What did Richard Thomas Griffiths get nominated for after playing in the 2006 British comedy-drama adapted by Alan Bennett?
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Richard Griffiths Richard Thomas Griffiths, OBE (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, all for his role in "The History Boys". For the 2006 film adaptation, Griffiths was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
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The History Boys (film) The History Boys is a 2006 British comedy-drama film adapted by Alan Bennett from his play of the same name, which won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play. It was directed by Nicholas Hytner, who directed the original production at the Royal National Theatre in London, and features the original cast of the play.
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The Catherine Tate Show The Catherine Tate Show is a British television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate and Aschlin Ditta. Tate also stars in all but one of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of characters. "The Catherine Tate Show" airs on BBC Two and is shown worldwide through the BBC. Collectively, the show has been nominated for six BAFTA Awards, two British Comedy Awards and an Emmy Award, and it has won two Royal Television Society Awards, two British Comedy Awards and a National Television Award since its debut in 2004.
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George Harris (actor) George William Harris (born 20 October 1949) is a British actor of film, stage, television, radio and musical theatre. His notable roles include Kingsley Shacklebolt in the "Harry Potter" film series, Captain Simon Katanga in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and Clive King in popular medical drama "Casualty", where he was one of the original cast members. He also played real-life Somali warlord Osman Ali Atto in the 2001 film "Black Hawk Down".
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Jane Eyre (2006 miniseries) Jane Eyre is a 2006 television adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name. The story, which has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations, is based on the life of the orphaned title character. This four-part BBC television drama serial adaptation was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One.
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Tobias Beer Tobias Beer (born 1976) is an English actor. Born in Cambridge, he studied at Oxford University and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art . He has worked predominantly in the theatre, and his credits include: "Great Expectations", "Merry Wives of Windsor" (with Judi Dench, Simon Callow and Alistair McGowan), "Twelfth Night" and "The Comedy of Errors" (all for the Royal Shakespeare Company); "The Changeling" for Cheek by Jowl, directed by Declan Donnellan; "Cymbeline", "Twelfth Night", "Macbeth" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park In 2015 he will return to the RSC in Death of a Salesman.
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The Madness of George III The Madness of George III is a 1991 play by Alan Bennett. It is a fictionalised biographical study of the latter half of the reign of George III of the United Kingdom, his battle with mental illness and the inability of his court to handle his condition. It was adapted for film in 1994 as "The Madness of King George".
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Why Did I Get Married? Why Did I Get Married? is a 2007 American comedy-drama film adaptation written, produced, directed, and starring Tyler Perry, which was inspired by his play of the same name. The film also stars Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Richard T. Jones, Denise Boutte, and Keesha Sharp. The film was released in the United States by Lionsgate on October 12, 2007.
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Richard Davies (actor) Richard Davies (25 January 1926 – 8 October 2015) was a Welsh character actor. He was probably best known for his performance as the exasperated schoolmaster Mr. Price in the LWT popular situation comedy "Please Sir!". He used a broad Welsh accent for much of his work, but had used other accents to play a wide range of characters, in addition to several Welsh stereotypes.
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Max Bennett (actor) Max Bennett is an English actor. He has appeared several times in the West End and for such companies as the Royal Court Theatre, the Donmar Warehouse and the National Theatre. He played Petritsky in the Joe Wright film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, "Anna Karenina" (2012).
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Children of Men Children of Men is a 2006 British-American dystopian thriller film directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel of the same name, was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredited contributions. The film takes place in 2027, where two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in the United Kingdom, where the last functioning government imposes oppressive immigration laws on refugees. Owen plays civil servant Theo Faron, who must help a refugee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) escape the chaos. "Children of Men" also stars Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Charlie Hunnam.
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Love on the Dole (film) Love on the Dole is a 1941 British drama film starring Deborah Kerr and Clifford Evans. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Walter Greenwood.
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Lloyd Owen Lloyd Owen (born 14 April 1966) is an English actor. Trained at the National Youth Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, he is probably best known for his portrayal of Indiana Jones's father Professor Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. in "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" between 1992 and 1993 and for playing Paul Bowman-MacDonald in the BBC Scotland series "Monarch of the Glen" from 2002 to 2005. He played the role of solicitor William Heelis in the film "Miss Potter" (2006). His most recent TV role was playing the US President in "You, Me and the Apocalypse" on Sky.
