"Ibsen in a sauna". He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–12). Robert Bathurst at the Internet Movie Database Saved from images6.fanpop.com. Showing all 1 items Jump to: Photos (1) Photos . The play toured theatres around southern England in 2010 and early 2011 before beginning a three-month run at the Apollo Theatre in London. "It's their loss (but our pain)". [15], While working on Up Yer News, Bathurst auditioned for a one-off television comedy called Joking Apart. The play ran at the Arts Theatre between October and November 2007 and featured Bathurst interacting with other characters projected onto a screen behind him. [37] Present Laughter was the first time Bathurst had appeared in a Coward play and he was cast in another, Blithe Spirit, later in the year, as Charles Condomine. On the day before taking his test, the filming of a scene where David takes off on his new bike was scheduled. [15], Bathurst's professional stage debut came the next year when he joined the second cast of Michael Frayn's Noises Off at the Savoy Theatre. Bathurst is to star as Andy in the upcoming Sky1 television film television film adaptation of the M. C. Beaton novel Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. [21] He has also said that he believes Mark was too "designery" and wishes that he had "roughened him up a bit". [30] At the end of the year, he appeared opposite Richard Wilson in Whipping it Up, a play about whips in a fictional David Cameron government. [28] In 2006, Bathurst also appeared in an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot 2005 where he played Gilbert Entwhistle in After the Funeral. A link to an external website Robert Bathurst is Keeping Us Abbey Abgeschickt Von a Fan of Downton Abbey. Topic. Follow . It does make the working practice easier. PBS/ITV Martha Levinson (Seasons 3 & 4) Paul Giamatti. Cold Feet and Downton Abbey actor Robert Bathurst tells Metro why his new play proves poetry can be fun by Andrew Williams Published February 28, 2020 Published Feb 28, 2020 COLD Feet star Robert Bathurst has been getting puzzled looks about his latest stage show Love, Loss And Chianti — an adaptation of two books in verse by poet Christopher Reid and accompanied by animation. This category is for questions and answers related to Downton Abbey, as asked by users of FunTrivia.com. [23] Granada paid for him to take motorcycle lessons and a test. Bathurst takes a hiatus from the show, but makes his return, and final appearance, in season three. If there's only two of you in a play, you are equally responsible – there's nobody else to blame if it goes wrong. [43] And portrayed Jeffrey Bernard in Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell at the Coach and Horses in Greek Street, Soho. [18], A casting director for the James Bond film The Living Daylights persuaded Bathurst to audition for Bond. [24] Like other cast members, Bathurst was able to suggest storylines as the series went on; one episode features David celebrating his fortieth birthday and Bathurst suggested the character could get a Harley-Davidson motorbike. He was president of the Cambridge Footlights with his contemporaries Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie and he also appeared the music video for Westlife's Uptown Girl! 41 - Robert Bathurst. We're all just discussing the point and not playing games with each other. Bathurst identified the character as merely a "post-Thatcherite whipping boy". He had already appeared in a training video by director Geoff Posner and got the role of Henry by way of thanks. [16], Bathurst reprised the role in the Cold Feet series, which ran for five years from 1998 to 2003. Bathurst appeared in his first Noël Coward play, Present Laughter in 2010 and followed it with a role in Blithe Spirit that same year and again in 2011. A link to an external website Robert Bathurst is Keeping Us Abbey submitted by a fan of Downton Abbey. PBS/ITV Lavinia Swire (Season 2) Iain Glen. Full Cast & Crew: Downton Abbey (2010–2015) Series Cast (337) Hugh Bonneville. Sent to satisfactorily brutal boarding school in County Meath . Downton Abbey (TV Series) Details. Possible spoilers! [22] The role is his favourite of his whole career; he has described it as "the most enjoyable job I will ever do" and considers several episodes of the series to be "timeless, beautifully constructed farces which will endure". When I’m in a West End show my Friday nights are usually spent at Ronnie Scott’s. [14] The role made him more widely recognisable and he often received prospective scripts that were "obvious rewrites of the character". I adore it and cannot wait for the mext series. Selway, Jennifer (28 March 2003). Smurthwaite, Nick (11 October 2006). He now performs Alex as a corporate after-dinner entertainment. Bathurst, Robert (7 March 2009). 