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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3" title="ألان باتس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ألان باتس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3" title="آلن بیتس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آلن بیتس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%B8" title="অ্যালান বেট্‌স – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অ্যালান বেট্‌স" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%81" title="Алън Бейтс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Алън Бейтс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%82" title="Άλαν Μπέιτς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άλαν Μπέιτς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3" title="آلن بیتس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آلن بیتس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A8%EB%9F%B0_%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4%EC%B8%A0" title="앨런 베이츠 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="앨런 베이츠" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A1" title="אלן בייטס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אלן בייטס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ალან ბეიტსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ალან ბეიტსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%84" title="アラン・ベイツ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アラン・ベイツ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%81,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Бейтс, Алан – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бейтс, Алан" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Alan Bates" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;">Sir</div><div class="fn">Alan Bates</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_Bates.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alan_Bates.jpg/220px-Alan_Bates.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alan_Bates.jpg/330px-Alan_Bates.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alan_Bates.jpg/440px-Alan_Bates.jpg 2x" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="561" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Bates in 1975</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Alan Arthur Bates</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1934-02-17</span>)</span>17 February 1934<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Allestree" title="Allestree">Allestree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 December 2003<span style="display:none">(2003-12-27)</span> (aged 69)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">London, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art" title="Royal Academy of Dramatic Art">Royal Academy of Dramatic Art</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1956–2003</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2, including <a href="/wiki/Benedick_Bates" title="Benedick Bates">Benedick</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Alan Arthur Bates</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span> (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor who came to prominence in the <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Kingdom#The_1960s" title="Cinema of the United Kingdom">1960s</a>, when he appeared in films ranging from <i><a href="/wiki/Whistle_Down_the_Wind_(film)" title="Whistle Down the Wind (film)">Whistle Down the Wind</a></i> to the "<a href="/wiki/Kitchen_sink_realism" title="Kitchen sink realism">kitchen sink" drama</a> <i><a href="/wiki/A_Kind_of_Loving_(film)" title="A Kind of Loving (film)">A Kind of Loving</a></i>. </p><p>He is also known for his performance with <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Quinn" title="Anthony Quinn">Anthony Quinn</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek_(film)" title="Zorba the Greek (film)">Zorba the Greek</a></i>, as well as his roles in <i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Hearts_(1966_film)" title="King of Hearts (1966 film)">King of Hearts</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Girl" title="Georgy Girl">Georgy Girl</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd_(1967_film)" title="Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)">Far From the Madding Crowd</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fixer_(1968_film)" title="The Fixer (1968 film)">The Fixer</a></i>, for which he received an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Academy Award nomination for Best Actor</a>. In 1969, he starred in the <a href="/wiki/Ken_Russell" title="Ken Russell">Ken Russell</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Love_(film)" title="Women in Love (film)">Women in Love</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Reed" title="Oliver Reed">Oliver Reed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glenda_Jackson" title="Glenda Jackson">Glenda Jackson</a>. </p><p>Bates went on to star in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Go-Between_(1971_film)" title="The Go-Between (1971 film)">The Go-Between</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/An_Unmarried_Woman" title="An Unmarried Woman">An Unmarried Woman</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Nijinsky_(film)" title="Nijinsky (film)">Nijinsky</a></i> and in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_(film)" title="The Rose (film)">The Rose</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a>, as well as many television dramas, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mayor_of_Casterbridge_(TV_series)" title="The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV series)">The Mayor of Casterbridge</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter" title="Harold Pinter">Harold Pinter</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Collection_(play)" title="The Collection (play)">The Collection</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Voyage_Round_My_Father" title="A Voyage Round My Father">A Voyage Round My Father</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/An_Englishman_Abroad" title="An Englishman Abroad">An Englishman Abroad</a></i> (as <a href="/wiki/Guy_Burgess" title="Guy Burgess">Guy Burgess</a>) and <i><a href="/wiki/Pack_of_Lies" title="Pack of Lies">Pack of Lies</a></i>. He also appeared on the stage, notably in the plays of <a href="/wiki/Simon_Gray" title="Simon Gray">Simon Gray</a>, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Butley_(film)" title="Butley (film)">Butley</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Otherwise_Engaged" title="Otherwise Engaged">Otherwise Engaged</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_Bates_BP_IMG_0282.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Alan_Bates_BP_IMG_0282.jpg/220px-Alan_Bates_BP_IMG_0282.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Alan_Bates_BP_IMG_0282.jpg/330px-Alan_Bates_BP_IMG_0282.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Alan_Bates_BP_IMG_0282.jpg/440px-Alan_Bates_BP_IMG_0282.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1615" data-file-height="1163" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Blue_plaque" title="Blue plaque">blue plaque</a> on Alan Bates's childhood home—in association with the <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bates was born at the Queen Mary Nursing Home, <a href="/wiki/Darley_Abbey" title="Darley Abbey">Darley Abbey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a>, England, on 17 February 1934, the eldest of three boys born to Florence Mary (née Wheatcroft), a housewife and a pianist, and Harold Arthur Bates, an insurance broker and a cellist.