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His Dark Materials (TV Series)
''His Dark Materials'' is a fantasy drama television series based on the trilogy of novels of the same name by Philip Pullman. It is produced by Bad Wolf and New Line Productions, for BBC One and HBO, with the latter handling international distribution. The show follows the orphan Lyra, played by Dafne Keen, as she searches for a missing friend and discovers a kidnapping plot related to an invisible cosmic substance called Dust. The eight-episode first series premiered on 3 November 2019 on BBC One in the United Kingdom, and on 4 November on HBO in the United States and other markets. The seven-episode second series premiered on 8 November 2020 in the United Kingdom, and on 16 November 2020 in the United States. The eight-episode third and final series premiered first on HBO on 5 December 2022, and on 18 December 2022 in the United Kingdom. All three series received generally positive reviews. Premise ''His Dark Materials'' is set in a multi-world reality, with the action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Fiction
Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of romance fiction. History In the Introduction to the ''Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction'', Critic Don D'Ammassa defines the genre as follows: D'Ammassa argues that adventure stories make the element of danger the focus; hence he argues that Charles Dickens's novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or killed, whereas Dickens's '' Great Expectations'' is not because "Pip's encounter with the convict is an adventure, but that scene is only a device to advance the main plot, which is not truly an adventure." Adventure has been a common theme since the earliest days of written fiction. Indeed, the standard plot of Medieval romances was a series of adventures. Following a plot framework as old as Heliodorus, and so durable a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Wilson
Amir Ahmad Wilson (born 6 February 2004) is an English actor. He played Will Parry in the HBO and BBC One series ''His Dark Materials'', Tiuri in the Netflix series '' The Letter for the King'', and Dickon in the 2020 film adaptation of '' The Secret Garden''. Personal life Wilson was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire to English father, Paul, and Sudanese mother, Nagla. He has an older sister, Iman. He grew up in the suburb of Monkmoor Monkmoor is a suburb located in the north-east of the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is connected to the suburbs of Underdale, Shrewsbury, Underdale and Abbey Foregate. The ward's population in 2015 was 4,451. Much of Monkmoor is resid ..., attending St. Giles' C of E Primary School. Wilson began acting and training with local theatre group Get Your Wigle On. His father died in May 2018. Filmography Stage Awards and nominations References External links * Living people 2004 births 21st-century English male actors Acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer and record producer of film, television, and video game scores. A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe is known for his composing music for big-budget films like '' 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,'' ''Terminator Genisys'', '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout'', and the DreamWorks Animation films ''Home'' and ''Penguins of Madagascar'', as well as the video games '' Assassin's Creed: Revelations'', ''Assassin's Creed III'', '' Crysis 2'', '' Skylanders'' and the ''Call of Duty'' franchise, as well as the new fanfare for Skydance Media, which debuted in ''The Adam Project''. He has also scored the television series ''The Bible'', '' Marcella'', ''The Crown'', and ''Genius'', the latter for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music. Balfe was born in Inverness. He went to Fettes College Fettes College () is a co-educational indepe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Hassell
Alexander Stephen Hassell (born 7 September 1980) is an English actor. He is co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company. Early life and education Hassell was born in Southend, England, the youngest of four, to a vicar. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama after completing GCSE and A-Level courses at Moulsham High School, in Chelmsford, Essex. Career He has appeared in a number of stage roles, most recently as Hal in Henry IV Parts I and II, and Henry in Henry V, for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His first Hollywood role was in George Clooney's ''Suburbicon'' (2017), and later that year he appeared in his first major television role in the BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton's '' The Miniaturist'', which first aired on Boxing Day. He also appeared as Translucent in the first season of '' The Boys'' (2019) on Amazon Prime Video, and played Vicious in Netflix's '' Cowboy Bebop'' in 2021., and portrayed Metatron in the final season of the BBC/ HBO fantasy series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sian Clifford
Sian Clifford (born 7 April 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Claire, the older sister of the titular character in the BBC comedy-drama series ''Fleabag'' (2016–2019) and also portrayed Martha Crawley in the ITV/Amazon Studios series ''Vanity Fair'' (2018). In 2020, she played Diana Ingram in the ITV series ''Quiz''. For the second season of ''Fleabag'', Clifford won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, and received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series as well as a Critics' Choice nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Her theatre credits include ''Consent'' at the Harold Pinter Theatre, ''Pains of Youth'' at the National Theatre, and ''The Road to Mecca'' at the Arcola Theatre. Early life Clifford was born in London on 7 April 1982, the daughter of an executive assistant mother and a father who works for the local council. She grew up in the London borough o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McAvoy
