Roger Rees

Roger Rees

1944-05-05 Aberystwyth, Wales, UK 54 Credits

Biography

Roger Rees (5 May 1944 – 10 July 2015) was a Welsh actor and director, widely known for his stage work. He won an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. He also received Obie Awards for his role in The End of the Day and as co-director of Peter and the Starcatcher. Rees was posthumously inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in November 2015. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Rees, licensed under ...

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On Broadway

On Broadway

2019

as Self (archive footage)

8.7
Acting

An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inc...

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth

2016

as William Bradford (Adult)

Acting

The voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 has come to define the founding moment of America, celebrated each year at Thanksgiving. A lavish new drama docume...

The Pilgrims

The Pilgrims

2015

as William Bradford

7.7
Acting

Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journey west across the Atlantic in the early 17th cent...

Survivor

Survivor

2015

as Dr. Emil Balan

5.7
Acting

A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for cri...

Affluenza

Affluenza

2014

as Mr. Carson

4.6
Acting

An aspiring young photographer finds himself caught up in a heady world of money, sex, and privilege when he moves to wealthy Long Island in the summe...

The Voysey Inheritance

The Voysey Inheritance

2014

as Hugh Voysey

Acting

Young Edward discovers that the family business he is due to inherit has been defrauding clients for decades.

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

Acting

Citing homosexual propaganda law, Russian government outlaws theatrical performance. The Russian Broadway community responds.

Almost Perfect

Almost Perfect

2011

as Kai Lee

2.0
Acting

A 30-something career woman tries to find the balance between her demanding family and her perfect new boyfriend.

Happy Tears

Happy Tears

2009

as Antiques Dealer

5.1
Acting

Two sisters return home to care for their aging father.

The Narrows

The Narrows

2008

as Professor Reyerson

5.7
Acting

A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how...

The Invasion

The Invasion

2007

as Yorish

6.0
Acting

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running r...

The Prestige

The Prestige

2006

as Owens

8.2
Acting

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy wit...

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

2006

as Mr. Hobbs

5.6
Acting

Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by...

Falling for Grace

Falling for Grace

2006

as Andrew Barrington Sr

5.2
Acting

Grace is a Chinese American who longs to be a part of New York's high society. At a socialite event, she is mistaken for a Hong Kong heiress and meets...

Game 6

Game 6

2006

as Jack Haskins

4.5
Acting

Combining real and fictional events, this movie centers around the historic 1986 World Series, and a day in the life of a playwright who skips opening...

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

2006

as Raymmond Laroque

5.8
Acting

When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the di...

A Life in Suitcases

A Life in Suitcases

2005

as Tulse Luper

5.3
Acting

Follows Tulse Luper as he is swept into the ill-fortuned tides of the 20th century and forced to spend his life in a succession of imprisonments.

Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox

2004

as Nat Banks

4.0
Acting

This is the story of Nat Banks, an 8th generation Virginian gentleman farmer living in the past, who loses his family farm, Greenwood, to a pair of la...

Going Under

Going Under

2004

as Peter

4.9
Acting

Peter, a married psychotherapist, and Suzanne, a professional dominatrix, have been engaged in an affair of sensual dominance and submission in an S&a...

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

2004

as Tulse Luper

5.1
Acting

The third of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper as he continues his adventures as a professional prisoner during the later years of the Second World W...

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

2004

4.9
Acting

The second of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper as he works in a cinema, which gives him ample opportunity to cross paths with virtually every artist...

Frida

Frida

2002

as Guillermo Kahlo

7.4
Acting

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

The Scorpion King

The Scorpion King

2002

as King Pheron

5.6
Acting

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's...

Return to Never Land

Return to Never Land

2002

as Edward (voice)

6.5
Acting

In 1940, the world is besieged by World War II. Wendy, all grown up, has two children; including Jane, who does not believe Wendy's stories about Pete...

3 A.M.

3 A.M.

2001

as Priest

5.5
Acting

The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory,...

Blackmale

Blackmale

2000

as Bill Fontaine

3.8
Acting

Two desperate con men attempt to blackmail a psychotic doctor who may just be a serial killer.