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They lived in <a href="/wiki/Allestree" title="Allestree">Allestree</a>, Derby, at the time of Bates' birth, but briefly moved to <a href="/wiki/Mickleover" title="Mickleover">Mickleover</a> before returning to Allestree. </p><p>Both parents were amateur musicians who encouraged Bates to pursue music. However, by the age of 11, having decided to become an actor, he studied drama instead.<sup id="cite_ref-ABAbio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABAbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He further developed his vocation by attending productions at Derby's Little Theatre. </p><p>Bates was educated at the Herbert Strutt Grammar School, Derby Road, <a href="/wiki/Belper" title="Belper">Belper</a>, Derbyshire (now "Strutts", a volunteer led business and community centre) and later gained a scholarship to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art" title="Royal Academy of Dramatic Art">Royal Academy of Dramatic Art</a> in London, where he studied with <a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a>, before leaving to join the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> for <a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Conscription in the United Kingdom">National Service</a> at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Newton" title="RAF Newton">RAF Newton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_stage_appearances">Early stage appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early stage appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bates's stage debut was in 1955, in <i>You and Your Wife</i>, in <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1956, he made his West End debut as Cliff in <i><a href="/wiki/Look_Back_in_Anger" title="Look Back in Anger">Look Back in Anger</a></i>, a role he had originated at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Court_Theatre" title="Royal Court Theatre">Royal Court</a> and which made him a star. He also played the role on television (for the <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_Play_of_the_Week" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Play of the Week">ITV Play of the Week</a></i>) and on Broadway. He also was a member of the 1967 acting company at the <a href="/wiki/Stratford_Festival" title="Stratford Festival">Stratford Festival</a> in Canada, playing the title role in <a href="/wiki/Richard_III_(play)" title="Richard III (play)">Richard III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-whitaker_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitaker-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 1950s, Bates appeared in several plays for television in Britain in shows such as <i>ITV Play of the Week</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Armchair_Theatre" title="Armchair Theatre">Armchair Theatre</a></i> and <i>ITV Television Playhouse</i>. </p><p>In 1960, appeared as Giorgio in the final episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Just_Men_(TV_series)" title="The Four Just Men (TV series)">The Four Just Men (TV series)</a></i> entitled Treviso Dam. </p><p>Bates made his feature film debut in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Entertainer_(film)" title="The Entertainer (film)">The Entertainer</a></i> (1960) opposite <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>. Bates worked for the <i>Padded Wagon Moving Company</i> in the early 1960s while acting at the <i><a href="/wiki/Circle_in_the_Square_Theatre" title="Circle in the Square Theatre">Circle in the Square Theatre</a></i> in New York City. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_stardom">Film stardom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Film stardom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bates played the lead in his second feature, <i><a href="/wiki/Whistle_Down_the_Wind_(film)" title="Whistle Down the Wind (film)">Whistle Down the Wind</a></i> (1961), directed by <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Forbes" title="Bryan Forbes">Bryan Forbes</a>. He followed it with the lead in <i><a href="/wiki/A_Kind_of_Loving_(film)" title="A Kind of Loving (film)">A Kind of Loving</a></i> (1962), directed by <a href="/wiki/John_Schlesinger" title="John Schlesinger">John Schlesinger</a>. Both films were very popular, establishing Bates as a film star. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_Bates_vintage_headshot_from_%22The_Entertainer%22_(1960).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alan_Bates_vintage_headshot_from_%22The_Entertainer%22_%281960%29.jpg/220px-Alan_Bates_vintage_headshot_from_%22The_Entertainer%22_%281960%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alan_Bates_vintage_headshot_from_%22The_Entertainer%22_%281960%29.jpg/330px-Alan_Bates_vintage_headshot_from_%22The_Entertainer%22_%281960%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alan_Bates_vintage_headshot_from_%22The_Entertainer%22_%281960%29.jpg/440px-Alan_Bates_vintage_headshot_from_%22The_Entertainer%22_%281960%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="850" /></a><figcaption>Bates <a href="/wiki/Head_shot" title="Head shot">head shot</a> for his film debut, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Entertainer_(film)" title="The Entertainer (film)">The Entertainer</a></i> (1960).</figcaption></figure> <p>Film critics cited the 1963 film noir, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Running_Man_(1963_film)" title="The Running Man (1963 film)">The Running Man</a></i>, as being one of Alan Bates' finest performances. The film starred Laurence Harvey as a man who fakes his death, with Bates in the supporting role of Stephen Maddox, an insurance company investigator. </p><p>Bates went into an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter" title="Harold Pinter">Harold Pinter</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caretaker_(1963_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Caretaker (1963 film)">The Caretaker</a></i> (1963) with Donald Pleasence and Robert Shaw. It was directed by <a href="/wiki/Clive_Donner" title="Clive Donner">Clive Donner</a> who then made <i><a href="/wiki/Nothing_But_the_Best_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nothing But the Best (film)">Nothing But the Best</a></i> (1964) with Bates. </p><p>He supported <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Quinn" title="Anthony Quinn">Anthony Quinn</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek_(film)" title="Zorba the Greek (film)">Zorba the Greek</a></i> (1964) and <a href="/wiki/James_Mason" title="James Mason">James Mason</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Girl" title="Georgy Girl">Georgy Girl</a></i> (1966). Bates returned to TV doing episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Wednesday_Theatre" title="Wednesday Theatre">Wednesday Theatre</a></i> and starred in <a href="/wiki/Philippe_de_Broca" title="Philippe de Broca">Philippe de Broca</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Hearts_(1966_film)" title="King of Hearts (1966 film)">King of