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He reprised the role in the third series (2009), and returned in the final series (2012) as part of the expanded regular cast. In 2007, he appeared for the first time as Peter Mannion MP in the special episodes of the BBC comedy The Thick of It. In February 2007, he performed in the 1960s farce Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy Theatre in the West End, co-starring Mark Rylance, Frances de la Tour and Tamzin Outhwaite. In 2006 he appeared in Stephen Frears's film The Queen, starring Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren, as the Queen's private secretary. Blackbird subsequently won a best new play award. The play transferred to the Albery Theatre in London in February 2006. In August 2005, Allam appeared in Blackbird by David Harrower alongside Jodhi May at the Edinburgh Festival in a production by German star director Peter Stein. He reprised this role at the Old Vic, once again with Ian McKellen and Frances Barber in 2006–07. In December 2004 and January 2005, Allam appeared as the villainous Abanazar in a pantomime of Aladdin at the Old Vic theatre, co-starring Ian McKellen, Maureen Lipman and Sam Kelly. He stayed with the show for its transfer to the West End. In 2003, he appeared as former West German federal chancellor Willy Brandt in Michael Frayn's play Democracy which opened at the Cottesloe Theatre, in the Royal National Theatre. In November 2002 at the Comedy Theatre he co-starred with Gillian Anderson in Michael Weller's romantic comedy What the Night Is For. He won an Olivier Award as Best Actor 2001, for his role as Captain Terri Denis in a revival of Privates on Parade, opening in December 2001 at the Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden. In 2000 he played Adolf Hitler at the Royal National Theatre in David Edgar's Albert Speer.
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In 2001, he starred in BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Les Misérables, as Valjean. He has also appeared in many radio dramas for the BBC. įrom 1985 to 1986, he played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical Les Misérables. He played Mercutio for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1983. His father was rector of St Mary Woolnoth.
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He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Manchester University. He has worked extensively on the radio, most recently as Gosse in Father and Son, Svengali in Trilby, and Max in Laughter in the Dark.Allam was born in Bow, London, England.
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On TV his work includes two series of The Creatives, Inspector Morse, Lynley, Manchild, Foyle’s War, Between the Lines, A Landing on the Sun, The Thick of It, Endeavour, and Parades End.
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His recent film work has been with Ken Loach ( The Wind That Shakes the Barley), Michael Winterbottom ( A Cock and Bull Story), Stephen Frears ( The Queen, Tamara Drewe) and the Wachowskis ( V for Vendetta, Speed Racer). At the Chichester Festival Theatre he played Uncle Vanya. At Shakespeare’s Globe he played Falstaff in the two Henry IV plays (Olivier award) and Prospero in The Tempest. In the West End: Stone in City Of Angels (Olivier nomination), Bernard in Arcadia, Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest, Marc and Serge in Art, Terri Dennis in Privates on Parade (Olivier award), Abanazar in Aladdin, and Albin in Cages Aux Folles. At the National Theatre he was Mirabelle in The Way of The World, Ulysses in Troilus and Cressida (Clarence Derwent award), Graves in Money (Olivier award), Bassov in Summerfolk (Olivier nomination), Lophakin in The Cherry Orchard, Hitler in Speer, and Willy Brandt in Democracy (Olivier nomination). He also created the role of Javert in Les Miserables, playing it at the Barbican and in the West End. Roger Allam Roger Allam (BA Hons Drama 1975) – Actorīorn in London and educated at The University of Manchester, Roger is an Associate Artist of the RSC where his many classical roles include Mercutio, Oberon/Theseus, Toby Belch, Brutus, the Duke in Measure for Measure, Benedick, Macbeth, and Trigorin in The Seagull, as well as leading roles in plays by Peter Flannery, Trevor Griffiths, Robert Holman, Arthur Miller, Deborah Levy and David Edgar.