theatre in London to participate in workshops with the Young Shakespeare Company as a prize for winning a national Shakespeare competition in New Zealand. |
| 822 | * Creator/MichaelTherriault |
| 823 | * Creator/DavidThewlis |
| 824 | * Creator/GarethThomas |
| 825 | * Creator/EmmaThompson: Oddly has never played for either the RSC or the RNT,[[note]]in fact, she's done surprisingly little theatre work in general[[/note]] but starred on film as Queen Catherine in ''Film/HenryV'' and Beatrice in ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing1993'' (both opposite Kenneth Branagh), as well as Helena in ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' and The Fool in ''Theatre/KingLear'' onstage. |
| 826 | * Creator/TessaThompson |
| 827 | * Creator/LindaThorson: Has appeared in a London production of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. |
| 828 | * Creator/MarisaTomei: Starred in ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors'' during the 1992 season of the New York Shakeseapre festival. |
| 829 | * Creator/AnnaTorv: Graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, and has played [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Ofelia]] on stage. |
| 830 | * Creator/LorraineToussaint |
| 831 | * Creator/RussellTovey |
| 832 | * Creator/DavidTroughton |
| 833 | * Creator/PatrickTroughton |
| 834 | * Creator/StanleyTucci |
| 835 | * Creator/UlrichTukur |
| 836 | * Creator/TamaraTunie |
| 837 | * Creator/AidanTurner |
| 838 | * Creator/KathleenTurner |
| 839 | * Creator/AnaUlaru: Did a theatre version of Measure For Measure. |
| 840 | * Creator/TraceyUllman |
| 841 | * Creator/BlairUnderwood |
| 842 | * Creator/CourtneyBVance |
| 843 | * Creator/IndiraVarma: Graduated from RADA and has appeared in various stage productions in between her film and television work. |
| 844 | * Creator/JimVarney |
| 845 | * Creator/TomVaughanLawlor |
| 846 | * Creator/JohnVernon |
| 847 | * Creator/SaraVickers |
| 848 | * Creator/ElliotVillar |
| 849 | * Creator/GoranVisnjic |
| 850 | * Creator/AlexanderVlahos |
| 851 | * Creator/JonVoight |
| 852 | * Creator/MaxVonSydow |
| 853 | * Creator/BeckyWahlstrom |
| 854 | * Creator/RalphWaite |
| 855 | * Creator/ChristopherWalken |
| 856 | * Creator/EamonnWalker: The first black actor to play ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and also played Mark Anthony in ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. |
| 857 | * Creator/PollyWalker (Atia of the Julii of ''Series/{{Rome}}'' fame). |
| 858 | * Creator/EliWallach |
| 859 | * Creator/PhoebeWallerBridge |
| 860 | * Creator/GwynythWalsh |
| 861 | * Creator/KateWalsh |
| 862 | * Creator/JulieWalters |
| 863 | [[/index]] |
| 864 | * Sam Wanamaker |
| 865 | [[index]] |
| 866 | * Creator/ZoeWanamaker |
| 867 | * Creator/LallaWard |
| 868 | * Creator/DavidWarner |
| 869 | * Creator/DenzelWashington |
| 870 | * Creator/KenWatanabe |
| 871 | * Creator/MatthewWaterhouse |
| 872 | * Creator/SamWaterston |
| 873 | * Creator/EmilyWatson |
| 874 | * Creator/RubyWax |
| 875 | * Creator/FritzWeaver |
| 876 | * Creator/SigourneyWeaver |
| 877 | * Creator/HugoWeaving |
| 878 | * Creator/PeterWeller |
| 879 | * Creator/OrsonWelles: Involved in a number of Shakespeare productions early in his career, including directing, at the age of 20, the celebrated "Voodoo ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''", which transplanted the action to Haiti and featured an entirely African-American cast. |
| 880 | * Creator/DavidWenham |
| 881 | * Creator/DominicWest |
| 882 | * Creator/SamuelWest: Spent two seasons with the Royal Shaekspeare Company, with roles including Hamlet and Richard II. |
| 883 | * Creator/BenWhishaw |
| 884 | * Creator/FionnWhitehead |
| 885 | * Creator/BillieWhitelaw |
| 886 | * Creator/MayWhitty |
| 887 | * Creator/DianneWiest |
| 888 | * Creator/TomWilkinson |
| 889 | * Creator/OliviaWilliams |
| 890 | * Creator/RobinWilliams |
| 891 | * Creator/WadeWilliams |
| 892 | * Creator/NicolWilliamson: Best known as Merlin in John Boorman's ''Film/{{Excalibur}}''; his Theatre/{{Hamlet}} in the late '60s was wildly successful in both London and New York and then filmed (with Anthony Hopkins as Claudius) in 1969. |
| 893 | * Creator/RichardWilson |
| 894 | * Creator/RuthWilson |
| 895 | * Creator/StuartWilson |
| 896 | * Creator/PenelopeWilton (aka [[Series/DoctorWho Harriet Jones, Prime Minister]][[note]] Yes, we know who you are[[/note]] and [[Series/DowntonAbbey Isobel Crawley]]) is a Royal National Theatre veteran many times over with a CV that includes [[Creator/AntonChekhov Chekhov]] and [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]. (Yes, [[RunningGag we know who she is]].) |
| 897 | * Creator/PhilipWinchester |
| 898 | * Creator/BarbaraWindsor |
| 899 | * Creator/KateWinslet |
| 900 | * Creator/RayWinstone |
| 901 | * Creator/FinnWittrock |
| 902 | * Creator/JohnWood: Joined the RSC in 1971. |
| 903 | * Creator/AlfreWoodard |
| 904 | * Creator/EdwardWoodward |
| 905 | * Creator/AlisonWright |
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