2007 also saw Bathurst perform as linguist Charles in the first series of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Hut 33. [1] He compared the time he and his brother, who were Catholics, spent at the Anglican boarding school to Lord of the Flies; "we were incarcerated in a huge, stinking, Georgian house, where we were treated very brutally". Birthplace Lady Mary Crawley (52 episodes, 2010-2015) Joanne Froggatt. "The Jennifer Selway Interview: Robert Bathurst". Between January and April 2010, Bathurst starred as Garry Essendine in a national touring revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter. Lady Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael) and Sir Anthony Strallan (Robert Bathurst) Saved by Fanpop. Downton Abbey -- a sprawling, lavish Edwardian mansion nestled in the Yorkshire landscape -- needs an heir. PBS/ITV Sir Richard Carlisle (Season 2) Shirley MacLaine. Aged 9 moved to England . Possible spoilers! Feb 5, 2013 - Robert Bathurst plays Sir Anthony Strallan in Downton Abbey TV series .. This page was last edited on 20 January 2021, at 06:59. Wikipedia. Downton abbey is yet another fascinating British period which shines for the brilliance of the cast ,the authenticity of the setting and costumes and the intriguing story of a part of English society that has virtually disappeated and how this particular family endeavours to come to terms with the inevitable changes that are taking place. Downton Abbey, 3.01 – Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) and Sir Anthony Strallan (Robert Bathurst) ©2012 Carnival Downton Abbey, 3.01 – Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery), Lady Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) and Anna (Joanne Froggatt) ©2012 Carnival PBS/ITV Ivy Stuart (Seasons 3 & 4) Charles Edwards. Charles Carson (52 episodes, 2010-2015) Brendan Coyle. Lied in First Confession aged 6 . In 1959 his family moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland and Bathurst attended school in Killiney and later was enrolled at Headfort, an Irish boarding school. Bathurst appeared as sitcom writer Mark Taylor in the series. John Bates (52 episodes, 2010-2015) Michelle Dockery. To a large extent, this vow is realised in the second series.[21]. He has an idea of re-filming the sequences 'now', as his older self, to give them a more retrospective feeling. People similar to or like Robert Bathurst. Lady Edith Crawley (52 episodes, 2010-2015) Jim Carter. PBS/ITV Harold Levinson (Season 4) Cara Theobold. Director Michael Blakemore advised him to turn this to his advantage, as he would not feel he had to live up to previous portrayals. Downton Abbey; Downton Abbey images; Robert Bathurst Sir Anthony Strallan; All Images; 92 Wallpapers ; 9 Gifs; 8 Avatars; Pictures; Screenshots; facebook; twitter; google+; Download Next > Tags: photo photos robert bathurst sir anthony strallan pictures View all Downton Abbey Pictures. Interview with Robert Bathurst (Sir Anthony), confirming that there will be a season three Christmas Special. Hugh Bonneville stars as her son, the stoic, unflappable Lord Crawley. He replaced Roger Lloyd-Pack as Tim Allgood and stayed at the Savoy for a year. In 1991, he won his first major television role playing Mark Taylor in the semi-autobiographical BBC sitcom Joking Apart, written by Steven Moffat. After a season at the Bush Theatre at the end of 2006, Whipping it Up transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from March to June 2007. He enjoyed working on it, telling What's on Stage: "Nick is a really good actor and really good to work with in that you can have completely frank discussions about tiny issues and it's totally ego-free. Downton Abbey Episodes. Interview with Robert Bathurst (Sir Anthony), confirming that there will be a season three Weihnachten Special. "Filling in the blanks". [32] He reprised the role in an international tour from September to November 2008, playing in Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai. Robert Guy Bathurst is an English actor. dam-images-resources-2012-03-downton-abbey-downton-abbey-design-sets-01.jpg ... Pictured here is a scene in the drawing room with Sir Anthony Strallan, played by Robert Bathurst… [19], He continued to make minor appearances in television throughout the 1980s; in 1987, he auditioned for the role of Dave Lister in the BBC North science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf. Since 2003, Bathurst has played a fictional prime minister in the BBC sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister, Mark Thatcher in the fact-based drama Coup! He also has a recurring role in the comedy series Toast of London. Dame Maggy Smith stars as Violet, the stubborn Dowager Countess of Grantham matriarch of Downton. [7], Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. Written by. In 1996, while appearing in The Rover at the Salisbury Playhouse, Bathurst got an audition for the Granada Television comedy pilot Cold Feet. Convent school . [12] He also directed and appeared in the Footlights pantomime Aladdin as Widow Twankey during the 1978–79 season. Iain Glen played Sir Richard Carlisle and Trevor White played Patrick Gordon in Series Two. So its a greater risk and there's no hiding". and a man whose daughter goes missing in the ITV thriller The Stepfather. [14] After leaving, he found that he was considered a dilettante, which resulted in it taking him longer than expected to be accepted as a serious actor. Birthday The programme was broadcast in 1990 to little fanfare. [26], Between 1998 and 2003, he made television appearances in Goodbye, Mr Steadman (2001), starring opposite Caroline Quentin as a shy and unassuming teacher who has been declared dead after one of his pupils erases all computer records relating to him and in the adaptation of White Teeth (2002). 17/07/2018 ITV. It brings Jeffrey Bernard’s journalism on to the stage, his own version of himself, not necessarily how others saw him.” He added: “It’s a brilliantly funny, sour and surprisingly moving manifesto for the right of people to destroy their liver and wallet in any way they choose.”[46], Bathurst met artist Victoria Threlfall through mutual friends and they married in 1985. He watched debates in the House of Commons to prepare for the role but did not base his portrayal on Tony Blair. [15] In 1990, he performed on Up Yer News, a live topical programme broadcast on BSB. [38][39] In 2011 he starred as John Le Mesurier in the Hattie Jacques biopic Hattie,[40] and joined the cast of the long-running ITV drama Wild at Heart.