About Me

55-year-old experienced character actor. Trained. Originally from NYC (UK citizen). Natural speaking voice: generic North American(can do a variety of other accents) 5\'11\", bald, on the heavy side. False front tooth -- happy to remove! Readily available, East London & Hampshire-based. Happy to travel. Keen to work.

Acting

Experience

Employment History & Experience

Recent: Titchfield Festival Theatre (Hampshire)"Scorched" (4 characters: 1 American, 1 French, 2 Arabs), "Round & Round the Garden" (Reg), "WoYzEcK" (The Doctor, German accent), "Tunnel of Love," (Baldini, Italian accent). Past: Various stage roles (NYC & Boston, 1980s), "Parlons Francais" (in French with a Texas accent! Theatre Luceraire-Forum, Paris, 1982)

Presenting

Experience

Employment History & Experience

Various. Presented workshops on Multiculturalism (1980-90s). Voiceover work for the Canary Islands Tourist Board during Atlanta Olympics. Frequent guest on ExpressFM (Portsmouth) 2001-current. Various after-dinner & public-speaking gigs in Hampshire (Womens Institute, community groups, etc) in recent years

Music

Employment History & Experience

Limited to musicals (university). Tenor/Baritone.

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

Trained at Tufts University (Boston) and in Paris with Jean-Jacques Dulon. 20+ career as teacher/librarian/storyteller. Now own a bookshop. LOTS of (useless?)letters after my name. Returned to theatre 5 years ago. In addition to acting, was nominated as "Best Director" 2014 by the (Southampton) Daily Echo for my adaptation/direction of an up-dated version of "The Trojan Women." Most recently directed John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves" (both Titchfield Festival Theatre)

Qualifications & Training

BA, cum laude, Drama & French Literature (Tufts University), Diplome in Etudes Cinematographiques (Sorbonne, Paris), MLib Library & Information Services (University of Wales).