Douglas Hodge

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Douglas Hodge
Born
Douglas William Hodge

(1960-02-25) 25 February 1960 (age 64)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • musician
Years active1985–present
PartnerTessa Peake-Jones (1984–2013)[1]
Children2[1]

Douglas William Hodge (born 25 February 1960) is an English actor, director, and musician who has had an extensive career in theatre, as well as television and film where he has appeared in Robin Hood (2010), Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return and Diana (2013), Penny Dreadful (2016), Catastrophe (2018), Joker and Lost in Space (2019), and The Great (2020–2023).

Early life

When he was young, his family moved to

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA),[3] in London, but was not happy and left before graduating.[4] This never affected his desire to be an actor.[4]

Career

Theatre

Hodge has acted in plays by

Cottesloe Theatre
in May 1997.

In 2002, Hodge played Leontes in an

Olivier Award
nomination for his performance.

During the summer of 2006, he acted the title role in

Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.[14][5]

In 2010, The London production of

In 2015, Hodge made his debut as a Broadway director, helming a revival of Pinter's 1971 play

Writing

Hodge wrote a musical with Aschlin Ditta, temporarily called Meantime. Josefina Gabrielle, Denis Lawson and several others participated in a cast recording, and actors including Rory Kinnear, Indira Varma and Cillian Murphy participated in a reading of the book.[19]

He wrote the music and lyrics for the musical 101 Dalmatians, based on the novel by Dodie Smith with a book by Johnny McKnight (from a stage adaptation by Zinnie Harris) at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. The musical was due to open in May 2020, however was postponed to July 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Directing

Hodge has parallel careers as a writer, director and composer, most recently directing Torch Song Trilogy at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2012.[20] He was Associate Director at the Donmar Theatre directing Dimetos in 2009,[21] Absurdia in 2007.[22]

He directed the world premiere of Last Easter by Bryony Lavery at Birmingham Repertory Theatre,[23] and See How They Run.[24]

He also directed the Millennium Dome Show in the year 2000.

Awards

Hodge has received

Evening Standard Awards for his role in Dumbshow at the Royal Court.[27]

Douglas starred as Albin in the Broadway transfer of

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.[30] He originally played the role in London in 2008 at the Menier Chocolate Factory and then at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End.[31]

Television

With Peter Searles, Hodge co-wrote Pacha Mama's Blessing and Forest People, about the

Masterpiece Theatre
in 1994.

His other TV appearances include leading roles in

made-for-TV film Lift, directed by James Hawes, a 2007 Hartswood Films production for BBC Four, as Paul Sykes, "a constantly exasperated, highly-strung middle-aged businessman with commitments.".[33]

In 2010, he appeared in the episode "The Restaurant" of the third series of the BBC sitcom Outnumbered as Brick Bolenger, an American therapist who is married to Auntie Angela (played by Samantha Bond). The character was involved in a story line of the fourth series in 2011, but never appeared on screen. In 2012, Hodge had a role in the BBC drama One Night, as well as appearing in the conspiracy thriller miniseries Secret State, and the ITV-1 drama The Town.

In 2016 he featured as Rex Mayhew in the BBC adaptation of

The Night Manager. In 2017, he appeared in "Black Museum", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.[34] He appeared as Inspector Bartholomew Rusk in the series Penny Dreadful.[35] He played Grimes in a BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, alongside Jack Whitehall, Stephen Graham and David Suchet. [36]

From 2020 to 2023, Hodge played the role of General Velementov, head of Catherine the Great's armies in The Great, alongside Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.[37]

Music

Doug Hodge released two albums of his own compositions: "Cowley Road Songs" in 2005,[38] and "Nightbus" in 2009.[39] He won the Stiles and Drewe 2012 Best New Song Award for his song 'Powercut' from "Meantime", the musical he co-wrote with Aschlin Ditta.[40]

