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Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born John Price; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor and singer. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his longtime girlfriend, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's ''Hamlet'', led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film ''Brazil''. Critically lauded for his versatility,〔Shenton, Mark (15 October 2007). "(Jonathan Pryce )". ''Broadway.com'' in London. Retrieved 10 November 2007.〕〔BWW News Desk (20 November 2005). "(Jonathan Pryce Confirmed To Step Into 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' )". ''BroadwayWorld.com''. Retrieved 10 November 2007.〕 Pryce has participated in big-budget films including ''Evita'', ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''The New World'', ''GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra'', ''GI Joe: Retaliation'' as well as independent films including ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' and ''Carrington''. His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in ''Comedians'', the second for his 1991 role as The Engineer in the musical ''Miss Saigon''. ==Early life== Born John Price in Carmel, Flintshire, he is the son of Margaret Ellen (née Williams) and Isaac Price, a former coal miner who, along with his wife, ran a small general grocery shop. Price has two older sisters. He was educated at Holywell Grammar School (today Holywell High School), and, at the age of 16, he went to art college and then started training to be a teacher at Edge Hill College (now Edge Hill University) in Ormskirk. While studying, he took part in a college theatre production. When he joined Equity, the British actors' trade union, he used Jonathan Pryce as a stage name because Equity can only have one actor with any particular name on its books. An impressed tutor suggested he became an actor and on Pryce's behalf sent off to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for an application form, and Pryce was awarded a scholarship to RADA.〔"(Jonathan Pryce )". ''BBC.co.uk''. Retrieved 28 October 2007.〕〔"(Jonathan Pryce Biography )". ''Tribute.ca''. Retrieved 28 October 2007.〕〔(16 August 2002). "(I always wanted to be a pop star... )". ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 9 December 2007.〕 While at RADA Pryce worked as a door-to-door salesman of velvet paintings.〔(8 October 2007). "( Why Jonathan Pryce is right for Mamet )". ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 15 June 2008.〕 Pryce was part of 'new wave' of actors to emerge from the Academy. Others included Bruce Payne, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Anton Lesser, Kenneth Branagh and Fiona Shaw. Despite finding RADA "straight-laced",〔 and being told by his tutor that he could never aspire to do more than playing villains in ''Z-Cars'',〔(10 July 2001). "( Life with lots of Doolittles )". ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 15 June 2008.〕 when he graduated he joined the Everyman Theatre Liverpool Company, eventually becoming the theatre's Artistic Director and went on to perform with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the Nottingham Playhouse.〔(6 March 2007). "(Jonathan Pryce is Sherlock Holmes )". ''BBC.co.uk''. Retrieved 28 October 2007.〕〔"(Jonathan Pryce Mini Biography )". ''Ön Sayfa''. Retrieved 28 October 2007.〕 To gain his Equity card to work in Liverpool, he made his first screen appearance in a minor role on a 1972 episode of the British science fiction programme ''Doomwatch'', called "Fire & Brimstone". He then starred in two television films, both directed by Stephen Frears, ''Daft as a Brush'' and ''Playthings''. After the Everyman, Pryce joined the director Sir Richard Eyre at the Nottingham Playhouse and starred in the Trevor Griffiths play ''Comedians'' in a role specially written for his talents, Gethin Price. The production then transferred to London's Old Vic Theatre and in 1976 he reprised the role on Broadway, this time directed by Mike Nichols, for which he won the 1977 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, his first Tony Award. It was around this time that he appeared in his first movie role, playing the character Joseph Manasse in the film drama ''Voyage of the Damned'', starring Faye Dunaway. He did not, however, abandon the stage, appearing from 1978 to 1979 in the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of ''The Taming of the Shrew'' as Petruchio, and ''Antony and Cleopatra'' as Octavius Caesar.〔(The RSC Shakespeare – Plot summaries, The Taming of the Shrew ). Retrieved 18 June 2008.〕〔(The RSC Shakespeare – Plot summaries, Antony and Cleopatra ). Retrieved 18 June 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonathan Pryce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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