Greg Hicks (born 27 May 1953) is an

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. He completed theatrical training at Rose Bruford College and joined The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1976. He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in the category "Best Actor of 2003" for his performance in '' Coriolanus'' at the Old Vic and was awarded the 2003

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(Drama) for Best Shakespearian Performance in the same role. Hicks has practised the Brazilian hybrid of martial arts and dance capoeira, as well as the Japanese dance-theatre form

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. He has said that he started to explore the physicality associated with these disciplines in a masked production of '' Oresteia'' (1981), directed by his mentor at the National Theatre, Peter Hall. In 2016, he toured with

Flute Theatre Flute Theatre is a touring theatre company which performs the works of William Shakespeare to international interactive audiences mainly composed of people who could not ordinarily access the performing arts such as children with autism and their ...

as Claudius in a production of ''Hamlet, who's there?'' written for interactive audiences.

Selected stage performances

* Royal Shakespeare Company: ** ''

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'' (2001) as Brutus ** '' Merry Wives of Windsor'' (2002) as Dr Caius ** '' Coriolanus'' (2002) as Coriolanus ** ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' (2004) as Ghost/Player King/Gravedigger ** '' Macbeth'' (2004) as Macbeth ** ''

'' (2009) as Julius Caesar ** '' The Winter's Tale'' (2009) as Leontes ** ''

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane a ...

'' (2010) as King Lear ** ''

'' (2013) as Claudius/Ghost ** '' All's Well That Ends Well'' (2013) as King of France *Other: ** '' Acastos'' at the National Theatre (1980) ** '' The Romans in Britain'', as Marban, a druid, at the National Theatre (1980) ** '' The Oresteia'', as Orestes, at the National Theatre and Epidavros, Greece (1982) and Channel 4 (1983) **''Coriolanus'', as Tullus Aufidius, National Theatre, (1984) ** '' The Homecoming'', as Teddy, at the Comedy Theatre, London (1991) ** ''Messiah'' at the Old Vic (2002) as Christ ** '' Bacchai'', as Dionysus, at the National Theatre (2003) ** ''Missing Persons: Four Tragedies and Roy Keane'' by

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at the Jermyn Street Theatre (2006) as various characters ** '' Tamburlaine'' at the

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(2005) as Tamburlaine ** ''

An Enemy of the People ''An Enemy of the People'' (original Norwegian title: ''En folkefiende''), an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, followed his previous play, '' Ghosts'', which criticized the hypocrisy of his society's moral code. That response in ...

'' at the Arcola Theatre (2008) as Dr Thomas Stockmann ** ''In Blood: The Bacchae'' at the Arcola Theatre (2009) ** ''Clarion'', Arcola Theatre, (2015) ** ''Hamlet, who's there?'' as

Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Drusus and Antonia Minor ...

, with

(2016) **'' Richard III'' (title role) Arcola (2017)

Partial filmography

*'' Northanger Abbey'' 1987 (TV) *'' Fortunes of War'' 1987 (TV) *'' Bergerac'' (TV) *'' Maigret'' 1992 (TV) *''

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'' 2006 (TV) *'' Waking the Dead'' 2007 (TV) *''

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'' 2011 (TV) *'' Snow White & the Huntsman'' 2012 *''

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'' 2013 (TV) *'' Son of God'' 2014

References

External links

*
Interview with Greg Hicks in The Guardian on playing Macbeth

Greg Hicks
at the Royal Shakespeare Company {{DEFAULTSORT:Hicks, Greg 1953 births Alumni of Rose Bruford College Critics' Circle Theatre Award winners English male stage actors Living people People from Leicester Royal Shakespeare Company members English male Shakespearean actors Male actors from Leicestershire