Hearts</a></i> (1966). </p><p>Bates was reunited with Schlesinger in <i><a href="/wiki/Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd_(1967_film)" title="Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)">Far From the Madding Crowd</a></i> (1967), starring <a href="/wiki/Julie_Christie" title="Julie Christie">Julie Christie</a> then did the <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Malamud" title="Bernard Malamud">Bernard Malamud</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fixer_(1968_film)" title="The Fixer (1968 film)">The Fixer</a></i> (1968), which earned him an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nomination for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a>. </p><p>In 1969 he starred in <i><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Love_(film)" title="Women in Love (film)">Women in Love</a></i> directed by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Russell" title="Ken Russell">Ken Russell</a> with <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Reed" title="Oliver Reed">Oliver Reed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glenda_Jackson" title="Glenda Jackson">Glenda Jackson</a>, in which Bates and Reed wrestled naked. He followed it appearing as Col. Vershinin in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">National Theatre</a>'s film of <i><a href="/wiki/Three_Sisters_(1970_Olivier_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Sisters (1970 Olivier film)">Three Sisters</a></i>, directed by and co-starring <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bates was handpicked by director <a href="/wiki/John_Schlesinger" title="John Schlesinger">John Schlesinger</a> (with whom he had previously worked on <i>A Kind of Loving</i> and <i>Far From The Madding Crowd</i>) to play the starring role of Dr. Daniel Hirsh in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Bloody_Sunday_(film)" title="Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)">Sunday Bloody Sunday</a></i> (1971). Bates was held up filming <i><a href="/wiki/The_Go-Between_(1971_film)" title="The Go-Between (1971 film)">The Go-Between</a></i> (1971) for director <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Losey" title="Joseph Losey">Joseph Losey</a> alongside Christie, and had also become a father around that time, and so he had to refuse the role. (The part then went first to <a href="/wiki/Ian_Bannen" title="Ian Bannen">Ian Bannen</a>, who balked at kissing and simulating sex with another man, and then to <a href="/wiki/Peter_Finch" title="Peter Finch">Peter Finch</a> who earned an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> nomination for the role.) </p><p>Bates starred in the film of <i><a href="/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Death_of_Joe_Egg_(film)" title="A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (film)">A Day in the Death of Joe Egg</a></i> (1972) and produced and appeared in a short, <i>Second Best</i> (1972). </p><p>He starred in <i><a href="/wiki/Story_of_a_Love_Story" class="mw-redirect" title="Story of a Love Story">Story of a Love Story</a></i> (1973), and some play adaptations, <i><a href="/wiki/Butley_(film)" title="Butley (film)">Butley</a></i> (1974) and <i><a href="/wiki/In_Celebration" title="In Celebration">In Celebration</a></i> (1975). He was the villain in <i><a href="/wiki/Royal_Flash_(film)" title="Royal Flash (film)">Royal Flash</a></i> (1975) and appeared on television in <i>Plays for Today</i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Presents" title="Laurence Olivier Presents">Laurence Olivier Presents</a></i> version of <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter" title="Harold Pinter">Harold Pinter</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Collection_(play)" title="The Collection (play)">The Collection</a></i> (1976). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_(1970s_and_80s)"><span id="Television_.281970s_and_80s.29"></span>Television (1970s and 80s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Television (1970s and 80s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Publicity_still_of_Alan_Bates_(c.1960s).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Publicity_still_of_Alan_Bates_%28c.1960s%29.jpg/220px-Publicity_still_of_Alan_Bates_%28c.1960s%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Publicity_still_of_Alan_Bates_%28c.1960s%29.jpg/330px-Publicity_still_of_Alan_Bates_%28c.1960s%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Publicity_still_of_Alan_Bates_%28c.1960s%29.jpg/440px-Publicity_still_of_Alan_Bates_%28c.1960s%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="850" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Press_kit" title="Press kit">Publicity</a> <a href="/wiki/Film_still" title="Film still">still</a> of Bates, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr>1970.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bates starred in the TV movie <i>Piccadilly Circus</i> (1977) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mayor_of_Casterbridge_(TV_series)" title="The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV series)">The Mayor of Casterbridge</a></i> (1978). In the latter he played Michael Henchard, the ultimately-disgraced lead, which he described as his favourite role. He starred in such international films as <i><a href="/wiki/An_Unmarried_Woman" title="An Unmarried Woman">An Unmarried Woman</a></i> (1978) and <i><a href="/wiki/Nijinsky_(film)" title="Nijinsky (film)">Nijinsky</a></i> (1980), and also played <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a>'s ruthless business manager in the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_(film)" title="The Rose (film)">The Rose</a></i> (1979). He was also in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shout_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Shout (film)">The Shout</a></i> (1979) and <i><a href="/wiki/John_Osborne#Works" title="John Osborne">Very Like a Whale</a></i> (1980). </p><p>He played two diametrically opposed roles in <i><a href="/wiki/An_Englishman_Abroad" title="An Englishman Abroad">An Englishman Abroad</a></i> (1983), as <a href="/wiki/Guy_Burgess" title="Guy Burgess">Guy Burgess</a>, a member of the Cambridge spy ring exiled in Moscow, and in <i><a href="/wiki/Pack_of_Lies" title="Pack of Lies">Pack of Lies</a></i> (1987), as a British Secret Service agent tracking several Soviet spies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bates continued working in film and television in the 1990s, including the role of Claudius in <a href="/wiki/Franco_Zeffirelli" title="Franco Zeffirelli">Franco Zeffirelli</a>'s version of <i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(1990_film)" title="Hamlet (1990 film)">Hamlet</a></i> (1990). In 2001 he joined an all-star cast in <a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a>'s critically acclaimed period drama <i><a href="/wiki/Gosford_Park" title="Gosford Park">Gosford Park</a></i>, in which he played the <a href="/wiki/Butler" title="Butler">butler</a> Jennings. He later played Antonius Agrippa in the 2004 TV film <i><a href="/wiki/Spartacus_(miniseries)" title="Spartacus (miniseries)">Spartacus</a></i>, but died before it premiered. The film was dedicated to his memory and that of writer <a href="/wiki/Howard_Fast" title="Howard Fast">Howard Fast</a>, who wrote the <a href="/wiki/Spartacus_(Fast_novel)" title="Spartacus (Fast novel)">original novel</a> that inspired the film <i><a href="/wiki/Spartacus_(film)" title="Spartacus (film)">Spartacus</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick" title="Stanley Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a>. </p><p>On stage, Bates had a particular association with the plays of <a href="/wiki/Simon_Gray" title="Simon Gray">Simon Gray</a>, appearing in <i><a href="/wiki/Butley_(play)" title="Butley (play)">Butley</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Otherwise_Engaged" title="Otherwise Engaged">Otherwise Engaged</a></i>, <i>Stage Struck</i>, <i>Melon</i>, <i>Life Support</i>, and <i>Simply Disconnected</i>, as well as the film of <i>Butley</i> and Gray's TV series <i>Unnatural Pursuits</i>. In <i>Otherwise Engaged</i>, his co-star was <a href="/wiki/Ian_Charleson" title="Ian Charleson">Ian Charleson</a>, who became a friend, and Bates later contributed a chapter to a 1990 book on his colleague after Charleson's early death.