Michael Kitchen

His other roles at this time include Larner in the film Breaking Glass (1980),^[4] Rochus Misch in The Bunker (1981),^[3] Berkeley Cole in the film Out of Africa (1985),^[3] the King in To Play the King (1993), a performance for which he was nominated for a BAFTA,^[3] an English land agent during the Irish Famine in The Hanging Gale (1995), for which he won a Golden FIPA award in 1996, and a recurring role as Bill Tanner in the Bond films GoldenEye (1995)^[3] and The World Is Not Enough (1999).^[4]

His later films include

Kitchen is also a noted theatre actor. His roles have ranged from Ptolemy in Caesar and Cleopatra at the Belgrade Theatre in 1966, to Will in Howard Brenton's Magnificence at the Royal Court in 1973, to William Hogarth in Nick Dear's The Art of Success in 1986–87.^[11][12]

He played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet for the RSC at Stratford and was a member of the National Theatre Company and the Young Vic, where he played Iago in Othello. In 1974 he appeared at Laurence Olivier's National Theatre in the play Spring Awakening opposite Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Beryl Reid and Cyril Cusack. Later he appeared opposite Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, directed by Peter Hall.^[13] In 1981 he played Melchior, the manservant of Zangler, in Tom Stoppard's play On the Razzle.^[14] In 1984 he played the cabin steward Dvornicheck in Stoppard's play Rough Crossing.^[15][16]

Filmography

Film

Television

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