Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born John Price; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor and singer. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his longtime girlfriend, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's Hamlet, led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film Brazil.Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has participated in big-budget films such as Evita, Tomorrow Never Dies, Pirates of the Caribbean and The New World, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, GI Joe: Retaliation as well as independent films such as Glengarry Glen Ross and Carrington. His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in Comedians, the second for his 1991 role as The Engineer in the musical Miss Saigon.
Full Name | Jonathan Pryce |
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Date Of Birth | June 1, 1947 |
Place Of Birth | Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK |
Height | 6' (1.83 m) |
Profession | Actor, Soundtrack |
Education | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Edge Hill University |
Children | Phoebe Pryce, Gabriel Pryce, Patrick Pryce |
Parents | Margaret Ellen Price, Isaac Price |
Partner | Kate Fahy, Kate Fahy |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000596 |
Awards | Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Cannes Best Actor Award, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Laurence Olivier... |
Nominations | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Perfo... |
Movies | Tomorrow Never Dies, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Brazil, Evita, Glengarry Glen Ross, Hysteria, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ronin, Listen Up Philip, Stigmata, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, What a Girl Wants, The Brot... |
TV Shows | Wolf Hall, Game of Thrones, Taboo, Clone |
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1 | When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter. |
2 | I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you. |
3 | I live a very ordinary life. The rare awards ceremonies I go to are quite fun, because I can enjoy the irony of one minute walking to the tube, and the next being driven along the same stretch of road in a limo. |
4 | I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of the mirror. |
5 | I have just enough public appreciation to make me happy. |
6 | I'll read a book every now and then, but unlike most of my friends I don't always have one on the go. |
7 | Oddly enough, I'm not religious but I'm also very fond of St Peter's in Rome. When I'm there, I always know there's a good meal not far away. |
8 | The older you get, the more you find yourself looking for things you used to see and liked when you were younger. |
9 | 'I'm not a star, I'm an actor - there's a difference!' |
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1 | Was considered for the role of Arthur Parker in Pennies from Heaven (1978). |
2 | Considered for the roles of Caine, Dr.Armstong, Bukovsky and Roger Derebridge in Lifeforce (1985). |
3 | According to the Michael Palin diaries, Pryce was seen for a role in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). |
4 | Starred in Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" at the Everyman in Liverpool. [October 2009] |
5 | Started a stint as conman Lawrence Jameson in the hit Broadway Musical "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" playing at the Imperial Theater in NYC [January 2006] |
6 | Starred in Broadway's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" taking over the role of Lawrence Jamieson, originally played by John Lithgow. [January 2005] |
7 | Starred as Professor Henry Higgins in Trevor Nunn's production of "My Fair Lady", which began at the National Theatre and has since moved to the Drury Lane Theatre in London. [2001] |
8 | Camden Town, London, England [June 2009] |
9 | Starred in Broadway's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with Norbert Leo Butz. [2006] |
10 | Reprised his role as Zarniwoop (and a new character, Vann Harl) in the new "Quandary Phase" episodes of "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" BBC4 radio series, adapted from book 4 of the late Douglas Adams' "Hitch Hiker's Trilogy", "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish". [May 2005] |
11 | Starred as Martin in Edward Albee's controversial play "The Goat or Who is Sylvia?" at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End. [April 2004] |
12 | He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Drama. |
13 | Awarded an honorary doctorate by The University of Liverpool on 12th December 2006 in recognition of his contribution to the acting arts on stage and screen. |
14 | He won a 1980 Laurence Olivier Award for his depiction of Hamlet, a performance made famous by his also playing the role of Hamlet's father's ghost as a regurgitated voice. |
