Roger Rees

Roger Rees is, to me, a beautiful example of theater royalty who quietly threaded into pop culture. His Olivier and Tony for the marathon Nicholas Nickleby is the kind of stage achievement I find genuinely staggering, a feat of stamina as much as craft. That a Welsh-born actor from Aberystwyth built that legacy and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2015 says everything about how thoroughly he crossed over. His passing that same year gives the honor a bittersweet weight. I think he belongs in that conversation about actors who were revered on stage long before screen audiences caught on.

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Name (English)

Roger Rees

Name (Japanese)

ロジャー・リース

Reading

ろじゃー・りーす

Born

May 5, 1944 – July 10, 2015

Origin

Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Occupation

television actor / film actor / stage actor / theatre director / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Monkey

University

Camberwell College of Arts

Awards & achievements

• 1982 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Rees
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1750774

Tags

• television actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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