Paul Herzberg was born on 1953 and is a South African actor and writer, known for The Honourable Woman, Black Earth Rising, My Week with Marilyn, Room 36, Blood and Cry Freedom.
13 Facts About Paul Herzberg
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Paul Herzberg moved to the UK in 1976, after having served as a conscripted soldier on the Namibian border, during the period of the Angolan war.
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Paul Herzberg then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Paul Herzberg co-wrote and starred in the feature film, Almost Heaven which won the Nashville International Best Feature Award.
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Paul Herzberg is a regular at Manchester's Royal Exchange where his roles have included Bluntschli in Arms And The Man, Shorty in People Are Living There, Colbert in While The Sun Shines, Captain Papa Louw in his award-winning play The Dead Wait and recently as Capulet in Romeo and Juliet.
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Paul Herzberg has appeared twice at the Chichester Festival theatre, first as Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice ; and then in Carrington, as Mark Gertler.
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Paul Herzberg was in the world premiere of Dancing At Lughnasa in the role of Gerry Evans at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
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Paul Herzberg was cast as Shylock in The Merchant Of Venice at the Arcola in 2007.
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Paul Herzberg joined the RSC at Stratford for The Taming Of The Shrew in which he played Vincentio.
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Paul Herzberg returned to the National in the roles of Yair Hirshfeld and Shimon Peres in Oslo which transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre.
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Paul Herzberg first began writing for BBC Radio in 1992 with the 60 minute play The Song Of My Father; followed by several plays and short stories.
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Paul Herzberg's stage play The Dead Wait is based on the story of a young South African athlete who is a conscripted soldier in the Angolan Civil War and was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award in 1997.
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Paul Herzberg's godson is Pretty Little Liars actor Julian Morris.