15 | Pryce was at the center of a racially-charged controversy regarding his role in the mid-1980s musical Miss Saigon. He played 'The Engineer', a half-French Caucasian/half-Vietnamese Asian pimp, in the original London cast, but when producer Cameron Mackintosh wanted to transfer the UK cast to the original Broadway opening, the US performers' union Actors' Equity objected on the grounds that Pryce, a Welsh Caucasian, should not have been allowed to play an Asian person. Their arguments against Pryce's casting were that a White person playing an Asian one amounted to minstrelsy, denied already-scarce roles to Asian actors, and was an "affront to the Asian community." In response, Mackintosh canceled the Broadway production (despite having sold advance tickets), so Actor's Equity reversed its decision on a technicality in their bylaws that exempts producers from having to audition domestic actors for a transplanted production if the original star is deemed famous enough. The policies regarding racial casting issues that Actor's Equity set in place in response to this incident still govern Broadway casting as of 2006. |
16 | Won two Tony Awards: in 1977 as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "Comedians" and in 1991 for Best Actor (Musical) for "Miss Saigon". |
17 | He appeared in most of Nissan's luxury car division in America, Infiniti's television ads in the mid-1990s. |
18 | Was the artistic director of the Liverpool Everyman, during the seventies. |
19 | Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). |
20 | Became an Associate Member of RADA. |
21 | Performed in plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in the period 1978 to 1987. |
22 | Children: Patrick (b. 1983), Gabriel Pryce (b. 1986) and Phoebe Pryce (b. 1990). |
23 | He was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Musical of 2001 for his performance in "My Fair Lady" at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton and then later at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. |
24 | He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Best Actor in a Musical for "Miss Saigon". |
25 | Originated the role of 'The Engineer' in the musical "Miss Saigon". |
26 | Pryce was one of the stars of Dark Blood (2012), along with Judy Davis and River Phoenix, but the movie was never released due to Phoenix's death during filming in 1993. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Woman in Gold | 2015 | | Chief Justice Rehnquist |
The Salvation | 2014 | | Mayor Nathan Keane |
Under Milk Wood | 2014 | TV Movie | Mr. Pugh |
Listen Up Philip | 2014 | | Ike Zimmerman |
G.I. Joe: Retaliation | 2013 | | President |
Dark Blood | 2012 | | Harry Fletcher |
Borgríki | 2011 | | Jimmy |
Hysteria | 2011 | | Dr. Robert Dalrymple |
Cranford | 2009 | TV Series | Mr Buxton |
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | 2009 | | U.S. President |
Echelon Conspiracy | 2009 | | Mueller |
Bedtime Stories | 2008 | | Marty Bronson |
Clone | 2008 | TV Series | Dr. Victor Blenkinsop |
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | 2008 | Video Game | Field Marshall Robert Bingham |
My Zinc Bed | 2008 | TV Movie | Victor Quinn |
Leatherheads | 2008 | | CC Frazier |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 2007 | | Governor Weatherby Swann |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 2007 | Video Game | Governor Weatherby Swann (voice) |
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars | 2007 | TV Movie | Sherlock Holmes |
HR | 2007 | TV Movie | Peter |
The Moon and the Stars | 2007 | | James Clavel / Scarpia |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 2006 | | Governor Weatherby Swann |
Renaissance | 2006 | | Paul Dellenbach (voice) |
The New World | 2005 | | King James |
Brothers of the Head | 2005 | | Henry Couling |
The Brothers Grimm | 2005 | | Delatombe |
Untitled Bruckheimer/McCall Project | 2005 | TV Movie | |
De-Lovely | 2004 | | Gabe |
Blooper Reel | 2003 | Video short | Governor Weatherby Swann (uncredited) |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 2003 | | Governor Weatherby Swann |
What a Girl Wants | 2003 | | Alistair Payne |
Mad Dogs | 2002 | | Supreme Being |
Unconditional Love | 2002 | | Victor Fox |
The Wonderful World of Disney | 2002 | TV Series | Master Schoenmacker |
The Affair of the Necklace | 2001 | | Cardinal Louis de Rohan |
Victoria & Albert | 2001 | TV Movie | King Leopold I of Belgium |
Bride of the Wind | 2001 | | Gustav Mahler |
Very Annie Mary | 2001 | | Jack Pugh |
Taliesin Jones | 2000 | | Tal's Dad |
The Suicide Club | 2000 | | Bourne |
Stigmata | 1999 | | Cardinal Daniel Houseman |
Il gioco | 1999 | | Mark |
Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death | 1999 | TV Short | The Master |
Ronin | 1998 | | Seamus O'Rourke |
Into the Unknown | 1997 | TV Series | Narrator (1997) |
Tomorrow Never Dies | 1997 | | Elliot Carver |
Behind the Lines | 1997 | | Capt. William Rivers |
David | 1997 | TV Movie | Saul |
Evita | 1996 | | Juan Perón |
Carrington | 1995 | | Lytton Strachey |
A Troll in Central Park | 1994 | | Alan (voice, as Jonathon Price) |
