Character We're all just discussing the point and not playing games with each other. Lived in Ireland aged 3-9 . "Filling in the blanks". [10][17] The following year, he appeared at The Man In The Moon, a pub theatre in Chelsea, in Judgement, a two-hour monologue on cannibalism. [15] In 1990, he performed on Up Yer News, a live topical programme broadcast on BSB. A link to an external website Robert Bathurst is Keeping Us Abbey submitted by a fan of Downton Abbey. I … Robert Guy Bathurst was born in Accra, Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana), on 22 February 1957 to Philip Charles Metcalfe Bathurst, a descendant of politician Charles Bathurst and kinsman of the Earls Bathurst and Viscounts Bledisloe,[4][5][6] and his wife Gillian (née Debenham). After graduating, he took up acting full-time. He has made a regular appearance in Downton Abbey as Sir Anthony Strallan and on stage has starred in Alex – based on the comic in the Daily Telegraph – Whipping it Up and Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit and Present Laughter. [16] On stage, in 1998 he appeared in Michael Frayn's Alarms and Excursions and in 1999 in Hedda Gabler, which was his last theatre role for several years. Nov 22, 2012 - Robert Bathurst aka Sir Anthony Strallan from Downton Abbey. It does make the working practice easier. Downton Abbey Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. [27] In 2001, Bathurst appeared in the music video for Westlife's Comic Relief single "Uptown Girl". Strallan was keen on Lady Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael), and Edith returned his feelings, but a spiteful Mary dubiously planted doubt in his head resulting in him fleeing. Robert Bathurst (born as Robert Guy Bathurst on 22nd February, 1957; Accra, Ghana) is the actor who plays Sir Anthony Strallan in Downton Abbey. The opening night audience was made up of three people but after good reviews in the national press the audience grew to an average of fifteen. The part eventually went to Craig Charles but Bathurst was given a role in the first episode of the first series as Frank Todhunter, second officer on the ship, who is killed in the first ten minutes. His mother was a physiotherapist. He reprised the role for two more series in 2008 and 2009.[34]. Feb 5, 2013 - Robert Bathurst plays Sir Anthony Strallan in Downton Abbey TV series. Bathurst, Robert (7 March 2009). [15][16] He regards it as "the most demoralising" job he has ever had but was grateful for the theatre experience it gave him. In 1959 his family moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland and Bathurst attended school in Killiney and later was enrolled at Headfort, an Irish boarding school. Birthplace He had already appeared in a training video by director Geoff Posner and got the role of Henry by way of thanks. I adore it and cannot wait for the mext series. To research his role, he watched more Commons debates. [13] He took the Bar Vocational Course at the University of Law, in London, which allowed him to go on to become a practising barrister, but stuck to acting instead. Accuracy: A team of editors ... Robert Bathurst is probably best known for his role as David Marsden in 'Cold Feet', which ran on British television from 1998 until 2003. [10][15] Between roles, he worked as a television presenter for BBC East. Still dodgy in Confession . [26] In the Daily Telegraph, Charles Spencer described his role as Tesman as a "weird casting choice" but called his acting "a brave stab". [28] In 2006, Bathurst also appeared in an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot 2005 where he played Gilbert Entwhistle in After the Funeral. Between January and April 2010, Bathurst starred as Garry Essendine in a national touring revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter. [14] The role made him more widely recognisable and he often received prospective scripts that were "obvious rewrites of the character". [30] At the end of the year, he appeared opposite Richard Wilson in Whipping it Up, a play about whips in a fictional David Cameron government. The family lived in Ghana until 1959, when they moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland. "Why I'd never let my girls watch Cold Feet". https://downtonabbey.