Tom Conti

Infobox actor


name = Tom Conti
caption =
birthname = Thomas Conti
birthdate = birth date and age|1941|11|22|df=y
location = Paisley, Scotland
spouse = Kara Wilson
tonyawards = Best Leading Actor in a Play
1979 "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"

Tom Conti (born 22 November 1941) is a Scottish Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning actor, theatre director, and novelist.

Biography

Born Thomas Conti to an Italian father and an Irish Catholic motherFact|date=July 2008 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, he was educated at Hamilton Park School, an independent fee-paying Catholic boys' school in Glasgow, and at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Conti began working with the Dundee Repertory in 1959. He appeared on Broadway in "Whose Life is it Anyway?" in 1979. In London he played the lead in "Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell" at the Garrick Theatre.

Conti also is an accomplished film and television actor. Besides taking the leading role in the TV versions of Frederick Raphael's "The Glittering Prizes" and Alan Ayckbourn's "Norman Conquests", he appeared in the "Princess and the Pea" episode of the family television series "Faerie Tale Theatre", guested on "Friends" and "Cosby", and played opposite Nigel Hawthorne in a long-running series of car advertisements in the UK.

Conti has appeared in such films as "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", "Reuben, Reuben", "American Dreamer", "Shirley Valentine", "Saving Grace and "Dangerous Parking.

Conti's book "The Doctor", about a former Secret Operations pilot with Intelligence Services, was published in 2004.

Conti has been married to Scottish actress Kara Wilson since 1967, and their daughter Nina is an actress and ventriloquist. [http://www.nndb.com/people/371/000024299/ Tom Conti] ]

Work

Film

* "O Jerusalem" (Oct-2006)
* "Rabbit Fever"
* "Derailed" (Nov-2005)
* "Paid"
* "The Enemy"
* "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (Feb-1999)
* "Out of Control"
* "Something to Believe In" (May-1998)
* "Sub Down" (Nov-1997)
* "The Inheritance" (Apr-1997)
* "Someone Else's America" (Sep-1995)
* "Caccia Alla Vedova"
* "Shirley Valentine" (Aug-1989)
* "Roman Holiday" (Dec-1987)
* "That Summer of White Roses"
* "Two Brothers Running"
* "Beyond Therapy" (Jun-1987)
* "The Quick and the Dead" (Feb-1987)
* "Miracles" (1986)
* "Saving Grace" (Oct-1985)
* "Heavenly Pursuits" (1985)
* "American Dreamer" (Oct-1984)
* "Reuben, Reuben" (Dec-1983)
* "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (Jun-1983)
* "Full Circle" (Sep-1977)
* "The Duellists" (Aug-1977)
* "Gallileo"
* "Flame"

Television

* "Donovan"
* "I Was a Rat"
* "Deadline"
* "Cosby"
* "Friends", "The One After Ross Says Rachel", and "The One with Ross's Wedding"
* "The Inheritance"
* "The Wright Verdicts"
* "The Old Boy Network"
* ""
* "Fatal Judgement"
* "Roman Holiday"
* "The Dumb Waiter"
* "The Quick and the Dead"
* ""
* "Princess and the Pea"
* "The Wall"
* "Rosemary's baby"
* "Blade on the Feather"
* "The Norman Conquests"
* "The Glittering Prizes"
* "Sam"
* "Barlow at Large"
* "Z Cars"
* "Adam Smith"
* ""
* "Boy Meets Girl"

Stage

* "The Real Thing"
* "Chapter Two"
* "Present Laughter"
* "The Ride Down Mt. Morgan"
* "Romantic Comedy"
* "They're Playing Our Song"
* "The Devil's Disciple"
* "Jesus, My Boy" (1998-99)

Stage directing

*"The Last of the Red Hot Lovers"
*"Present Laughter"
*"Otherwise Engaged"

Awards

*National Board of Review for Best Actor ("Reuben, Reuben" and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence")
*Academy Award nomination as Best Actor ("Reuben, Reuben")
*Golden Globe nominations for "Reuben, Reuben" and "Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story"
*Tony Award for Best Actor ("Whose Life Is It Anyway?")
*Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play ('Whose Life is it Anyway?")
*Variety Club Award for Best Actor ("Whose Life is it Anyway?")

References

External links

* [http://www.tomconti.co.uk/ Official website]
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