Jonathan Cullen

Jonathan Cullen is an English actor.

Personal life

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1960, Cullen was son to Tony Cullen, a founding member of the Northern Sinfonia. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, and went on to take a French and Philosophy degree at New College, Oxford. Despite his involvement with the Oxford University Dramatic Society and acting in thirteen productions during his time at New College, he graduated with honours in 1982.^[1]

Career

After graduating at Oxford, he went on to train for a career in drama at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, leaving in May 1995 to appear at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, making his professional debut. Alongside his acting career, Cullen also now works as a director and as a teacher at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, the American Conservatory Theater School in San Francisco, and the British American Drama Academy also in London.

Theatre

Cullen's work in theatre includes: Market Boy,^[2][3][4] Albert Speer,^[5][6] Ghetto,^[7] Fuente Ovejuna, Bartholomew Fair and The Strangeness of Others at the National Theatre, London; Tis Pity She's a Whore and A Woman Killed with Kindness for the RSC; Nightsongs,^[8] Under the Blue Sky,^[9][10] Our Late Night,^[11][12] Rafts and Dreams Talking to Terrorists^[13] and Gibraltar Strait/Falkland Sound at the Royal Court, London; Our Country's Good^[14] for Out of Joint at the Young Vic, London; Grace Note at the Old Vic, London; Chatsky at the Almeida Theatre, London; Dr Faustus at Greenwich Theatre, London; Morning and Evening at Hampstead Theatre, London; The Master and Margarita, Nathan the Wise and The Seagull at the Chichester Festival Theatre; Goodbye Gilbert Harding^{[15][16][17][18]} at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth and on tour; The Merchant of Venice at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; Venice Preserv'd at the Royal Exchange; Vieux Carré at Nottingham Playhouse; Desire Under the Elms^[19] for Shared Experience; Equus,^[20][21][22] Feelgood^[23][24] and The Clandestine Marriage^[25] in the West End. He has recently appeared in Happy Now?, a new play by Lucinda Coxon, and in Love the Sinner at the National Theatre, London.

Television

His TV credits include: Ghostboat, Why We Went to War,^[26] Midsomer Murders and Dalziel and Pascoe.

Film

Cullen's film appearances include: Poppy Shakespeare, Fred Claus,^[27] Finding Neverland^[28] and Velvet Goldmine.^[29]

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