Paul Herzberg

Paul Herzberg
Born	1953 Cape Town

Paul Herzberg Paul Herzberg was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an actor and writer, known for My Week with Marilyn (2011), Room 36 (2005) and Blood (2000). He has been married to Oona Kirsch since 1988. They have two children.

Born in Cape Town, he studied acting at the University of Cape Town and scriptwriting at the University of Pretoria. He moved to the UK in 1976, after having served as a conscripted soldier on the Namibian border, during the period of the Angolan war. He then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

As an actor, his film and television appearances include Cry Freedom, Smiley's People, Agatha Christie's Poirot - Dumb Witness and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil. He co-wrote and starred in the feature film, Almost Heaven.

On stage, played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Mermaid Theatre. He is a regular at Manchester's Royal Exchange where his roles have included Bluntschli in Arms And The Man, Shorty in People Are Living There, Colbert in While The Sun Shines, Captain Papa Louw in his award-winning play The Dead Wait and recently as Capulet in Romeo And Juliet. He has appeared twice at the Chichester Festival theatre, first as Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice (with Sir Alec Guinness as Shylock); and then in Carrington, as Mark Gertler. In 2003, he played John Vorster in Sir Antony Sher's play I.D. at the Almeida theatre.

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