Mark Wing-Davey
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| Mark Wing-Davey | |
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| File:Mark Wing-Davey (7584400766).jpg | |
| Born | 30 November 1948 [1][dead link] London, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Woolverstone Hall School |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Actor and director |
| Years active | 1974–2013 |
| Partner(s) | Anita Carey |
| Parent(s) | Peter Davey (father) Anna Wing (mother) (1914-2013) |
Mark Wing-Davey (born 30 November 1948) is a British actor and director.
Early life and career
The son of actor and actress Peter Davey and Anna Wing,[2] Wing-Davey attended Woolverstone Hall School, before attending Cambridge University where he was a member of the Footlights from 1967-70.[citation needed]
He had a featured role in the 1976 mini series, The Glittering Prizes.[3] This role was later cited[by whom?] as the reason for being cast in arguably his most memorable role, that of the two-headed Galactic President, Zaphod Beeblebrox, in the radio and TV versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams. He played a barrister in some episodes of the ITV television series Crown Court, Henry V in Episode 3 of James Burke's Connections,[4] a record company executive in Breaking Glass (1980) and an accountant in Absolutely Fabulous.[5]
In the 1983 television production of Alan Bennett's An Englishman Abroad, Wing-Davey played the title role in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre's 1958 Moscow staging of Hamlet. He works mainly in theatre now as a performer, director and teacher. He has many directing credits including James Stock's Star-Gazy Pie and Sauerkraut (Royal Court Theatre, 1995) and Caryl Churchill's Mad Forest, for which he won an Obie award.[6] He was the first Artistic Director of The Actors Centre, London.[citation needed]
In 2003, he returned to the role of Zaphod Beeblebrox for the Above the Title production of the Hitchhiker's Guide Tertiary to Quintessential Phase radio dramas for BBC Radio 4. More recently he has provided the voice of Judge Ghis in the English version of Final Fantasy XII.[citation needed] Wing-Davey directed the off-Broadway production of Unconditional by Brett C. Leonard at The Public Theater. It was put up by Philip Seymour Hoffman's theater group, LAByrinth Theater Company, of which he is a member. It opened in February 2008.[citation needed]
In May 2008, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts announced that Wing-Davey had been named Chairman of, and arts professor in, the School's Graduate Acting Program.[7] In 2012, he reprised the role of Zaphod Beeblebrox for a live tour of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. In 2013, he conceived and directed William Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
References
- ↑ Mark Wing-Davey profile, researcha.com; accessed 25 November 2015.
- ↑ Profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 25 November 2015.
- ↑ The Glittering Prizes details, Internet Movie Database; accessed 25 November 2015.
- ↑ Connections (TV series) details, imdb.com; accessed 25 November 2015.
- ↑ Profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 25 November 2015.
- ↑ Mark Wing-Davey profile, americanrepertorytheater.org; accessed 25 November 2015.
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- 1948 births
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- English expatriates in the United States
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