Brett Fancy
| Brett Fancy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 January 1964 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Children | Jack (born Nov 1995), Harry (born Dec 1998) |
| Website | www.brettfancy.com |
Brett Fancy (born 4 January 1964 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is an English film, TV, and theatre actor.
Born and raised in Portsmouth, he is the son of Brian Fancy, a HMNB Portsmouth dockyard worker, and is the grandson of Ralph Newson, who was a designer on the WWII Horsa Glider. Fancy attended Horndean School in Portsmouth, (with actor Mark Wingett) and attended Highbury College (with actor Stephen Marcus). It was while working as stage crew at the Chichester Festival Theatre, watching Sir John Mills from the wings, that he decided to become an actor. He auditioned for and attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the Barbican, City of London where he was subsequently awarded the school's Gold Medal for acting.
Fancy has played diverse roles on stages all around England. He began his professional career by returning to the Chichester Festival Theatre in the repertory company where he had a nightly fight sequence with Donald Sinden in The Scarlet Pimpernel, directed by Nicholas Hytner. Fancy has acted on the fringe at the White Bear Theatre, King's Head Theatre and twice at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where he took a one-man Shakespeare-based piece on the subject of Jack Cade, who was the leader of a popular revolt in 1450 during the reign of King Henry VI of England. Other leading roles include Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist at the Bristol Old Vic directed by Phyllida Lloyd, Dussel in The Dreams of Anne Frank at the Polka Children’s Theatre, Willy Mossop in Hobson’s Choice at the Derby Playhouse and Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol at Clwyd Theatr Cymru.
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