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English actor
Greg Hicks (born 27 May 1953) is an
English
actor . He completed theatrical training at
Rose Bruford College
[1] [
when? ] and joined
The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1976. He was nominated for a 2004
Laurence Olivier Theatre Award
[2] in the category "Best Actor of 2003" for his performance in
Coriolanus at the
Old Vic and was awarded the 2003
Critics' Circle Theatre Awards (Drama) for Best Shakespearian Performance in the same role.
[3]
Hicks has practised the Brazilian hybrid of martial arts and dance
capoeira ,
[4] as well as the Japanese dance-theatre form
butoh .
[5] He has said that he started to explore the physicality associated with these disciplines in a masked production of
Oresteia (1981), directed by his mentor at the
National Theatre ,
Peter Hall .
[6] In 2016, he toured with
Flute Theatre as Claudius in a production of Hamlet, who's there? written for interactive audiences.
[7]
Selected stage performances
Royal Shakespeare Company:
Other:
Acastos at the
National Theatre (1980)
The Romans in Britain , as Marban, a druid, at the National Theatre (1980)
The Oresteia , as Orestes, at the National Theatre and Epidavros, Greece (1982) and Channel 4 (1983)
Coriolanus , as Tullus Aufidius, National Theatre, (1984)
[8]
The Homecoming , as Teddy, at the Comedy Theatre, London (1991)
Messiah at the
Old Vic (2002) as Christ
Bacchai , as Dionysus, at the National Theatre (2003)
Missing Persons: Four Tragedies and
Roy Keane by
Colin Teevan at the Jermyn Street Theatre (2006) as various characters
Tamburlaine at the
Barbican (2005) as Tamburlaine
An Enemy of the People at the
Arcola Theatre (2008) as Dr Thomas Stockmann
In Blood: The Bacchae at the
Arcola Theatre (2009)
Clarion , Arcola Theatre, (2015)
Hamlet, who's there? as
Claudius , with
Flute Theatre (2016)
Richard III (title role) Arcola (2017)
[9]
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man at the Marylebone Theatre (2024) solo performance adapted from the
Fyodor Dostoevsky short story
[10]
Partial filmography
References
External links