Douglas Hodge (born 25 February 1960) is an English actor, director,
and musician who trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art. Hodge is a council member of the National Youth Theatre
for which, in 1989, he co-wrote Pacha Mama's Blessing about the Amazon
rain forests staged at the Almeida Theatre.Hodge has achieved success
on stage in plays by Harold Pinter, including No Man's Land at the
Comedy Theatre in February 1993; Moonlight at the Almeida Theatre in
September 1993; A Kind of Alaska, The Lover and The Collection at the
Donmar Warehouse in May 1998; as Jerry in Betrayal at the Royal
National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre, in November 1998; and as Aston
in The Caretaker at the Comedy Theatre in November 2000, co-starring
Michael Gambon (Davies) and Rupert Graves (Mick), directed by Patrick
Marber â€" for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award.Hodge
admired Pinter and has spoken and written very highly of the man and
his work, and offered himself as a "birthday present" on his 70th
birthday, among many other things offering "My own complete
friendship, loyalty and thanks. Manners, civility, celerity,
precision, class and clarity."
and musician who trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art. Hodge is a council member of the National Youth Theatre
for which, in 1989, he co-wrote Pacha Mama's Blessing about the Amazon
rain forests staged at the Almeida Theatre.Hodge has achieved success
on stage in plays by Harold Pinter, including No Man's Land at the
Comedy Theatre in February 1993; Moonlight at the Almeida Theatre in
September 1993; A Kind of Alaska, The Lover and The Collection at the
Donmar Warehouse in May 1998; as Jerry in Betrayal at the Royal
National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre, in November 1998; and as Aston
in The Caretaker at the Comedy Theatre in November 2000, co-starring
Michael Gambon (Davies) and Rupert Graves (Mick), directed by Patrick
Marber â€" for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award.Hodge
admired Pinter and has spoken and written very highly of the man and
his work, and offered himself as a "birthday present" on his 70th
birthday, among many other things offering "My own complete
friendship, loyalty and thanks. Manners, civility, celerity,
precision, class and clarity."
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