Conleth Hill
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Conleth Hill at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International | |
| Born |
Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill 24 November 1964 Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Awards |
Olivier Award for Best Actor 2001 Stones in His Pockets |
Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill (born 24 November 1964) is a Northern Irish film, stage and television actor. He has performed on stage in productions in the United Kingdom and the United States. He won the 2001 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and has received two Tony Award nominations. He is best known for his role as Varys in the HBO series Game of Thrones.[1]
Early life
Conleth Hill was born in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[2] He had an older brother who works as a cameraman, a sister who is a producer, and a younger brother, Ronan, a sound engineer who has won three Emmy Awards for his sound mixing on Game of Thrones.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Conleth Hill graduated from the acting program of Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1988.[9]
Career
Hill made his Broadway debut in Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets. He played German professor Max Staefel in a 2002 television adaptation of Goodbye, Mr Chips (2002). He played "Mum" to Peter Kay's character "Geraldine McQueen" in Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice, a spoof on the talent show genre of programmes.
Since April 2011, he has appeared as Lord Varys in the television series Game of Thrones, based on the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. Martin hinted, in a February 2013 post on his website, that he thought Hill would be a good choice to play the title character in a TV show based on Martin's science fiction novel Tuf Voyaging.[10] He appeared in the second episode of the second series of Peter Kay's Car Share as Elsie, the drunk deli counter supervisor.
Personal life
Hill maintains a full head of hair when he is on hiatus from Game of Thrones, which he is required to shave during filming.[11]
Hill has never been married.[12]
Filmography
Film
| Year(s) | Film | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Whatever Works | Brockman | |
| 2009 | Perrier's Bounty | Russ | |
| 2011 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Bernard Sugden | |
| 2011 | The Shore | Paddy | Short film |
| 2012 | Keith Lemon: The Film | Delivery Man | |
| 2014 | Serena | Dr. Chaney | Uncredited |
| 2015 | A Patch of Fog | Sandy Duffy |
Television
| Year(s) | Series | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Boon | Second Pupil | Episode: "Honourable Service" |
| 1988–1995 | Casualty | Theo/Rob | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Medics | Liam McGuinness | Episode: "Niall" |
| 1992 | Screen One | Neil | Episode: "Trust Me" |
| 1992–1994 | Blue Heaven | Roache | 7 episodes |
| 1993 | The Bill | Michael White | Episode: "Hard Evidence" |
| 1995 | Crown Prosecutor | Neville Osborn | |
| 2000 | Meaningful Sex | Carl | TV short |
| 2002 | Goodbye Mr. Chips | Max Staefel | TV movie |
| 2007 | The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | Jared | 6 episodes |
| 2011–present | Game of Thrones | Varys | 38 episodes |
| 2013 | Suits | Edward Darby | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Steve | Episode: "Tom & Gerri" |
| 2015 | Foyles War | Sir Ian Woodhead | Episode: "Elise" |
| 2015 | Arthur & George | Sergeant Upton | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Reverend Anthony Huxley | Episode "Playing With Fire" |
| 2017 | Peter Kay's Car Share | Elsie | Season 2 Episode 2 |
Radio
| Date | Title | Role | Author | Director | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 December 2000 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Moss Hart and George S Kaufman adapted for radio by Marcy Kahan |
Ned Chaillet | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 7 November 2002 | Tricycles | Colin Teevan | Toby Swift | BBC Radio 3 The Wire | |
| 18 February 2004 | The Travels of Marco Polo | Philip Palmer | Toby Swift | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play | |
| 24 April 2012 | The Biggest Issues[13] | Jerry Cartwright | Annie McCartney | Eoin O'Callaghan | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama |
Theatre
Stage productions
- Uncle Vanya as Uncle Vanya, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- All's Well that Ends Well as Parolles, National Theatre (London) (2009)
- Philistines as Teterev, National Theatre (London) (2007)
- The Producers as Roger DeBris, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London)
- The Seafarer, as Ivan Curry, National Theatre (London); Booth Theatre (New York)
- Democracy, National Theatre (London)
- Stones in His Pockets, Lyric Theatre (Belfast); Gaiety Theatre (Dublin); Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh); Tricycle, New Ambassadors, Duke of York's (London); Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto); Golden Theater, (New York)
- Shoot the Crow, Trafalgar Studios (London); Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester)
- Endgame, Prime Cut (Belfast)
- After Darwin, Prime Cut (Dublin and Belfast)
- The Chance, Prime Cut (Belfast)
- Criminal Genius, Prime Cut (Belfast)
- The Suicide, Communicado (Scotland)
- Tall Tales, Communicado (Scotland)
- Playboy of the Western World, Communicado (Scotland)
- Juno and the Paycock, Royal Lyceum (Edinburgh)
- Shining Souls, Old Vic (London)
- School for Wives, Arts Theatre (Belfast)
- Too Late to Talk to Billy, Arts Theatre (Belfast)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, Arts Theatre (Belfast)
- Northern Star, Field Day/Tinderbox
- Conversations on a Homecoming, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- Waiting for Godot, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- A Whistle in the Dark, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- Little Shop of Horrors, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- The Iceman Cometh, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- The Importance of Being Earnest, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- Christmas Eve Can Kill You, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- Playboy of the Western World, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
- The Cherry Orchard, as Lopakhim, National Theatre, London, 2011
- Quartermaine's Terms, as Henry, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 2013
- Macbeth, as Macbeth, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, 2016
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, as George, Harold Pinter Theatre, London, 2017[14]
Awards and nominations
- Olivier Awards, for Stones in His Pockets, and for The Producers
- Irish Times, for Stones in His Pockets
- Critics' Circle, for Stones in His Pockets
- 2001 Drama Desk Award, Special Award, Stones in His Pockets
- Theatre League, for Stones in His Pockets
- Whatsonstage, for Stones in His Pockets
- Dora Awards, for Stones in His Pockets
- 2001 Tony Award nomination, for Stones in His Pockets
- 2008 Tony Award nomination, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, The Seafarer[15]
- 2008 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, The Seafarer
- 2011 – 2016 Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
References
- ↑ "Carice van Houten heads back to Westeros, and new photos from Lokrum and Moneyglass". Watchers on the Wall. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ Editorial Staff (10 January 2005). "20 Questions With…Conleth Hill". whatsonstage. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "Ballycastle's Ronan Hill wins his third Emmy award for work on Game of Thrones - The Irish News". irishnews.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ↑ "Interview: Ronan Hill, Game of Thrones production sound mixer". audiomediainternational.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ↑ "Ronan Hill | Television Academy". emmys.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ↑ "Emmy Award success for local Game of Thrones sound crew - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ↑ "Third consecutive CAS Award for Game of Thrones Sound Mixer Ronan Hill | The Irish Film & Television Network". iftn.ie. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ↑ "Ronan Hill wins fourth consecutive Cinema Audio Society award". northernirelandscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ↑ "Guildhall School News" (PDF). Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ "Not A Blog – Tuf Returns". livejournal.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "'Game of Thrones': Conleth Hill Doesn't Get Recognized". Access Hollywood. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ ""Your Favorite "Game of Thrones" Scene-Stealer Is Stepping into The Spotlight"". BuzzFeedNews. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 – Afternoon Drama, The Biggest Issues". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/harold-pinter-theatre/#overview_tab
- ↑ 2008 Tony Award Nominations. The New York Times, 13 May 2008.
External links
- Conleth Hill on IMDb