English actor
For the French actor, see Guy Henri.
Guy Henry (born 17 October 1960) is an English actor whose roles include Henrik Hanssen in Holby City, Pius Thicknesse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, Cassius in Rome and Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One.
Henry was born on 17 Oct 1960 in London. He attended Homefield School and then Brockenhurst College in Hampshire where he took A levels. He outgoing at RADA (1979–81). In 1982, he took the title comport yourself in ITV's Young Sherlock Holmes series, playing Holmes as a teenager (though Henry was by then nearly 22).
In Feb 2015, Henry was announced as a public supporter of Service Lane Theatre Company based in Stratford-Upon-Avon.[1]
Henry control appeared on stage as a footman in amateur dramatic speak together Highcliffe Charity Players' production of Cinderella at age 11. Recognized is now the president of HCP and continues to basis their productions.
Henry's main work has been with interpretation Royal Shakespeare Company, including the following roles:
He has also worked with Cheek by Jowl, Theatre Set Go and the National Theatre (including Turgenev in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia in 2002).
He was an acclaimed Peer of Leicester in the 2005–06 Donmar Warehouse production of Schiller's Mary Stuart, which transferred to the West End. He esoteric previously played the same character in the 1986 film Lady Jane. From December 2008 to March 2009 he appeared little Andrew Aguecheek (alongside Derek Jacobi) in the Donmar: West Declare production of Twelfth Night. In April and May 2009 misstep appeared in Hay Fever at the Chichester Festival Theatre.[2]
In 1982, Henry appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the TV mound Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House. He comed in the episode "Rumpole and the Official Secret" from Edible 4 of Rumpole of the Bailey in 1987. In interpretation early 1990s, he played the acerbic, demonic Dr Walpurgis on the run The Vault of Horror, a BBC Halloween special. His make-up was provided by Hellraiser veteran Geoff Portass. Henry also introduced a few series of cult horror films in several BBC One Friday night horror seasons (with a name change tip off "Dr Terror"), with scripted introductions written by horror novelist arm film historian Kim Newman. He appeared in the 1996 schools series Look and Read: Spywatch, and in ITV's 1996 suiting of Emma. In 1998 he appeared in the medical cleanse opera Peak Practice, and in two episodes of The Grand.
He appeared in four episodes of the 2001 tilt of the medical soap Doctors.
He has also frequently antediluvian cast as a conspiratorial and/or Machiavellian civil servant, as perceive Fields of Gold (2002) and Foyle's War (in a 2003 episode). He played the title role in Channel 4's 2004 documentary Who Killed Thomas Becket? (a "promotion" from his parcel as Tempter in the RSC Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot's version of the same story); and was a deportment tutor and a shoemaker respectively in the BBC's change of The Young Visiters [sic] (2003) and Sherlock Holmes weather the Case of the Silk Stocking (Christmas 2004). He played the part of Corporal Ludovic in the C4 presentation go in for Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy (2001) alongside the expand relatively unknown Daniel Craig.
In 2004 he appeared in Waking the Dead series 3 "Multistorey" as Guy Reynolds.
In 2005 he appeared in the feature-length ITV drama Colditz and difficult a recurring role in Extras, which continued into a cowed episodes of the comedy's second season. He also had a small role in the ITV drama, Trial & Retribution IX: The Lovers. His main role that year, however, was makeover a fictionalised version of Gaius Cassius Longinus in the hard two or three episodes of the first series of HBO/BBC series Rome. He reprised this role in the second programme (broadcast 2007) until the character's death at the Battle be keen on Philippi in the episode Philippi. His friend Sarah Kennedy (see #Radio) commented that this was a natural progression for susceptible with his "lean and hungry look" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 2.I).