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bates was made a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE) in the <a href="/wiki/1995_Birthday_Honours" title="1995 Birthday Honours">1995 Birthday Honours</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GB_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GB-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2003_New_Year_Honours" title="2003 New Year Honours">2003 New Year Honours</a>, in both cases for services to drama.<sup id="cite_ref-GBR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="citation-needed-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">He was an Associate Member of RADA,</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and was a patron of The Actors Centre, <a href="/wiki/Covent_Garden" title="Covent Garden">Covent Garden</a>, London, from 1994 until his death in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Headshot_of_the_actor_Sir_Alan_Bates_(1960s).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Headshot_of_the_actor_Sir_Alan_Bates_%281960s%29.jpg/220px-Headshot_of_the_actor_Sir_Alan_Bates_%281960s%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Headshot_of_the_actor_Sir_Alan_Bates_%281960s%29.jpg/330px-Headshot_of_the_actor_Sir_Alan_Bates_%281960s%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Headshot_of_the_actor_Sir_Alan_Bates_%281960s%29.jpg/440px-Headshot_of_the_actor_Sir_Alan_Bates_%281960s%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="850" /></a><figcaption>Bates in the mid-1960s.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bates was married to actress Victoria Ward from 1970 until her death from a heart attack in 1992, although they had separated many years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had twin sons, born in November 1970: the actors <a href="/wiki/Benedick_Bates" title="Benedick Bates">Benedick Bates</a> and Tristan Bates. Tristan died following an asthma attack in Tokyo in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bates had numerous gay relationships, including those with actor <a href="/wiki/Nickolas_Grace" title="Nickolas Grace">Nickolas Grace</a> and Olympic skater <a href="/wiki/John_Curry" title="John Curry">John Curry</a>, as detailed in Donald Spoto's <a href="/wiki/Authorised_biography" class="mw-redirect" title="Authorised biography">authorised biography</a> <i>Otherwise Engaged: The Life of Alan Bates</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spoto characterised Bates's sexuality as ambiguous, and said, "he loved women but enjoyed his closest relationships with men".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even after homosexuality was partially decriminalised in England in 1967,<sup id="cite_ref-Act_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Act-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bates rigorously avoided interviews and questions about his personal life, and even denied to his male lovers that there was a homosexual component in his nature.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout his life, Bates sought to be regarded as charming and charismatic, or at least as a man who, as an actor, could appear attractive to and attracted by women. He also chose some roles with an aspect of homosexuality or bisexuality,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including the role of Rupert in the 1969 film <i><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Love_(film)" title="Women in Love (film)">Women in Love</a></i> and the role of Frank in the 1988 film <i><a href="/wiki/We_Think_the_World_of_You" title="We Think the World of You">We Think the World of You</a></i>. </p><p>In the later years of his life, Bates had a relationship with the Welsh actress <a href="/wiki/Angharad_Rees" title="Angharad Rees">Angharad Rees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bates died of <a href="/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer" title="Pancreatic cancer">pancreatic cancer</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 27 December 2003, after slipping into a coma. He is buried at <a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Bradbourne" title="All Saints' Church, Bradbourne">All Saints' Church, Bradbourne</a> in Derbyshire.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Otherwise_Engaged:_The_Life_of_Alan_Bates"><i>Otherwise Engaged: The Life of Alan Bates</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Otherwise Engaged: The Life of Alan Bates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Donald_Spoto" title="Donald Spoto">Donald Spoto</a>'s 2007 book, <i>Otherwise Engaged: The Life of Alan Bates</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a posthumous authorised biography of Alan Bates. It was written with the cooperation of his son <a href="/wiki/Benedick_Bates" title="Benedick Bates">Benedick</a> and features more than one hundred interviews, including with Michael Linnit and Rosalind Chatto. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tristan_Bates_Theatre">Tristan Bates Theatre</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tristan Bates Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bates and his family created the Tristan Bates Theatre at the Actors' Centre in <a href="/wiki/Covent_Garden" title="Covent Garden">Covent Garden</a>, in memory of his son Tristan who died at the age of 19.<sup id="cite_ref-guardianobit_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianobit-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tristan's twin brother, <a href="/wiki/Benedick_Bates" title="Benedick Bates">Benedick</a>, is a vice-director.