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Bathurst?oldid=51391. "The Jennifer Selway Interview: Robert Bathurst". Saved from images6.fanpop.com. Between 1991 and 1995, Bathurst also appeared on television in No Job for a Lady, The House of Eliott and The Detectives and on stage in The Choice, George Bernard Shaw's Getting Married at Chichester with Dorothy Tutin and Gogol's The Nose adapted by Alastair Beaton, which played in Nottingham and Bucharest. [12] He also directed and appeared in the Footlights pantomime Aladdin as Widow Twankey during the 1978–79 season. This engagement is broken off and during the war he is injured. Interview with Robert Bathurst (Sir Anthony), confirming that there will be a season three Christmas Special. Anthony Strallan Director Michael Blakemore advised him to turn this to his advantage, as he would not feel he had to live up to previous portrayals. [16], Bathurst reprised the role in the Cold Feet series, which ran for five years from 1998 to 2003. [15], While working on Up Yer News, Bathurst auditioned for a one-off television comedy called Joking Apart. Downton Abbey, 3.01 – Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) and Sir Anthony Strallan (Robert Bathurst) ©2012 Carnival Downton Abbey, 3.01 – Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery), Lady Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) and Anna (Joanne Froggatt) ©2012 Carnival [9] Bathurst and his brother attended two schools in Dublin – the Holy Child School in Killiney and a school in Ballsbridge – before being sent to Headfort, a preparatory school in Kells, County Meath. John Bates (52 episodes, 2010-2015) Michelle Dockery. [20] In 1989, he appeared in Malcolm Bradbury's Anything More Would Be Greedy for Anglia Television, playing Dennis Medlam, MP. In 1959 his family moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland and Bathurst attended school in Killiney and later was enrolled at Headfort, an Irish boarding school. In 2009, he made his third and final appearance as art dealer James Garrett in My Family. He was president of the Cambridge Footlights with his contemporaries Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie and he also appeared the music video for Westlife's Uptown Girl! [7][9], In 1966, the family moved to England and Bathurst was sent to board at Worth School in Sussex. [7], After leaving Cambridge, Bathurst spent a year touring Australia in the Footlights Revue Botham, The Musical, which he described as "a bunch of callow youths flying round doing press conferences and chat shows". The character was recast and downgraded when the series was commissioned as The Black Adder. Evelyn Napier (played by Brendan Patricks) is the son and heir of Viscount Branksome and a suitor for Lady Mary, but later becomes engaged to "one of the Semphill girls". Bathurst, Robert (4 December 2001). IMDB Profile [24] Like other cast members, Bathurst was able to suggest storylines as the series went on; one episode features David celebrating his fortieth birthday and Bathurst suggested the character could get a Harley-Davidson motorbike. [42], In 2019 Bathurst portrayed Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes, a recreation of three missing episodes of the BBC comedy Dad's Army. Robert Guy Bathurst (born 22 February 1957) is an English actor. At the age of 18, he read law at Pembroke College, Cambridge and joined the Cambridge Footlights group. So its a greater risk and there's no hiding". Episode 1.05 to Episode 3.03 On television in 2010, Bathurst starred as Percy Hamleigh in the German-Canadian miniseries The Pillars of the Earth and had a recurring role as widower Sir Anthony Strallan in the period drama Downton Abbey. English actor. PBS/ITV Lavinia Swire (Season 2) Iain Glen. [44][45] Bathurst said he jumped at the opportunity: “It’s so obviously a good idea, and appealingly odd. After Joking Apart concluded, he was cast as pompous management consultant David Marsden in the ITV comedy drama Cold Feet, which ran for five series from 1998 to 2003 and again for four further series from 2016 to 2020.[2][3]. Bathurst appreciated the opportunity to bring some depth to a previously one-dimensional character, but was more impressed with the storylines that came out of the affair, rather than the affair itself: "It was the deception, the guilt and the recrimination rather than the actual affair, which was neither interesting nor remarkable". ". Lady Edith Crawley (52 episodes, 2010-2015) Jim Carter. Written by. [20] Bathurst is often recognised for his appearance in this series, mentioning that "Drunks stop me on public transport and tell me details of the plot of their favourite episode". He watched debates in the House of Commons to prepare for the role but did not base his portrayal on Tony Blair. 