Rupert Frazer (born 12 March 1947) is a British actor. [1]
His work in theatre includes performances at the Citizens Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal National Theatre. [2] In 1975, he played the title role in the first British stage production of Seneca's Thyestes. [3] Other theatre roles include Ferdinand in The Tempest and Tamburlaine. [4] [5] [6]
He appeared in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi in 1982. [7] In Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) he plays the father of the protagonist Jim ( Christian Bale). [8] [9]
Other roles include Philip Castallack in Penmarric (1979), [10] [11] Muller in Eye of the Needle (1981), Lionel Stephens in The Shooting Party (1985), [12] Algernon Moncrieff (Algy) in a 1986 tv-production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, [13] Alan Desland in The Girl in a Swing (1988), [14] [15] Lord Alexander Montford in The House of Eliott [16] and Neville Chamberlain in Downton Abbey. [17]
Frazer is married with three children. [18]
FRAZER, Rupert 1947- PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1947, in England
Rupert Frazer had the tone right, and could have passed for a refugee from another and more appropriate generation of acting
Rupert Frazer (born 12 March 1947) is a British actor. [1]
His work in theatre includes performances at the Citizens Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal National Theatre. [2] In 1975, he played the title role in the first British stage production of Seneca's Thyestes. [3] Other theatre roles include Ferdinand in The Tempest and Tamburlaine. [4] [5] [6]
He appeared in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi in 1982. [7] In Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) he plays the father of the protagonist Jim ( Christian Bale). [8] [9]
Other roles include Philip Castallack in Penmarric (1979), [10] [11] Muller in Eye of the Needle (1981), Lionel Stephens in The Shooting Party (1985), [12] Algernon Moncrieff (Algy) in a 1986 tv-production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, [13] Alan Desland in The Girl in a Swing (1988), [14] [15] Lord Alexander Montford in The House of Eliott [16] and Neville Chamberlain in Downton Abbey. [17]
Frazer is married with three children. [18]
FRAZER, Rupert 1947- PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1947, in England
Rupert Frazer had the tone right, and could have passed for a refugee from another and more appropriate generation of acting