Hugh Ross (actor)

Hugh Ross (born 28 April 1945) is a Scottish actor, with a wide variety of British TV, film and theatre credits. He is known for his supporting roles in the films Trainspotting and Bronson; and for his performances as Major Mungo Munro in the Sharpe TV series, and as Narcisse in Clive Barker’s Nightbreed.

Biography

Career

Ross was born in Glasgow, where his parents were both doctors. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy, an independent school, followed by the University of St Andrews. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Ross began his career in repertory all over England. He played Romeo (1971) at the Open-air Theatre in Regent’s Park; Jaques in As You Like It (1990) for the Royal Shakespeare Company; and Dr Brooks in Lady in the Dark (1997) at the National Theatre. In 1997, he was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his performance in Stephen Sondheim’s Passion at the Queen’s Theatre in London’s West End. His performance as Malvolio in Cheek by Jowl’s Twelfth Night (1987) won the Time Out Performer Award.^[1] In 2010, he played Polonius in Hamlet at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, with John Simm;^[2] and in 2013, Duncan in Macbeth with James McAvoy at the Trafalgar Studios in London.

Hugh is a member of the Associate committee of RADA. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art^[3]

TV and filmography

References

External links

• Official Site: Hugh Ross
• Hugh Ross at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Hugh Ross
• Interview with Hugh Ross on his role in Counter-Measures
• Catalogue of Hugh Ross' work with Big Finish
• The Daily Telegraph review of Plague over England 2009
• Production details of Twelfth Night 2014
• The Guardian review of Twelfth Night 2014