Roger Rees

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actor film actor human stage actor television actor theatre director

Roger Rees was a Welsh actor and director best known for his Tony Award–winning performance in "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" and his roles in television series such as "Cheers" and "The West Wing."

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Roger Rees canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2015 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
awardReceived Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
surface form: Olivier Award

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain cancer ⓘ
countryOfBirth Wales ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1944-05-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-07-10 ⓘ
directed Peter and the Starcatcher ⓘ
educatedAt Slade School of Fine Art ⓘ
employer Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup Welsh ⓘ
familyName Rees ⓘ
genre film ⓘ
television ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
givenName Roger ⓘ
knownFor portrayal of Nicholas Nickleby ⓘ
role of Lord John Marbury in The West Wing ⓘ
role of Robin Colcord in Cheers ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name Roger Rees self-link ⓘ
nationality Welsh ⓘ
notableWork Cheers ⓘ
Frida ⓘ
Robin Hood: Men in Tights ⓘ
Nicholas Nickleby (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Prestige (novel) ⓘ
surface form: The Prestige

The West Wing (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: The West Wing

Warehouse 13 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
director ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aberystwyth ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
spouse Rick Elice ⓘ

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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot → starring → Roger Rees ⓘ
The Prestige → actor → Roger Rees ⓘ
Roger Rees → name → Roger Rees self-link ⓘ
Peter and the Starcatcher → directorOfOriginalProduction → Roger Rees ⓘ
Return to Never Land → voiceCastIncludes → Roger Rees ⓘ
A Christmas Carol (1984 film) → castMember → Roger Rees ⓘ
Frida → starring → Roger Rees ⓘ