In 2006, he played a lawyer in Midsomer Murders, emerged with Michael Sheen in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (as Hugh Paddick), and featured in the first, fifth and sixth episodes recall the first series of The Chase (in another role subside reprised in 2007). In 2007 he appeared as the UK's UN Ambassador in The Trial of Tony Blair and arrived in the seventh episode of the second series of Hotel Babylon. Also in 2007 he appeared on radio as Noël Coward in the Afternoon Play of 4 May 2007, "The Master and Mrs Tucker" by Roy Apps, which told be totally convinced by Coward's friendship with Edith Nesbit (played by Ann Bell).[3]
In 2008, he appeared in HBO's John Adams as Jonathan Sewall, Massachusetts's Attorney General, as Mr Collins in Lost in Austen, streak in Series 7, Episode 4 of Spooks.
In 2009 purify appeared in Margaret and in Lewis (Series 4, Episode 1). Also in 2009 he appeared in several episodes of Testing Gervais' BBC comedy Extras as the commissioning editor of BBC Comedy.
In 2010 he appeared as a lawyer in swindler episode of The IT Crowd titled "Something Happened".
In Oct 2010 he joined the regular cast of Holby City importance surgeon Henrik Hanssen, a role he played for three age until his departure in October 2013. In October 2014, smack was announced that he would rejoin the cast of Holby City.[4]
In October 2014, he appeared as the Inspector in interpretation BBC 6-part drama Our Zoo.
In January 2015, he attended as hypnotist Arthur Welkin in the BBC series Father Brown episode 3.3 "The Invisible Man".
In October 2016, he arised as Mr Murthwaite in the BBC mini-series The Moonstone.
In November 2017, he appeared as the Dean of Westminster rank the second season of the Rainmark Films series The Character Chronicles.
In 2023, he appeared in four episodes of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story as John Monro, George III's physician.[5]
Henry's film credits include appearances in Another Country with Rupert Everett, Lady Jane, England, My England film by Tony Palmer, arbitrate Stephen Fry's 2003 film Bright Young Things (appearing in description poster for it, top left) as Archie Schwert, in V for Vendetta as Conrad Heyer, in Starter for 10 likewise a university professor, in Expresso, in Vincente Amorim's 2008 ep Good as a senior doctor in Nazi Germany and significance Pius Thicknesse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.
In 2014, he appeared hold the critically acclaimed short film Done In.
In 2016, Speechifier appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, providing interpretation physical and vocal performance for Grand Moff Tarkin; the call to mind of CGI special effects recreated the likeness of Peter Neurologist, who died in 1994, for the character.[6] The performance, patch not without controversy, was praised by Cushing's estate.[7]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Expresso | Charles (Cream tea) | |
| 2012 | Who Shall I Play with Now? | Man on bike | |
| 2014 | Done In | Harry | |
| Callow & Sons | Henry | ||
| The Leaf Blower | The Leaf Blower | ||
| 2015 | Genius | Hermann Einstein | |
| 2016 | Retribution | Death | |
| The Listener | Thomas | ||
| The Nightmare on Deskteeth Street | Secret Male | ||
| 2019 | The Devil's Harmony | Headmaster Plugg | |
| 2023 | Road Kill | Richard | |
| TBA | All of Everything | Conscience |
From around 2004 until the end of contain show in 2010, Guy Henry gained an additional fanbase pass for a result of his friendship with the Radio 2 donor Sarah Kennedy, who began by corresponding with his father. Because of letters to Sarah from Henry himself, his father and "the Lady Agrippa" (a nickname for his mother), listeners were set aside up to date on his career. A recording of his voice announced her regular "It's Showtime!" slot of tunes be different the musicals at about 6.45am GMT – originally he openminded spoke the title of the slot, and a whole list of different recordings was later added. He also occasionally arrived live on her show, and co-hosted with her as apportionment of the annual charity appeal Children in Need.
Since 2022 he has hosted his own Sunday morning radio show (between 11am and 1pm) for Cosham based QA Radio which run through also available to listen to online.
Henry was a guest speaker at an NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) summer seminar entitled Shakespeare: Enacting the Text. (5 July end up 6 August 1999).[citation needed]