Biography
Oft-honored stage actor Alan Howard began his career on the boards in his native England, debuting in a 1958 Coventry production of "Half in Earnest" and becoming an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company nearly a decade later in 1967 after his first season there. He worked his way through the canon at RSC, playing title roles in "Hamlet", "Henry IV, Parts I and II", "Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III", "Coriolanus", "Richard II" and …
Career Milestones
1997 | Co-starred with Ben Kingsley in a West End revival of "Waiting for Godot" | |
1996 | Starred in the National Theater productions of "Oedipus Tyrranos" and "Oedipus at Colonus" | |
1994 | Acted in "Anna Lee: Headcase", an A&E movie | |
1993 | Last feature to date, "The Secret Rapture", adapted from David Hare's play | |
1991 | Narrated "Fuhrer: Seduction of a Nation" (PBS) | |
| Portrayed Sam McCready in six episodes of "Frederick Forsyth Presents" (USA Network) | ||
1989 | Acted opposite Helen Mirren and Michael Gambon in "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"; played the titular "lover" | |
1989 | Co-starred in David Hare's "Strapless" | |
1989 | Portrayed Oliver Cromwell in Richard Lester's "The Return of the Three Musketeers" | |
1987 | Acted the part of Maurice Wilkins in TV movie, "Double Helix", about the men who identified DNA | |
1984 | Played Simon Rutledge in "Oxford Blues" | |
1982 | Reprised "Good" role on Broadway; earned Tony nomination | |
1981 | Portrayed John Halder, a university professor becoming a Nazi, in "Good" | |
| Played title roles in "Richard II" and "Richard III" | ||
1977 | Portrayed the title roles in "Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III" and "Coriolanus" | |
1975 | Acted the part of Prince Hal in "Henry IV, Parts I and II" | |
1975 | First appearance on American TV, "Notorious Woman", broadcast as episodes of "Masterpiece Theatre" (PBS) | |
1971 | Broadway debut, reprising Theseus and Oberon | |
1970 | Played title role in Trevor Nunn's "Hamlet", Mephistopholes in "Doctor Faustus", Ceres in "The Tempest" and Theseus and Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | |
1969 | Earned the London Theatre Critics Award for Most Promising Actor | |
1967 | Became an associate artist at the RSC | |
1966 | First performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company in productions of "Twelfth Night", "Henry V" and "The Revenger's Tragedy" | |
1961 | Feature debut as Frank in "Victim" | |
1959 | London stage debut as Frankie Bryant in "Roots" | |
1958 | Worked as a stage hand and assistant stage manager at Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, England; made acting debut there as Footman in "Half in Earnest" | |