Oliver Hollis
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Oliver Hollis is an actor and motion capture actor. Oliver has performed in a range of television, film and theatre productions as well as a providing motion capture for a range of big name video games. Oliver's credited career began in 2004 with his performance as a motion capture actor in the popular video game, Alias
. His early career goes back further, after a period of training to a high level in several gymnastic and martial arts disciplines, he acted in several amateur plays at Nottingham's Lace Market theatre. His performances were roundly well received and were followed by excellent reviews in The Evening Post – the most popular local newspaper in the East Midlands.
Perhaps Oliver's most famous performance was his spell in Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet
, the hugely popular 26 episode computer generated children's TV series. He also made a noteworthy contribution as a motion capture actor in the 2007 blockbuster, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
. Oliver is currently studying at the world famous Bristol Old Vic
drama school, which was attended by many heavyweight actors, including Daniel Day-Lewis
and Patrick Stewart
.
Actor:
Alias (video game)
Alias is a 3D third-person stealth/action video game developed by Acclaim Cheltenham and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is based on the television series Alias. The plot was written by Breen Frazier and the game features the voices of the...
. His early career goes back further, after a period of training to a high level in several gymnastic and martial arts disciplines, he acted in several amateur plays at Nottingham's Lace Market theatre. His performances were roundly well received and were followed by excellent reviews in The Evening Post – the most popular local newspaper in the East Midlands.
Perhaps Oliver's most famous performance was his spell in Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet
Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet
Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet is a United Kingdom-produced computer-generated imagery action-adventure TV series which debuted in February 2005 as part of the Ministry of Mayhem on ITV....
, the hugely popular 26 episode computer generated children's TV series. He also made a noteworthy contribution as a motion capture actor in the 2007 blockbuster, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling, and was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada...
. Oliver is currently studying at the world famous Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic
The Bristol Old Vic is a theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, King Street, in Bristol, England. The theatre complex includes the 1766 Theatre Royal, which claims to be the oldest continually-operating theatre in England, along with a 1970s studio theatre , offices and backstage facilities...
drama school, which was attended by many heavyweight actors, including Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor with both British and Irish citizenship. His portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot and Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood won Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, and Screen Actors Guild as well as Golden Globe Awards for the latter...
and Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE is an English film, television and stage actor, who has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century...
.
Filmography
Visual Effects:- Fred Claus (2007) (motion capture actor)
- Stardust (2007) (motion capture actor) (uncredited)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) (motion capture actor)
- aka Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
- aka The Order of the Phoenix (USA: short title)
- Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (2006) (motion capture actor)
- aka Curse of the Golden Flower (International: English title)
- Paraworld (2006) (VG) (motion capture model)
- The Magic Flute (2006) (motion capture)
- aka Flûte enchantée, La (France)
- Miami Vice: The Game (2006) (VG) (motion capture actor)
- "Captain Scarlet" (motion capture actor) (26 episodes, 2005)
- aka Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet (UK: complete title)
- Grey Skulls (2005) TV episode (motion capture actor)
- Dominion (2005) TV episode (motion capture actor)
- Shapeshifter (2005) TV episode (motion capture actor)
- Duel (2005) TV episode (motion capture actor)
- Storm at the End of the World (2005) TV episode (motion capture actor)
- (21 more)
- aka Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet (UK: complete title)
- Alias (2004) (VG) (motion capture actor)
Actor:
- Intergalactic Combat (2007) .... Desperate Dan
- Left for Dead (2004) .... Henchman
- The Purifiers (2004) .... Wolf Deputy