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Alan Bennett

Actor / Screenwriter / Playwright / Writer / Film Director / Comedian | * 05/09/1934 (89) | Leeds, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. Over his entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. He also earned an Academy Award nomination for his film The Madness of King George (1994). In 2005 he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award. Bennett was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University, where he studied history and performed with the Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame and later a Special Tony Award. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play, Forty Years On, being produced in 1968. He also became known for writing dramatic monologues Talking Heads which ran in 1988, and 1999 on B... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded t ...

The Lady in the Van

FSK: 6+ years

2015 | 3.2/5 | 1h 44min
Comedy, Drama
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The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, ...

The History Boys

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2006 | 3.4/5 | 1h 49min
Comedy, Drama
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In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solici ...

A Private Function

FSK: 16+ years

1984 | 3.2/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy
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Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hap ...

The Madness of King George

FSK: 12+ years

1994 | 3.4/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy, Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Alan Bennett

Laurence Olivier Awards Bodley Medal Society of London Theatre Special Award Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts Hawthornden Prize Pen/ackerley Prize Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Alan Bennett as Actor(35)

as himself2022 Stewart Lee: Tornado
2022 Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
as himself2017 Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
as himself2016 Alan Bennett's Diaries
as Alan Bennett (2014)2015 The Lady in the Van
2013 The Native Hue of Resolution
as Hector2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Mole (voice)2013 Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2012 My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
as himself2009 Being Alan Bennett
as himself2004 Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as himself2003 The Importance of Being Morrissey
as Narrator (voice)2003 The Young Visiters
as (voice)1998 Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
as Mole1997 The Willows in Winter
as Porter1996 In Love and War
as himself1995 Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
as Mole1995 The Wind in the Willows
as 2nd MP1994 The Madness of King George
as himself1994 Portrait or Bust
as Hugh Trevor-Roper1991 Selling Hitler
1988 Talking Heads
as Himself - Presenter1988 Dinner at Noon
as Mock Turtle (voice)1985 Dreamchild
as Denis Midgley1982 Intensive Care
as Justice Shallow1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Himself - Various Roles1982 The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Mr Petty1979 Afternoon Off
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1978 A Visit from Miss Prothero
as Narrator (voice)1978 Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Neville's Doctor1978 Long Shot
as himself1976 Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Defence Solicitor1970 Every Home Should Have One
as Mouse1966 Alice in Wonderland
as Various Characters1964 Beyond the Fringe

TV Shows/Series with Alan Bennett as Actor(10)

as Owl2003 Meg and Mog
as Alan Bennett (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Sillery1997 A Dance to the Music of Time
1991 Julie Walters and Friends
as Lord Pinkrose1987 Fortunes of War
as Self (archival footage)1985 The Glass Box
1978 The South Bank Show
1970 Play for Today
1966 On the Margin
as Osric1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Alan Bennett as Crew(33)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Allelujah
Writing/Writer2023 Allelujah
Writing/Writer2018 National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Writing/Writer2018 National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Writing/Writer2015 The Lady in the Van
Writing/Writer2010 National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Writing/Screenplay2006 The History Boys
Writing/Author2006 The History Boys
Writing/Writer1998 Talking Heads 2
Writing/Screenplay1994 The Madness of King George
Writing/Theatre Play1994 The Madness of King George
Writing/Writer1994 Portrait or Bust
Writing/Writer1991 A Question of Attribution
Writing/Writer1990 102 Boulevard Haussmann
Directing/Director1988 Talking Heads
Writing/Writer1988 Talking Heads
Writing/Writer1988 Dinner at Noon
Writing/Writer1987 Prick Up Your Ears
Writing/Writer1986 The Insurance Man
Writing/Screenplay1984 A Private Function
Writing/Story1984 A Private Function
Writing/Writer1983 An Englishman Abroad
Writing/Writer1982 Intensive Care
Writing/Writer1979 One Fine Day
Writing/Writer1979 The Old Crowd
Writing/Writer1979 Afternoon Off
Writing/Writer1979 All Day on the Sands
Writing/Writer1978 A Visit from Miss Prothero
Writing/Writer1978 Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Writing/Writer1978 Doris and Doreen
Writing/Writer1975 Sunset Across the Bay
Writing/Writer1972 A Day Out
Writing/Writer1964 Beyond the Fringe

TV Shows/Series with Alan Bennett as Crew(6)

Writing/Writer2020 Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Creator/Creator2020 Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Creator/Creator1991 Julie Walters and Friends
Writing/Writer1985 Screen Two
Writing/Writer1982 Objects of Affection
Writing/Writer1970 Play for Today

Full Name: Alan Bennett
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 05/09 1934 (May) in Leeds, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 89 years + 343 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Exeter College, Lawnswood School, Leeds Modern School
Employer: University of Oxford
Alan Bennett frequently works together with these people:
Rachael MacFarlane (63x, Actress)
Kevin Michael Richardson (51x, Actor)
John Viener (38x, Actor)
Ralph Garman (32x, Actor)
Alec Sulkin (31x, Actor)
Phil LaMarr (29x, Actor)
Steve Callaghan (29x, Actor)
Danny Smith (29x, Actor)
Alexandra Breckenridge (27x, Actress)
Mae Whitman (21x, Actress)
Gary Cole (19x, Actor)
Nicole Sullivan (19x, Actress)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:29079, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024