Mark Strong mini-bio: Mark Strong will soon be seen in a host of upcoming feature films. These include Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe; Jean-Marc Vallée’s The Young Victoria, opposite Emily Blunt; Vicente Amorim’s Good, with Viggo Mortensen; Mathieu Kassovitz’ Babvlon A.D., opposite Vin Diesel; Baillie Walsh’s Flashbacks of a Fool; and Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla. Filmgoers have previously seen him in Matthew Vaughn’s Stardust; Danny Boyle’s Sunshine; Guy Ritchie’s Revolver; Stephen Gaghan’s Syriana; Roman Polanski’s Oliver Twist; Kevin Reynolds’ Tristan + Isolde; Thomas Vinterberg’s It’s All About Love; Mike Figgis’ Hotel; David Evans’ Fever Pitch; and István Szabó’s Sunshine (1999), among other works. Mr. Strong was a BAFTA Award nominee for his performance in Bille Eltringham’s miniseries The Long Firm. His other telefilm and miniseries credits include Our Friends in the North, in segments directed by Simon Cellan Jones and Stuart Urban; Adrian Shergold’s Low Winter Sun (which won the Scottish BAFTA Award for Best Drama) and Births, Marriages and Deaths; Pete Travis’ The Jury and Henry VIII; David Drury’s Trust; Diarmuid Lawrence’s Emma, opposite Kate Beckinsale; Roger Michell’s The Buddha of Suburbia; Danny Boyle’s Screenplay episode “Not Even God Is Wise Enough;” and, opposite Helen Mirren for directors David Drury and Tom Hooper, respectively, Prime Suspect 3 and Prime Suspect 6. He has also performed in radio and stage plays, and was an Olivier Award nominee for his performance in Sam Mendes’ Donmar Warehouse staging of Twelfth Night (which he played in repertory with Uncle Vanya). U.K. audiences have seen him perform with the Royal Shakespeare Company, in Danny Boyle’s staging of Hess is Dead, among other productions; with the National Theatre, in four productions for Richard Eyre and Patrick Marber’s Closer, among other shows; at the Royal Court, in Lindsay Posner’s production of The Treatment and Hettie MacDonald’s staging Thickness of Skin; and Peter Gill’s New Ambassadors production of Speed-the-Plow.
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