William Ellis (British actor)
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William Henry Ellis (born 14th September 1980) is a British Actor, Voice Artist and Podcaster known for Great Expectations (2012 film), Dragon Quest Swords, Queen of the Desert (film), Parade's End and The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Life
Family
Ellis was born in Camden in London, the son of Chris and Becky Ellis. He has two siblings, Adam Ellis and Laura Martin.
He is married to Alice Hobden (Camera Assistant) and has one son.
Education
Ellis was educated at Caldicott School followed by Harrow School and Royal Holloway, University of London. He trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
Stage
After graduating from LAMDA in 2005, Ellis played Griffin in British-Asian award-winning writer Shan Khan's play Prayer Room[1] [2] at Birmingham Repertory Theatre directed by Angus Jackson; the cast included Riz Ahmed and Ashley Madekwe. Ellis then went on to play Benvolio in the Nuffield Theatre production that toured Barbados as part of Holder's Season in 2006. In 2007 he worked with the director Peter Gill (playwright) at The National Theatre on his production of The Voysey Inheritance and had the opportunity to work alongside Dominic West and Julian Glover. After a UK Tour playing Simon Bliss in Peter Hall (director)'s production of Hay Fever (play)[3] in 2008, he returned to work with Peter Gill (playwright) again for his production of The Importance of Being Earnest[4][5][6] which had a UK Tour before playing at Vaudeville Theatre in the West End of London in 2009. The cast included his long-time friend Harry Hadden-Paton and Daisy Haggard.
Following the success of The Importance of Being Earnest he has appeared as Sam Leadbitter in Theatre Royal, Bath's production of This Happy Breed[7], played Prince Charming in Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)'s Cinderella[8][9]; played Uncle Peck in Paula Vogel's play How I Learned to Drive[10][11] at Southwark Playhouse; and in 2019 played Tony Wendice in Frederick Knott's play Dial M for Murder[12] at the New Vic Theatre.
Screen
Ellis's first serious screen role came in 2009 when he played Wiktor in The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler alongside Oscar Winners Anna Paquin and Marcia Gay Harden, which Variety (magazine)|Variety magazine called "taut, emotional and compelling"[13]. Having played guest leads on British TV favourites The Bill and Father Brown (2013 TV series), Ellis's more significant breakout roles came at the same time in 2012 the form of Mike Newell (director)'s Great Expectations (2012 film) (where he worked closely with Ralph Fiennes) and Parade's End (TV series) which was nominated for a number of Emmy Awards and six BAFTA TV Nominations and ended up winning Best Costume Design at the BAFTAs in 2013.[14] The series starred Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall. In 2015 he played The Earl of Chester in Werner Herzog's war-time epic Queen of the Desert (film) where he got to share the screen with Nicole Kidman. Ellis recently completed filming The Crown (TV series).
Voice Over
Ellis has voiced a number of British commercials and was the voice of Toyota for their 2012 Paris Motor Show event: Stories of Better. In 2020 he narrated two self-help books for the life-coach and author Vernon Sankey, The Stairway to Happiness and The Way: Finding Peace in Turbulent Times which Vernon co-authored with Ms. Katey Lockwood.
Podcast
Ellis is the author and producer of the Podcast An Open Water Swimmer's Podcast which had it's first season in winter 2021.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler | Wiktor | |
| 2009 | A Closed Book (film) | Interviewee 2 | |
| 2009 | Into the Storm (2009 film) | Intelligence Officer | |
| 2012 | Great Expectations (2012 film) | Compeyson | |
| 2015 | Queen of the Desert (film) | Early of Chester |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006 | The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Newsnight Runner | Episode 1.1 |
| 2009 | Hotel Babylon | Horny Businessman | Episode 4.3 |
| 2010 | The Bill | Dylan Prest | S26 Ep28 |
| 2012 | Hustle (TV series) | Pinstripe 1 | S8 Ep6 |
| 2012 | Thirteen Steps Down (TV series) | Steve | |
| 2012 | Parade's End (TV series) | Aubrey | Episode 1.5 |
| 2013 | The Guilty (TV series) | Malcolm James | Episode 1 |
| 2014 | 24: Live Another Day | Russian Aide | 8pm - 9pm |
| 2016 | Father Brown (2013 TV series) | Billy Neville | S4 Ep1 |
| 2018 | Doctors (2000 TV series) | Hartley Beddington | S19 EP205 |
| 2019 | The Crown (TV series) | Queen's Flight Captain | S3 Ep7 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Dragon Quest Swords | Anlace |
References
- ↑ Spencer, Charles. "A short, sharp, shock of a play". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 August 2005.
- ↑ Gardner, Lynn. "Prayer Room". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2005.
- ↑ Connor, Sheila. "Hay Fever". The British Theatre Guide. The British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
- ↑ Spencer, Charles. "The Importance of Being Earnest, yes it's a success". The Telegraph. The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- ↑ Benedict, David. "The Importance of Being Earnest". Variety. Variety. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ↑ Peter, John. "The Importance of Being Earnest". The Sunday Times. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
- ↑ Spencer, Charles. "This Happy Breed, Theatre Royal Bath, review". The Telegraph. The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ↑ Rana, Jayne. "Review: Cinderella, Lyric Hammersmith". The Void. The Void. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Cinderella". Time Out. Time Out. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ↑ Bosanquet, Theo. "How I Learned to Drive (Southwark Playhouse)". What's on Stage. What's on stage. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ Fisher, Phillip. "How I Learned to Drive". British Theatre Guide. British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ↑ Orme, Steve. "Dial M For Murder". British Theatre Guide. British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ↑ Variety Staff. "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler". Variety.
- ↑ Harvey, Chris (9 April 2013). "Bafta TV nominations are a mix of the snubbed and the overpraised". The Daily Telegraph. London.
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