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_credits">Selected credits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Selected credits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><big>FILM:</big></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"></p><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates,_roles_and_awards#Film" title="Alan Bates, roles and awards">Alan Bates, roles and awards § Film</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Entertainer_(film)" title="The Entertainer (film)">The Entertainer</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Whistle_Down_the_Wind_(film)" title="Whistle Down the Wind (film)">Whistle Down the Wind</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Kind_of_Loving_(film)" title="A Kind of Loving (film)">A Kind of Loving</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Caretaker_(film)" title="The Caretaker (film)">The Caretaker</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Running_Man_(1963_film)" title="The Running Man (1963 film)">The Running Man</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nothing_but_the_Best_(film)" title="Nothing but the Best (film)">Nothing but the Best</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek_(film)" title="Zorba the Greek (film)">Zorba the Greek</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Girl" title="Georgy Girl">Georgy Girl</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Hearts_(1966_film)" title="King of Hearts (1966 film)">King of Hearts</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd_(1967_film)" title="Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)">Far from the Madding Crowd</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fixer_(1968_film)" title="The Fixer (1968 film)">The Fixer</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Love_(film)" title="Women in Love (film)">Women in Love</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Sisters_(1970_film)" title="Three Sisters (1970 film)">Three Sisters</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Go-Between_(1971_film)" title="The Go-Between (1971 film)">The Go-Between</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Death_of_Joe_Egg_(film)" title="A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (film)">A Day in the Death of Joe Egg</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Butley_(film)" title="Butley (film)">Butley</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Celebration" title="In Celebration">In Celebration</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shout" title="The Shout">The Shout</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Unmarried_Woman" title="An Unmarried Woman">An Unmarried Woman</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_(film)" title="The Rose (film)">The Rose</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Soldier_(film)" title="The Return of the Soldier (film)">The Return of the Soldier</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Think_the_World_of_You" title="We Think the World of You">We Think the World of You</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(1990_film)" title="Hamlet (1990 film)">Hamlet</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gosford_Park" title="Gosford Park">Gosford Park</a></i> (2001)</li></ul></div> <p><b><big>STAGE:</big></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"></p><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates,_roles_and_awards#Stage" title="Alan Bates, roles and awards">Alan Bates, roles and awards § Stage</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Look_Back_in_Anger" title="Look Back in Anger">Look Back in Anger</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Long_Day%27s_Journey_into_Night" title="Long Day's Journey into Night">Long Day's Journey into Night</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Caretaker" title="The Caretaker">The Caretaker</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Butley_(play)" title="Butley (play)">Butley</a></i> (1971; 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Otherwise_Engaged" title="Otherwise Engaged">Otherwise Engaged</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Patriot_for_Me" title="A Patriot for Me">A Patriot for Me</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_for_the_Road_(Pinter_play)" title="One for the Road (Pinter play)">One for the Road</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fortune%27s_Fool_(1848_play)" title="Fortune's Fool (1848 play)">Fortune's Fool</a></i> (1996; 2002)</li></ul></div> <p><b><big>TELEVISION:</big></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"></p><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates,_roles_and_awards#Television" title="Alan Bates, roles and awards">Alan Bates, roles and awards § Television</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mayor_of_Casterbridge_(TV_series)" title="The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV series)">The Mayor of Casterbridge</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Voyage_Round_My_Father" title="A Voyage Round My Father">A Voyage Round My Father</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Englishman_Abroad" title="An Englishman Abroad">An Englishman Abroad</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dog_It_Was_That_Died" title="The Dog It Was That Died">The Dog It Was That Died</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/102_Boulevard_Haussmann" title="102 Boulevard Haussmann">102 Boulevard Haussmann</a></i> (1991)<sup>‡</sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oliver%27s_Travels" title="Oliver's Travels">Oliver's Travels</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nicholas%27_Gift" title="Nicholas' Gift">Nicholas's Gift</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_in_a_Cold_Climate_(2001_TV_series)" title="Love in a Cold Climate (2001 TV series)">Love in a Cold Climate</a></i> (2001)</li></ul></div> <p><small><sup>‡</sup>This <a href="/wiki/Mini-film" class="mw-redirect" title="Mini-film">mini-film</a> was shown as part of a presentation on the <a href="/wiki/Anthology_series" title="Anthology series">anthology series</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Screen_Two" title="Screen Two">Screen Two</a></i>.</small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates,_roles_and_awards#Awards" title="Alan Bates, roles and awards">Alan Bates, roles and awards § Awards</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Bates&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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.id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmreference.com/film/5/Alan-Bates.html">"Alan Bates Biography"</a>. <i>filmreference.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111508/http://www.filmreference.com/film/5/Alan-Bates.html">Archived</a> from the original on 29 September 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 September</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=filmreference.com&rft.atitle=Alan+Bates+Biography&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmreference.com%2Ffilm%2F5%2FAlan-Bates.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bates" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ABAbio-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ABAbio_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaren_Rappaport" class="citation web cs1">Karen Rappaport. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080420091452/http://alanbates.com/abfeatures/bio.html">"Alan Bates Biography"</a>. <i>The Alan Bates Archive</i>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alanbates.com/abfeatures/timeline.html">the original</a> on 19 May 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Alan+Bates+Archive+Feature%3A+Timeline+I%2C+1954%E2%80%9369&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Falanbates.com%2Fabfeatures%2Ftimeline.