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 2000, 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 2006, he played a pathologist in the British film Provoked.[16] In 2008, he played Charles Dickens in the British documentary drama Passage.[17][18] In 2009, he voiced Helghast in Sony computer game Killzone 2.[19]

2010s

In 2011, Oliver-Watts again voiced Helghast in the sequel to Killzone 2, Killzone 3.[20] In the same year, he played Carl in the British short film Unwatchable.[21] In 2013, he appeared as Miles in Emmerdale.[22] In 2014, he played George Wilde in the Oscar-nominated British drama film The Theory of Everything.[2][23] In the same year, he played Nick Terrigan in the sixteenth series of British medical soap opera Doctors.[24] In 2016, he played recurring character Sir James Hayter in the first series of British drama Victoria.[25] In the same year, he played recurring character Brigadier Baxter in British war drama Our Girl.[26][27] Also in 2016, he played 'Father' in the British short film The Border.[28] He played a Lannister general in Game of Thrones.[29] In 2019, he played recurring character Sobell in the BBC drama series Summer of Rockets.[30]

Personal life

Oliver-Watts plays cricket for Westfield Cricket Club in Surrey.[31]

gollark: Scratch is indeed very uncool.
gollark: That makes less sense.
gollark: I... don't think that's a thing.
gollark: They must have so many weird special cases everywhere for slightly broken software or hardware.
gollark: I've read a bit about it, and it's probably 80% insanity given the amount of stuff they do to maintain backward compatibility.

References
  1. Taylor, Andy (30 December 2010). Wild Boy: My Life with Duran Duran. Orion. ISBN 9781409111160 – via Google Books.
  2. "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. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
  5. Pitts, Michael R. (20 September 2017). Famous Movie Detectives III. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810836907 – via Google Books.
  6. 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. Smith, Peter J. (1995). "Review: Play: Edward II". Cahiers Élisabéthains: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies. 48: 96–98. doi:10.1177/018476789504800117.
  10. "Pie in the Sky - S4 - Episode 1: Devils on Horseback - Part One". Radio Times.
  11. "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. "Oscar Wilde Stayin' Alive". 4 July 2003.
  14. "Dealing with illness on stage". ccskills.org.uk.
  15. "Lunatics, lovers and poets - Fine Arts - Arts&Culture - March 27, 2003".
  16. https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc2cd8feb
  17. Potter, Russell A. (1 September 2016). Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773599628 – via Google Books.
  18. Varga, Darrell (10 February 2018). John Walker's Passage. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442614192. Retrieved 10 February 2018 – via Google Books.
  19. "Guy Oliver-Watts". Metacritic.
  20. "Killzone 3 (2011) PlayStation 3 credits - MobyGames". MobyGames.
  21. "UNWATCHABLE - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  22. https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/13/every-single-soap-star-who-has-appeared-in-game-of-thrones-9415878/
  23. "The Theory of Everything".
  24. "Choose Your Poison, Series 16, Doctors - BBC One". BBC.
  25. "Victoria - S1 - Episode 2: Ladies in Waiting". Radio Times.
  26. "Episode 5, Series 2, Our Girl - BBC One". BBC.
  27. "Our Girl - S2 - Episode 5". Radio Times.
  28. https://www.thebordershortfilm.com/about
  29. https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/13/every-single-soap-star-who-has-appeared-in-game-of-thrones-9415878/
  30. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p078h91w
  31. "News - Westfield Cricket Club".
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