Roger William Allam was born on 26 October 1953 and is a British actor, who has performed on stage, in film, on television and radio.
23 Facts About Roger Allam
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Roger Allam played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical Les Miserables, First Officer Douglas Richardson in the award-winning radio series Cabin Pressure, and DCI Fred Thursday in the TV series Endeavour.
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Roger Allam is known for his roles as Illyrio Mopatis in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Royalton in Speed Racer, Lewis Prothero in the 2005 adaptation of V for Vendetta and as Peter Mannion MP in The Thick Of It.
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Roger Allam recently received acclaim for his impersonation of Robert Maxwell in the movie Tetris.
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Roger Allam has been nominated six times for a Laurence Olivier Award, and has won three times.
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Roger Allam was educated at Christ's Hospital and Manchester University.
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Roger Allam played Mercutio for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1983.
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Roger Allam has appeared in many radio dramas for the BBC.
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Roger Allam won an Olivier Award as Best Actor 2001, for his role as Captain Terri Denis in a revival of Privates on Parade, opening in December 2001 at the Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden.
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Roger Allam stayed with the show for its transfer to the West End.
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In December 2004 and January 2005, Allam appeared as the villainous Abanazar in a pantomime of Aladdin at the Old Vic theatre, co-starring Ian McKellen, Maureen Lipman and Sam Kelly.
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Roger Allam reprised the role in the third series, and returned in the final series as part of the expanded regular cast.
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In 2008, Roger Allam played the role of Max Reinhardt, the Salzburg Festival impresario in Michael Frayn's play Afterlife, the production staged by Michael Blakemore on the National Theatre's Lyttelton stage.
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Roger Allam played Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 at Shakespeare's Globe, in the 2010 season.
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In October 2010, Roger Allam was reunited with his former cast mates from Les Miserables in the 25th anniversary concert for a performance of "One Day More".
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Roger Allam presented Michael Frayn at the 2013 Olivier Awards with a Special Lifetime Award which was aired by ITV1.
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Roger Allam has reteamed with Stephen Frears in Tamara Drewe, the film version of Posy Simmond's popular comic strip.
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Roger Allam plays the crime novelist Nicholas Hardiment, who is bewitched by London journalist Tamara Drewe, played by Gemma Arterton.
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In October and November 2016 Roger Allam appeared as Brigadier Adrian Stone in the BBC series The Missing.
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Since January 2020, Roger Allam has co-starred with Joanna Lumley in the BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series Conversations from a Long Marriage.
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Roger Allam is married to actress Rebecca Saire, with whom he has two sons, William, an actor, and Thomas.
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Roger Allam identifies as being on the political left, and has publicly castigated Donald Trump.
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Roger Allam has narrated several audiobooks, including Solar by Ian McEwan.