Biografie

19. Juni 1957 · Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Michael Anthony Maloney

1,73 m

He was down to the last two for the part of Withnail in Withnail & I (1987) with Richard E. Grant but he told his agent he did not want the part because he could not relate to the character properly.

He is the only actor to have appeared in both Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet (1990) and Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996). He played Rosencrantz in the former and Laertes in the latter. In Branagh's theatre spoof Ein Winternachtstraum (1995), his character Joe Harper directed an amateur version of "Hamlet" and played the title role.

He has played three British Prime Ministers: John Major in Margaret (2009), Sir Robert Peel in Victoria, die junge Königin (2009) and Edward Heath in The Crown.