This page uses content from the Roger Rees biography page on the English version of Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. This list of authors can be seen in the page history. Rotten Tomatoes disclaims any and all warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of the content.

Roger Rees (born on May 4, 1944) is a British-American actor.

Born in Aberystwyth, Wales, he started his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He created the title role in the original production of the play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, winning both an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1982 for it. He also starred in the original production of The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard in London in 1984.

Rees became an American citizen in 1989, and in the 1990s, continued his work in the theatre, both as an actor and a director. He did some television work in the 1970s and began his film career in the 1980s. From 1989 to 1993, he appeared intermittently on the long-running American TV series Cheers as the dashing, feckless English tycoon "Robin Colcord." Later television appearances include My So-Called Life as substitute teacher "Mr. Racine" and British Ambassador Lord John Marbury on The West Wing. He was awarded an OBIE for his 1992 performance in the off-Broadway play The End of the Day, and in 1995, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Indiscretions.

In November 2004, he was named artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts, only the fourth person to hold the post in its half century.

Rees is a convert to Judaism.

Selected stage and screen credits

Film

• Garfield 2 (as Mr. Hobbs), 2006
• Frida (as Guillermo Kahlo), 2002
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (as Peter Quince), 1999
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights (as Sheriff of Rottingham), 1993
• If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent (as Augustus Steranko), 1991

Television

• The West Wing (as Lord John Marbury), 2000-2005
• Law & Order (in episode "Kid Pro Quo" as Wyatt Scofield), 2003
• Oz (in episode "Medium Rare" as Jack Aldridge), 2001
• My So-Called Life (in episode "The Substitute" as Vic Racine), 1994
• Cheers (as Robin Colcord), 1989-1993
• A Christmas Carol (as Fred Holywell/Narrator), 1984

Theater

• A Man of No Importance (as Alfie Byrne), Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, off-Broadway, 2002
• Indiscretions (as George), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway, 1995
• The End of the Day (as Graydon Massey), Playwrights Horizons, off-Broadway, 1992
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (as Nicholas Nickleby), Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, 1981-1982

External links

• TV Tome page
• Article on appointment to Williamstown Theater Festival
• Roger Rees Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the biographical information on this page under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.