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Jonathan Pryce has won two Tony Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. He received his first Tony in 1977 for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Comedians, and his second in 1991 for Best Actor in a Musical for Miss Saigon. He also earned nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, and five Emmy Awards.
When Miss Saigon transferred from London to Broadway in 1990, the Actors' Equity Association tried to block Pryce from reprising his role as The Engineer because he is a Caucasian actor who performed in yellowface. Producer Cameron Mackintosh threatened to cancel the ten-million-dollar New York production, and actors including Charlton Heston and John Malkovich threatened to leave the union. The AEA ultimately reached a deal and allowed Pryce to perform.
Pryce received his first Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, for his portrayal of Pope Francis in the 2019 Netflix film The Two Popes, directed by Fernando Meirelles. He starred opposite Anthony Hopkins, who played Pope Benedict XVI.
Pryce was born John Price but changed his name when he joined the actors' union Equity because another performer already registered with Equity had the same name. He adopted the stage name Jonathan Pryce.
Pryce was born on the 1st of June 1947 in Carmel, Flintshire, Wales. His father Isaac Price was a former coal miner who ran a small general grocery shop with Pryce's mother. Pryce was raised a Welsh Presbyterian, attended Holywell Grammar School, briefly studied art and then teacher training, before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he graduated in 1971.
Pryce has had major television roles in the HBO series Game of Thrones as the High Sparrow from 2015 to 2016, the BBC series Wolf Hall as Cardinal Wolsey in 2015, the Netflix series The Crown as Prince Philip in seasons five and six, and the Apple TV+ spy series Slow Horses as a retired senior MI5 officer from 2022 to 2024.