Kyle Soller

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Kyle Soller
Born 1983
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Occupation actor
Years active 2008–present
Spouse(s) Phoebe Fox

Kyle Soller (born 1983) is an American actor currently living in England following his training at RADA in London.[1] Having acted in various plays following his graduation in 2008, his breakthrough year came in 2011 where he starred in The Glass Menagerie at the Young Vic, The Government Inspector also at the Young Vic and in The Faith Machine at the Royal Court Theatre. Based on these performances he won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer.

In 2012 Soller starred in the West End hit A Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill with David Suchet, Laurie Metcalf and Trevor White at the Apollo Theatre, and in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Cyrano de Bergerac as Christian at the American Airlines Theatre in New York.[2] Soller is currently starring as Gaveston/Lightborn in Marlowe's Edward II at the Royal National Theatre, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins.

Soller has also recently been in BBC Three's comedy Bad Education as the new teacher Mr Schwimer.[3]

Filmography

TV

  • Bad Education - Series 2 Episode 2 (2013)

Films

Theatre

Year Title Character Production Notes
2011 The Faith Machine
by Alexi Kaye Campbell[4]		 Tom Royal Court Theatre won Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards*
2011 The Government Inspector
by Nikolai Gogol, version by David Harrower[5]		 Khlestakov Young Vic won Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards*
2010 The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams[6]		 Jim Young Vic won Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards*
2010 The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith, adaption by Phyllis Nagy 		Tom Ripley Royal & Derngate, Northampton
2008 The Beautiful People
by William Saroyan[7]		 Finborough Theatre

* he was awarded the prize for his performance in the three plays

Personal life

Soller is married to actress Phoebe Fox, whom he met at RADA. They live in London.

References

  1. ↑ "Introducing Kyle Soller", Official London Theatre, 2011 
  2. ↑ Roundabout Theatre Company. "Cyrano de Bergerac". Roundabout Theatre Company. Retrieved 06/11/2012. 
  3. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01f9lkn/Bad_Education_Series_2_The_American/
  4. ↑ "The Faith Machine", Royal Court, 2011 
  5. ↑ "The Government Inspector", The Young Vic, 2011 
  6. ↑ "The Glass Menagerie", The Young Vic, 2010 
  7. ↑ "The Beautiful People", The British Theatre Guide, 2008 
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