17/07/2018 ITV. 60-year-old actor Robert Bathurst has starred in Downton Abbey and now he's in series seven of Cold Feet. [15] Bathurst got the part and the pilot of Joking Apart was broadcast as an installment of the BBC 2 Comic Asides strand. At the age of 18, he read law at Pembroke College, Cambri… Ten years later, Bathurst was invited to reprise the role when a storyline in the series allowed former characters to return, but filming commitments prevented him from appearing. [19], He continued to make minor appearances in television throughout the 1980s; in 1987, he auditioned for the role of Dave Lister in the BBC North science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf. He also filmed a role in The Wind in the Willows (Terry Jones, 1996) as St John Weasel. Although only thirteen episodes were made (between 1991 and 1995), the role remains Bathurst's favourite of his whole career. The play ran at the Arts Theatre between October and November 2007 and featured Bathurst interacting with other characters projected onto a screen behind him. Robert Bathurst has been in 4 on-screen matchups, including Hermione Norris in Cold Feet (1997), Laura Carmichael in Downton Abbey (2010), Jodhi May in Emma (2009) and Sarah Parish in The Pillars of the Earth (2010). See also. [10], Bathurst left Worth at the age of 18 to read law at Pembroke College, Cambridge. [23] Granada paid for him to take motorcycle lessons and a test. Hugh Bonneville stars as her son, the stoic, unflappable Lord Crawley. Bathurst believes that his "ludicrous audition" was only "an arm-twisting exercise" because the producers wanted to pressure Timothy Dalton to take the role by telling him they were still auditioning other actors. In 1996, while appearing in The Rover at the Salisbury Playhouse, Bathurst got an audition for the Granada Television comedy pilot Cold Feet. Bathurst was born in Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. Robert Guy Bathurst is an English actor. [35] He also played the role of Mr Weston in the BBC costume drama Emma, which was broadcast in October 2009 on BBC One. Possible spoilers! [24] He turned them down, preferring to play a "good person", which would be more interesting from a dramatic point of view. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [15] His first role for television came in 1982, when he appeared as Prince Henry in the unaired pilot episode of Blackadder. PBS/ITV Sir Richard Carlisle (Season 2) Shirley MacLaine. Smurthwaite, Nick (11 October 2006). To a large extent, this vow is realised in the second series.[21]. "It's their loss (but our pain)". [32] He reprised the role in an international tour from September to November 2008, playing in Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai. [26], Between 1998 and 2003, he made television appearances in Goodbye, Mr Steadman (2001), starring opposite Caroline Quentin as a shy and unassuming teacher who has been declared dead after one of his pupils erases all computer records relating to him and in the adaptation of White Teeth (2002). [10] He had first become interested in acting when his family saw a pantomime at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin and he watched actors waiting for their cues in the wings. Lady Mary Crawley (52 episodes, 2010-2015) Joanne Froggatt. Convent school . He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–12). he joined the National Theatre in 1984, where he appeared as a background actor in Saint Joan. In 2006, he played Mark Thatcher in Coup!, a dramatisation of the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea. PBS/ITV Harold Levinson (Season 4) Cara Theobold. [23] As punishment for arriving late for the series one press launch at the Café Royal in Regent Street, London, writer Steven Moffat pledged to write an episode in which Mark is naked throughout. Bathurst "wobbled, missed the camera and crashed into the pavement", leading director Simon Delaney to exclaim it was the funniest thing he had ever seen. Aged 13 decided he wanted to be an actor . [7][8] They had two other children, Nicholas and Charlotte. By Anna Tyzack. PBS/ITV Sir Anthony Strallan (Seasons 1, 2 & 3) Zoe Boyle. Birthday Accra, Ghana Showing all 1 items Jump to: Photos (1) Photos . Topic. Cold Feet and Downton Abbey actor Robert Bathurst tells Metro why his new play proves poetry can be fun by Andrew Williams Published February 28, 2020 Published Feb 28, 2020 COLD Feet star Robert Bathurst has been getting puzzled looks about his latest stage show Love, Loss And Chianti — an adaptation of two books in verse by poet Christopher Reid and accompanied by animation. On the day before taking his test, the filming of a scene where David takes off on his new bike was scheduled. Best known for playing David Marsden in ITV's Cold Feet, Robert Bathurst has also stared in Toast of London, Downton Abbey, My Dad's the Prime Minister, Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes. Alex tour: Getting Brezhnev to smile would have been easier, "Q&A: Dermot Dix, headmaster, Headfort School, Kells, Co. 