Adrian Anthony Lester CBE (born Anthony Harvey; 14 August 1968) is an
English actor, director, and writer.Lester was born in Birmingham, the
son of Jamaican immigrants, Monica, a medical secretary, and Reginald,
a manager for a contract cleaning company. From the age of nine,
Lester sang as a boy treble in the choir of St Chad's Cathedral,
Birmingham. At 14, he began acting with the Birmingham Youth Theatre.
After leaving Archbishop Masterson RC School, he attended Joseph
Chamberlain VI Form College for one year, before completing three
years of training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
London.Lester received an Ian Charleson Award commendation and a Time
Out Award for his 1991 performance as Rosalind in Cheek by Jowl's
all-male production of As You Like It. In 1993, he played Anthony Hope
in the National Theatre's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber
of Fleet Street. He has also appeared on stage as Robert in the
musical Company, for which he won an Olivier Award, and in the title
role of Hamlet (Carlton TV Theatre Award).
English actor, director, and writer.Lester was born in Birmingham, the
son of Jamaican immigrants, Monica, a medical secretary, and Reginald,
a manager for a contract cleaning company. From the age of nine,
Lester sang as a boy treble in the choir of St Chad's Cathedral,
Birmingham. At 14, he began acting with the Birmingham Youth Theatre.
After leaving Archbishop Masterson RC School, he attended Joseph
Chamberlain VI Form College for one year, before completing three
years of training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
London.Lester received an Ian Charleson Award commendation and a Time
Out Award for his 1991 performance as Rosalind in Cheek by Jowl's
all-male production of As You Like It. In 1993, he played Anthony Hope
in the National Theatre's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber
of Fleet Street. He has also appeared on stage as Robert in the
musical Company, for which he won an Olivier Award, and in the title
role of Hamlet (Carlton TV Theatre Award).
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