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Animated Epics: Beowulf (1998)
Character: Beowulf ( voice )
Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuring the voice of Joseph Fiennes as Beowulf. found.
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Shakespeare in the Present (2011)
Character: N/A
For the first time ever on DVD, experience the acclaimed work of Master Teacher Patsy Rodenburg! Filmed on the stages of Michael Howard Studios in New York and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, this comprehensive series brings you Patsy's unique approach to voice and acting through the work of history's greatest playwright. Throughout this 8-disc collection, explore Patsy's highly sough-after techniques and exercises in Movement, Speech, Body, Vocal Warmup, Owning, Scaffolding, Givens & "Second Circle". In addition, Patsy works one-on-one with actors performing speeches from Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, and many more. Watch Patsy's techniques come to life through renowned actors Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth), Lynn Cohen (Munich, Sex and the City), Jay O. Sanders (Revolutionary Road, Green Lantern), and others.
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Rancid Aluminium (2000)
Character: Sean Deeny
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is bust and the only way out is to do business with the Russian mafia. His life and heart are on the line when he leave to restore the fortunes of the family firm.
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The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Character: Bassanio
Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.
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On Wings of Eagles (2016)
Character: Eric Liddell
Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.
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Luther (2003)
Character: Martin Luther
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
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The Great Raid (2005)
Character: Major Gibson
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
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Running with Scissors (2006)
Character: Neil Bookman
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
Character: Self
From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.
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Der rote Baron (2008)
Character: Captain Roy Brown
Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Kate, a nurse, opens his eyes to the brutality of war.
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Elizabeth (1998)
Character: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
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The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995)
Character: Willy
When Poppy Carew is faced with having to organize a funeral by herself, she finds new strength and learns much about love's true meaning. Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.
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Stealing Beauty (1996)
Character: Christopher Fox
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.
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Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Character: James Gregory
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
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Forever Mine (1999)
Character: Manuel Esquema / Alan Riply
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Character: Will Shakespeare
Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
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The Escapist (2008)
Character: Lenny Drake
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence.
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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Character: Proteus (voice)
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
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Killing Me Softly (2002)
Character: Adam
A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.
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Martha – Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)
Character: Laurence
Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative moving backwards and forwards gradually filling in the gaps until we see the whole picture
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Man to Man (2005)
Character: Jamie Dodd
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.
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Against the Current (2009)
Character: Paul Thompson
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.
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Прашина (2001)
Character: Elijah
Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the religious Elijah taking up sides with the Ottoman sultan and gunslinger Luke joining "the Teacher" , a Macedonian rebel.
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Risen (2016)
Character: Clavius
Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.
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Scary Movie (2000)
Character: William Shakespeare (archival footage)
A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!
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The Mother (2023)
Character: Adrian
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
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Hercules (2014)
Character: King Eurystheus
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
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El inventor de juegos (2014)
Character: Morodian
Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true games maker.
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National Theatre Live: Dear England (2024)
Character: Gareth Southgate
The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land.
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Leo (2002)
Character: Stephen
A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence and begins working at Vic's Diner. Their stories converge when the man must overcome obstacles of the past to save the little boy and ultimately himself.
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Spring 1941 (2007)
Character: Artur Planck
After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former grocer. With the Planck family hiding in her attic, Emilia finds her feelings for the physician growing stronger than she wants, or can control -- despite the dangers of the situation.
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The Darwin Awards (2007)
Character: Michael Burrows
After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becomes an investigator for an insurance company and joins forces with a cynical field agent to probe suspicious and unusual deaths.
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Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Character: Commisar Danilov
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
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Strangerland (2015)
Character: Matthew Parker
Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.
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