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlan+Bates" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/5295">"Alan Bates acting credits"</a>. <i>Stratford Festival Archives</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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in a Play">Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D7F1D7;;width:1%">1975–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hopkins" title="Anthony Hopkins">Anthony Hopkins</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wood_(English_actor)" title="John Wood (English actor)">John Wood</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Pacino" title="Al Pacino">Al Pacino</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barnard_Hughes" title="Barnard Hughes">Barnard Hughes</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Anglim" title="Philip Anglim">Philip Anglim</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Rubinstein" title="John Rubinstein">John Rubinstein</a> (1980)</span></li> 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Bosco">Philip Bosco</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Lane" title="Nathan Lane">Nathan Lane</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Rifkin" title="Ron Rifkin">Ron Rifkin</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Bedford" title="Brian Bedford">Brian Bedford</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Leibman" title="Ron Leibman">Ron Leibman</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Bedford" title="Brian Bedford">Brian Bedford</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Fiennes" title="Ralph Fiennes">Ralph Fiennes</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Langella" title="Frank Langella">Frank Langella</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Morse" title="David Morse">David Morse</a> / <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_LaPaglia" title="Anthony LaPaglia">Anthony LaPaglia</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dennehy" title="Brian Dennehy">Brian Dennehy</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dillane" title="Stephen Dillane">Stephen Dillane</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D7F1D7;;width:1%">2001–2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Easton" title="Richard Easton">Richard Easton</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alan Bates</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Izzard" title="Eddie Izzard">Eddie Izzard</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kline" title="Kevin Kline">Kevin Kline</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%ADan_F._O%27Byrne" title="Brían F. O'Byrne">Brían F. O'Byrne</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Griffiths" title="Richard Griffiths">Richard Griffiths</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Langella" title="Frank Langella">Frank Langella</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Rush" title="Geoffrey Rush">Geoffrey Rush</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liev_Schreiber" title="Liev Schreiber">Liev Schreiber</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cannavale" title="Bobby Cannavale">Bobby Cannavale</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Corden" title="James Corden">James Corden</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Letts" title="Tracy Letts">Tracy Letts</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Cranston" title="Bryan Cranston">Bryan Cranston</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Sharp" title="Alex Sharp">Alex Sharp</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Langella" title="Frank Langella">Frank Langella</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kline" title="Kevin Kline">Kevin Kline</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Garfield" title="Andrew Garfield">Andrew Garfield</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jay_O._Sanders" title="Jay O. Sanders">Jay O. 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colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Cornell" title="Katharine Cornell">Katharine Cornell</a> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Evans_(actor)" title="Maurice Evans (actor)">Maurice Evans</a> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Hardwicke" title="Cedric Hardwicke">Cedric Hardwicke</a> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Massey" title="Raymond Massey">Raymond Massey</a> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Muni" title="Paul Muni">Paul Muni</a> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lukas" title="Paul Lukas">Paul Lukas</a> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Judith_Evelyn" title="Judith Evelyn">Judith Evelyn</a> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lunt" title="Alfred Lunt">Alfred Lunt</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Fontanne" title="Lynn Fontanne">Lynn Fontanne</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mady_Christians" title="Mady Christians">Mady Christians</a> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Calhern" title="Louis Calhern">Louis Calhern</a> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman">Ingrid Bergman</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Judith_Anderson" title="Judith Anderson">Judith Anderson</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morley" title="Robert Morley">Robert Morley</a> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Grace_George" title="Grace George">Grace George</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Claude_Rains" title="Claude Rains">Claude Rains</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Booth" title="Shirley Booth">Shirley Booth</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Hull" title="Josephine Hull">Josephine Hull</a> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Viveca_Lindfors" title="Viveca Lindfors">Viveca Lindfors</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Wayne" title="David Wayne">David Wayne</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eli_Wallach" title="Eli Wallach">Eli Wallach</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bellamy" title="Ralph Bellamy">Ralph Bellamy</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Ritchard" title="Cyril Ritchard">Cyril Ritchard</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Scofield" title="Paul Scofield">Paul Scofield</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boyer" title="Charles Boyer">Charles Boyer</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kiley" title="Richard Kiley">Richard Kiley</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Harris" title="Rosemary Harris">Rosemary Harris</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Caldwell" title="Zoe Caldwell">Zoe Caldwell</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_McCowen" title="Alec McCowen">Alec McCowen</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Quayle" title="Anthony Quayle">Anthony Quayle</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eileen_Atkins" title="Eileen Atkins">Eileen Atkins</a> / <a href="/wiki/Claire_Bloom" title="Claire Bloom">Claire Bloom</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alan Bates</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wood_(English_actor)" title="John Wood (English actor)">John Wood</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eva_Le_Gallienne" title="Eva Le Gallienne">Eva Le Gallienne</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Courtenay" title="Tom Courtenay">Tom Courtenay</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Langella" title="Frank Langella">Frank