Robert Perkins is a British actor,

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television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

Career

Perkins began his career in 1993 playing Sgt. Ray Steele in ''

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'', appearing in this

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drama until 1996. Since then he has appeared in numerous programmes including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Powers''. In 1999 Perkins appeared in ''Guiding Star'' at the

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, London. In 2000 he made his first appearance at

Theatr Clwyd Theatr Clwyd () is a regional arts centre and producing theatre from Mold, Flintshire, in North East Wales. It opened as Theatr Clwyd in 1976, but was known between 1998 and 2015 as Clwyd Theatr Cymru, before reverting to its original name. His ...

, playing Victor in ''

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''. His association with Theatr Clwyd lasted ten years, concluding with his one-man adaptation of

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's ''

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'' in 2009–10, which was well reviewed in

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. Perkins's film debut was in 2001, when he appeared in the short film ''Close Encounter'', made by Albion Films and directed by Eugene Grobler. In 2005 he appeared in the American romantic comedy drama

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along with

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. Perkins provided the voice of Sledgehammer in the video game, ''

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.'' In 2006 Perkins set up Carpe Momento Ltd as a vehicle for his stage productions. The first of these productions was ''

'', staged at

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and Theatr Clwyd. In 2008 his association with ''Private Lives'' continued with his producing and directing the play at

and

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. In 2010 Perkins produced and directed a short film, ''The Waiting Room'', starring

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and

Dominic Mafham Dominic Mafham (born 11 March 1968) is an English stage, film and television actor. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career Dominic Mafham trained at the National Youth Theatre and then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Ma ...

. The film, based on a novel of the same name by F. G. Cottam, was made as a curtain-raiser for a full-length film with the same name.

References

External links

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Robert Perkins' film & theatre production company: Carpe Momento ProductionsRobert Perkins' Voice Over Web Site'The Waiting Room' short movie site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perkins, Robert Living people British male stage actors British male television actors British theatre directors British television directors British film directors 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors Year of birth missing (living people)