Paul Clarkson

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Paul Clarkson is an English actor, theatre director and teacher. He was born and educated in Worcester.

He won the 1984 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Howard Goodall's The Hired Man and starred in the European premiere of A Man of No Importance at The Union Theatre Southwark and The Arts Theatre London.^[1]

References

↑ Shenton, Mark (17 October 2009). "Olivier Winner Paul Clarkson to Star in London Premiere of A Man of No Importance". Playbill. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

v t e Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical (1979–2000)

Anton Rodgers (1979) Denis Quilley (1980) Michael Crawford (1981) Roy Hudd (1982) Denis Lawson (1983) Paul Clarkson (1984) Robert Lindsay (1985) Michael Crawford (1986) John Bardon and Emil Wolk (1987) Con O'Neill (1988) Jonathan Pryce (1989) Philip Quast (1991) Alan Bennett (1992) Henry Goodman (1993) Alun Armstrong (1994) John Gordon Sinclair (1995) Adrian Lester (1996) Robert Lindsay (1997) Philip Quast (1998) Jody Abrahams / Loukmaan Adams / Mandisa Bardill / Junaid Booysen / Salie Daniels / Alistair Izobell (1999) Simon Russell Beale (2000)

Complete list (1979–2000) (2001–2025)

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Name	Clarkson, Paul
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Short description	Trained at LAMDA. In 1984 he won the Laurence Olivier Award as Actor of the Year in a Musical playing John Tallentire in 'The Hired Man' by Howard Goodall and Melvyn Bragg at The Astoria Theatre London. He also created the role of Harry Bright in the original production of 'Mamma Mia' at The Prince Edward Theatre and has recently played Paul Kincaid in a National tour of 'House of Ghosts' a new Inspector Morse mystery and Michael Ruskin in ‘Special Occasions’ at The Mill at Sonning, both directed by Robin Herford. Other theatre work includes: Alfie Byrne in the European Premiere of 'A Man of No Importance' at the Union Theatre Southwark and the Arts Theatre London. Dave in the world premiere of 'Promises and Lies' (Birmingham Rep). Hamp in 'For King and Country' (Greenwich Theatre) 'Working Class Hero', 'The Hired Man', 'Venetian Twins', (Nuffield Southampton). ‘Down The Dock Road' (Chester Gateway). Mephistopheles in ‘Doctor Faustus’, Captain Plume in 'The Recruiting Officer' and Lieutenant Clark in 'Our Country's Good' (Swan Worcester). TV includes: Two years as Zoe and Archie’s Dad Graham Carpenter in 'Hollyoaks', Keith Nicholl in two series of 'The Manageress' for Channel 4, Mr Christian in three series of 'Trippers Day' for ITV, 'Outnumbered', 'Christmas Bedtime', 'Heartbeat', 'Macallum', 'Kavanagh QC', 'Kiss Me Kate', 'Eleven Men Against Eleven', 'Underworld', 'Drop The Dead Donkey', 'Dream Team', 'Home is the Sailor', 'Anna Lee', 'Class Act', 'Doctors', 'Casualty', 'The Bill' and 'Crossroads'. Radio includes: Gavin in two series of 'Any Bloke' by Gary Brown, Alex Wiltshire in one series of 'Saplings', 'The Archers', 'The Climb', 'The Waterloo Model', 'Poseidon's Gold', 'Gilbert Without Sullivan', 'Julie and the Prince', 'The Bribery Warehouse' and ‘The Music Teacher’. Paul is also a director and teacher, having been Assistant Director at the Swan Theatre Worcester, Associate Director at Derby Playhouse, Head of Drama at Pangbourne College Berkshire, Course Director of the BA (Hons) Acting course at Birmingham School of Acting and more recently, guest lecturer and director at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Date of birth	16th May 1959
Place of birth	Worcester
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