Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice is the kind of actor I deeply respect, the sort who never chased the spotlight yet earned every honor going. A Guernsey man who conquered stage, screen and even the audiobook booth, he proved a voice alone can build whole worlds. His Tony, his OBE, his BAFTA all matter, but what stays with me is the quiet authority he carried into roles like Leopold Mozart in Amadeus. Working into his nineties, he treated craft as a lifelong vow rather than a young person's game. To me he embodies the unglamorous nobility of the working actor, and that earns my genuine admiration.

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Name (English)

Roy Dotrice

Name (Japanese)

ロイ・ドートリス

Reading

ろい・どーとりす

Born

May 26, 1923 – October 16, 2017

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / audiobook narrator / screenwriter / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

Awards & achievements

• 2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
• Drama Desk Awards
• British Academy Television Awards
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://www.roydotrice.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Dotrice
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929933

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• audiobook narrator

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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