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Hugh Ross (actor)
Scottish actor (born 1945) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hugh Ross (born 28 April 1945) is a Scottish actor, with a wide variety of British TV, film and theatre credits. He is known for his supporting roles in the films Trainspotting and Bronson; and for his performances as Narcisse in Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and as Major Mungo Munro in the TV adaptation of Sharpe.
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Ross was born in Glasgow, where his parents were both doctors. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy, an independent school, followed by the University of St Andrews. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Ross began his career in repertory all over England. He played Romeo (1971) at the Open-air Theatre in Regent’s Park; Jaques in As You Like It (1990) for the Royal Shakespeare Company; and Dr Brooks in Lady in the Dark (1997) at the National Theatre. In 1997, he was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his performance in Stephen Sondheim’s Passion at the Queen’s Theatre in London’s West End. His performance as Malvolio in Cheek by Jowl’s Twelfth Night (1987) won the Time Out Performer Award.[1] In 2010, he played Polonius in Hamlet at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, with John Simm;[2] and in 2013, Duncan in Macbeth with James McAvoy at the Trafalgar Studios in London.
In September 2016, his production company, The Other Cheek, in association with Cahoots Theatre Company, presented a revival of J. B. Priestley's The Roundabout at the Park Theatre, London, to great acclaim.[3][4][5] Hugh is currently directing the West End production of The Mousetrap at the St. Martin's Theatre.
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