"I've been writing songs all my life but — apart from the occasional girlfriend late at night — I'd never sung them to anyone. Then last year I finally started playing at various venues in and around Oxford. Each time I wrote a new song I'd go down the Ex [on Cowley Road] and sing it... Then Rightback Records asked me to record them. We went into the Blue Moon Studios in Banbury for just four days. This [Cowley Road Songs] is what we came out with..." – Douglas Hodge[41]

Personal life

Hodge was born in Plymouth, Devon.[42] Until 2013 he was in a relationship with actress Tessa Peake-Jones with whom he has two children.[1] He subsequently married American wigmaker Amanda Miller.[37]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Salome's Last Dance John the Baptist / Lord Alfred "Bosey" Douglas
1989 Dealers Patrick Skill
Diamond Skulls Jamie Skinner
1991 Buddy's Song Bobby Rosen
1993 The Trial Inspector
1996 Hollow Reed Hannah's barrister
2000 The Magic of Vincent Dr. Robert Blake Short film
2004 Vanity Fair Pitt Crawley
Out of Time Michael Short film
2006 Scenes of a Sexual Nature Brian
2009 The Descent Part 2 Dan
2010 Robin Hood Sir Robert Loxley
2012
Bert & Dickie
John Bushnell
2013 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Fruit Striped Lawyer Voice
Diana Paul Burrell
2014 Serena Horace Kephart
2016 The Complete Walk: The Tempest Prospero Short film
The Dancer Taylor
2017 Tulip Fever Nicholas Steen
2018 Beirut Sully
Red Sparrow Maxim Volontov
Wanderland Dr. Rock Positano
Jonathan Hans
2019 The Report Dr. James Mitchell
Joker Alfred Pennyworth
Gemini Man Jack Willis
2020 The Devil All the Time Tater Brown
2022 The Curse of Bridge Hollow Old Man
A Grand Romantic Gesture Simon [43]
TBA Vindication Swim Post-production[44]
TBA G20 Post-production[45]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Alas Smith and Jones Unknown Episode #2.1
1986 Sorry! Geoffrey Episode: "Every Clown Wants to Play Hamlet"
1988 Me and My Girl Tarzan Episode: "Question Time"
Ten Great Writers of the Modern World Stage Manager / Son / Ordolfo / Raskolnikov 2 episodes
London's Burning Bobby Episode #1.5
King and Castle Detective Sergeant Episode: "Cons"
Rumpole of the Bailey Nigel Timson Episode: "Rumpole and the Barrow Boy"
1989 Behaving Badly Giles
1989–1990 Capital City Declan McConnochie
1992 A Fatal Inversion Adam 3 episodes
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Young Gerald Middleton 3 episodes
1994 Middlemarch Dr. Tertius Lydgate
Broken Lives Unknown TV film
Open Fire DC Peter Finch TV film
1994–1995 Screen Two Michael Cooper / Leslie Bliss / Tracey 3 episodes
1995 It Could Be You Bob TV film
1996 True Love James TV film
Only Fools and Horses Adult Damien Episode: "Heroes and Villains"
1997 The Uninvited Steve Blake
Rules of Engagement Moorhead TV film
1998 The Scold's Bridle Jack Blankeney 2 episodes
1999 Shockers: Dance Mike Swift TV film
2000 The Law DI Jack Raleigh TV film
The Canterbury Tales Unknown Episode: "The Journey Back"
Voice role
2001 The Way We Live Now Roger Carbury
The Russian Bride Eddie Brennan TV film
2001, 2003–2004 Red Cap Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Burns
2002 Blue Heelers Ray Barry Episode: "Private Lives"
2005 Spooks Gary Hicks Episode #4.5
2007 The Lift Paul Sykes TV film
Mansfield Park Sir Thomas Bertram TV film
The Whistleblowers DI Bell Episode: "Ghosts"
2009 Unforgiven Michael Belcombe 3 episodes
2010 Arena Various characters Episode: "Harold Pinter: A Celebration"
Skins Edward Jones Episode: "JJ"
Outnumbered Brick Episode: "The Restaurant"
2012 One Night Ted
Secret State Anthony Fossett 3 episodes
The Town Inspector Chris Franks
2015–2016 Penny Dreadful Bartholomew Rusk 13 episodes
2016 The Good Wife Damon Stryk Episode: "Tracks"
The Night Manager Rex Mayhew 5 episodes
Falling Water H. Robert Arnot, CEO White Sand Equity 5 episodes
2017 Death in Paradise Daniel Langham Episode: "Errupting in Murder"
Unforgotten Paul Nixon 4 episodes
Decline and Fall Grimes
Maigret in Montmartre Fred Alfonsi TV film
Black Mirror Rolo Haynes Episode: "Black Museum"
2017–2019 Catastrophe Douglas 7 episodes
2018 Elementary Sydney Place Episode: "Our Time Is Up"
Watergate Richard Nixon
2019 Curfew Tom Weston Episode #1.4
2019–2021 Lost in Space Alistair Hastings 6 episodes
2020 The Undoing Robert Adelman 2 episodes
2020–2023 The Great General Velementov
2022 I Hate Suzie Too Bailey Quinn Episode #2.1
2023 Extrapolations Hendricks 1 episode

