Roger Rees

Personal Info

Birthday

May 5, 1944

Day of Death

2015-07-10

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

Roger Rees

Biography

Roger Rees (May 5, 1944 – July 10, 2015) was a Welsh-American actor and director. Born in Aberystwyth, Wales, he grew up in south London where his father worked as a police officer.

He attended Camberwell College of Arts and the Slade School of Fine Art, initially training as a painter before transitioning to theater work. He painted scenery at the Wimbledon Theater in south London before becoming an actor there in 1965. Rees became widely recognized for his stage work, particularly his starring role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby," which brought him both an Olivier Award and a Tony Award.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Law & Order

Elementary

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Good Wife

Cheers

The West Wing

The Middle

Filmography

2019
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2016
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth
as William Bradford (Adult)
2015
The Pilgrims
as William Bradford
Survivor
as Dr. Emil Balan
2014
Affluenza
as Mr. Carson
The Voysey Inheritance
as Hugh Voysey
2011
Almost Perfect
as Kai Lee
2009
Happy Tears
as Antiques Dealer
2008
The Narrows
as Professor Reyerson
2007
The Invasion
as Yorish
2006
The Prestige
as Owens
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
as Mr. Hobbs
Falling for Grace
as Andrew Barrington Sr
Game 6
as Jack Haskins
The Pink Panther
as Raymmond Laroque
2005
A Life in Suitcases
as Tulse Luper
2004
Crazy Like a Fox
as Nat Banks
Going Under
as Peter
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
as Tulse Luper
2002
Frida
as Guillermo Kahlo
The Scorpion King
as King Pheron
Return to Never Land
as Edward (voice)
2001
3 A.M.
as Priest
2000
Blackmale
as Bill Fontaine
The Crossing
as Gen. Hugh Mercer
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
as Dr. Croft
1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Peter Quince
Double Platinum
as Marc Reckler
1998
Next Stop Wonderland
as Ray Thornback
1997
Trouble on the Corner
as Mr. McMurtry
1996
Sudden Manhattan
as Murphy
The Substance of Fire
as Max
1995
The Possession of Michael D.
as Robin Banks (Hypnotist)
1993
The Tower
as Mr. Littlehill
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
as Sheriff of Rotingham
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
as Self
1992
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
as Parnell
P.J. Sparkles
as Betty (voice)
Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After
as Prince Charles
1991
If Looks Could Kill
as Augustus Steranko
1990
Next
as Peter (voice)
Mountains of the Moon
as Papworth
1989
The Return of Sam McCloud
as Jason Cross
1986
God's Outlaw
as William Tyndale
1984
A Christmas Carol
as Fred Holywell / Narrator
The Ebony Tower
as David Williams
1983
Saigon: Year of the Cat
as Donald Henderson
Star 80
as Aram Nicholas
1982
Imaginary Friends
as Douglas Pitblado
1981
The Three Sisters
as Tusenbach
1979
Macbeth
as Malcolm
1978
The Comedy of Errors
as Antipholus of Syracuse