Aden Gillett
Aden Gillett | |
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Born |
John Aden Gillett 8 November 1958 Aden, Yemen |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1985–present |
John Aden Gillett (born 8 November 1958) is a British actor best known for playing the role of Jack Maddox on the BBC series The House of Eliott.[1]
Biography and Career
Gillet was born in the city of Aden, Yemen, from which he got his name. He attended Elizabeth College, Guernsey
Aden trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has received a number of awards and honours for his work, including the Tree Prize, the Sir Emile Littler Prize, the Vanbrugh Prize and the Radio Prize. He received the Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer on Broadway for his performance in "An Inspector Calls" at the Royale Theatre, Broadway.[2]
He played Mr Banks in a new production of Mary Poppins and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. In films, he appeared in The Winslow Boy and The Borrowers.
He is active in the Theatre Royal at Bath with the Peter Hall Company in numerous productions of Shakespearean plays and other classics, including Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, and at The Old Vic in The Tempest. He also appeared in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Private Lives, and in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman.[3]
On television, he appeared as Robin Hood in Ivanhoe and as Peter Townsend, Princess Margaret's forbidden love, in The Queen's Sister. He also appeared in Harry Enfield's Television Programme and as Charles Garner in episode 8 series 2 of Lovejoy first broadcast on 24th February 1991.
He narrated the 2004 Discovery Channel documentary Who Betrayed Anne Frank. The documentary discusses the suspect who exposed the location of the Frank Family to the gestapo's in accordance from evidence found by author Carol Ann Lee.
He is married to actress Sara Stewart.[4] They have two children.
Filmography
Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
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Mister Clay, Mister Clay | 1985 | Mathew Clay | ||
Hot Metal (TV Series) | 1986 | Reporter | ||
A Hazard of Hearts (TV Movie) | 1987 | Groom (uncredited) | ||
Ending Up (TV Movie) | 1989 | Trevor | ||
Screen Two (TV Series) | 1990 | Ulinov | ||
Under the Lighthouse Dancing | 1996 | David | ||
Shadow of the Vampire | 2000 | Henrik Galeen | ||
Tula: The Revolt | 2013 | Father Schinck | ||
Father Brown | 2015 | Bentley Duke | Episode 3.14 "The Deadly Seal" | |
The Foreigner | 2017 | Ross | ||
References
- ↑ "Aden Gillett". tv.com. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
- ↑ "Independent Radio Drama Productions". IRDP.co.uk.com.
- ↑ "Aden Gillett". IMDB.com. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ↑ Neil Cooper (12 January 2012). "The Price of Fame". The Herald. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
External links
- Aden Gillett on IMDb