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Roger Rees Net Worth


Roger Rees net worth is
$14 Million

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Like a number of British actors of the same generation (John Hurt and Alan Rickman, to name two), Roger Rees originally trained for the visual arts. He was born on May 5 1944 in Aberystwyth, Wales, and acted in church and Boy Scouts stage productions while growing up in South London, but studied painting and lithography at the Slade School of Art.... 
Full NameRoger Rees
Net Worth$14 Million
Date Of BirthMay 5, 1944
DiedJuly 10, 2015, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of BirthAberystwyth, Wales, UK
Height5' 11½" (1.81 m)
OccupationActor
ProfessionVoice Actor, Playwright, Art Director, Theatre Director
EducationSlade School of Fine Art
SpouseRick Elice
ParentsDoris Louise Rees, William John Rees
NicknamesRoger Rees, Rees, Roger
IMDB
AwardsTony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play, Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play, Obie Award for Direction, Obie Award for Performance
NominationsTony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance, Outer Critics Circle Award ...
MoviesRobin Hood: Men in Tights, The Prestige, Frida, The Pink Panther, The Scorpion King, Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, If Looks Could Kill, The Invasion, Star 80, Going Under, Survivor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Crazy like a Fox, Game 6, Sudden Manhattan, A Christmas Caro...
TV ShowsBoston Common, M.A.N.T.I.S., Cheers, Liberty!, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Titanic, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Singles
Star SignTaurus
#Trademark
1Rich smooth voice
#Quote
1In Julius Caesar, I died early in the scene and used to fall asleep under the shield until I was waken up by applause. I didn't have any lines, other than "The Queen!" or "Ah, my Lord!" for four years. -- RR, commenting on his first few years as a bit actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company
#Fact
1His ashes were sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean.
2He converted from Christianity to Judaism in the 1980s.
3Starring as "Vladimir", opposite Sir Ian McKellen's "Estragon", in "Waiting for Godot", at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End. [January 2010]
4Currently directing BD Wong in the La Jolla Playhouse's production of "Herringbone". Wong plays 11 roles in this one-man show. [August 2009]
5Is friends with Prince Michael of Greece and wife Marina.
6He and spouse Eric Elice (aka Rick Elice), a playwright, have been a couple since 1982 and have lived together in Manhattan since 1996. They and their duplex co-op apartment in the famous Beresford building at 81st St. and Central Park West, home to many celebrities, is featured in a 2013 NY Times article.
7Rees's longtime romantic partner (and, as of 2011, husband) is writer/producer Eric Elice (aka "Rick" Elice), who co-wrote the musicals "Jersey Boys" and "The Addams Family". Rees and Elice have also collaborated professionally, most notably as co-playwrights of the comedic thriller, "Double Double". In March 2011, Rees took over the role of "Gomez Addams" in the "Addams Family" musical (the role had previously been played by Nathan Lane and Merwin Foard). In 2011, Rees was the co-director for the play "Peter and the Starcatcher," which was adapted for the stage by Rick Elice.
8Son of Doris Louise (née Smith), a shop clerk, and William John Rees, a police officer.
9Started his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and attended the Slade School of Fine Arts.
10Became an American citizen in 1989.
11In November 2004, he was named artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts, only the fourth person to hold the post in its half century. He left the position in October 2007.
12Was painting scenery at the Wimbledon Theatre when approached to play a part in "Hindle Wakes" in 1965.
13Won Broadway's 1982 Tony Award as Best Actor for playing the title role in "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," a role he recreated in the television version with the same title, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982). He was also nominated for a Tony Award in the same category in 1995 for "Indiscretions."

