Curated category
English male Shakespearean actors
- William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and baptised on the 26th of April 1564. His father John worked as an alderman and a…
- Jude LawDavid Jude Heyworth Law arrived in the London borough of Lewisham on the 29th of December 1972. His parents were both teachers who had married five years…
- Ian McKellenIan Murray McKellen was born on the 25th of May 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire. His family moved to Wigan when he was four months old, just before the Second…
- John GielgudOn the 14th of April 1904, Sir Arthur John Gielgud was born in a house on Cromwell Road in South Kensington. He entered the world as the third child of Frank…
- Peter O'ToolePeter James O'Toole was born on the 2nd of August 1932 at St James's University Hospital in Leeds, Yorkshire. His father Patrick Joseph O'Toole worked as an…
- Benedict CumberbatchBenedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch entered the world on the 19th of July 1976 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in Hammersmith, London.
- Laurence OlivierLaurence Kerr Olivier was born on the 22nd of May 1907 in Dorking, Surrey. He entered the world as the youngest child of Reverend Gerard Kerr Olivier and…
- Alan RickmanAlan Sidney Patrick Rickman was born on the 21st of February 1946 in Brentford, London. He grew up in Acton, a district to the west of Wormwood Scrubs Prison.
- Alec GuinnessAlec Guinness de Cuffe entered the world at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South in Maida Vale, London, on the 2nd of April 1914.
- Henry CondellHenry Condell entered the world on the 5th of September 1576. His baptism took place at St Peter Mancroft in Norwich, England.
- Ben KingsleyOn the 31st of December 1943, a boy named Krishna Pandit Bhanji entered the world in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire.
- Patrick StewartPatrick Stewart was born on the 13th of July 1940 in Mirfield, West Riding of Yorkshire. His childhood home was a poor household where he experienced…
- Andy SerkisAndrew Clement Serkis arrived in the world on the 20th of April 1964 within the quiet suburb of Ruislip Manor. His childhood unfolded across two distinct…
- William KempeIn May 1585, William Kempe appeared at Leicester House as a performer for the Earl of Leicester. The Earl made a special payment of ten shillings for this…
- David GarrickDavid Garrick was born at the Angel Inn on Widemarsh Street in Hereford on the 19th of February 1716. His family traced their roots to French Huguenots who…
- Richard BurbageRichard Burbage was baptised at St Stephen's Church in London on the 7th of July 1568. He entered the world as the second son of James Burbage, a joiner who…
- John HemingesJohn Heminges entered the world on the 25th of November 1566. His name appeared in the register of St Peter de Witton Church in Droitwich, Worcestershire.
- Robert ArminRobert Armin entered the Goldsmiths' Company in 1581 as a young man from King's Lynn. His father John Armyn II worked as a tailor and maintained friendships…