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Robert Lindsay is a Actor British born on 13 december 1949 at Ilkeston (United-kingdom)

Robert Lindsay

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Birth name Robert Lindsay Stevenson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 13 december 1949 (74 years) at Ilkeston (United-kingdom)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award

Robert Lindsay Stevenson (born 13 December 1949), known professionally as Robert Lindsay, is an English actor. He is known for his stage and television work, including appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in musical theatre, and his roles as Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Captain Pellew in Hornblower, and Ben Harper in My Family. He has won a BAFTA, a Tony Award, and three Olivier Awards for his work.

Biography

In 1974, Lindsay married Cheryl Hall, who later appeared opposite him in Citizen Smith. They divorced in 1980, when he started a long-term relationship with actress Diana Weston, with whom he has a daughter, Sydney Laura Stevenson, and who co-starred with him in three episodes of My Family.

Lindsay then left Weston for actress and presenter Rosemarie Ford. The couple have three children, born in Hillingdon, Middlesex: Samuel Lindsay Stevenson (born 18 November 1999), James Lindsay Stevenson (born 8 April 2003), and John Stevenson (born 4 January 2012). The couple married on 31 December 2006.

On 13 September 2006, Lindsay researched his family tree in the third series of Who Do You Think You Are?. He travelled to his hometown and to Turkey, where his grandfather Raymond Dunmore had taken part in the Gallipoli campaign during World War I.

Lindsay is a lifelong supporter of Derby County FC, a fact which he stated in a short section for CBBC's Newsround entitled "My Team".

Lindsay is known for his left wing political beliefs, usually describing himself as a staunch socialist, and has marched in the past in support of miners. He was a passionate supporter of the Labour Party.

Usually with

John Cleese
John Cleese
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Anthony Mann
Anthony Mann
(1 films)
Liz Smith
Liz Smith
(2 films)
Fred Schepisi
Fred Schepisi
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Lindsay (16 films)

