| Robert Neal Marshall | |
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Robert Neal Marshall 2006 |
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| Born | May 30, 1960 Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Occupation | Actor, filmmaker |
| Years active | 1978–present |
Robert Neal Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but grew up in New York City and Englewood, New Jersey. His acting career extends over twenty years, in the theatre and television.
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His mother is Broadway and television actress turned photographer Bette Marshall (née Lieb) and his father by adoption in 1977 is Entertainment Law attorney Paul G. Marshall. His birth father is retired Maryland attorney Nolan Rogers. Robert's Grandfather, Jack H. Lieb, was a Newsreel Cameraman famous for filming Charles Lindbergh's take off for Paris in 1927 and for his rare color films of the D-Day invasion onto the beaches of Normandy and the Liberation of Paris during World War II which are in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.[1]
Marshall is an actor, writer, producer, and director who started off working in the West End of London as assistant to late producer and theatrical agent Richard Armitage on several hit shows, including Me and My Girl with Robert Lindsay and Emma Thompson, High Society with Natasha Richardson, The Entertainer with Peter Bowles, and Rowan Atkinson’s one man show A New Review. While in London, Robert produced and directed the successful West End debut of Is There Life After High School? at the Donmar Warehouse.
Back in the United States, as a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors' Lab, Robert met and collaborated with composer Tim Battle from Boys Choir of Harlem. Together they adapted Diane Stanley's Award winning book Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter into a children’s musical that has been presented to critical acclaim in the prestigious Assembly Rooms at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. as part of their Saturday Morning Series,[2] and recently for Theatre IV,[3] the State Children’s Theatre of Virginia, with plans for a UK Tour.
Robert has served as Tour Manager for Rain Pryor's one woman show Fried Chicken and Latkes[4] and recently produced a workshop production of After All, a new one woman show starring Tony Award nominated actress Anita Gillette.[5]
A member of Dramatists Guild, Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA, and Actors Equity, Robert has appeared in leading roles on several major stage, television and film projects, most recently as Captain Richard Phillips in Somali Pirate Takedown: The Real Story for Discovery Channel. Other leading roles include FDNY Captain Jay Jonas in the Emmy Award-nominated Countdown to Ground Zero for the History Channel and a recurring role as John Zaffis in A Haunting for the Discovery Channel. Stage work includes both the Off-Broadway and Baltimore Hippodrome productions of Ken Davenport's hit interactive comedy The Awesome 80s Prom as the overbearing Principal Snelgrove.[6]
Robert is a Guest Speaker on board the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2 as part of the Cunard Insights Enrichment Programme.[7] His DVD documentary Three Queens: An International Rendezvous was released in November 2008 to coincide with the final journey of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 and is available for sale in the book shops on board both Cunard ships as well as on Amazon.com and via 3queensDVD.com.[8] Robert currently has a new documentary project Mr. Ocean Liner[9] about the life and times of maritime historian and author William H. Miller, which had its grand premiere aboard Queen Mary 2 on 1 July 2010.[10]