Shopping | 1994 | | Conway |
Great Moments in Aviation | 1994 | | Duncan Stewart |
Deadly Advice | 1994 | | Dr. Ted Philips |
A Business Affair | 1994 | | Alec Bolton |
The Age of Innocence | 1993 | | Rivière |
Thicker Than Water | 1993 | TV Movie | Sam |
Barbarians at the Gate | 1993 | TV Movie | Henry Kravis |
Mr. Wroe's Virgins | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | John Wroe |
Glengarry Glen Ross | 1992 | | James Lingk |
Freddie as F.R.O.7. | 1992 | | Trilby (voice) |
A Child's Garden of Verses | 1992 | TV Movie | Narrator / Father (voice) |
Selling Hitler | 1991 | TV Mini-Series | Gerd Heidemann |
Screen Two | 1990 | TV Series | William Wallace |
The Jim Henson Hour | 1990 | TV Series | King |
The Rachel Papers | 1989 | | Norman |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | 1988 | | The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson |
The Storyteller | 1988 | TV Series | King |
Consuming Passions | 1988 | | Mr. Farris |
Tickets for the Titanic | 1988 | TV Series | Rev Richard Hopkins |
Man on Fire | 1987 | | Michael |
Jumpin' Jack Flash | 1986 | | Jack |
Haunted Honeymoon | 1986 | | Charles |
The Doctor and the Devils | 1985 | | Robert Fallon |
Brazil | 1985 | | Sam Lowry |
Martin Luther, Heretic | 1983 | TV Movie | Martin Luther |
Praying Mantis | 1983 | TV Movie | Christian Magny |
The Ploughman's Lunch | 1983 | | James Penfield |
Something Wicked This Way Comes | 1983 | | Mr. Dark |
Panorama | 1982 | TV Series documentary | Fr. Pawlak |
Murder Is Easy | 1982 | TV Movie | Mr. Ellsworthy |
Theatre Box | 1981 | TV Series | Drippens |
Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore | 1981 | TV Series | Roger Flower |
Timon of Athens | 1981 | TV Movie | Timon |
Loophole | 1981 | | Taylor |
Spine Chillers | 1980 | TV Series | Read by |
Breaking Glass | 1980 | | Ken |
The Day Christ Died | 1980 | TV Movie | Herod |
Play for Today | 1975-1979 | TV Series | Gethin Price / Tommy |
BBC2 Play of the Week | 1978 | TV Series | Nicholas |
Chalk and Cheese | 1977 | TV Series | Dave Finn |
Spasms | 1977 | TV Movie | Dave Finn |
After the Boom Was Over | 1977 | TV Movie | Mr. Ambrose |
The Sound of Laughter | 1977 | TV Series | Mr. Ambrose |
Voyage of the Damned | 1976 | | Joseph Manasse |
Bill Brand | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Jamie Finn |
BBC2 Playhouse | 1976 | TV Series | Playleader |
Daft As a Brush | 1975 | TV Movie | Donald |
Doomwatch | 1972 | TV Series | Police Constable |
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | 2018 | post-production | Don Quixote |
The Man Who Invented Christmas | 2017 | post-production | John Dickens |
The Wife | 2017/I | post-production | Joe Castleman |
The Ghost and The Whale | 2017 | | Whale |
Taboo | 2017 | TV Series | Sir Stuart Strange |
The Healer | 2017 | | Raymond Heacock |
To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters | 2016 | TV Movie | Patrick Brontë |
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary | 2016 | | The Engineer (finale) |
One Last Dance | 2016/III | Short | John |
Game of Thrones | 2015-2016 | TV Series | High Sparrow |
The White King | 2016 | | Colonel Fitz |
The Complete Walk: The Merchant of Venice | 2016 | Short | Shylock |
Narcopolis | 2015 | | Yuri Sidorov |
Dough | 2015 | | Nat Dayan |
Wolf Hall | 2015 | TV Mini-Series | Cardinal Wolsey |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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De-Lovely | 2004 | performer: "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" 1934 | |
Unconditional Love | 2002 | performer: "Hitchcock Railway", "Beneath a Blanket of Stars", "Always on My Mind", "All the Way", "For the Good Times", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "They Long to Be Close to You", "I Only Want to Be with You", "Over the Rainbow", "Can't Smile Without You" | |
Evita | 1996 | performer: "Charity Concert", "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You", "Hello and Goodbye", "A New Argentina", "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada 1", "Rainbow Tour", "She Is a Diamond", "Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down" - uncredited | |
The 45th Annual Tony Awards | 1991 | TV Special performer: "The American Dream" | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Aberfan: The Green Hollow | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | |
Sunday AM | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Mark Lawson Talks to... | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / High Sparrow (uncredited) |
Sluizer Speaks | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Patience (After Sebald) | 2012 | Documentary | Voiceover |
The Story of Musicals | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Wandlungen - Richard Wilhelm und das I Ging | 2011 | Documentary | Richard Wilhelm - English (voice) |
In Love with Shakespeare | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
