Michael Jibson was the winner of the 2018 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical, for his role of King George III in Hamilton.
19 Facts About Michael Jibson
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Michael Jibson was nominated for the 2003 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, for Our House.
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Michael Jibson's father, Tim Jibson, was a radio director, his mother Evelyn is a retired receptionist.
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Michael Jibson went on to join the National Youth Music Theatre, of which he is a patron.
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Michael Jibson later trained at the Guildford School of Acting, where he obtained a BA Hons degree in 2002.
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Michael Jibson played various roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of The Canterbury Tales.
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Michael Jibson played the role of Charles Lindbergh in Take Flight at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2007.
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Michael Jibson played the dual roles of Puck and Philostrate in A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Jonathan Munby at Shakespeare's Globe in 2008, where he appeared as the Painter in Timon of Athens directed by Lucy Bailey.
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Michael Jibson played Dromio of Syracuse in Roxana Silbert's production of A Comedy of Errors at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre in 2010.
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Michael Jibson returned to the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2011, where he played Addison Mizner in the European premiere of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Road Show, directed by John Doyle.
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Michael Jibson played Jimmy in Roots at the Donmar Warehouse in 2013, directed by James Macdonald.
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Michael Jibson played the role of King George III in the original London cast of Hamilton, winning the 2018 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical.
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In 2014, Michael Jibson co-wrote the independent film The Lighthouse, based the tragic story of the Smalls Lighthouse in 1801, starring as Thomas Howell opposite Welsh actor Mark Lewis Jones.
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In 2020, Michael Jibson played Tecwen Whittock in James Graham's television series Quiz, directed by Stephen Frears.
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In 2021, Michael Jibson portrayed the infamous Rudolf II in the second season of Sky One's television drama A Discovery of Witches.
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Michael Jibson played DS Stuart Reeves in the 2020 miniseries Honour which was based on the real life murder of Banaz Mahmod.
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In 2022, Michael Jibson played DC Paul Slaymaker in Four Lives for the BBC.
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In 2023, Michael Jibson played Bill Cotton in the BBC miniseries The Reckoning, starring Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile.
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Also in 2023 Michael Jibson played DCI Barber in the hit Netflix limited series Bodies, starring Stephen Graham.