The Crossing

The Crossing

2000

as Gen. Hugh Mercer

6.2
Acting

A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

2000

as Dr. Croft

6.2
Acting

An amnesiac youth tries to piece together his past, but what he discovers may jeopardize his future.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999

as Peter Quince

6.4
Acting

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic enta...

Double Platinum

Double Platinum

1999

as Marc Reckler

8.0
Acting

The story of a mother driven to reach the heights of superstardom at the cost of abandoning her only child.

Next Stop Wonderland

Next Stop Wonderland

1998

as Ray Thornback

5.9
Acting

Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in the "personals" section of a...

Trouble on the Corner

Trouble on the Corner

1997

as Mr. McMurtry

1.5
Acting

Jeff, a troubled therapist, suffers a breakdown when he spies on his sexy neighbor Ericca, a beautiful model that rollerblades around her apartment in...

Sudden Manhattan

Sudden Manhattan

1996

as Murphy

5.9
Acting

Twenty-something Donna is jobless, single and broke. On a fateful day, reality turns itself upside down, and she is suddenly faced with one absurdity ...

The Substance of Fire

The Substance of Fire

1996

as Max

7.2
Acting

Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the gr...

The Possession of Michael D.

The Possession of Michael D.

1995

as Robin Banks (Hypnotist)

4.8
Acting

When a dark force begins to destroy a couple's happiness, they decide to turn to a parapsychologist who discovers that the husband is possessed by a d...

The Tower

The Tower

1993

as Mr. Littlehill

3.4
Acting

A mix-up with a security card causes a malevolent building to try and kill an employee on his first day at work.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993

as Sheriff of Rotingham

6.6
Acting

Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules Englan...

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

1993

as Self

6.0
Acting

Hosted by Cary Elwes. It's a promotional piece that was intended to get the word out about the film while it was in production, but some of the behind...

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

1992

as Parnell

5.3
Acting

A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she bu...

P.J. Sparkles

P.J. Sparkles

1992

as Betty (voice)

6.0
Acting

PJ is an orphan with no last name and she has a special wish, she wants someone to love. One night while out riding her grey horse Blaze, PJ gets her ...

Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After

Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After

1992

as Prince Charles

2.5
Acting

Biography - First telecast in 1982, this drama picks up the story of Prince Charles (Roger Rees) and Lady Diana (Catherine Oxenberg) as their marriage...

If Looks Could Kill

If Looks Could Kill

1991

as Augustus Steranko

6.2
Acting

Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. ...

Next

Next

1990

as Peter (voice)

7.1
Acting

William Shakespeare, without saying a word, gives a quick run through of all his plays in a very special audition.

Mountains of the Moon

Mountains of the Moon

1990

as Papworth

6.5
Acting

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victor...

The Return of Sam McCloud

The Return of Sam McCloud

1989

as Jason Cross

6.0
Acting

Ex-Marshal McCloud now is senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy is Maitland, unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's...

God's Outlaw

God's Outlaw

1986

as William Tyndale

6.5
Acting

A dramatized biography of William Tyndale, the 16th Century reformer determined to translate the Bible into English, which illegal act set him at odds...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1984

as Fred Holywell / Narrator

7.5
Acting

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

The Ebony Tower

The Ebony Tower

1984

as David Williams

Acting

A brash young artist invades the secluded retirement of an elderly painter and finds that the great man lives with two young women in a tantalizingly ...

Saigon: Year Of The Cat

Saigon: Year Of The Cat

1983

as Donald Henderson

4.6
Acting

The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Ches...

Star 80

Star 80

1983

as Aram Nicholas

6.4
Acting

Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the...

Imaginary Friends

Imaginary Friends

1982

as Douglas Pitblado

6.0
Acting

Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy journalist nephew, Douglas, tries to force her to give him he...

The Three Sisters

1981

as Tusenbach

Acting

Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga att...

Macbeth

Macbeth

1979

as Malcolm

7.3
Acting

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Tele...

The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors

1978

as Antipholus of Syracuse

8.8
Acting

The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together ...