Stephen Greif
Encyclopedia
Stephen Greif is an award-winning English
actor
.
His television appearances include Waking the Dead (2011), Spooks
(2008), Mistresses 2 (2009), He Kills Coppers (2008), Holby City
(2005), The Last Days of Pompeii
(1984) as Sporus, Judge John Deed
(2005, 2006), Space Race
(2005), EastEnders
(1996), The Bill
(1993, 1998) and many more including the series Blake's 7
(1978), Citizen Smith
(three series, 1977-79), and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
(1986). Films include Boogie-Woogie (2009), Shoot on Sight (2007), Eichmann (2007), Casanova (2005), Sixty-Six (2006), Spartan (2004), The Upside of Anger (2005), Fakers (2004), No Sex Please, We're British
and Nicholas and Alexandra
(1971) amongst others.
He has also appeared in many plays in the West End including" Six degrees of Separation" Epitaph for George Dillon with Joseph Fiennes
, Fallen Angels with Felicity Kendal
and Frances de la Tour
, Reflected Glory with Albert Finney
and Many Seasons at the National Theatre
at The Old Vic in the Laurence Olivier
era and on the South Bank under Peter Hall and Nicholas Hytner
, winning Laurence Olivier Award and Critics' Circle Best Actor nominations for productions of Arthur Miller
's Death of a Salesman
and Eduardo De Filippo
's Saturday, Sunday, Monday both for the National Theatre
. He has also appeared with The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Prospect Theatre Company.
He has narrated countless talking books including The Match King, He Kills Coppers, Seeking Robinson Crusoe, The Boy with the Magic Numbers (for which he won the prestigious Earphones Award from BBC Audiobooks America), The Pianist, The Darkness of Wallis Simpson, and His Dark Materials
. His radio work includes The Man in Black ,Peter Lorre V Peter Lorre, Small Acts of Kindness, Harry and the Angels, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Grand Hotel Babylon, The Babbington Plot, The Devil was here Yesterday, The Iceman, Witness, Take-away, Down and Out in London and Paris, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and Hooligan Nights. He has also voiced hundreds of radio and television commercials as well as thousands of cinema and television promo
s and trailers, corporate presentations, narratives and scores of voices for computer games. He co-founded VoiceQuality, a system for describing voices and being utilised by the actors' directory The Spotlight
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
His television appearances include Waking the Dead (2011), Spooks
Spooks
Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...
(2008), Mistresses 2 (2009), He Kills Coppers (2008), Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
(2005), The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by the baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. Once a very widely read book and now relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.The novel uses its characters to contrast...
(1984) as Sporus, Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
(2005, 2006), Space Race
Space Race
The Space Race was a mid-to-late 20th century competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for supremacy in space exploration. Between 1957 and 1975, Cold War rivalry between the two nations focused on attaining firsts in space exploration, which were seen as necessary for national...
(2005), EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
(1996), The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
(1993, 1998) and many more including the series Blake's 7
Blake's 7
Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...
(1978), Citizen Smith
Citizen Smith
Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom. The show was written by John Sullivan, who later wrote Only Fools and Horses. The pilot was transmitted on 12 April 1977 in the Comedy Special series of one-off plays, and the series proper ran from 3 November 1977 to 31 December 1980.Citizen Smith...
(three series, 1977-79), and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil is a 1983 novel by British feminist author Fay Weldon about a highly unattractive woman who goes to great lengths to take revenge on her husband and his attractive lover...
(1986). Films include Boogie-Woogie (2009), Shoot on Sight (2007), Eichmann (2007), Casanova (2005), Sixty-Six (2006), Spartan (2004), The Upside of Anger (2005), Fakers (2004), No Sex Please, We're British
No Sex Please, We're British (film)
No Sex Please, We're British is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Ronnie Corbett, Ian Ogilvy, Susan Penhaligon and Arthur Lowe...
and Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of the last Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra....
(1971) amongst others.
He has also appeared in many plays in the West End including" Six degrees of Separation" Epitaph for George Dillon with Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes is an English film and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth, Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates, Martin Luther in Luther, Merlin in Camelot, and his portrayal of Mark Benford in the...
, Fallen Angels with Felicity Kendal
Felicity Kendal
Felicity Ann Kendal, CBE is an English actor known for her television and stage work.Born in 1946, Kendal spent much of her childhood in India, where her father managed a touring repertory company. First appearing on stage at the age of nine months, Kendal appeared in her first film, Shakespeare...
and Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour is an English actress perhaps best known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the British sitcom Rising Damp, and as Madame Olympe Maxime in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.-Early life and family:De la...
, Reflected Glory with Albert Finney
Albert Finney
Albert Finney is an English actor. He achieved prominence in films in the early 1960s, and has maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television....
and Many Seasons at the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
at The Old Vic in the Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
era and on the South Bank under Peter Hall and Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner
Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner is an English film and theatre producer and director. He has been the artistic director of London's National Theatre since 2003.-Biography:...
, winning Laurence Olivier Award and Critics' Circle Best Actor nominations for productions of Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...
's Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. Premiered at the Morosco Theatre in February 1949, the original production ran for a total of 742 performances.-Plot :Willy Loman...
and Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli Milionaria.-Biography:...
's Saturday, Sunday, Monday both for the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
. He has also appeared with The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Prospect Theatre Company.
He has narrated countless talking books including The Match King, He Kills Coppers, Seeking Robinson Crusoe, The Boy with the Magic Numbers (for which he won the prestigious Earphones Award from BBC Audiobooks America), The Pianist, The Darkness of Wallis Simpson, and His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights , The Subtle Knife , and The Amber Spyglass...
. His radio work includes The Man in Black ,Peter Lorre V Peter Lorre, Small Acts of Kindness, Harry and the Angels, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Grand Hotel Babylon, The Babbington Plot, The Devil was here Yesterday, The Iceman, Witness, Take-away, Down and Out in London and Paris, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and Hooligan Nights. He has also voiced hundreds of radio and television commercials as well as thousands of cinema and television promo
Promotion (marketing)
Promotion is one of the four elements of marketing mix . It is the communication link between sellers and buyers for the purpose of influencing, informing, or persuading a potential buyer's purchasing decision....
s and trailers, corporate presentations, narratives and scores of voices for computer games. He co-founded VoiceQuality, a system for describing voices and being utilised by the actors' directory The Spotlight
The Spotlight (directory)
The Spotlight is a UK directory of actors and actresses. It was established in 1927.It originally existed as a printed directory, but now also exists as an online interactive directory....
.