Jonathan Pryce (1947 - )

Jonathan Pryce was on born on June 1, 1947 in Holywell, Wales. His given birth name was Jonathan Price. His father, Issac Price, was a coal miner and his mother, Margaret Ellen, was a retail cashier.

Pryce left home at the age of sixteen to attend Art School which is where he became interested in Drama. Jonathan Pryce studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London on a scholarship. After graduation he joined the Liverpool Everyman Theater and eventually became its Artistic Director.

Jonathan Pryce became known of the London Stage in such productions as THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, HAMLET, and MEASURE FOR MEASURE.  He made his Broadway debut in 1977 for his work on COMEDIANS.  Jonathan Pryce made his big screen debut in VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED in 1976.

Kate Fahy, the Irish actress who starred in THE FOURTH ANGEL in 2001, is married to Jonathan Pryce. They have been married since 1974 and they have two sons and a daughter.  They currently live in England.

Some of Jonathan Pryce's works are -

LEATHERHEADS - 2008
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END - 2006
THE MOON AND THE STARS - 2007
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - 2006
RENAISSANCE - 2006
THE NEW WORLD - 2005
BROTHERS OF THE HEAD - 2005
THE BROTHERS GRIM - 2005
DE-LOVELY - 2004
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL - 2003
STIGMATA - 1999
TOMORROW NEVER DIES - 1997
EVITA - 1996
THE INVISIBLE MAN - 1996
THE RACHEL PAPERS - 1989
CONSUMING PASSIONS - 1988
JUMPIN' JACK FLASH - 1986
VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED - 1976
DAFT AS A BRUSH -TV - 1975

Awards received by Jonathan Pryce -

BAFTA Awards, Wales - Special Award - 2002
Cannes Film Festival - CARRINGTON - 1995
Evening Standard British Film Awards - CARRINGTON - 1996
Evening Standard British Film Awards - Most Promising Newcomer - 1981
Valladolid International Film Festival - GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS - 1992