| Robert Perkins | |
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| Born | Robert Perkins Swansea, Britain |
| Occupation | Actor Theatre Director Film Producer |
| Years active | 1997 - present |
| Website | |
| http://www.robertperkinsvoice.com/ | |
Robert Perkins (born 1966) is a British actor, theatre director, TV director and film director.
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Perkins was born in 1966 at Swansea. He trained at St. Mary's University College (Twickenham), and in London at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (now the Central School of Speech and Drama).
Perkins began his career in 1997 playing Sgt. Ray Steele in THE BILL, appearing in this Thames Television drama for three years. Since then he has appeared in numerous programmes including Casualty, Holby City, Rosemary and Tyme, Midsomer Murders. In 1999 Perkins appeared in Guiding Star at the Royal National Theatre, London. In 2000 he made his first appearance at Theatr Clywd, playing Victor in Private Lives. His association with Theatr Clywd lasted ten years, concluding with his one-man adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol in 2009-10, which was well reviewed in The Stage.[1]
Perkins's film debut was in 2001, when he appeared in the short film Close Encounter, made by Albion Films and directed by Eugene Grobler. In 2005 he appeared in the American romantic comedy drama The Upside of Anger along with Kevin Costner.
In 2006 Perkins set up Carpe Momento Ltd as a vehicle for his stage productions. The first of these productions was A Christmas Carol, staged at Hampton Court Palace and Theatr Clwyd. In 2008 his association with Private Lives continued with his producing and directing the play at Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace. In 2010 Perkins produced and directed a short film, The Waiting Room, starring Flora Montgomery and Dominic Mafham. The film, based on a novel of the same name by F. G. Cottam, was made as a curtain-raiser for a full-length film with the same name.