Marcus Gilbert (actor)
{{short description|British actor (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Marcus Gilbert
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|7|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bristol, England, UK
| spouse = Homaa Khan-Gilbert (1992-2020) her death (2 children)
| nationality = British
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1982–present
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Marcus Gilbert (born 29 July 1958) is a British actor.
Since 1984 he has appeared in films, including The Masks of Death (1984), Biggles (1986), A Hazard of Hearts (1987), Rambo III (1988), A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990), Legacy (1990), Army of Darkness (1992) and Freebird (2008), on television (including Doctor Who in Battlefield in 1989), an episode of Murder, She Wrote https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653456/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_eps_tt_1 (in 1994) and in commercials. He has also worked in the theatre, including playing the young Viscount Goring in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband with the Middle Ground Theatre Company on their national tour in 2000.
Career
After graduating from the Mountview Theatre School in 1981,http://www.mountview.org.uk/general_information_level2.asp?level2_ID=632{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Gilbert became a founder member of the original Odyssey Theatre Company, touring London schools with productions of contemporary classics. This was followed by seasons working in the Dundee Repertory Theatre and the Library Theatre, Manchester.[http://www.marcusgilbert.org.uk/viewpage.php?page_id=5 p. 5] of marcusgilbert.org.uk
Gilbert has made over fifty commercials, including one for Lee Jeans called Mean Jeans, directed by Willi Patterson,{{Cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/uspattys|title = Willi Patterson (Uspattys) on Myspace}} which won the best cinema commercial award in 1986.
Gilbert also runs his own film production company, Touch the Sky Productions, and in 2004 while making a documentary about his climbing Mount Kilimanjaro he visited the Arusha Children's Trust in Tanzania and filmed an appeal for the trust.
Personal life
He married a doctor named Homaa Khan-Gilbert, with whom he has two children. His wife of 28 years died in 2020.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Weather in the Streets | Kurt | TV movie |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Anton von Felseck | TV movie |
| 1986 | Biggles | Eric von Stalhein | |
| 1987 | A Hazard of Hearts | Lord Justin Vulcan | TV movie |
| 1988 | Rambo III | Tomask | |
| 1989
|Ancelyn | | |||
| 1990 | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | Lord Robert Stanford | TV movie |
| 1992 | Army of Darkness | Lord Arthur | |
| 1993 | Legacy | David Walker | |
| 1993 | Riders | Rupert Campbell-Black | |
| 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Colin Biddle | |
| 2008 | Freebird | Marl | |
| 2015 | Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie | John Scott MP |
Footnotes
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0317956|name=Marcus Gilbert}}
- [http://www.middlegroundtheatre.co.uk/ Middle Ground Theatre Company]
- [http://www.marcusgilbert.net/ Marcus Gilbert official website]
- [http://www.marcusgilbert.org.uk/ unofficial Marcus Gilbert fansite]
- [http://www.millatsonning.com/ The Mill at Sonning]
- [http://www.arushachildrenstrust.org/ The Arusha Children's Trust]
- [http://www.mountview.org.uk Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts]
- [https://www.myspace.com/uspattys Willi Patterson Films]
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English male soap opera actors
Category:Male actors from Bristol
Category:Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
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