Laurence Olivier
Data di nascita: 22 maggio 1907
Luogo di nascita: Dorking, Surrey, England, UK
Scomparso il: 11 luglio 1989
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles. His family had no theatrical connections, but Olivier's father, a clergyman, decided that his son should become an actor. After attending a drama school in London, Olivier learned his craft in a succession of acting jobs during the late 1920s. In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's Private Lives, and he appeared in his first film. In 1935 he played in a celebrated production of Romeo and Juliet alongside Gielgud and Ashcroft, and by the end of the decade he was an established star. In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic, building it into a highly respected company. There his most celebrated roles included Shakespeare's Richard III and Sophocles's Oedipus. In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager, but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the avant garde English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in The Entertainer, a part he later played on film. From 1963 to 1973 he was the founding director of Britain's National Theatre, running a resident company that fostered many future stars. His own parts there included the title role in Othello (1965) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (1970). Among Olivier's films are Wuthering Heights (1939), Rebecca (1940), and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor-director: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955). His later films included The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Sleuth (1972), Marathon Man (1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). His television appearances included an adaptation of The Moon and Sixpence (1960), Long Day's Journey into Night (1973), Love Among the Ruins (1975), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976), Brideshead Revisited (1981) and King Lear (1983). Olivier's honours included a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order of Merit (1981). For his on-screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. He was married three times, to the actresses Jill Esmond from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death.
Filmografia
Film e serie TV in cui Laurence Olivier ha recitato o preso parte
Film
Film · Documentario · 2024
Film · Documentario · 2024
Film · Documentario · 2023
Film · Documentario · 2021
Film · Documentario · 2021
Film · Documentario · 2018
Film · Documentario · 2018
Film · Documentario · 2015
Film · Documentario · 2012
Film · Documentario · 2012
Film · Documentario · 2012
Film · Documentario · 2011
Film · Documentario · 2010
Film · Documentario · 2008
Film · Documentario · 2005
Film · Mistero · 2004
Film · Documentario · 2004
Film · Documentario · 2004
Film · Documentario · 2001
Film · Documentario · 2000
Film · Documentario · 2000
Film · Documentario · 1991
Film · Documentario · 1990
Film · Guerra · 1989
Film · Documentario · 1988
Film · Documentario · 1988
Film · Documentario · 1986
Film · Documentario · 1986
Film · Documentario · 1986
Film · Azione · 1985
Film · Commedia · 1985
Film · Documentario · 1985
Film · Azione · 1984
Film · Dramma · 1984
Film · televisione film · 1984
Film · Mistero · 1983
Film · Thriller · 1983
Film · Dramma · 1983
Film · Documentario · 1983
Film · Documentario · 1982
Film · Documentario · 1982
Film · Avventura · 1981
Film · Storia · 1981
Film · Documentario · 1981
Film · Dramma · 1980
Film · Horror · 1979
Film · Commedia · 1979
Film · Dramma · 1978
Film · Dramma · 1978
Film · Dramma · 1978
Film · Dramma · 1978
Film · Dramma · 1977
Film · Dramma · 1977
Film · Dramma · 1976
Film · Dramma · 1976
Film · Mistero · 1976
Film · Documentario · 1976
Film · Thriller · 1976
Film · Documentario · 1976
Film · Dramma · 1976
Film · Dramma · 1976
Film · Dramma · 1974
Film · Dramma · 1973
Film · televisione film · 1973
Film · Thriller · 1972
Film · Dramma · 1972
Film · Dramma · 1971
Film · Dramma · 1970
Film · Dramma · 1969
Film · Guerra · 1969
Film · Dramma · 1969
Film · Commedia · 1969
Film · Dramma · 1969
Film · Dramma · 1968
Film · Dramma · 1968
Film · Documentario · 1966
Film · Storia · 1966
Film · Dramma · 1965
Film · Mistero · 1965
Film · Dramma · 1963
Film · Dramma · 1963
Film · Dramma · 1962
Film · Storia · 1960
Film · Dramma · 1960
Film · Dramma · 1959
Film · Guerra · 1959
Film · Commedia · 1957
Film · Dramma · 1955
Film · Storia · 1953
Film · Documentario · 1953
Film · Dramma · 1952
Film · Dramma · 1952
Film · Romance · 1950
Film · Dramma · 1948
Film · Storia · 1944
Film · Dramma · 1944
Film · Guerra · 1944
Film · Dramma · 1943
Film · Documentario · 1942
Film · Guerra · 1941
Film · Dramma · 1941
Film · Documentario · 1941
Film · Commedia · 1940
Film · Documentario · 1940
Film · Dramma · 1940
Film · Documentario · 1940
Film · Mistero · 1940
Film · Dramma · 1940
Film · Dramma · 1939
Film · Thriller · 1939
Film · Commedia · 1938
Film · Storia · 1937
Film · Commedia · 1936
Film · Romance · 1934
Film · Commedia · 1933
Film · Romance · 1933
Film · Romance · 1932
Film · Storia · 1931
Film · Dramma · 1931
Film · Dramma · 1931
Film · Romance · 1931
Film · Commedia · 1930
Film · Commedia · 1930
Serie TV
Serie · Documentario · 2015
Serie · Documentario · 2013
Serie · Dramma · 1986
Serie · War & Politics · 1986
Serie · Dramma · 1984
Serie · Dramma · 1983
Serie · Dramma · 1981
Serie · Dramma · 1977
Serie · Dramma · 1976
Serie · Documentario · 1973
Serie · Commedia · 1971
Serie · Dramma · 1969
Serie · 1969
Serie · Talk · 1968
Serie · Documentario · 1967
Serie · Commedia · 1967
Serie · Dramma · 1966
Serie · Commedia · 1961
Serie · 1956
Serie · 1953
Serie · Commedia · 1948
Serie · Reality · 1944