Face Booth | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Pinter's Progress | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Breakfast | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Genius | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
Cranford in Detail | 2009 | Video documentary short | Himself / Mr Buxton (uncredited) |
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Ian Fleming (voice) |
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself / Horatio Jackson |
The One Show | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Bloopers of the Caribbean | 2006 | Video short | Himself / Governor Weatherby Swann (uncredited) |
50 Films to See Before You Die | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The 60th Annual Tony Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Revival of a Musical |
Imagine | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Working in the Theatre | 1991-2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor / Himself |
Film '72 | 1988-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Himself |
GMTV | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
This Morning | 2004 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
An Epic at Sea: The Making of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself |
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003 | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
Best Ever Bond | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
A Week in the West End | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
A History of Britain | 2002 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
HBO First Look | 2001 | TV Series documentary short | Himself |
Divine Rites: The Story of Stigmata | 1999 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
Titanic: Answers from the Abyss | 1999 | Documentary | Narrator |
The Union Game: A Rugby History | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator (voice) |
The Book That Wrote Itself | 1999 | | Himself |
Supernatural Science | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
Great Performances | 1999 | TV Series | Narrator |
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh | 1998 | TV Special documentary | Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer |
Highly Classified: The World of 007 | 1998 | Video documentary | Himself |
Countdown to Tomorrow | 1997 | Documentary | Himself / Eliot Carver |
Showbuzz | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1997 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
James Bond: Shaken and Stirred | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Invisible Man | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Stanley Kubrick (voice) |
A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Royal Variety Performance | 1994 | TV Movie | Himself / Fagin |
Halloween! | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
The 47th Annual Tony Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Play |
The 45th Annual Tony Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Leading Actor in a Musical |
The Evening Standard Drama Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? | 1988-1990 | TV Series | Himself |
The Heat Is On | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
A Night of Comic Relief 2 | 1989 | TV Special | Hamlet |
What Is Brazil? | 1985 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
An Audience with Mel Brooks | 1983 | TV Special | Himself |
The Making of 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' | 1983 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The 31st Annual Tony Awards | 1977 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2017 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
2015 | Critics' Choice TV Award | Critics Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Limited Series | Wolf Hall (2015) |
2014 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Supporting Actor | Listen Up Philip (2014) |
2014 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Supporting Actor | Listen Up Philip (2014) |
2010 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Cranford (2007) |
2010 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Cranford (2007) |
2000 | Blockbuster Entertainment Award | Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Supporting Actor - Horror | Stigmata (1999) |
1999 | Genie | Genie Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Regeneration (1997) |
1998 | British Independent Film Award | British Independent Film Awards | Best Performance by a British Actor in an Independent Film | Regeneration (1997) |
1996 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Carrington (1995) |
1996 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | Carrington (1995) |
1994 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Barbarians at the Gate (1993) |
1994 | CableACE | CableACE Awards | Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | Barbarians at the Gate (1993) |
1993 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Barbarians at the Gate (1993) |
1984 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) |