Sir Antony Sher
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Sir Antony Sher KBE |
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| Born |
14 June 1949 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor, writer and theatre director |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Organization |
Royal National Theatre Royal Shakespeare Company |
| Notable work |
I.D. (2003) Primo (2004) |
| Home town | Sea Point |
| Spouse(s) | Gregory Doran |
| Parent(s) | Emmanuel and Margery Sher |
| Relatives | Ronald Harwood (cousin) |
| Awards | 2 Laurence Olivier Awards 1 Screen Actors Guild Award 1 Drama Desk Award 1 Evening Standard Award 1 Critics Circle Theatre Award 1 TMA Award |
Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) is an English actor of South African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time nominee. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a writer and theatre director. In 2001, he starred in his cousin Ronald Harwood’s play Mahler's Conversion, and said that the story of a composer sacrificing his faith for his career echoed his own identity struggles. Sher and his partner and collaborator Gregory Doran became one of the first gay couples to enter into a civil partnership in the UK.
Sher was born into a Lithuanian-Jewish family in Cape Town, South Africa, the son of Emmanuel and Margery Sher, who worked in business. He grew up in the suburb of Sea Point and is a cousin of playwright Ronald Harwood. Sher, however, has worked mainly in the United Kingdom and is now a British citizen.
In 1968, after completing his compulsory military service, he left for London to audition at the Central School of Speech and Drama and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), but was unsuccessful. He instead studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art from 1969 to 1971. After training, and some early performances with the theatre group Gay Sweatshop, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982.
In the 1970s, Sher was part of a group of young actors and writers working at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre. Comprising figures such as writers Alan Bleasdale and Willy Russell and fellow actors Trevor Eve, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Pryce and Julie Walters, Sher has summed up the work of the company with the phrase "anarchy ruled".
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