
Birthday
1944/05/05
Day of death
2015/07/10 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
Also know as
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Roger Rees (May 5, 1944 – July 10, 2015) was a Welsh-American actor and director. Born in Aberystwyth, Wales, he grew up in south London where his father worked as a police officer. He attended Camberwell College of Arts and the Slade School of Fine Art, initially training as a painter before transitioning to theater work. He painted scenery at the Wimbledon Theater in south London before becoming an actor there in 1965. Rees became widely recognized for his stage work, particularly his starrin...Read more

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as Owens

(2002) Frida
as Guillermo Kahlo

(2005) The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
as Tulse Luper

(1982) Imaginary Friends
as Douglas Pitblado

(2007) The Invasion
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(1983) Star 80
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(1991) If Looks Could Kill
as Augustus Steranko

(1993) Robin Hood: Men in Tights
as Sheriff of Rotingham

(2006) Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
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(1984) A Christmas Carol
as Fred Holywell / Narrator

(2002) The Scorpion King
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(1992) Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
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(2000) The Crossing
as Gen. Hugh Mercer

(1979) Macbeth
as Malcolm

(2014) The Voysey Inheritance
as Hugh Voysey

(2015) The Pilgrims
as William Bradford

(2019) On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)

(2000) The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
as Dr. Croft

(2011) Almost Perfect
as Kai Lee

(1997) Trouble on the Corner
as Mr. McMurtry

(1996) The Substance of Fire
as Max

(1990) Mountains of the Moon
as Papworth

(2004) Going Under
as Peter

(1989) The Return of Sam McCloud
as Jason Cross

(2002) Return to Never Land
as Edward (voice)

(1986) God's Outlaw
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(2014) Affluenza
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(1984) The Ebony Tower
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(2006) Falling for Grace
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(1993) The Tower
as Mr. Littlehill

(2015) Survivor
as Dr. Emil Balan
(1981) The Three Sisters
as Tusenbach

(2008) The Narrows
as Professor Reyerson

(1995) The Possession of Michael D.
as Robin Banks (Hypnotist)

(2006) Game 6
as Jack Haskins

(2006) The Pink Panther
as Raymmond Laroque

(1999) A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Peter Quince

(1996) Sudden Manhattan
as Murphy

(2001) 3 A.M.
as Priest

(1983) Saigon: Year of the Cat
as Donald Henderson

(2016) The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth
as William Bradford (Adult)

(1998) Next Stop Wonderland
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(2004) Crazy Like a Fox
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(1990) Next
as Peter (voice)

(1999) Double Platinum
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(2009) Happy Tears
as Antiques Dealer

(2000) Blackmale
as Bill Fontaine

(1993) 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
as Self

(1992) P.J. Sparkles
as Betty (voice)

(1978) The Comedy of Errors
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(1992) Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After
as Prince Charles

(2004) The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as ---

(2005) A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
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(2014) Russian Broadway Shut Down
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(1991) The Legend of Prince Valiant
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(1999) The West Wing
as John Marbury

(1994) Gargoyles
as Prince Malcolm (voice)

(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as James Howgill

(1997) Oz
as Jack Aldridge

(2005) Related
as ---

(1982) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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(1988) Singles
as ---

(1994) M.A.N.T.I.S.
as John Stonebrake

(1988) American Experience
as William Bradford

(2009) The Cleveland Show
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(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee

(2012) Elementary
as Alistair Moore

(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Duke Deguerin

(2009) Warehouse 13
as James MacPherson

(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Colin Marlow

(2009) The Middle
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(2014) Forever
as Priest

(1994) My So-Called Life
as Vic Racine

(1996) Titanic
as Joseph Bruce Ismay

(1984) Playing Shakespeare
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(1990) Law & Order
as Wyatt Scofield

(1997) Liberty!
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(1988) The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Marcel Proust / Marcel

(1982) Cheers
as Robin Colcord

(1996) Boston Common
as Harrison Cross

(2003) Veritas: The Quest
as De Molay

(2009) The Good Wife
as Dr. Todd Grossman

(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Hugh Voysey