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Sarah Greenwood Sarah Greenwood is a production designer. She has been nominated four times for an Academy Award – in 2006 for "Pride & Prejudice", in 2008 for "Atonement", in 2010 for "Sherlock Holmes" and in 2012 for "Anna Karenina". In 2013, she was elected best production designer for "Anna Karenina" at the 26th European Film Awards, and won the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Period Film for "Anna Karenina" as well.
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Ben Daniels Ben Daniels (born David T Daniels on 10 June 1964) is an English actor. Initially a celebrated stage actor, Daniels was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Never the Sinner" (1991), the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for "900 Oneonta" (1994), Best Actor in the M.E.N. Theatre Awards for "Martin Yesterday" (1998), and won the 2001 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Arthur Miller play "All My Sons".
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Full Grown Men Full Grown Men is a 2006 American independent comedy-drama film directed by David Munro and starring Matt McGrath, Judah Friedlander, Alan Cumming, Amy Sedaris, and Deborah Harry, is the bittersweet story of a thirtysomething man with family who grudgingly realizes it is time to trade adolescence for adulthood. The film won the 2007 indieWIRE "Undiscovered Gems Film Series" Audience Award competition.
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Bachelor Party Vegas Bachelor Party Vegas is a comedy film that was released in 2006 starring Kal Penn, Jonathan Bennett, Charlie Spiller, Diora Baird and Donald Faison. In Australia and the UK it was released under the title Vegas Baby.
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The Other Half (2006 British film) The Other Half is a 2006 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Marlowe Fawcett and Richard Nockles.
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Fringe Review FringeReview is a British online and paper-based theatre reviews publication. It was founded by writer Paul Levy in 2006 and has grown to over 130,000 online readers in 2013. This web-based publication reviews in London, Brighton, Edinburgh, Adelaide, Prague and Amsterdam, as well as other parts of the UK covering fringe theatre. Reviewers are theatre practitioners and experts. In 2010, FringeReview reviewed over 700 theatre productions in the UK. The paper versions of FringeReview takes the form of digests although the publication has attempted to pioneer high-quality theatre reviewing, not as "web content" but as a sustainable virtual publication in its own right. FringeReview's vetted reviews process was recently quoted in "The Scotsman", and in "The Guardian" theatre blog. FringeReview is a founder member of the Festival Media Network, a trade organisation aimed at upholding online review and media standards. FringeReview is listed as a media partner of Amsterdam Fringe, and is also featured for its prestigious awards on the Edinburgh Fringe web site. Reviewers for FringeReview include the best-selling author Charles Palliser, actor and director, Richard Franklin, and theatre director, Benet Caty.
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Ciarán Griffiths Ciarán Joseph Griffiths ( ; born 3 March 1983; Manchester, England) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Gary Best in "The Bill", Mickey Maguire in "Shameless" and Dylan Hodge in "Waterloo Road".
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Jonny Lee Miller Jonathan Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English-American film, television and theatre actor. He achieved early success for his portrayal of Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson in the dark comedy drama film "Trainspotting" (1996) and as Dade Murphy in "Hackers" (1995), before earning further critical recognition for his performances in "Afterglow" (1997), "Mansfield Park" (1999), "The Flying Scotsman" (2006), "Endgame" (2009) and "T2 Trainspotting" (2016); for "The Flying Scotsman" he received a London Film Critics' Circle nomination for Actor of the Year. He was also part of the principal cast in the films "Melinda and Melinda" (2004), "Dark Shadows" (2012) and "Byzantium" (2013). He has appeared in several theatrical productions on Broadway, most notably "After Miss Julie" and "Frankenstein", the latter of which earned him an Olivier Award for Best Actor.
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Nigel Planer Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is an English actor, comedian, novelist and playwright who is best known for his role as Neil in the cult BBC comedy "The Young Ones" and as Ralph Filthy in "Filthy Rich & Catflap". He has appeared in many West End musicals, including original casts of "Evita", "Chicago", "We Will Rock You", "Wicked", and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". He has also appeared in "Hairspray". He won a BRIT award in 1984 and has been nominated for Olivier, TMA, What's On Stage, and BAFTA awards.