Timothy Speyer (born 4 May 1968 in Bromley, South East London) is a British actor, most notable for his stage work.

Life and career

Speyer trained at GSA (The

Guildford School of Acting Guildford School of Acting (GSA) is a drama school in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is an academic school in the University of Surrey. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools The Federation of Drama Schools functions to facilitate ...

) and graduated in 1994 as winner of the Max Adrian Cup. He has since worked and toured, with appearances at virtually every regional touring theatre in the UK, as well as at The National Theatre, The RSC, Shakespeare's Globe and in London's West End. He has worked with the theatre director Sir Peter Hall, appearing in Hall's 2007 production of Pygmalion at the Theatre Royal Bath and on tour (with

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), his 2008 production of The Vortex at the Apollo Theatre in the West End (with Felicity Kendal) and, most recently, in his 2010 production of

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...

at the Rose Theatre Kingston (with

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). Later that year he joined the cast of the Olivier award-winning West End production of The 39 Steps at the

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, for which he was voted "Best featured Actor in a Play" in the first ever Broadway World West End Theatre Awards. In 2011 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for their 50th Anniversary season, appearing in three plays; Cardenio (Shakespeare's lost play re-imagined), The City Madam and

. The 2011 Stratford season officially opened the newly reconstructed Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. In early 2012 he is to make his debut at The National Theatre on London's South Bank, appearing as Sir Charles Marlow in

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. Other theatre credits include:

The Merry Wives of Windsor ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' or ''Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a ref ...

at Shakespeare's Globe,

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at The Manchester Library Theatre and

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at the 2009 Hong Kong Arts Festival(with Rachael Stirling). Speyer's television/film appearances include: the BBC series The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson, Shakespeare Unlocked (BBC), The Hutton Enquiry (BBC), Wind up TV (BBC), The Clap (Break Thru Film), Mystery Man (ITV), Crime Monthly Casebook (ITV / London Weekend), Londoners (Besta Film), The Exchange (BBC), Blue Peter (BBC), Newsnight(BBC) and The Hanging Tree

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, as well as appearances in television commercials. In September 2022, he portrayed Colin Brewer in an episode of the BBC soap opera ''

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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Speyer, Timothy Living people 1968 births English male stage actors English male film actors People from Bromley Male actors from London Actors from the London Borough of Bromley