Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) is a British actor of South
African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time
nominee, who joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured
in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a
writer and theatre director. In 2001, he starred in his cousin Ronald
Harwood’s play Mahler's Conversion, and said that the story of a
composer sacrificing his faith for his career echoed his own identity
struggles.During his 2017 "Commonwealth Tour", Prince Charles referred
to Sher as his favourite actor. Sher and his partner and collaborator
Gregory Doran became one of the first gay couples to enter into a
civil partnership in the UK.Sher was born into a Lithuanian-Jewish
family in Cape Town, South Africa, the son of Emmanuel and Margery
Sher, who worked in business. He grew up in the suburb of Sea Point
where he attended Sea Point High School, and is a cousin of playwright
Ronald Harwood. Sher, however, has worked mainly in the United Kingdom
and is now a British citizen.In 1968, after completing his compulsory
military service, he left for London to audition at the Central School
of Speech and Drama and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), but
was unsuccessful. He instead studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of
Dramatic Art from 1969 to 1971.
African origin, a two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and four-time
nominee, who joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured
in many roles, as well as appearing on film and TV, and working as a
writer and theatre director. In 2001, he starred in his cousin Ronald
Harwood’s play Mahler's Conversion, and said that the story of a
composer sacrificing his faith for his career echoed his own identity
struggles.During his 2017 "Commonwealth Tour", Prince Charles referred
to Sher as his favourite actor. Sher and his partner and collaborator
Gregory Doran became one of the first gay couples to enter into a
civil partnership in the UK.Sher was born into a Lithuanian-Jewish
family in Cape Town, South Africa, the son of Emmanuel and Margery
Sher, who worked in business. He grew up in the suburb of Sea Point
where he attended Sea Point High School, and is a cousin of playwright
Ronald Harwood. Sher, however, has worked mainly in the United Kingdom
and is now a British citizen.In 1968, after completing his compulsory
military service, he left for London to audition at the Central School
of Speech and Drama and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), but
was unsuccessful. He instead studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of
Dramatic Art from 1969 to 1971.
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