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Biographie

LINUS ROACHE

 

Date de naissance : 1er février 1964

Lieu de naissance : MANCHESTER 

Ville de résidence : (New York City-Lenox (Boston)

 

 

Linus Roache was born in Manchester, he was born in a family of artists his father is the famous English actor known for playing WILLIAM ROACHE years in the soap opera "THE CORONATION STREET". His mother named Anna CROPPER is also an actress. Parents divorce Linus then he is very young, the second of his union has a half-brother father and sisters. 

His career began at the age of eleven years in the famous British television series "THE CORONATION STREET".



 

The integration of theater by ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 

 

Linus grows and is principally engaged in theater for twenty years. On stage, where he addresses the entire directory of Shakespeare, because the actor is part of the SHAKESPEARE COMPANY troupe for 4 years, however, making a few appearances in film.

In 1995 his film career really starts with the film Priest, Antonia Bird. This role of priest torn between his vocation and his homosexuality and forced to choose between duty reserve imposed by the Catholic Church and a truth he must burst, made ​​him one of the most sought after leading men in Great Britain. However, if connects very quickly on the wings of a dove, based on the novel by Henry James, where he partners for Helena Bonham-Carter and Charlotte Rampling, he prefers to take the field and will spend nearly two years India. Upon his return, he decided to take his career on the triple edge of film, theater and television.
 

 

Cinema, seen alongside Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell in Mission evasion, Gregory Hoblit, and Angelina Jolie in Without Borders Martin Campbell and also with Swiss actor Vincent Perez in the movie A BALL HEART., it is worth quoting some of the best players of the year by the Scottish BAFTA, and Pandemonium, Julian Temple, where he plays the poet Samuel Coleridge, the Evening Standard Film Awards best Actor dedicated. 

 

On television, where he played Aaron in the new miniseries The Ten Commandments, he received the award for Best Supporting Role for The Gathering Storm, Richard Loncraine, where Albert Finney and Vanessa Redgrave interpret Winston and Clementine Churchill. Finally, he was quoted at the Golden Globes for Best Actor for his performance in RFK, Robert Dornhelm, where he plays the Minister of Justice (and brother of the President of the United States), Robert Kennedy. 

 

Seen in chronic Riddick, where he plays the Purifier face Vin Diesel, and Batman Begins, where he played Thomas Wayne, the father of Batman / Christian Bale. It replays in 2006 with VIN DIESEL in the movie Find me guilty Sydney Lumet selected at American Film Festival of Deauville.

In 2008 he landed his biggest role in the American television series New York police. He performed the first substitute Michael Cutter. 

In 2012, he is a character in the television series Titanic. The actor will be part of the season 2 of the series VIKINGS he played the role of Eckbert ROI WESSEX.

2010 - present

2010 - present

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