James McAvoy (; born 21 April 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in '' The Near Room'' (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller '' State of Play'', science fiction miniseries '' Frank Herbert's Children of Dune'' and the Channel 4 BAFTA Award-winning series '' Shameless''. He has performed in several West End productions and has received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, and has also done voice work for animated films including '' Gnomeo & Juliet'', its sequel ''Sherlock Gnomes'', and ''Arthur Christmas''. In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in ''Bollywood Queen'', then in another lead role as Rory in '' Inside I'm Dancing'' in 2004. This was followed by a supporting role, as the faun Mr. Tumnus, in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' (2005). His performance in Kevin Macdonald's dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith (born 23 August 1977) is a Ghanaian-British actor known for his film, television, theatre and voice work. Early life Holdbrook-Smith was born in Accra, Ghana. He grew up in Frimley, Surrey, England, where he lived with his mother, Tenu; his father, Henry; and his brother, Kofi. He was initially frightened of taking up acting due to his family's disapproval. "I was about 15, I thought, 'I wonder if I could ecome an actor. I hadn't really suggested it to anyone. It just didn't seem allowed. So there was a slow exploration of ctingand by the time I was 18, I was resolute." He attended Guildford School of Acting to study acting, graduating in 2000. Career Holdbrook-Smith began his acting career on television in 2002 when he played Orlando Figes in the ''Judge John Deed'' episode "Everyone's Child". Since then, he has had roles in TV series such as '' Little Britain'', ''Star Stories'' (from 2006 until 2008), ''Taking the Flak'', ''Sirens'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chipo Chung
Chipo Tariro Chung (born 17 August 1977) is a Zimbabwean actress and activist based in London. Early life and education Chung was born as a refugee in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Her given name Chipo means "gift" in the Shona language. She spent her first two years in refugee camps in Mozambique with thousands of young people who were escaping the war in then-Rhodesia. Chung was raised in Harare where she attended Dominican Convent High School and developed her acting with the mixed-race theater company Over the Edge. At eighteen, she moved to the United States where her mother Fay Chung was working for the United Nations. Fay Chung is an educationist and former minister of education in Zimbabwe. Chung first studied directing at Yale University and then trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, graduating in 2003. Career Chung’s stage debut was as Ophelia in a Nuffield Theatre production of Hamlet. Appearances in The Mayor of Zalamea and Ma R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Aris
Jonathan Aris is a British actor who has appeared in films, television and the theatre. He has narrated three TV documentaries produced and aired by the National Geographic Channel, and appears as Philip Anderson in the BBC television series '' Sherlock''. In 2016 he appeared in ''Tutankhamun'' as the American Egyptologist Herbert Winlock, and appears as the angelic quartermaster in the Amazon Prime series ''Good Omens ''Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'' is a 1990 novel written as a collaboration between the English authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The book is a comedy about the birth of the son of Satan and the c ...''. Filmography Film Television Theatre Video games References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aris, Jonathan British male film actors British male stage actors British male television actors People educated at St Paul's School, London Living people Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (, ; born 22 August 1967) is an English actor, director, and former fashion model known for his roles as Lock-Nah in ''The Mummy Returns'', Nykwana Wombosi in '' The Bourne Identity'', Heavy Duty in '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'', Kurse in '' Thor: The Dark World'', Killer Croc in ''Suicide Squad'', Mr. Eko in '' Lost'', Malko in the fifth season of the HBO series '' Game of Thrones'', and Dave Duerson in the NFL biopic drama ''Concussion''. Akinnuoye-Agbaje's feature directorial debut, ''Farming'', wrapped production in 2017 and had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Early life and education Akinnuoye-Agbaje was born in Islington, London, to Nigerian parents of Yoruba origin, who were students in the UK. When he was six weeks old, his biological parents gave him up to a white working-class family in Tilbury, Essex. His foster parents had at least ten African children, including Akinnuoye-Agbaje's two sisters, li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Scott (actor)
Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976) is an Irish actor. He played Jim Moriarty in the BBC series '' Sherlock'', for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. Scott's role as the priest on the second series of ''Fleabag'', received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He won further acclaim playing the lead role of Garry Essendine in a 2019 stage production of ''Present Laughter'' at The Old Vic, for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. Scott has received various other awards, including the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for his role in ''A Girl in a Car with a Man'' at the Royal Court Theatre. Early life and education Scott was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 21 October 1976, the son of Nora and Jim Scott. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Kirby
Simone Kirby (born 28 October 1976) is an Irish people, Irish actress. She is probably best known for playing Oonagh in the Ken Loach film ''Jimmy's Hall''. Other credits include Irene O'Donnell in ''Peaky Blinders (TV series), Peaky Blinders'' (2014), Marilyn Hull in ''Notes on Blindness'' (2016), Tyva Hightopp in ''Alice Through The Looking Glass'' (2016), Sr. Grace in ''Houdini and Doyle'' (2016), Maria Roche in ''The Truth Commissioner'' (2016), Annette Rane in ''Clean Break (TV series), Clean Break'' (2015), Tracey Moynihan in ''Love/Hate (TV series), Love/Hate'' (2014) and Geraldine Grehan in the RTÉ series ''Pure Mule''. She co-wrote and performed in the RTÉ comedy sketch show ''Meet Your Neighbours'' in 2011 with P. J. Gallagher (comedian), P.J. Gallagher. She also appeared in ''Season of the Witch (2011 film), Season of the Witch'' in 2011. On stage she appeared in ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' at The Old Vic, ''Macbeth'' at Shakespeare's Globe, ''Molly Sweeney'' at the Iris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
