John Aden Gillett is a British actor. He is best known for playing the role of Jack Maddox on the BBC series '' The House of Eliott''.

Biography and career

Gillet was born in the city of

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, from which he got his name. He attended Elizabeth College, Guernsey. Aden trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has received a number of awards and honours for his work, including the Tree Prize, the Sir Emile Littler Prize, the Vanbrugh Prize and the Radio Prize. He received the

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for Best Newcomer on Broadway for his performance in "An Inspector Calls" at the Royale Theatre, Broadway. He played Mr Banks in a new production of ''

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'' and Benedick in ''

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''. In films, he appeared in ''

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'' and '' The Borrowers''. He is active in the Theatre Royal at Bath with the Peter Hall Company in numerous productions of Shakespearean plays and other classics, including ''

Antony and Cleopatra ''Antony and Cleopatra'' ( First Folio title: ''The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in aroun ...

'', ''

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'', and at The Old Vic in '' The Tempest''. He also appeared in Noël Coward's ''

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'', and '' Private Lives'', and in George Bernard Shaw's '' Man and Superman'' and ‘’ The Doctors’ Dilemma’’. On television, he appeared as Robin Hood in ''

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'' and as Peter Townsend,

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's forbidden love, in '' The Queen's Sister''. He also appeared in '' Harry Enfield's Television Programme'' and as Charles Garner in episode 8 series 2 of Lovejoy first broadcast on 24 February 1991. He narrated the 2004

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documentary ''Who Betrayed Anne Frank''. The documentary discusses the suspect who exposed the location of the Frank Family to the gestapo's in accordance from evidence found by author Carol Ann Lee. From December 2018 to January 2019 he played the role of Scrooge in the RSC's production of ''A Christmas Carol'' at Stratford-upon-Avon. He was married to actress Sara Stewart. They have two children.

Filmography

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