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Alfred Molina |
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Born: 24 May 1953, London, England, UK Married to: 'Jill Gascoine' (? - present) |
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Alfred Molina was born in 1953, in London, UK, of a Spanish father and an Italian mother. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. His stage work includes two major Royal National Theatre productions, 'Tennessee Williams' ' "The Night of the Iguana" (as Shannon) and 'David Mamet' 's "Speed the Plow" (as Fox), plus a splendid performance in 'Yasmina Reza' 's "Art" (his Broadway debut), for which he received a Tony Award nomination in 1998. He made his film debut in "Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)" and got a good part in "Letter to Brezhnev (1985)" (as a Soviet sailor who spends a night at Liverpool), but his movie breakthrough came two years later when he played - superbly - Kenneth Halliwell, the tragic lover of Joe Orton, in 'Stephen Frears' ' "Prick Up Your Ears (1987)" . He was also outstanding in "Enchanted April (1992)" , "The Perez Family (1995)" (as a Cuban immigrant), "Anna Karenina (1997)" (as Levin), and "Chocolat (2000)" (as the narrow-minded mayor of a small French town circa 1950s, who tries to shut down a chocolate shop). Thanassis Agathos<thanaga@hol.gr Trivia:
Nominated for the Tony for best actor in 1998 for "Art".
Alfred's father was a Spanish waiter & his mother was an Italian
housekeeper. |
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