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John McEnery (born 1 November 1943) is an English actor and writer. Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, he trained (1962–64) at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, playing, among others, Mosca in Ben Jonson's ''Volpone'' and Gaveston in Marlowe's ''Edward II''. At the age of 20 he found his first stage work, spending three seasons with the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. He joined the National Theatre company in 1966. While working at the Everyman, he met actress Stephanie Beacham, whom he later married.〔(" Stephanie Beacham: John was an adulterer, I should have known when he lost his ring down the drain...", ''Mail Online, 29 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012 )〕 The couple had two daughters, Phoebe and Chloe, but subsequently divorced. His first notable screen role was in 1968 as Mercutio in Franco Zeffirelli's ''Romeo and Juliet''; he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his performance. In 1970 he starred in a major role alongside Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Cassel in Gérard Brach's bittersweet ''The Boat on the Grass'' about a girl between two friends. He later played Russian politician Alexander Kerensky in ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' (1971), and took the title role in the 1972 film ''Bartleby'', in which he starred opposite Paul Scofield. His other film credits include ''The Land That Time Forgot'' (1975) and ''The Krays'' (1990) as gangster Eddie Pellam. In the 1980s, at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, he took the title role in Gogol's ''The Government Inspector'', directed by the Russian actor and director Oleg Tabakov. In 1998 he wrote the play ''Merry Christmas, Mr. Burbage'' in honour of the 400th anniversary of the creation of the Globe Theatre. In 2011 he appeared as Rowley in ''The School for Scandal'' (directed by Deborah Warner) at the Barbican Centre. In 2008, he appeared in a guest role in ''Sidetracked'', the first episode of ''Wallander''. One of his brothers is actor Peter McEnery, and another is photographer David McEnery. ==Selected filmography== *''Romeo and Juliet'' (1968) *''The Other People'' (1968) *''The Boat on the Grass'' (1970) *''Nicholas and Alexandra'' (1971) *''Bartleby'' (1972) *''One Russian Summer'' (1973) *''Galileo'' (1975) *''The Land That Time Forgot'' (1975) *''The Buddha of Suburbia'' (TV Miniseries) (1993) *''When Saturday Comes'' (1996) *''Merlin'' (1998) 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「John McEnery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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