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Reference
2001
Laurence Olivier Award
Best Actor in a Supporting Role The Caretaker Nominated [5]
2006 Best Actor in a Musical Guys and Dolls Nominated [26][5]
2009 La Cage aux Folles Won [14][5]
2010
Tony Award
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Won [5]
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Won [5]
Outer Critics Circle Award
Outstanding Actor in a Musical Won [5]
2012
Laurence Olivier Award
Best Actor Inadmissible Evidence Nominated [25][5]
2014
Whatsonstage.com Awards
Best Actor in a Musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Nominated [5]
Laurence Olivier Award
Best Actor in a Musical Nominated
2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series The Great Nominated

References

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  6. ^ "The Winter's Tale review". BritishTheatreGuide.info. 20 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Dumb Show". britishtheatreguide.info. 2004.
  8. ^ Fisher, Philip, "Guys and Dolls" Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine British Theatre Guide, 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2009
  9. ^ "Titus Andronicus". theguardian.com. 1 June 2006.
  10. ^ Thaxter, John, "See How They Run" Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine British Theatre Guide, 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2009
  11. ^ Austen, Jeremy, "See How They Run" Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Stage, 6 July 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2009
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  16. ^ "Cyrano de Bergerac". Roundabout Theatre Company. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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  22. ^ "London's Donmar Announces Absurdia Cast". Playbill. 21 June 2007. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  23. ^ "The week in theatre: Last Easter, Birmingham Rep – Jenufa, Arcola, London E8". The Guardian. 28 October 2007.
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  26. ^ a b "2006 Laurence Olivier Nominations Announced; Billy Elliot Leads Pack with Nine Nominations". Playbill. 18 January 2006.
  27. ^ "No dumb actor: Douglas Hodge has been nominated for Best Actor for his role". London Evening Standard. 10 April 2012.
  28. ^ "Broadway Newcomer Douglas Hodge Takes Home Tony for La Cage aux Folles". Broadway.com.
  29. ^ BWW News Desk. "Hodge Wins Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical for La Cage!". BroadwayWorld.com.
  30. ^ "Memphis, La Cage, Zeta-Jones, Finneran and More Are Outer Critics Circle Award Winners". Playbill. 17 May 2010.
  31. ^ "Menier La Cage Opens at West End's Playhouse Theatre Oct. 30". Playbill. 30 October 2008.
  32. ^ "Drama – Red Cap". BBC. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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  35. ^ "Patti LuPone and Douglas Hodge join Penny Dreadful season 2". Digital Spy. 8 September 2014.
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  37. ^ a b "Douglas Hodge: 'I almost had to head-butt Harold Pinter'". theguardian.com. 13 November 2019.
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  44. ^ "Elliott Hasler's 'Vindication Swim' Biopic Casts Douglas Hodge, James Wilby". variety.com. 28 January 2022.
  45. ^ Grobar, Matt (22 January 2024). "Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin, Ramón Rodríguez, Antony Starr & More Join G20, Viola Davis-Led Action Thriller From Amazon, MRC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

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