D < > Janet Dale Timothy Dalton Charles Dance The Dance of Death Ron Daniels The Danton Affair Nick Darke Daughter of the Air Shaun Davey Alan David Howard Davies Rudi Davies Daniel Day-Lewis Days in the Trees Days of the Commune The Dead Monkey Nick Dear Deathwatch/The Maids Thomas Dekker Robert Delamere A Delicate Balance Frances de la Tour Robert Demeger Jeffery Dench Judi Dench The Desert Air Desire Under the Elms Destiny The Devil is an Ass The Devil's Disciple The Devils Ann Devlin Es Devlin Mark Dignam Stephen Dillane The Dillen Lisa Dillon Dingo The Dispute Divine Gossip Joe Dixon Doctor Faustus Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde The Dog in the Manger Monica Dolan A Doll's House Don Carlos Donmar Warehouse Declan Donnellan Gregory Doran Simon Dormandy Roy Dotrice John Dougall Wayne Dowdeswell Downchild Penny Downie Kevin Doyle A Dream of People Dreamplay Amanda Drew Darrell D'Silva Kate Duchêne The Duchess of Malfi Duck Song William Dudley The Dumb Waiter Lindsay Duncan Jeremy Dunn Marguerite Duras Friedrich Dürrenmatt Susan Dury Dutch Uncle The Dybbuk Charles Dyer Chris Dyer		Stephen Dillane The son of a surgeon, Stephen Dillane studied history and politics at Exeter University and initially worked as a journalist. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and emerged as one of his generation's most promising actors in the late 1980s. His thoughtful approach suggests an ambition for the theatre that is increasingly rare. Dillane's early successes on the stage included Archer in The Beaux' Stratagem at the Belgrade, Coventry (Peter Wood, 1989); Gerry in Dancing at Lughnasa at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin (Patrick Mason, 1990); Edmund in Long Day's Journey into Night at the Bristol Old Vic (Howard Davies, 1991); and Prior in Angels in America at the National (Declan Donnellan, Cottesloe, 1993). He was an exceptional Hamlet, tense and anguished, in Peter Hall's acclaimed production (Peter Hall Company, Gielgud Theatre, 1994), and his Uncle Vanya, at the RSC, was wracked by despair, longing and resentment—both the pursuit of Yelena and the attempted murder of Serebryakov had real intent (Katie Mitchell, Young Vic, 1998). Overall, his theatre work has been consistently of interest: Clov—a brooding hunchback in a caretaker's coat, slave to Alun Armstrong's Hamm—in Beckett's Endgame (Katie Mitchell, Donmar Warehouse, 1996); Artie in Hurlyburly (Peter Hall Company, Old Vic, 1997); Henry in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing (David Leveaux, Donmar Warehouse, 1999, New York, 2000, Tony Award); Peter George in Hannie Rayson's Life After George (Michael Blakemore, Duchess, 2002); Herzen in Stoppard's epic The Coast of Utopia (Trevor Nunn, NT Olivier, 2002); Martin Crimp's Advice to Iraqi Women (Royal Court, 2003); a one-man version of Macbeth (Travis Preston, Almeida, 2005); and Jack in Caryl Churchill's Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? (James Macdonald, Royal Court, 2006). An admired film actor, Dillane starred in Michael Winterbottom's Welcome to Sarajevo (1997); opposite Sophie Moreau in Firelight (William Nicholson, 1997); and as Leonard Woolf in The Hours (Stephen Daldry, 2002). For Hollywood, he has enlivened such mainstream product as Stolen Hearts (1996); Spy Game (Tony Scott, 2001); and King Arthur (Antoine Fuqua, 2004). Also: Horatio to Mel Gibson's Hamlet (Franco Zeffirelli, 1990); La Chance (1994); Déjà Vu (Henry Jaglom, 1997); the corrupt detective in The Parole Officer (John Duigan, 2001); Charlie in The Truth About Charlie (Jonathan Demme, 2002); The Gathering (2002); Haven (2004); Nine Lives (2005); Goal! (2005); The Greatest Game Ever Played (Bill Paxton, 2005); Klimt (Raoul Ruiz, 2006); Savage Grace (2007). Television: The Secret Garden (1987); The One Game (1988); An Affair in Mind, with Amanda Donohoe (Colin Luke, BBC, 1988); Christabel (1988); David Hare's Heading Home, with Joely Richardson (BBC, 1991); Frankie's House (Peter Fisk, 1992); You, Me and It (1993); The Rector's Wife (Giles Foster, 1993); Hostages (David Wheatley, 1993); Blackmore opposite Zoë Wanamaker in D.H. Lawrence's The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd ('Performance', BBC, 1995); Karenin in Anna Karenina (Channel Four, 2000); and The Cazalets (2001).	Actor, b. London, 1956 Education: Exeter University; Bristol Old Vic Theatre School RSC: Joined 1998 Seasons: 1998 (Lond.)
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