Roger Rees

ActorDirector May 5 (died age 71) Aberystwyth, Wales, UK 1956–2019 (63 year career)

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Biography

Roger Rees (May 5, 1944 – July 10, 2015) was a Welsh-American actor and director. Born in Aberystwyth, Wales, he grew up in south London where his father worked as a police officer. He attended Camberwell College of Arts and the Slade School of Fine Art, initially training as a painter before transitioning to theater work. He painted scenery at the Wimbledon Theater in south London before becoming an actor there in 1965. Rees became widely recognized for his stage work, particularly his starrin…

Known For

Film

The Prestige

Owens

Film

Frida

Guillermo Kahlo

Film

Oz

Director

Film

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Sheriff of Rotingham

Film

Return to Never Land

Edward (voice)

Film

The Scorpion King

King Pheron

Film

A Christmas Carol

Fred Holywell / Narrator

Film

The Pink Panther

Raymmond Laroque

Filmography

Acting (83)

Movies (54)

On Broadway

2019

as Self (archive footage)

8.7

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth

2016

as William Bradford (Adult)

Survivor

as Dr. Emil Balan

The Pilgrims

as William Bradford

Affluenza

as Mr. Carson

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

The Voysey Inheritance

2014

as Hugh Voysey

Almost Perfect

as Kai Lee

Happy Tears

as Antiques Dealer

The Narrows

as Professor Reyerson

The Invasion

as Yorish

The Prestige

as Owens

Falling for Grace

as Andrew Barrington Sr

5.1

The Pink Panther

2006

as Raymmond Laroque

5.9

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

as Mr. Hobbs

Game 6

as Jack Haskins

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

2005

as Tulse Luper

5.3

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

as Tulse Luper

Going Under

as Peter

Crazy Like a Fox

as Nat Banks

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

The Scorpion King

as King Pheron

Return to Never Land

as Edward (voice)

Frida

as Guillermo Kahlo

3 A.M.

as Priest

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

as Dr. Croft

Blackmale

as Bill Fontaine

The Crossing

as Gen. Hugh Mercer

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Peter Quince

Double Platinum

as Marc Reckler

Next Stop Wonderland

as Ray Thornback

Trouble on the Corner

as Mr. McMurtry

Sudden Manhattan

as Murphy

The Substance of Fire

1996

as Max

7.1

The Possession of Michael D.

1995

as Robin Banks (Hypnotist)

4.8

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993

as Sheriff of Rotingham

6.6

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

as Self

The Tower

as Mr. Littlehill

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

as Parnell

P.J. Sparkles

as Betty (voice)

Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After

as Prince Charles

If Looks Could Kill

as Augustus Steranko

Mountains of the Moon

as Papworth

as Peter (voice)

The Return of Sam McCloud

as Jason Cross

God's Outlaw

as William Tyndale

A Christmas Carol

as Fred Holywell / Narrator

7.5

The Ebony Tower

1984

as David Williams

Saigon: Year of the Cat

as Donald Henderson

Star 80

as Aram Nicholas

Imaginary Friends

as Douglas Pitblado

The Three Sisters

as Tusenbach

Macbeth

1979

as Malcolm

7.3

The Comedy of Errors

1978

as Antipholus of Syracuse

8.8

Television (29)

Forever

as Priest

Elementary

as Alistair Moore

The Good Wife

as Dr. Todd Grossman

The Middle

as Mr Glover

Warehouse 13

as James MacPherson

The Cleveland Show

Grey's Anatomy

as Colin Marlow

Veritas: The Quest

as De Molay

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Duke Deguerin

The West Wing

as John Marbury

as Jack Aldridge

Liberty!

as Thomas Paine

Titanic

as Joseph Bruce Ismay

Boston Common

as Harrison Cross

Gargoyles

as Prince Malcolm (voice)

My So-Called Life

as Vic Racine

M.A.N.T.I.S.

as John Stonebrake

The Legend of Prince Valiant

Law & Order

as Wyatt Scofield

American Experience

as William Bradford

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Marcel Proust / Marcel

Singles

Playing Shakespeare

Cheers

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1982

as Nicholas Nickleby

7.0

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as James Howgill

6.7

BBC Play of the Month

as Hugh Voysey

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (1)

Television (1)

1997

Director

8.0