Langella</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frances_Sternhagen" title="Frances Sternhagen">Frances Sternhagen</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Scheider" title="Roy Scheider">Roy Scheider</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Milo_O%27Shea" title="Milo O'Shea">Milo O'Shea</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Herrmann" title="Edward Herrmann">Edward Herrmann</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kate_Nelligan" title="Kate Nelligan">Kate Nelligan</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Peters" title="Bernadette Peters">Bernadette Peters</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Lithgow" title="John Lithgow">John Lithgow</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Collins" title="Pauline Collins">Pauline Collins</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morse" title="Robert Morse">Robert Morse</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stockard_Channing" title="Stockard Channing">Stockard Channing</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Rea" title="Stephen Rea">Stephen Rea</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Waterston" title="Sam Waterston">Sam Waterston</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cherry_Jones" title="Cherry Jones">Cherry Jones</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Uta_Hagen" title="Uta Hagen">Uta Hagen</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Durning" title="Charles Durning">Charles Durning</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bebe_Neuwirth" title="Bebe Neuwirth">Bebe Neuwirth</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Stokes_Mitchell" title="Brian Stokes Mitchell">Brian Stokes Mitchell</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Chalfant" title="Kathleen Chalfant">Kathleen Chalfant</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eileen_Heckart" title="Eileen Heckart">Eileen Heckart</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mary-Louise_Parker" title="Mary-Louise Parker">Mary-Louise Parker</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gary_Sinise" title="Gary Sinise">Gary Sinise</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liam_Neeson" title="Liam Neeson">Liam Neeson</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein" title="Harvey Fierstein">Harvey Fierstein</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Jackman" title="Hugh Jackman">Hugh Jackman</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norbert_Leo_Butz" title="Norbert Leo Butz">Norbert Leo Butz</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christine_Ebersole" title="Christine Ebersole">Christine Ebersole</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liev_Schreiber" title="Liev Schreiber">Liev Schreiber</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patti_LuPone" title="Patti LuPone">Patti LuPone</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Rush" title="Geoffrey Rush">Geoffrey Rush</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Molina" title="Alfred Molina">Alfred Molina</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Audra_McDonald" title="Audra McDonald">Audra McDonald</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Lane" title="Nathan Lane">Nathan Lane</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Patrick_Harris" title="Neil Patrick Harris">Neil Patrick Harris</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chita_Rivera" title="Chita Rivera">Chita Rivera</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Platt" title="Ben Platt">Ben Platt</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Glenda_Jackson" title="Glenda Jackson">Glenda Jackson</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Cranston" title="Bryan Cranston">Bryan Cranston</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Burstein" title="Danny Burstein">Danny Burstein</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Foster" title="Sutton Foster">Sutton Foster</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Annaleigh_Ashford" title="Annaleigh Ashford">Annaleigh Ashford</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Paulson" title="Sarah Paulson">Sarah Paulson</a> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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(1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Redgrave" title="Michael Redgrave">Michael Redgrave</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Porter" title="Eric Porter">Eric Porter</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Scofield" title="Paul Scofield">Paul Scofield</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Redgrave" title="Michael Redgrave">Michael Redgrave</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Williamson" title="Nicol Williamson">Nicol Williamson</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_McCowen" title="Alec McCowen">Alec McCowen</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Williamson" title="Nicol Williamson">Nicol Williamson</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alan Bates</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_McCowen" title="Alec McCowen">Alec McCowen</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wood_(English_actor)" title="John Wood (English actor)">John Wood</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Sinden" title="Donald Sinden">Donald Sinden</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Howard_(actor)" title="Alan Howard (actor)">Alan Howard</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Mitchell" title="Warren Mitchell">Warren Mitchell</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Courtenay" title="Tom Courtenay">Tom Courtenay</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Howard_(actor)" title="Alan Howard (actor)">Alan Howard</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_McCowen" title="Alec McCowen">Alec McCowen</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Antony_Sher" title="Antony Sher">Antony Sher</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Porter" title="Eric Porter">Eric Porter</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wood_(English_actor)" title="John Wood (English actor)">John Wood</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Hawthorne" title="Nigel Hawthorne">Nigel Hawthorne</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Courtenay" title="Tom Courtenay">Tom Courtenay</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Scofield" title="Paul Scofield">Paul Scofield</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Spacey" title="Kevin Spacey">Kevin Spacey</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dillane" title="Stephen Dillane">Stephen Dillane</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Jennings" title="Alex Jennings">Alex Jennings</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sheen" title="Michael Sheen">Michael Sheen</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Griffiths" title="Richard Griffiths">Richard Griffiths</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Sewell" title="Rufus Sewell">Rufus Sewell</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Stewart" title="Patrick Stewart">Patrick Stewart</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chiwetel_Ejiofor" title="Chiwetel Ejiofor">Chiwetel Ejiofor</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rory_Kinnear" title="Rory