[41]. It returned for two series in 1993 and 1995. To broaden his knowledge of working on stage, he joined the National Theatre. Downton Abbey (2010–2015) Robert Bathurst: Sir Anthony Strallan. Saved from wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com. [7], After leaving Cambridge, Bathurst spent a year touring Australia in the Footlights Revue Botham, The Musical, which he described as "a bunch of callow youths flying round doing press conferences and chat shows". He also made a return to theatre roles, playing Vershinin in The Three Sisters (2003), Adrien in the two-hander Members Only (2006), government whip Alistair in Whipping it Up (2006–07), and the title role in Alex (2007, 2008). The opening night audience was made up of three people but after good reviews in the national press the audience grew to an average of fifteen. Monastery school till 18 . Accuracy: A team of editors ... Robert Bathurst is probably best known for his role as David Marsden in 'Cold Feet', which ran on British television from 1998 until 2003. [13] He took the Bar Vocational Course at the University of Law, in London, which allowed him to go on to become a practising barrister, but stuck to acting instead. PBS/ITV Michael Gregson (Seasons 3 & 4) Ed Speleers. I adore it and cannot wait for the mext series. In 1959 his family moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland and Bathurst attended school in Killiney and later was enrolled at Headfort, an Irish boarding school. [18] The role won him a nomination for Best Solo Performance at the What's on Stage Awards. Best known for playing David Marsden in ITV's Cold Feet, Robert Bathurst has also stared in Toast of London, Downton Abbey, My Dad's the Prime Minister, Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes. On Downton Abbey, a decade has passed ... (Robert Bathurst) left Edith at the altar. Downton Abbey star Robert Bathurst wants his character to return for the movie "The rat should come back!" [7][9], In 1966, the family moved to England and Bathurst was sent to board at Worth School in Sussex. After graduating, he took up acting full-time. He had not seen The Three Sisters before starring in it. [7][14] Although he enjoyed his work with Footlights, he did not continue performing with the group, worrying that he would be "washed up at 35 having coat-tailed on their success through the early part of [his] career". [11] He spent much of his time there performing in the Cambridge Footlights alongside Hugh Laurie, Rory McGrath and Emma Thompson. Bathurst noted "I could never have done it – Bond actors are always very different from me". Aged 13 decided he wanted to be an actor . Robert Guy Bathurst was born in Accra, Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana), on 22 February 1957 to Philip Charles Metcalfe Bathurst, a descendant of politician Charles Bathurst and kinsman of the Earls Bathurst and Viscounts Bledisloe,[4][5][6] and his wife Gillian (née Debenham). Lived in Ireland aged 3-9 . The family lived in Ghana until 1959, when they moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland. Bathurst "wobbled, missed the camera and crashed into the pavement", leading director Simon Delaney to exclaim it was the funniest thing he had ever seen. In 1959 his family moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland and Bathurst attended school in Killiney and later was enrolled at Headfort, an Irish boarding school. (31679612) At the age of 18, he read law at Pembroke College, Cambridge and joined the Cambridge Footlights group. I … From Academy Award-winner Julian Fellowes. Dan Stevens. His mother was a physiotherapist. [20] In 1989, he appeared in Malcolm Bradbury's Anything More Would Be Greedy for Anglia Television, playing Dennis Medlam, MP. [15][16] He regards it as "the most demoralising" job he has ever had but was grateful for the theatre experience it gave him. [15], The show was punctuated by fantasy sequences in which his character performed his thoughts as a stand-up routine in a small club. Accra, Ghana Feb 5, 2013 - Robert Bathurst plays Sir Anthony Strallan in Downton Abbey TV series. [10] After declining an offer to be a presenter of That's Life! Evelyn Napier (played by Brendan Patricks) is the son and heir of Viscount Branksome and a suitor for Lady Mary, but later becomes engaged to "one of the Semphill girls". [9] Bathurst and his brother attended two schools in Dublin – the Holy Child School in Killiney and a school in Ballsbridge – before being sent to Headfort, a preparatory school in Kells, County Meath. Robert Bathurst, Actor: Cold Feet. [10][15] Between roles, he worked as a television presenter for BBC East. Bathurst was pleased that this white-collar worker had an emotional side, in comparison to David Marsden, whom he used as a yardstick when accepting those sorts of roles. Born West Africa . On television in 2010, Bathurst starred as Percy Hamleigh in the German-Canadian miniseries The Pillars of the Earth and had a recurring role as widower Sir Anthony Strallan in the period drama Downton Abbey. IMDB Profile Appearances [10][17] The following year, he appeared at The Man In The Moon, a pub theatre in Chelsea, in Judgement, a two-hour monologue on cannibalism. [25] The third series features an affair between David and a political activist played by Yasmin Bannerman. 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