Stephen Thorne

Stephen Thorne

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Stephen Thorne is a British actor of radio, film, stage and television.

He trained at the [http://www.rada.org RADA] and after a time in weekly rep. he played several seasons with the Old Vic Company and the RSC in Stratford and London including a tour to Russia. He has worked extensively in radio with over 2000 broadcasts for the BBC including Uncle Mort in the Radio 4 comedy series by Peter Tinniswood.

His television credits include "Z Cars", "Crossroads" and "Doctor Who". In "Doctor Who" he has played three major villains (Omega, Azal and Eldrad), as well as an Ogron. On radio he appeared in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" playing the voice of Treebeard, and also in their adaptation of Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!" in which he portrayed Fred Colon (and also Death). He is also renowned for audio book narration.

Other television work includes "Death of an Expert Witness", "David Copperfield" and "Last of the Summer Wine". His was the voice of Aslan in the animated version of "The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079474/ IMDB] . He has given many poetry readings on radio, television and tape and in venues from Westminster Abbey to various pubs.

He has recorded over [http://www.audioeditions.com/showsearch.cfm?searchall=Stephen+Thorne&x=0&y=0&exact=1&advsearch=0 300 un-abridged audiobooks] which have earned critical acclaim in both the UK and the USA. Awards include a Talkies Award 1996 for "Enigma" by Robert Harris and several Golden Earphones Awards from [http://www.audiofilemagazine.com Audiofile Magazine] .

External links

* [http://www.audioeditions.com/showsearch.cfm?searchall=Stephen+Thorne&x=0&y=0&exact=1&advsearch=0 List of audio books narrated by Stephen Thorne]
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* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=154789 Filmography from the New York Times]


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