Greg Hicks
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Greg Hicks is an English actor, born 27 May 1953 in Leicester.
He joined The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1976 after theatrical training at Rose Bruford College.
He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2003 for his performance in Coriolanus at the Old Vic and was awarded the 2003 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best Shakespearian Performance in the same role.
[edit] Recent Major Performances
- Royal Shakespeare Company:
- Macbeth (2004) as Macbeth
- Hamlet (2004) as Ghost/Player King/Gravedigger
- Coriolanus (2002) as Coriolanus
- Merry Wives of Windsor (2002) as Dr Caius
- Julius Caesar (2001) as Brutus
- Other:
- Missing Persons at the Trafalgar Studios (2006) as various characters
- Tamburlaine at the Barbican (2005) as Tamburlaine
- Messiah at the Old Vic (2002) as Christ
[edit] Trivia
Greg HIcks practises Japanese butoh and Brazilian capoeira
Greg Hicks once remarked in an acting seminar- " There are the actors that jerk-off in front of the audience, actors that fuck the audience, and just a few who make love to the audience." (2006)
[edit] External links
- Greg Hicks at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Greg Hicks in The Guardian on playing Macbeth
- The Times on Greg Hicks' career and his role as Macbeth
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