MotherFatherSon
''MotherFatherSon'' is a British thriller television series starring Richard Gere his first major television role Helen McCrory, Billy Howle, Ciarán Hinds and Elena Anaya. The series broadcast on BBC Two began on 6 March 2019 and ended on 24 April 2019. It averaged 2.69 million viewers. Synopsis A fractured family at the heart of politics and power is pulled together under catastrophic circumstances. Cast and characters * Richard Gere as Max Finch, American newspaper owner and Kathryn's ex-husband * Helen McCrory as Kathryn Villiers, British heiress and Max's ex-wife * Billy Howle as Caden Finch, 30-year-old son of Max and Kathryn * Pippa Bennett-Warner as Lauren Elgood, senior adviser to Max * Sinéad Cusack as Maggie Barns, journalist and ex-political correspondent for the ''National Reporter'' * Diana Kent as Charlotte, Kathryn's mother * Joseph Mawle as Scott Ruskin, who attends the homeless shelter where Kathryn visits and develops a close relationship with her * Paul Read ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Helen McCrory
Helen Elizabeth McCrory (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her stage debut in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' in 1990. Other stage roles include playing Lady Macbeth in ''Macbeth'' at Shakespeare's Globe, Olivia in ''Twelfth Night'' and Rosalind in ''As You Like It'' in the West End. McCrory portrayed Cherie Blair in both ''The Queen'' (2006) and '' The Special Relationship'' (2010), alongside Michael Sheen who also portrayed husband and Prime Minister Tony Blair in both. She also portrayed Françoise in the film '' Charlotte Gray'' (2001), the dark anti-heroine Narcissa Malfoy in the final three ''Harry Potter'' films (2009, 2010, 2011), Mama Jeanne in Martin Scorsese's family film ''Hugo'' (2011), Clair Dowar in the James Bond film ''Skyfall'' (2012), Polly Gray in ''Peaky Blinders'' (2013–2019), Emma Banville in ''Fearless'' (2017) and Kathryn Villiers in ''MotherFatherSon'' (2019). Early ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Steven Cree
Steven Cree (born 29 February 1980) is a Scottish film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as Ian Murray in the Starz television series '' Outlander''. His other work includes the films '' Brave'' (2012), '' 300: Rise of an Empire'' (2014), '' Maleficent'' (2014), ''51 Degrees North'' (2014), ''Churchill'' (2017), and the television series ''Lip Service''. Early life Cree was born on 29 February 1980 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of a local kitchen and bathroom fitter. Upon completion of Secondary School, he attended Langside College in Glasgow for a year before applying, and being accepted to, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now known as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). at RSAMD, he was signed by a London Talent agent and moved to the city after completing school. Career Cree began his professional career in 2001 with the guest starring role of Gerry in an episode of CBBC's weekly comedy series ''G-Force''. He went ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Billy Howle
William Walter Douglas Howle (born 9 November 1989) is a British actor. His films include ''On Chesil Beach'', ''The Seagull'', and ''Outlaw King''. On television, he is known for his roles in the E4 drama ''Glue'', the BBC miniseries '' The Serpent'', ''MotherFatherSon'', and the BritBox thriller series '' The Beast Must Die''. Early life Howle was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a music professor and composer. He was born the second of four boys, with three brothers, Sam (older), George and Alfie (younger). Due to his father's profession the family moved 12 times when Howle was a child, before settling in Scarborough. It was there that he became involved in the local music scene. At 18, he left home to study drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, before embarking on his career. Career Howle made his debut as James Warwick on the E4 television series ''Glue''. He co-starred in the 2017 film ''The Sense of an Endi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Niamh Algar (actress)
Niamh Algar (born June 28, 1992) is an Irish actress. She is known for winning Best Actress in a Leading Role - TV Drama at the 2020 IFTA Film & Drama Awards for her performance in '' The Virtues''. Other roles include ''MotherFatherSon'', ''Raised by Wolves'', and ''Pure''. In 2021, she appeared in ''Wrath of Man'' and ''Censor''. For her role in '' Calm with Horses'' she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Early life and education A native of Mullingar, Ireland, Algar is the youngest of five children. She studied design at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and graduated from the Programme of Screen Acting at the Bow Street Academy in Dublin. Career Algar has appeared in films including Conor McMahon's ''From the Dark'', Aoife Crehan's road trip film ''The Last Right'', Lorcan Finnegan's '' Without Name'' and the Michael Fassbender-produced '' Calm With Horses''. On television she has appeared in Rose Cartwright's ''Pure'', ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joseph Mawle
Joseph Daniel Turner Mawle (born 21 March 1974) is an English actor. Mawle is best known for his roles as Benjen Stark in ''Game of Thrones'', Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine in ''Ripper Street'', Firebrace in ''Birdsong'', Jesus Christ in '' The Passion'', Adar in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' and Odysseus in '' Troy: Fall of a City''. Early life Mawle was born in Oxford, England. He grew up in a Victorian manor house on a farm outside Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. He is one of three children from a family with a history of nine generations of farming in Warwickshire. His mother was a teacher. His father Richard still farms the land. He attended the Croft prep school on the outskirts of Stratford-upon-Avon, where he was diagnosed as severely dyslexic; consequently, he went from the ages of 13 to 16 to a boarding school for special needs. Mawle left the school at 16 to become an actor but contracted labyrinthitis, leaving him 70 per cent hearing-impaired ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pippa Bennett-Warner
