Edward Baker-Duly

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edward Baker-Duly is a South African actor who works in the UK.

Biography

He was born in Stockholm, Sweden but moved to South Africa where he acted in television and theatre, later moving to the United Kingdom to work.

His television work includes playing no-nonsense sports master Chris Malachay in the long-running BBC school drama, Grange Hill, from 2003-2006. Previously he had played Joe Fisher, the Australian partner of gay builder Jason Kirk, in the ITV1 soap Emmerdale. He completed filming Botched alongside Stephen Dorff in 2006, and more recently played the entrepreneur Hermann Hauser in the BBC comedy drama show Micro Men. In December 2010 he played Joachim von Ribbentrop in the BBC Wales/Masterpiece reprisal of Upstairs, Downstairs.

In theatre he has appeared in "West Side Story" directed by Arthur Laurents, "South Pacific", directed by Trevor Nunn and originated the role of Ashley Wilkes in Trevor Nunn's West End musical adaptation of Gone With The Wind in 2008. he has also appeared in Rookery Nook at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

He created the role of the Tin Man in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End production of The Wizard of Oz.^[1] He also portrays Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmhand, Hickory, who is the Tin Man's Kansas Counterpart.

In 2013 he moved to New York, where he and his family now reside, and appeared in the Off-Broadway production of Peter And The Starcatcher.

References

↑ Hannah Waddingham, Paul Keating and More Cast in London Palladium's New Wizard of Oz

Persondata
Name	Baker-Duly, Edward
Alternative names
Short description	South African actor
Date of birth
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.