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Jeffery Kissoon (born 4 September 1947) is a Trinidad-born actor with credits in British theatre, television, film and radio. He has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company at venues such as the Royal National Theatre, under directors including Peter Brook, Peter Hall, Robert Lepage, Janet Suzman, Calixto Bieito and Nicholas Hytner.〔Adrian Hamilton, (''The Independent'', 20 August 2005. )〕 He has acted in genres from Shakespeare and modern theatre to television drama and science fiction, playing a range of both leading and supporting roles, from Mark Antony in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' and Prospero and Caliban in ''The Tempest'', to Malcolm X in ''The Meeting'' and Mr Kennedy in the children's TV series ''Grange Hill''. A regular director of theatre, Kissoon is a member of the board of directors of the Shared Experience company and the Warehouse Theatre in Croydon, London. He has tutored younger actors, writers and directors, and values the rehearsal process.〔(Shared Experience Education Pack. )〕 He played the lead role in the Mark Norfolk film ''Ham and the Piper'' (2011), and also directed Norfolk's theatre production ''Naked Soldiers'', staged in 2010 at the Warehouse Theatre.〔http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/4106〕 He reprised his role as Antony in Suzman's production of ''Antony and Cleopatra'', appearing opposite Kim Cattrall as Cleopatra, at the Liverpool Playhouse in 2010.〔(Kim Cattrall and Jeffery Kissoon in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' ), News, Everyman Playhouse, Liverpool, 30 April 2010.〕〔Catherine Jones, ("''Sex And The City'' ==Early life and career== Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Kissoon emigrated to London with his parents at an early age. While attending the Christopher Wren School in Shepherd's Bush,〔(Memories of White City. )〕 he joined the student drama group. In 1970, under Robert Tanitch and Eric Rickman, he made his first appearance as an actor in the film ''Like You, Like Me'',〔(British Film Institute Film and Television Database. )〕 an inter-racial romance. Although he trained as a drama teacher, Kissoon has worked as an actor since the early 1970s. In 1972, he joined the Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company and, for two years thereafter, played leading roles in a number of productions, including Christopher Marlowe's ''Tamburlaine The Great'' and Bertolt Brecht's ''Threepenny Opera''.〔http://laurancerudic.wordpress.com/giles-havergals-glasgow-citizens-theatre-company/the-citz-season-1972-73/〕 During this period, he worked with director (Keith Hack ), who cast him as Tamburlaine for the 1972 Edinburgh Festival,〔 and as Caliban for the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1974 production of ''The Tempest'' at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon.〔(Michael Pennington's website. )〕 Kissoon had his first prominent television role playing Sam in ''Beryl's Lot'' for Yorkshire Television (in 1975),〔(Jeffery Kissoon ) on IMDb.〕 after which he played PC Robbins in an episode of ''Z-Cars'' and Sonny in a BBC ''Play for Today'' titled "Rocky Marciano is Dead" (both in 1976).〔 He portrayed Dr. Ben Vincent in seven episodes of Gerry Anderson's science-fiction series ''Space 1999'' between 1976 and 1977.〔〔(Catacombs Credit Guide. )〕 In 1985, Kissoon played Karna in Peter Brook's nine-hour stage adaptation of ''The Mahabharata''.〔Frank Rich, (''New York Times'', October 1987. )〕 The three-year project opened at the Festival d'Avignon in France and completed a world tour, ultimately leading to a film adaptation running to six hours. It also resulted in a lasting professional association between Kissoon and Brook, which witnessed Kissoon play two roles in the director's production of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet''.〔Michael Billington in ''The Guardian'', 20 December 2000.〕 Kissoon is a veteran cast member of both RSC and Royal National Theatre productions, regularly collaborating with director Sir Peter Hall.〔http://www.alanhoward.org.uk/oedipusthebes.htm〕〔Michael Coveney, ("Alan Howard was not immune to the curse of Thebes. He fell off the stage and broke his wrist" ), ''The Observer'', 8 September 1996.〕 In 2003, he participated in a rehearsed reading of ''Wrong Place'' at the Soho Theatre,〔(BBC London. )〕 marking the start of an association with playwright Mark Norfolk. Kissoon's recent screen and stage credits include ''Julius Caesar'' (Royal Shakespeare Company), ''Ham & The Piper'' (Mark Norfolk, 2011) ''Dirty Pretty Things'' (Stephen Frears, 2002), ''Crossing Bridges'' (Mark Norfolk, 2006), ''Holby City'' (BBC, 2006), ''Casualty'' (BBC, 2008), ''War and Peace'' (Hampstead Theatre, 2008), ''Amazonia'' (Old Vic, 2009) and ''The Meeting'' (Warehouse Theatre, 2009).〔(Internet Movie Database (IMDb) )〕 He played the lead role in Norfolk's film ''Ham and the Piper'' (2011),〔(''Ham and the Piper'' ), British Films Directory, British Council.〕 for which he won the Best Lead Actor Award at the 2012 Peloponnesian International Film Festival, having directed Ewart James Walters, Elisabeth Dahl and Adam Sopp in Norfolk's play ''Naked Soldiers'' at the Warehouse Theatre the previous year.〔 He later directed the same author's ''Where The Flowers Grow'', again at the Warehouse Theatre.〔http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/32497/where-the-flowers-grow〕 Kissoon reprised his Mark Antony, opposite Kim Cattrall's Cleopatra, in a production of ''Antony and Cleopatra'', directed by Janet Suzman and performed at the Liverpool Playhouse, in October 2010.〔(Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. )〕 This was followed by ''Waiting For Godot'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse (co-starring Patrick Robinson) and the RSC's production of ''Julius Caesar'' (in the title role). Kissoon performed in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom ''Rudy's Rare Records'' (2008–12) as Rudy's friend Clifton.〔〔(''Rudy's Rare Records'' ), The British Comedy Guide.〕 He also featured in Norfolk's "Broken Chain", a segment of Radio 4's ''The City Speaks'' (2008), which is credited as the first "feature film for radio" produced in collaboration with Film London and Arts Council England. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeffery Kissoon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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