Tim Potter is an English actor in theatre, films and TV since the 1980s.[1]
Career edit
Potter's stage work includes playing the role of Salvador Dalí in the original production of Terry Johnson's Hysteria at the Royal Court in 1993,[2][3] and Charles II in Stephen Jeffreys' The Libertine the following year.[4] He has appeared in productions of plays by Edward Bond, Oscar Wilde, Dario Fo, Tennessee Williams, Samuel Beckett, Shakespeare, George Etherege and Jim Cartwright. and worked for directors including Sam Mendes, Phyllida Lloyd, Neil Bartlett, Ken Russell, Benjamin Ross, Julian Jarrold, Steven Berkoff, Max Stafford-Clark, Philip Prowse, Uberto Pasolini, Deborah Warner and Stephen Frears.[5][6]
He was a founder member, with Jim Cartwright and Louis Mellis of Acme Acting, a theatre company which performed plays in domestic homes, using the whole house, with the audience following the actors room to room. His roles included Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire and Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.[7] His film roles include the Ghost of Christmas Future in A Christmas Carol (1999) opposite Patrick Stewart, Chief Gentleman in The Prince and the Pauper (2000), and Captain Hook in Finding Neverland (2004), as well as roles in The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995), Entrapment (1999), Faintheart (2008), Still Life (2013), and the 1999 TV movie adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Salome's Last Dance | Pharisee | |
| 1990 | Vroom | Harry | |
| 1995 | The Young Poisoner's Handbook | Simon | |
| 1997 | Fierce Creatures | Vulture Keeper | |
| 1999 | Entrapment | Millennium Man | |
| Onegin | Dandy 2 | ||
| 2000 | The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz | Apocalyptic nutter | |
| 2003 | Cheeky | Horace | |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland | 'Hook' / Lord Carlton | |
| 2008 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Nightclub Patron | |
| Faintheart | Headmaster | ||
| 2013 | Still Life | Homeless Man | |
| 2015 | A Royal Night Out | Duty Manager |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Walter | Squatters' Adviser | Television film |
| Video Stars | Eric Dancer | ||
| 1984 | Luna | Rob | Episode: "A Bureaubreau in the Hand Is Worth a Pension" |
| Angels in the Annexe | Mr. Lomax | Television film | |
| 1985 | Titus Andronicus | Clown | |
| Ties of Blood | Cecil | Episode: "The Military Wing" | |
| 1985–1986 | I Woke Up One Morning | Irrelevant | 11 episodes |
| 1986 | Dead Head | Teddy | Episode: "The Patriot" |
| 1988 | Wild Things | Hotel Manager | Television film |
| 1990 | Blood Rights | Erich | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Screen Two | Mr. Bell | Episode: "My Sister-Wife" |
| Kinsey | Laurence Donegan | 2 episodes | |
| Witchcraft | Sealed Knotter | Episode #1.2 | |
| 1993 | Lovejoy | Harrison | Episode: "Judgement of Solomon" |
| 1994 | Minder | Lionel | Episode: "Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley" |
| The Chief | Dick Mortimer | Episode #4.10 | |
| Soldier Soldier | RMP | Episode: "Proud Man" | |
| 1997 | The Pale Horse | Dr Osbourne | Television film |
| Noah's Ark | Geoffrey Winger | Episode: "Family Matters" | |
| Beyond Fear | Prison Guard | Television film | |
| 1998 | Bramwell | Crispin | Episode: "Loose Women" |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland | Knave of Hearts | Television film |
| A Christmas Carol | The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come | ||
| 2000 | The Bill | Warren Askew | Episode: "Touch and Go" |
| The Prince and the Pauper | Chief Gentleman | Television film | |
| Second Sight: Parasomnia | Leonard | ||
| 2001 | The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells | Jim / 2nd Card Player | 6 episodes |
| Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes | Bolton | Episode: "The Photographer's Chair" | |
| 2002 | Crime and Punishment | Nikolai | Television film |
| 2003 | Byron | Millingen | |
| 2005 | According to Bex | The tog rater | Episode: "Stuck in the Middle with You" |
| 2006, 2007 | Trial & Retribution | Dr. Adrian Kinton | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | New Tricks | Bryan Fawson | Episode: "Bermondsey Boy" |
References edit
- ^ "Tim Potter | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ "Theatre - from the Tablet Archive". Archive.thetablet.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ Robert Hanks (1995-12-02). "THEATRE Hysteria, Duke of York's, WC2 - Arts and Entertainment". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ Paul Taylor (1994-12-12). "The Rake's Progress - Arts and Entertainment". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ "Tim Potter - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
- ^ "Tim Potter". Theatricalia. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ Milling, Jane (2012-10-25). Modern British Playwriting: The 1980s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations - Google Books. ISBN 9781408157107. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
External links edit
- Tim Potter at IMDb