Guy Oliver-Watts

Guy Oliver-Watts is an English actor and musician. He is best known for his performances in the film The Theory of Everything and TV programmes including Victoria and Game of Thrones.

Career

1980s

Oliver-Watts began his career as a musician, and in 1980 was one of the lead singers trialled by English pop band Duran Duran in their early years.[1] In 1988, he appeared as a 'young reporter' in the British Television film Across the Lake.[2]

1990s

In 1990, Oliver-Watts played the protagonist Craig in the comedy Ladies' Night at the Theatre Royal, Brighton.[3] In 1991, he played Marcus in the British-American film Twenty-One.[4] In 1992, he played Benedick in the fourth series of British mystery drama Agatha Christie's Poirot.[5] In 1993, he appeared in the fourth series of British sitcom The Upper Hand.[6] In the same year, he played the protagonist Joe Soap in the pop musical Hot Stuff at the Cambridge Theatre in the West End.[7] In 1995, he played John Orvel in the second series of British mystery drama Cadfael.[8] In the same year, he played Lightborn in Edward II at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre.[9] In 1996, he played Paul Cranshaw in the third series of British police drama Wycliffe.[6] In the same year, he played recurring character Tony Bishop in the fourth series of British police drama Pie in the Sky.[10] Also in the same year, he played Endesleigh in the British crime drama Sharman.[2] In 1999, he played Guy in British TV film Hunting Venus.[11]

2000s

In 2001, Oliver-Watts voiced Harry in the BAFTA-nominated animated short Six of One.[11] In the same year, he played recurring character Kevin North in the seventeenth series of British police drama The Bill.[2] In 2003 he again appeared in The Bill, this time playing Mark Jordan in its nineteenth series.[2] In the same year, he played Algernon Moncrieff in Aquila Theatre's production of The Importance of Being Earnest at Baruch College in New York.[12][13] He then played both Puck and Egeus in A Midsummer Night's Dream on a theatrical tour with Aquila which included Chicago and Colorado.[14][15] In 2008, Oliver-Watts played Charles Dickens in the British documentary drama Passage.[16][17] In 2009, he voiced Helghast in Sony computer game Killzone 2.[18]

2010s

In 2011, Oliver-Watts again voiced Helghast in the sequel to Killzone 2, Killzone 3.[19] In the same year, he played Carl in the British short film Unwatchable.[20] In 2014, he played George Wilde in the Oscar-nominated British drama film The Theory of Everything.[2][21] In the same year, he played Nick Terrigan in the sixteenth series of British medical soap opera Doctors.[22] In 2016, he played recurring character Sir James Hayter in the first series of British drama Victoria.[23] In the same year, he played recurring character Brigadier Baxter in British war drama Our Girl.[24][25]

Personal life

Oliver-Watts plays cricket for Westfield Cricket Club in Surrey.[26]

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Andy (30 December 2010). "Wild Boy: My Life with Duran Duran". Orion – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Guy Oliver-Watts". bfi.org.uk.
  3. ↑ https://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/webb/webb_ladies_night.pdf
  4. ↑ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). "British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film". Routledge – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Pitts, Michael R. (20 September 2017). "Famous Movie Detectives III". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
  6. 1 2 Limited, GipsyMedia. "Guy Oliver-Watts : Actor - Films, episodes and roles on digiguide.tv". digiguide.tv.
  7. ↑ http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/1993musicals.pdf
  8. ↑ Staff, Hollywood.com (8 February 2015). "Guy Oliver-Watts - Biography and Filmography".
  9. ↑ http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/018476789504800117?journalCode=caea
  10. ↑ "Pie in the Sky - S4 - Episode 1: Devils on Horseback - Part One". Radio Times.
  11. 1 2 "Guy Oliver Watts". bfi.org.uk.
  12. ↑ Guernsey, Otis L.; Sweet, Jeffrey; Hirschfeld, Al (10 February 2018). "The Best Plays of ..." Limelight Editions. Retrieved 10 February 2018 – via Google Books.
  13. ↑ https://nypost.com/2003/07/04/oscar-wilde-stayin-alive/
  14. ↑ "Dealing with illness on stage". ccskills.org.uk.
  15. ↑ https://www.newsreview.com/chico/lunatics-lovers-poets/content?oid=25537
  16. ↑ Potter, Russell A. (1 September 2016). "Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search". McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP – via Google Books.
  17. ↑ Varga, Darrell (10 February 2018). "John Walker's Passage". University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 10 February 2018 – via Google Books.
  18. ↑ "Guy Oliver-Watts". Metacritic.
  19. ↑ "Killzone 3 (2011) PlayStation 3 credits - MobyGames". MobyGames.
  20. ↑ "UNWATCHABLE - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  21. ↑ "The Theory of Everything".
  22. ↑ "Choose Your Poison, Series 16, Doctors - BBC One". BBC.
  23. ↑ "Victoria - S1 - Episode 2: Ladies in Waiting". Radio Times.
  24. ↑ "Episode 5, Series 2, Our Girl - BBC One". BBC.
  25. ↑ "Our Girl - S2 - Episode 5". Radio Times.
  26. ↑ "News - Westfield Cricket Club".
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