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"Yes. In 1966, the family moved to England and Bathurst transferred to Worth School in Sussex, where he took up amateur dramatics. ROBERT Bathurst was one of the original stars of award-winning drama Cold Feet when it burst onto screens way back in 1998. Appearances Also in 2005, he played Mr Sesseman in an adaptation of Heidi and Dottore Massimo in The Thief Lord.[23]. Robert Bathurst at the Internet Movie Database Follow . [29] In 2005, the second series of My Dad's the Prime Minister was broadcast, now moved to a Friday night time slot to take advantage of the adult humour. It brings Jeffrey Bernard’s journalism on to the stage, his own version of himself, not necessarily how others saw him.” He added: “It’s a brilliantly funny, sour and surprisingly moving manifesto for the right of people to destroy their liver and wallet in any way they choose.”[46], Bathurst met artist Victoria Threlfall through mutual friends and they married in 1985. People similar to or like Robert Bathurst. A link to an external website Robert Bathurst is Keeping Us Abbey Abgeschickt Von a Fan of Downton Abbey. He had not seen The Three Sisters before starring in it. dam-images-resources-2012-03-downton-abbey-downton-abbey-design-sets-01.jpg ... Pictured here is a scene in the drawing room with Sir Anthony Strallan, played by Robert Bathurst… PBS/ITV Martha Levinson (Seasons 3 & 4) Paul Giamatti. Downton Abbey (2010–2015) Robert Bathurst: Sir Anthony Strallan. Using his fame from the show as … Iain Glen played Sir Richard Carlisle and Trevor White played Patrick Gordon in Series Two. Ep. He has an idea of re-filming the sequences 'now', as his older self, to give them a more retrospective feeling. I adore it and cannot wait for the mext series. Robert Bathurst in 'Downton Abbey' Photo: NOBBY CLARK. He supplemented his stage roles in the 1980s with television roles, appearing in comedies such as the aborted pilot episode of Blackadder, Chelmsford 123, The Lenny Henry Show and the first episode of Red Dwarf. Wikipedia. He made his professional stage debut in 1983, playing Tim Allgood in Michael Frayn's Noises Off, which ran for a year at the Savoy Theatre. [16] He described the character of David as an "emotional cripple", originally with little depth. Aged 9 moved to England . On Downton Abbey, a decade has passed ... (Robert Bathurst) left Edith at the altar. Bathurst appeared as sitcom writer Mark Taylor in the series. [14] After leaving, he found that he was considered a dilettante, which resulted in it taking him longer than expected to be accepted as a serious actor. Downton Abbey star Robert Bathurst wants his character to return for the movie "The rat should come back!" Feb 5, 2013 - Robert Bathurst plays Sir Anthony Strallan in Downton Abbey TV series .. [38][39] In 2011 he starred as John Le Mesurier in the Hattie Jacques biopic Hattie,[40] and joined the cast of the long-running ITV drama Wild at Heart.[41]. [21] He has also said that he believes Mark was too "designery" and wishes that he had "roughened him up a bit". Downton abbey is yet another fascinating British period which shines for the brilliance of the cast ,the authenticity of the setting and costumes and the intriguing story of a part of English society that has virtually disappeated and how this particular family endeavours to come to terms with the inevitable changes that are taking place. Full Cast & Crew: Downton Abbey (2010–2015) Series Cast (337) Hugh Bonneville. [26] After its run concluded, a special edition of The Three Sisters was filmed with the same cast for television broadcast on BBC Four. English actor. In 1959 his family moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland and Bathurst attended school in Killiney and later was enrolled at Headfort, an Irish boarding school. He accepted the part because it was "funny, plausible, plausibly absurd and cruel" and he liked that it was a translation from an original French play. [15], Bathurst's professional stage debut came the next year when he joined the second cast of Michael Frayn's Noises Off at the Savoy Theatre. He had not seen Present Laughter before, though had seen several Coward plays in his 20s and did not imitate Coward's speech patterns while performing. As Bathurst went into the audition room, his colleague was leaving and told Bathurst he would "break his legs" if he got the part, a threat that seemed not to be "entirely jocular". 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