Jonathan Pryce

The Engineer (London, Broadway)

Jonathan Pryce was born in North Wales. He studied art before winning a scholarship to RADA and after graduating in 1972 he joined the Liverpool Everyman Theatre under the direction of Alan Dosser. This was followed by a season at Nottingham Playhouse with Richard Eyre, returning to Liverpool for a season as Artistic Director. In 1975 he created the role of Gethin Price in the British production of Trevor Griffith's play Comedians directed by Richard Eyre and subsequently starred in the New York Production directed by Mike Nichols, winning the Tony Award and the Theater World Award. Other major theater appearances include Hamlet at the Royal Court in 1980 for which Jonathan won the Olivier Award; Pinter's The Caretaker at the National; The White Devil co-starring Glenda Jackson at the Old Vic and Tally's Folly by Lanford Wilson at the Lyric Hammersmith co-starring with Hayley Mills. In 1984 Jonathan starred on Broadway as The Fool in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist at the Belasco Theatre, returning to London to play Trigorin opposite Vanessa Redgrave in The Seagull. He has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew; Octavius Caesar in Peter Brook's production of Antony and Cleopatra; Angelo in Measure for Measure and in 1986 he played Macbeth directed by Adrian Noble. In 1988 Jonathan co-starred with Michael Gambon in Uncle Vanya at the Vaudeville Theatre. Television appearances include films Daft as a Brush and Glad Day, both written by Adrian Mitchell; Comedians; The Caretaker; Timon of Athens; Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore; Praying Mantis. In 1989 Jonathan played the leading role of Herbert Wallace in the BBC film The Man From the Pru. Jonathan has starred in two films written and directed by Terry Gillam - the award-winning Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Other feature films include: Voyage of the Damned, Breaking Glass, Loophole, The Doctor and the Devils, Something Wicked This Way Comes, directed by Jack Clayton, Ploughman's Lunch, Gene Wilder's Haunted Honeymoon, a guest appearance in Jumpin' Jack Flash with Whoopi Goldberg, Man on Fire, Consuming Passions co-starring Vanessa Redgrave and most recently The Rachel Papers directed by Damien Harris. He created the role of The Engineer in the original production of Miss Saigon in London, winning the Olivier and Variety Club Awards, and also has garnered the Tony Award for his performance here in New York.

(Broadway Theatre, 1991)