Kinnear">Rory Kinnear</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Lee_Miller" title="Jonny Lee Miller">Jonny Lee Miller</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale" title="Simon Russell Beale">Simon Russell Beale</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Lester" title="Adrian Lester">Adrian Lester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rory_Kinnear" title="Rory Kinnear">Rory Kinnear</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hiddleston" title="Tom Hiddleston">Tom Hiddleston</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_McAvoy" title="James McAvoy">James McAvoy</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Fiennes" title="Ralph Fiennes">Ralph Fiennes</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Garfield" title="Andrew Garfield">Andrew Garfield</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Fiennes" title="Ralph Fiennes">Ralph Fiennes</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scott_(actor)" title="Andrew Scott (actor)">Andrew Scott</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_McAvoy" title="James McAvoy">James McAvoy</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scott_(actor)" title="Andrew Scott (actor)">Andrew Scott</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Barkworth" title="Peter Barkworth">Peter Barkworth</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_West" title="Timothy West">Timothy West</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Celia_Johnson" title="Celia Johnson">Celia Johnson</a> / <a href="/wiki/Michael_Hordern" title="Michael Hordern">Michael Hordern</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alan Bates</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Alexander" title="Jean Alexander">Jean Alexander</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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Play</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">1947–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ferrer" title="José Ferrer">José Ferrer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Fredric_March" title="Fredric March">Fredric March</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(actor)" title="Paul Kelly (actor)">Paul Kelly</a> / <a href="/wiki/Basil_Rathbone" title="Basil Rathbone">Basil Rathbone</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Blackmer" title="Sidney Blackmer">Sidney Blackmer</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Claude_Rains" title="Claude Rains">Claude Rains</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ferrer" title="José Ferrer">José Ferrer</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ewell" title="Tom Ewell">Tom Ewell</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Wayne" title="David Wayne">David Wayne</a> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lunt" title="Alfred Lunt">Alfred Lunt</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Muni" title="Paul Muni">Paul Muni</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fredric_March" title="Fredric March">Fredric March</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bellamy" title="Ralph Bellamy">Ralph Bellamy</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robards" title="Jason Robards">Jason Robards Jr.</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas" title="Melvyn Douglas">Melvyn Douglas</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zero_Mostel" title="Zero Mostel">Zero Mostel</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Scofield" title="Paul Scofield">Paul Scofield</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hill_(Canadian_actor)" title="Arthur Hill (Canadian actor)">Arthur Hill</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Matthau" title="Walter Matthau">Walter Matthau</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hal_Holbrook" title="Hal Holbrook">Hal Holbrook</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(actor)" title="Paul Rogers (actor)">Paul Rogers</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Balsam" title="Martin Balsam">Martin Balsam</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Weaver" title="Fritz Weaver">Fritz Weaver</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Bedford" title="Brian Bedford">Brian Bedford</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Gorman" title="Cliff Gorman">Cliff Gorman</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alan Bates</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moriarty" title="Michael Moriarty">Michael Moriarty</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Kani" title="John Kani">John Kani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winston_Ntshona" title="Winston Ntshona">Winston Ntshona</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wood_(English_actor)" title="John Wood (English actor)">John Wood</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Pacino" title="Al Pacino">Al Pacino</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barnard_Hughes" title="Barnard Hughes">Barnard Hughes</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Conti" title="Tom Conti">Tom Conti</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Rubinstein" title="John Rubinstein">John Rubinstein</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Rees" title="Roger Rees">Roger Rees</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein" title="Harvey Fierstein">Harvey Fierstein</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Judd_Hirsch" title="Judd Hirsch">Judd Hirsch</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Silver" title="Ron Silver">Ron Silver</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Bosco" title="Philip Bosco">Philip Bosco</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morse" title="Robert Morse">Robert Morse</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Hawthorne" title="Nigel Hawthorne">Nigel Hawthorne</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Judd_Hirsch" title="Judd Hirsch">Judd Hirsch</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Leibman" title="Ron Leibman">Ron Leibman</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Spinella" title="Stephen Spinella">Stephen Spinella</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Fiennes" title="Ralph Fiennes">Ralph Fiennes</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Grizzard" title="George Grizzard">George Grizzard</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_LaPaglia" title="Anthony LaPaglia">Anthony LaPaglia</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dennehy" title="Brian Dennehy">Brian Dennehy</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dillane" title="Stephen Dillane">Stephen Dillane</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Easton" title="Richard Easton">Richard Easton</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alan Bates</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dennehy" title="Brian Dennehy">Brian Dennehy</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Mays" title="Jefferson Mays">Jefferson Mays</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Irwin" title="Bill Irwin">Bill Irwin</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Griffiths" title="Richard Griffiths">Richard Griffiths</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Langella" title="Frank Langella">Frank 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