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Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
American Experience2015TV Series documentaryWilliam Bradford
Survivor2015/IEmil Balan
Forever2015TV SeriesPriest
It Could Be Worse2013-2014TV Mini-SeriesRoger Goldstein
Affluenza2014Mr. Carson
Elementary2012-2014TV SeriesAlistair Moore
Russian Broadway Shut Down2014ShortVasily the Woodcarver
Warehouse 132009-2013TV SeriesJames MacPherson
The Middle2013TV SeriesMr. Glover
Submissions Only2012TV SeriesRoger Rees
Almost Perfect2011/IKai Lee
The Good Wife2010TV SeriesDr. Todd Grossman
The Cleveland Show2010TV Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2009TV SeriesDuke DeGuerin
Happy Tears2009Antiques Dealer
The Narrows2008Professor Reyerson
The Invasion2007/IYorish
Grey's Anatomy2007TV SeriesDr. Colin Marlow
The Prestige2006Owens
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties2006Mr. Hobbs
The Treatment2006Leighton Proctor
Falling for Grace2006Andrew Barrington Sr.
Related2005-2006TV SeriesBob's Dad
The Pink Panther2006Raymond Larocque
The New World2005Virginia Company Representative (uncredited)
A Life in Suitcases2005Tulse Luper
The West Wing2000-2005TV SeriesBrit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury Lord John Marbury
Game 62005Jack Haskins
Crazy Like a Fox2004Nat Banks
Going Under2004Peter
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish2004Tulse Luper
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea2004
Law & Order2003TV SeriesWyatt Scofield
Veritas: The Quest2003TV SeriesDe Molay
The Emperor's Club2002Mr. Castle
Frida2002Guillermo Kahlo
The Scorpion King2002King Pheron
The Education of Max Bickford2002TV SeriesDan Franklin
Return to Never Land2002Edward (voice)
Three Sisters2001TV SeriesFrederick
3 A.M.2001Priest
Oz2001TV SeriesJack Aldridge
BlackMale2000Bill Fontaine
The Crossing2000TV MovieGen. Hugh Mercer
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway1999Dr. Croft
Double Platinum1999TV MovieMarc Reckler
A Midsummer Night's Dream1999Peter Quince
Next Stop Wonderland1998Ray Thornback
Damian Cromwell's Postcards from America1997TV SeriesDamian Cromwell
Liberty! The American Revolution1997TV Mini-SeriesThomas Paine
Trouble on the Corner1997Mr. McMurtry
Extreme Ghostbusters1997TV SeriesThe Piper
Boston Common1997TV SeriesPresident Harrison Cross
Titanic1996TV Mini-SeriesJ. Bruce Ismay
Sudden Manhattan1996Murphy
The Substance of Fire1996Max
Phantom 20401995TV SeriesIkon
Gargoyles1995TV SeriesPrince Malcolm
The Possession of Michael D.1995TV MovieRobin Banks (Hypnotist)
M.A.N.T.I.S.1994-1995TV SeriesJohn Stonebrake
Mighty Max1994TV Series
My So-Called Life1994TV SeriesVic Racine
Robin Hood: Men in Tights1993Sheriff of Rottingham
The Legend of Prince Valiant1991-1993TV SeriesRathburn / Lord Theodine
Cheers1989-1993TV SeriesRobin Colcord
The Tower1993TV MovieMr. Littlehill
Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After1992TV MoviePrince Charles
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot1992Parnell
P.J. Sparkles1992TV MovieBetty (voice)
If Looks Could Kill1991Augustus Steranko
Next1990ShortPeter, a Producer (voice)
Mountains of the Moon1990Edgar Papworth, Artist
The Young Riders1990TV SeriesTyler Dewitt
The Return of Sam McCloud1989TV MovieJason Cross
Singles1988-1989TV SeriesMalcolm
Ten Great Writers of the Modern World1988TV Mini-Series documentaryMarcel Proust / Marcel
The Finding1987TV MovieDad
God's Outlaw1986William Tyndale
The Ebony Tower1984TV MovieDavid Williams
A Christmas Carol1984TV MovieFred Holywell / Narrator
Tales of the Unexpected1984TV SeriesJames Howgill
Saigon -Year of the Cat-1983TV MovieDonald Henderson
Star 801983Aram Nicholas
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby1982TV Mini-SeriesNicholas Nickleby
Imaginary Friends1982TV MovieDouglas Pitblado
The Three Sisters1981TV MovieTusenbach
A Performance of Macbeth1979TV MovieMalcolm
The Comedy of Errors1978TV MovieAntipholus of Syracuse
Bouquet of Barbed Wire1976TV SeriesSimon
Under Western Eyes1975TV MovieRazumov
The Place of Peace1975TV MovieWillie

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Oz2002TV Series 1 episode

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
American Experience2015TV Series documentary in memory of - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Pilgrims2015TV Movie documentaryWilliam Bradford
The 66th Annual Tony Awards2012TV Movie documentaryHimself - Nominee: Best Direction of a Play
The 78th Annual Drama League Awards2012TV SpecialHimself
Portraits in Dramatic Time2011Himself
Angela Lansbury & Friends Benefiting Salute to Terrence McNally2011TV MovieHimself - Perforemr
Loop Dreams: The Making of a Low-Budget Movie2001DocumentaryHimself
E! True Hollywood Story2000TV Series documentaryHimself
Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom1999TV Movie documentaryNarrator (voice)
Working in the Theatre1995-1998TV Series documentaryHimself
The 50th Annual Tony Awards1996TV SpecialHimself - Previous Winner
Showbiz Today1995TV SeriesHimself
The 49th Annual Tony Awards1995TV SpecialHimself - Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1990-1991TV SeriesHimself
Cheers1990TV SeriesHimself / Robin Colcord
Playing Shakespeare1982TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Friday Night, Saturday Morning1982TV SeriesHimself
The Brand New Illustrated Journal of the Arts1982TV Movie documentaryNicholas Nickleby
The Theatre Quiz1981TV SeriesHimself - Panellist

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Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1983Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a SpecialThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982)

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