Philippa Elaine Fanti Bennett-Warner (born 23 July 1988) is a British actress. She was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award in 2010 for her performance as Cordelia in Michael Grandage's production of ''King Lear'', and long-listed for Best Actress at the 2012 ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards for her role in the play ''The Witness'' at Royal Court Theatre. On television, she is best known for starring in the Sky Atlantic crime drama '' Gangs of London'' (2020–present) and the BBC thrillers ''Roadkill'' (2020) and ''Chloe'' (2022). Early life Bennett-Warner was brought up in Buckinghamshire, and was educated at St Edward's School in Oxford, and Lucie Clayton Charm Academy. She is of Jamaican and Kittitian descent, and has a sister, Georgina, who is three years older. Career Early work (1999–2009) She started her acting career in Julie Taymor's 1999 London production of ''The Lion King'', as one of the original young Nalas. In 2006, she got a place at Royal Academy o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Ready
Paul John Ready (born 1977) is a British actor. In 2013–2014, he played Lee in ''Utopia''. In 2016, he played Kevin in ''Motherland''. In 2018, he played the role of Rob MacDonald in the BBC television series ''Bodyguard'', and Harry Goodsir in AMC's ''The Terror''. In 2019, Paul played journalist Nick Caplan in the BBC television series ''MotherFatherSon''. His film credits include ''The Death of Stalin''. He received a commendation at the 2003 Ian Charleson Awards. Early life Ready was born in Birmingham and grew up in the town of Harborne. He attended King Edward VI Five Ways school in Bartley Green, after which he trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career At the age of 17 Ready played Romeo in the National Youth Theatre production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' at London's Bloomsbury Theatre, opposite Rosamund Pike as Juliet. He is a regular at the National and Royal Court theatres. Recent appearances have included leading parts in ''Major Barbara'' and '' Sai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Danny Sapani
Danny Sapani (born 15 November 1970) is a British actor who works in British, American, and Indian films. He is best known for appearing in ''Misfits'', '' Doctor Who'', ''Penny Dreadful'', ''The Crown'', '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' and '' Black Panther''. Early life Sapani was born in London, one of six children of immigrant Ghanaian parents. He was raised in Hackney, and first pursued his interest in acting at the Weekend Arts College in Kentish Town. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career Sapani appeared in Danny Boyle's film ''Trance''. His stage credits include August Wilson's ''Joe Turner's Come and Gone'' and ''Radio Golf'', Errol John's Caribbean classic ''Moon on a Rainbow Shawl'' and The National Theatre production of Euripides' ''Medea''. He has also acted in the 2013 Indian action film, '' Singam II'' as drug lord Michael Kong (same codename as himself). In 2021 he played alongside Adrian Lester in the streamed version of Lolita Chakraba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Sullivan (actor)
Peter Sullivan (born 26 July 1964) is an English film and television actor. Life and career Sullivan was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. In 1982, he joined the National Youth Theatre, where he played Edmond in ''King Lear'', and then joined the Old Vic Youth Theatre playing the title role in ''Macbeth''. He studied at Central School of Speech and Drama from 1983 to 1986 and then in New York under Uta Hagen at HB Studio. In 1988 he joined the Catalan performance group La Fura dels Baus and toured the world with them in their trilogy of spectacles ''Accions'', ''Suz/O/Suz'' and ''Tier Mon''. In 1990 he was asked by Deborah Warner to join the National Theatre in London to tour ''King Lear'' and ''Richard III'', directed by Richard Eyre, staying on to play in ''Napoli Millionaria'' as part of the Lyttelton Theatre company. He also worked extensively at the National Theatre Studio with Simon Usher and there formed The Actors' Group. He left the National to work with David Fre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Angélica Aragón
Angélica Espinoza Stransky (born 11 July 1953), known as Angélica Aragón (), is a Mexican film, television and stage actress and singer. She is daughter of the Mexican composer José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla". She is recognized for her performances in various Mexican film productions such as ''Cilantro y perejil'' (1997), ''Sexo, pudor y lágrimas'' (1999) and ''El crimen del Padre Amaro'' (2002) and in diverse American productions like '' A Walk in the Clouds'' (1995) and '' Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights'' (2002) among others. She is also famous for having starred in two famous Mexican telenovelas: ''Vivir un poco'' (1985) and ''Mirada de mujer'' (1997). Biography Early life Angelica Espinoza Stransky is the elder daughter of the Mexican actor and composer José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla" and Sonia Stransky. She had a younger sister named Vindia (deceased in 2008). On her mother's side, she has two half-siblings, Jacqueline and John. Her maternal grandfather, of Czech ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Diana Kent
Diana Kent is an English actress known for ''Heavenly Creatures'' (1994), '' How to Lose Friends & Alienate People'' (2008), '' One Day'' (2011) and for the ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ... drama series '' ''Belgravia'''' (2020).'''' Career Film Television Theatre References External links * * 1958 births British film actresses English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English voice actresses Living people Actresses from London Royal Shakespeare Company members English Shakespearean actresses 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses {{England-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977) and a starring role in ''Days of Heaven'' (1978). He came to prominence with his role in the film '' American Gigolo'' (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He has starred in many films, including '' An Officer and a Gentleman'' (1982), '' The Cotton Club'' (1984), '' Pretty Woman'' (1990), ''Sommersby'' (1993), '' Primal Fear'' (1996), '' Runaway Bride'' (1999), ''I'm Not There'' (2007), ''Arbitrage'' (2012) and '' Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer'' (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the musical ''Chicago'' (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast. Early life Richard Tiffany Gere was born in Philadelphia on August 31, 1949, the eldest son and second child of housewife Doris Ann ( Tiffany; 19242016) and NMIC ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |