Benedick Bates (born November 1970) is a British
actor.
He is the son of actor
Alan Bates
Sir Alan Arthur Bates (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from the popular children's story '' Whistle Down the Wind'' to the " kitchen sink" dram ...
and actress Victoria Ward and trained at the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools.
LAMDA's Principal is ...
.
He has performed numerous times with the
Glasgow Citizens Company, at the
Chichester Festival Theatre and
Edinburgh Festival, and in
London's
West End
West End most commonly refers to:
* West End of London, an area of central London, England
* West End theatre, a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London, England
West End may also refer to:
Pl ...
, in stage productions which include ''
Don Carlos'', ''
Romeo and Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...
'', ''The Return of
A. J. Raffles'', ''
The Rose Tattoo'', ''
The Picture of Dorian Gray'', and ''
Semi-Monde
''Semi-Monde'' is a play written by Noël Coward in 1926, but not produced until 1977. Set in the foyer, lounge and bars of a grand Paris hotel, the play follows the lives of a variety of socialites over a three-year period from 1925. It is notab ...
''.
[
In 2002, Bates made his Broadway debut opposite his father in Ivan Turgenev's '' Fortune's Fool''.]
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
English male stage actors