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Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce plays Cardinal Wolsey

"Thomas Cromwell... A man of many talents"

Wolf Hall, based on the novels by Hilary Mantel, starts 21 January at 9pm on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two.

Jonathan Pryce, CBE is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning actor of stage and screen. His extensive theatre work includes Comedians in London and on Broadway, for which he won a Tony Award; Hamlet, in London, for which he received an Olivier Award; and Miss Saigon, in which he starred on both sides of the Atlantic, winning further Olivier and Tony awards. Most recently, Pryce produced landmark performances as Davies in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker in London and New York, and as the title role in King Lear at the Almeida Theatre, London.

Pryce's diverse film work includes lauded performances in Something Wicked This Way Comes, Brazil, Glengarry Glen Ross, Carrington (for which he won the Cannes Film Festival and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actor), Evita and roles in successful blockbusters including Tomorrow Never Dies, the Pirates of the Caribbean series and the G.I. Joe films.

Recent screen work includes Dough, The Salvation, Listen Up Philip, by Alex Ross Perry, and two major roles for television: as Cardinal Wolsey in Wolf Hall, and as the new character of High Sparrow in the fantasy drama, Game of Thrones. Other recent television work includes Cranford: Return to Cranford, for which he received an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama.

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