You will learn about famous British actors (Anthony Hopkins, Sir Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Sean Bean, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Grant, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale)

1. Famous British Actors
Part 1

2. Anthony Hopkins (1937-)
• Years active: 1960s to now
• a Welsh actor
• played in the National Theatre under the
direction (под руководством) of Laurence
Olivier
• has moved from the Shakespearean stage to
serious cinematic drama and Hollywood
blockbusters
• best known for his role of a serial killer in the
movie The Silence of the Lambs (Молчание
ягнят), won the Oscar for Best Actor and got a
B.A.F.T.A. for this role
• was awarded with the Commander of the
Order of the British Empire (кавалер ордена
Британской империи) in 1987
• Key films: The Silence of the Lambs, Legends of
the Fall (Легенды осени), The Elephant Man
(Человек-слон), Chaplin

3. Sir Ian McKellan (1939-)
• Years active: 1960s to now
• a breathtaking (потрясающий)
Shakespearean actor
• best known for the role of
wizard Gandalf in the movies
Lord of the Rings (Властелин
колец)
• was knighted for services to
performing arts in 1991
• Key films: The Lord of the Rings,
Hobbit, X-Men, Doctor Who

4. Patrick Stewart (1940-)
• Years active: 1960s to now
• devoted much time to stage and
delivered strong performances
in Anthony and Cleopatra and A
Christmas Carol
• best known for his work in television
series, Star Trek, and four films
associated with it
• another project that brought him fame
was the X-Men film series
• was knighted in 2010
• Key films: X-Men, Dune, Star Trek
(Звездный путь)

5. Rowan Atkinson (1955-)
• Years active: 1960s-now
• a British comedian and actor
• known for his character of Mr.
Bean
• has a master’s degree
(магистерская степень) in
Electrical Engineering
• Key films: Mr. Bean, Love
Actually (Реальная любовь), Rat
Race (Крысиные бега), Johnny
English (Агент Джонни
Инглиш)

6. Emma Thompson( 1959-)
• Years active: 1970s to now
• her parents were both actors
• studied English Literature at Cambridge
University
• starting out as a Cambridge comic
• starred in over 40 films and 20
television series
• has won two Oscars, three BAFTAs, and
one Emmy
• Key films: Love Actually (Реальная
любовь), Sense and Sensibility (Разум и
чувства), Nanny McPhee (Моя
ужасная няня)

7. Colin Firth (1960-)
• Years active: 1970s to now
• won the Oscar for Best Actor for the role
of the British King George VI in The King’s
Speech in 2011
• is one of 14 actors to win the Academy
Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice
Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG
Award for the same performance
• he also writes stories
• Key films: Bridget Jones’s Diary (Дневник
Бриджет Джонс), A Single Man
(одинокий мужчина), The King’s Speech
(Король говорит), Sense and sensibility,
Love Actually, Kingsman

8. Sean Bean (1959-)
• Years active: 1980s to now
• an English actor known for his Yorkshire
accent (акцент)
• worked for his father's welding (сварка)
firm before he decided to become an
actor
• described as surprisingly shy and a man
of few words
• often portrays villainous (злодейский)
character
• Key films: The Lord of the Rings,
Caravaggio, Troy, Black Beauty

9. Tilda Swinton( 1960-)
• Years active: 1980s to now
• got a degree (ученая степень) in English
Literature
• sense of experimentation can be felt in every
film she makes
• open to experimental projects with new and
untried directors and mediums
• does not always play women; she has played
Mozart on stage, an Elizabethan nobleman
in Orlando (1992) and an angel, Gabriel,
in Constantine(2005)
• Key films: Orlando, The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Хроники
Нарнии) , I Am Love (Я- любовь), The Curious
Case of Benjamin Button (Необыкновенная
история Бенджамина Баттона), Constantine

10. Hugh Grant (1960-)
• Years active: 1980s to now
• studied at Oxford and got a degree
in English Literature
• also known for his charity
(благотворительность) work
• a patron of Pancreatic Cancer
Action (движение против рака
поджелудочной железы)
• Key films: Four Weddings and a
Funeral (Четыре свадьбы и одни
похороны), Notting Hill, Cloud
Atlas (Облачный атлас), The
Gentlemen, Love Actually, Sense
and sensibility, Paddington 2,
Bridget Jones’s Diary

11. Jude Law (1972-)
• Years active: 1980s to now
• began acting at the age of 6
• one of the most respected and
talented artists of his generation
• often plays a representative
(представитель) of the ideal
man
• Key films: Sherlock Holmes, The
Talented Mr Ripley
(Талантливый мистер Рипли),
Alfie, Cold Mountain, The Young
Pope (Молодой папа), Gattaca

12. Ewan McGregor (1971-)
• Years active: 1980s- now
• a Scottish actor
• portrays Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first three
Star Wars episodes
• tried himself as a director (режиссер)
• won an Golden Globe for his work in the
TV Series Fargo in 2018
• went on a motorcycle trip around the
world along with his friend and fellow
actor Charley Boorman (2004)
• became a goodwill ambassador (посол
доброй воли) for UNICEF (United
Nations International Children’s
Emergency Fund) in 2004
• Key films: Star Wars (Звездные войны),
Big Fish (Большая рыба), Moulin Rouge,
Christopher Robin

13. Christian Bale (1974-)
• Years active: 1980s-now
• was born in Wales
• started acting at the age of 13
• his family lived in different countries
throughout his childhood, including England,
Portugal, and the United States
• the main role in Christopher Nolan’s Dark
Knight (Темный рыцарь) trilogy has made him
a huge international star
• chameleon-like changes of appearance for
different roles
• Key films: Empire of the Sun (Империя солнца),
American Psycho (Амнриканский психопат),
Batman Begins (Бэтмен: Начало) , The
Prestige, The Dark Knight, Ford versus Ferrari,
Equilibrium, The Fighter (Боец)