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Peter Eyre(I)

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Peter Eyre in Midsomer Murders (1997)
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Primarily a stage actor, Peter Eyre was born in New York City, the son of banker Edward Joseph Eyre and his wife, Dorothy Pelline (née Acton). In Britain from the age of twelve, he attended public school but resisted the wishes of his parents to study at Oxford. Instead, he secretly auditioned at RADA. When his acceptance was deferred for a year, he moved to Paris and took drama classes with the Belgian-born thespian Berthe Bovy.

Eyre began his theatrical career in Macbeth at Dublin's Old Vic in 1960. It took another eight years for his first major breakthrough, playing Konstantin in Chekhov's The Seagull, at the Nottingham Playhouse under the direction of Jonathan Miller. Tall, narrow-faced and of dignified comportment, Eyre has subsequently acted in classical roles with the RSC, the Bristol Old Vic and at the West End. Most often cast whenever the role required men of gravitas, he has played lords or princes, on occasion even a Roman Emperor and the Pope. Eyre cited as a career highlight his 1995 Broadway performance as Polonius in Hamlet, co-starring with Ralph Fiennes, Francesca Annis and James Laurenson.

On screen from 1964, Eyre's character roles have echoed those on the stage, ranging from poets to bishops and from butlers to kings. In addition to frequent TV guest roles, he appeared in a quartet of Merchant/Ivory Productions: Maurice (1987) (Reverend Borenius), The Remains of the Day (1993) (British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax), Surviving Picasso (1996) (Picasso's friend and personal secretary Jaume Sabartés), and The Golden Bowl (2000) (antique shop owner A. R. Jarvis). Other portrayals have included the poet Cinna, one of the conspirators in the assassination of Julius Caesar (1970), Jörgen Tesman, the dullish academic husband of Hedda (1975) (Gabler); Norton Shaw, president of the Royal Geographic Society, in Mountains of the Moon (1990); and King Casiodorus in the fantasy Dragonslayer (1981) .
BornMarch 11, 1942
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
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    Peter MacNicol and Caitlin Clarke in Dragonslayer (1981)
    Dragonslayer
    6.6
    • Casiodorus Rex
    • 1981
    Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day (1993)
    The Remains of the Day
    7.8
    • Lord Halifax
    • 1993
    Johnny Depp and Heather Graham in From Hell (2001)
    From Hell
    6.7
    • Lord Hallsham
    • 2001
    Catherine McCormack in Dangerous Beauty (1998)
    Dangerous Beauty
    7.1
    • The Doge
    • 1998

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    • These Untold Secrets (2023)
      These Untold Secrets
      6.3
      • Ari (segment "The Carer")
      • 2023
    • Peter Eyre in The Carer (2016)
      The Carer
      8.1
      Short
      • Ari
      • 2016
    • Ophelia Lovibond and Jamie Dornan in Shadows in the Sun (2009)
      Shadows in the Sun
      5.9
      • Jonathan
      • 'Prospero'
      • 2009
    • The Three Dumas (2007)
      The Three Dumas
      8.8
      • 2nd Marquess Davy De La Pailleterie
      • 2007
    • Annette Badland, Neil Dudgeon, and Nick Hendrix in Midsomer Murders (1997)
      Midsomer Murders
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Headley Madrigal
      • Leonard Pike
      • 1999–2007
    • The Situation (2006)
      The Situation
      6.3
      • US Ambassador
      • 2006
    • Rome (2005)
      Rome
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Accusator Nigidius
      • 2005
    • Still Life
      6.9
      Short
      • Bartholemew Gray
      • 2005
    • The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis (2004)
      The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • Sigmund Freud
      • 2004
    • Toby Stephens in Cambridge Spies (2003)
      Cambridge Spies
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Arthur Quigley
      • 2003
    • Juliet Aubrey and James Wilby in Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
      Bertie and Elizabeth
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Butler Simpson
      • 2002
    • Hilary Swank in The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
      The Affair of the Necklace
      6.0
      • Monsieur Bassenge
      • 2001
    • Johnny Depp and Heather Graham in From Hell (2001)
      From Hell
      6.7
      • Lord Hallsham
      • 2001
    • The Golden Bowl (2000)
      The Golden Bowl
      5.9
      • A.R. Jarvis, Shopkeeper
      • 2000
    • Paul McGann and Danny Sapani in Fish (2000)
      Fish
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Father David
      • 2000

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      • March 11, 1942
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Other works
      Plays "Duke of York" in "Richard II", a play by William Shakespeare (The Old Vic, London, England, UK).

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      He has appeared in two adaptations of Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": Alice in Wonderland (1966) and Alice in Wonderland (1999). He played the Knave of Hearts in the former and the Frogface Footman in the latter.
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        Frequently cast by James Ivory.

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