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Paul Jesson

Actor | * 07/06/1946 (77) | UK (United Kingdom (UK))
Paul Jesson is an English stage, television and film actor and an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has played leading roles at the National Theatre and the RSC and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1986 for his role in The Normal Heart at the Royal Court Theatre. He was nominated for a Scottish Critics' Award 2004 for his portrayal of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh. He played the Earl of Gloucester in the Donmar Theatre production of King Lear with Derek Jacobi, Maurice Montgomery in Nicholas Wright's Travelling Light at the National Theatre and appeared in Caryl Churchill's Love and Information at the Royal Court (2012). His recent films include Brutus in Coriolanus directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, Nae Caranfil's Closer to the Moon and Sir David Hare's Wall. He played William Turner, father of J. M. W. Turner in Mike Leigh's 2014 film Mr. Turner. He returned to the RSC to play Cardinal Wolsey in Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies at Stratford-upon-A... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Paul Jesson

Laurence Olivier Awards
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Movies with Paul Jesson as Actor(25)

as Humphrey2018 The Children Act
as Doctor2017 Marrowbone
as Admiral von Schreiber2015 The Sound of Music Live!
as Studio Manager2014 Closer to the Moon
as William Turner Snr2014 Mr. Turner
as Maurice Montgomery2012 National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
as Earl of Gloucester2011 National Theatre Live: King Lear
as Tribune Brutus2011 Coriolanus
as Magistrate2004 Vera Drake
as Brian Boyce2003 Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
as Ron2002 All or Nothing
as Derek Meadle1987 Quartermaine's Terms
as Costard1985 Love's Labour's Lost
as First Citizen1984 The Tragedy of Coriolanus
as Major Green1983 Acceptable Levels
as George, Duke of Clarence1983 Henry VI Part 3
as John Holland / George Plantagenet1983 Henry VI Part 2
as Second Messenger to King1983 Henry VI Part 1
as George, Duke of Clarence1983 The Tragedy of Richard III
as Man in Dressing Gown1982 Home Sweet Home
as (Archive Material)1982 Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Cloten1982 Cymbeline
as John1981 The Muscle Market
as Clown1981 The Winter's Tale

TV Shows/Series with Paul Jesson as Actor(11)

as Sir Geoffrey Howe2016 The Crown
as Roy Anderson2015 The Trials of Jimmy Rose
as Professor Ernest Burrowes2013 Endeavour
as Dale Acreman2011 Vera
as Bradshaw2008 The Devil's Whore
as C.T.2001 The Glass
as Lynton Pargeter1997 Midsomer Murders
as Hector Bridges1997 Midsomer Murders
as Chief Constable Stokes1994 Pie in the Sky
as Trevor Singleton1987 Intimate Contact

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 07/06 1946 (July) in UK (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 77 years + 267 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Hitchin Boys' School
Other names for Paul Jesson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Paul Jesson (Schauspieler)"
Paul Jesson frequently works together with these people:
Mike Leigh (9x, Crew)
Raj Awasti (7x, Actor)
Peter Morgan (5x, Crew)
Ron Cook (5x, Actor)
Maggie Steed (5x, Actress)
Neville Phillips (5x, Actor)
Alan Edmonds (5x, Crew)
Jane Howell (5x, Crew)
Peter Benson (5x, Actor)
Lesley Manville (4x, Actress)
Dick Pope (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:65522, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/28/2024