Marcus Gilbert (born 29 July 1958) is a

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. Since 1984 he has appeared in films, including '' The Masks of Death'' (1984), ''

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'' (1986), ''

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'' (1987), ''

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'' (1988), '' A Ghost in Monte Carlo'' (1990), '' Legacy'' (1990), '' Army of Darkness'' (1992) and '' Freebird'' (2008), on

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(Including Doctor Who in

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in 1989), and in commercials. He has also worked in the

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, including playing the young Viscount Goring in Oscar Wilde's '' An Ideal Husband'' with the Middle Ground Theatre Company on their national tour in 2000. In 2006, Gilbert starred as Jordan Power in the world premiere of ''Starry Starry Night'', at

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Career

After graduating from the Mountview Theatre School in 1981, Gilbert became a founder member of the original Odyssey Theatre Company, touring London schools with productions of contemporary classics. This was followed by seasons working in the

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and the

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. Gilbert has made over fifty commercials, including one for

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called ''Mean Jeans'', directed by Willi Patterson, which won the best cinema commercial award in 1986. Gilbert also runs his own film production company, Touch the Sky Productions, and in 2004 while making a documentary about his climbing Mount Kilimanjaro he visited the Arusha Children's Trust in

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and filmed an appeal for the trust.

Filmography

Footnotes

External links

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Middle Ground Theatre CompanyMarcus Gilbert official websiteunofficial Marcus Gilbert fansiteThe Mill at SonningThe Arusha Children's TrustMountview Academy of Theatre ArtsWilli Patterson Films
1958 births British male film actors British male soap opera actors Living people Male actors from Bristol Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts {{UK-screen-actor-stub