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Actor

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, 1h58
Directed by Joachim Rønning
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Witches in film, Children's films
Actors Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Skrein, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley
Roles King John
Rating66% 3.3169553.3169553.3169553.3169553.316955
Cinq années après la conjuration de la malédiction qui pesait sur elle depuis son plus jeune âge, la princesse Aurore, qui règne désormais sur le royaume de la Lande, voit sa main demandée par le prince Philippe. Ce dernier s’apprête à hériter du royaume réunifié suite à la mort du père d’Aurore.
Grace of Monaco, 1h43
Directed by Olivier Dahan
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Nicole Kidman, Milo Ventimiglia, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Tim Roth, Derek Jacobi
Roles Aristotle Onassis
Rating57% 2.853782.853782.853782.853782.85378
Grace of Monaco is focused on former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles de Gaulle in 1962 as well as her considering a return to Hollywood to film Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie.
The Trial of Tony Blair
Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Robert Lindsay, Phoebe Nicholls, Peter Mullan, Alexander Armstrong, Claire Skinner, Adrian Scarborough
Roles Tony Blair
Rating64% 3.2380053.2380053.2380053.2380053.238005
A short time before the 2010 general election, Tony Blair goes on British television and gives a political broadcast, in which he announces his resignation from his position as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Wimbledon
Wimbledon (2004)
, 1h38
Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Tennis films
Actors Paul Bettany, Kirsten Dunst, Sam Neill, Jon Favreau, Austin Nichols, Bernard Hill
Roles Ian Frazier
Rating62% 3.149283.149283.149283.149283.14928
Peter Colt (Paul Bettany), a British professional tennis player in his thirties whose ranking has slipped from 11th to 119th in the world, considers that he never really had to fight for anything as his wealthy, but not close, family easily put him through studies and allowed him to pursue his tennis ambitions. He bravely exchanges jokes with his German sparring partner Dieter Prohl (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who is in a similar position. Though he earns a wildcard spot to the Wimbledon tournament, he internally feels that it's time to admit he's getting too old to compete with fitter up and coming men (or boys) and intends, after this last Wimbledon, to take a job with the prestigious tennis club instead.
Oliver Twist (1999 TV miniseries), 6h26
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Lindsay, Keira Knightley, Michael Kitchen, Andy Serkis, Julie Walters, Alun Armstrong
Roles Fagin
Rating70% 3.51163.51163.51163.51163.5116
The first episode revolved around Oliver's parents (Agnes Fleming and Edwin Leeford) as they struggled to fight their love for each other. Edwin struggled with his estranged wife Elizabeth Leeford, mother of his son Edward Leeford (later also "Monks"), and Agnes struggled with her family's life. When it came to them both being together, Elizabeth murdered Edwin and planned on murdering Agnes. She made Monks kill her, but Agnes ran away; her sister Rose (Keira Knightley) witnessed this and was left traumatized. Agnes was pregnant with Oliver when she ran away. She ran into the main streets of London and collapsed; she was then taken into the workhouse where she gave birth, and she died shortly after.
Divorcing Jack, 1h50
Directed by David Caffrey
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors David Thewlis, Jason Isaacs, Laura Fraser, Robert Lindsay, Richard Gant, Rachel Griffiths
Roles Michael Brinn
Rating65% 3.295663.295663.295663.295663.29566
Dan (David Thewlis) un chroniqueur irlandais et Charles Parker (Richard Gant) journaliste américain sont envoyés pour couvrir les prochaines élections.
Hornblower: The Even Chance, 1h40
Directed by Andrew Grieve
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Dorian Healy, Michael Byrne, Robert Bathurst, Paul Copley
Roles Captain Sir Edward Pellew
Rating80% 4.0452854.0452854.0452854.0452854.045285
The film begins in January 1793 as a 17 year old Hornblower joins a ship of the line, Justinian. Hornblower is introduced to his shipmates, one of whom is the ruthless Jack Simpson, who rules the midshipman's berth as the bully he is.
Fierce Creatures, 1h33
Directed by Robert Young, Fred Schepisi, Roger Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about animals
Actors Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay, Ronnie Corbett
Roles Sydney Lotterby
Rating63% 3.198073.198073.198073.198073.19807
The film opens with Willa Weston (Jamie Lee Curtis) arriving in Atlanta to take a high ranking position in a company recently acquired by Octopus Inc.'s owner, Rod McCain (Kevin Kline). After meeting his son, vice president of marketing Vince McCain (also played by Kline), and Rod's assistant Neville, Willa is told by McCain that he has already sold the company where she was to work. Now without a job, Willa agrees to run another recent acquisition, Marwood Zoo, in an attempt to create a business model that can be used for multiple zoos in the future.
Strike It Rich, 1h27
Directed by James Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Robert Lindsay, Molly Ringwald, John Gielgud, Max Wall, Richenda Carey, Marius Goring
Roles Bertram
Rating48% 2.433152.433152.433152.433152.43315
The story is set in the 1950s. A young American woman living in London, Cary Porter (played by Ringwald), recently started working at a large multinational firm where she meets accountant Ian Bertram (played by Lindsay). He falls head over heels in love with her and soon proposes. The head of the company, Herbert Dreuther (played by Gielgud), offers them a wedding and to pay for a honeymoon in Monte Carlo, as well as the use of his yacht.
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool, 1h34
Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Bruno Kirby, Cathryn Bradshaw, Corbin Bernsen, Anne Bancroft
Roles Bert Rigby
Rating58% 2.9064152.9064152.9064152.9064152.906415
Bert Rigby is a miner in a small dying town of Langmore in northern England, with aspirations to show business. He tells the story in flashback, while sitting in a bar. He lives with his mother, a musical fan, and next door to his sweetheart, Laurel Pennington. She lives above the pub where she works, and they have a bomb shelter straddling their back yards where they have secret meetings. While his fellows are on strike once again, Bert decides to try his luck in show-biz. He gets his chance when he performs in an amateur show, singing "Isn't It Romantic?", and his first appearance on stage goes all wrong, when his nose starts bleeding after an injury sustained playing football - but the audience loves him anyway. So he starts as a comedian in a traveling amateur show for £50 a night, touring around the country with his manager, Sid Trample, and Sid's wife Tess. Bert repeats the act he did in his first appearance, until he tires of it and starts doing a Buster Keaton imitation. During the tour they come across a crew filming a contraceptives commercial.
Three for All, 1h30
Directed by Martin Campbell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Adrienne Posta, Jonathan Adams (acteur britannique), George Baker, Richard Beckinsale, Robert Lindsay, Diana Dors
Roles Tom
Rating42% 2.1362552.1362552.1362552.1362552.136255
A British music group and their girlfriends go to Spain to make a record.
That'll Be The Day, 1h31
Directed by Claude Whatham
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach, James Booth, Deborah Watling, Robert Lindsay
Roles Terry Sutcliffe
Rating65% 3.295543.295543.295543.295543.29554
Jim MacLaine (David Essex) was abandoned by his father when he was young. Later, as a suburban school dropout, Jim leaves home and drifts through a succession of dead-end jobs until he finds an outlet for his frustration in rock 'n' roll. Tossing away the chance of a university education much to the consternation of his mother, alienated MacLaine becomes a lowly deckchair attendant before streetwise friend Mike (Ringo Starr) gets him a job firstly as a barman and then with the fun fair. The initially shy MacLaine quickly becomes a heartless fairground Romeo leaving a trail of broken hearts in his wake. Eventually MacLaine returns home to run the family store and marry his girlfriend, but despite the birth of a son, restless Jim feels the lure of rock ’n’ roll again.