Robert Glenister
{{Short description|English actor (born 1960)}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Robert Glenister
| image =
| caption = Glenister in 2013
| birth_name = Robert Lewis Glenister
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|03|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Watford, Hertfordshire, England
| education =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1979–present
| known_for = Hustle
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Amanda Redman|1984|1992|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Celia de Wolff
|1999}}
}}
| children = 2
| parents = John Glenister (father)
| relatives = Philip Glenister (brother)
}}
Robert Lewis Glenister (born 11 March 1960) is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Ash "Three Socks" Morgan in the crime drama series Hustle (2004–2012) and Nicholas Blake in the spy drama series Spooks (2006–2010).
Early life
Glenister was born in Watford on 11 March 1960.{{Cite web |title=Robert Glenister - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/robert_glenister |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}} He is the son of Joan Fry Lewis and television director John Glenister, and the older brother of actor Philip Glenister. Until the age of eight he had a slight speech impediment. After starting school, he began to show a talent for acting. He decided to pursue a professional acting career after being encouraged by his father and leaving Harrow Weald Grammar School. He started his career by taking several theatre roles.{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Darnell |date=2021-09-14 |title=Philip Glenister's famous older brother who was in The Bill, Spooks & Only Fools |url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/bbc-richard-osmans-house-games-21568549 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=MyLondon |language=en}}
Career
Glenister made his television debut in the BBC sitcom Sink or Swim, which ran from 1980 until 1982.{{Cite news |last=Greenstreet |first=Rosanna |date=2022-07-23 |title=Robert Glenister: 'I wish I wasn't quite as arrogant when I got successful' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jul/23/robert-glenister-i-wish-i-wasnt-quite-as-arrogant-when-i-got-successful |access-date=2023-03-25 |issn=0261-3077}} He has also appeared in shows such as Soldier Soldier,{{Cite web |title=BBC - Drama - Hustle - Ash Morgan (Robert Glenister) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hustle/ash_morgan.shtml |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}} Only Fools and Horses (as Myles the millionaire garden centre owner and chairman of the SWANS committee),{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Angie |date=2022-06-13 |title=Sherwood star Robert Glenister is unrecognisable in Only Fools and Horses |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/tv/bbc-sherwood-star-robert-glenister-24217540 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=MyLondon |language=en}} A Touch of Frost{{Cite web |title=A Touch of Frost Season 8 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-3i28pb/a-touch-of-frost-season-8/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Radio Times |language=en}} and Inspector George Gently{{Cite web |title=The Burning Man (2008) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8cc2cf4e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803100544/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8cc2cf4e |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2020 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=BFI |language=en}} as well as several films.
He had a starring role in the BBC drama Hustle as Ash Morgan, a high-level con-man who has to convincingly play various roles or characters to pull off a con and lure a 'mark'. He is the only actor who has appeared in every episode of the series. He has also had regular starring roles in the BBC drama Spooks and appeared in Spartacus.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-04-19 |title=Hustle: Robert Glenister |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/showbiz/hustle-robert-glenister-906601 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Spartacus (2008) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c913787 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025062146/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c913787 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2020 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=BFI |language=en}} He appeared as an Irish-American mob boss in Ben Affleck's crime drama Live by Night, which was released in December 2016.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-11 |title=Hustle actor 'breaks down' on stage midway through West End performance |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/robert-glenister-london-west-end-play-break-down-on-stage-glengarry-glen-ross-theatre-hustle-spooks-playhouse-a8049406.html |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Independent |language=en}} He has been cast twice in Doctor Who, playing Salateen in The Caves of Androzani (1984) (opposite his Sink or Swim co-star Peter Davison) and Thomas Edison in "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror" (2020).{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who announces ER's Goran Višnjić and Hustle's Robert Glenister for new guest roles |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-series-12-goran-visnjic-robert-glenister/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}
In June 2022 he appeared as Detective Inspector Salisbury in Sherwood, a BBC serial written by James Graham.{{Cite journal |date=18-24 June 2022 |title=Sherwood |journal=Radio Times |pages=65, 66, 74, 76}} In 2024, he plays Tony, a cab driver in the Channel 5 thriller series The Night Caller.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-28 |title=Sherwood and Casualty stars to lead new thriller series Black Cab |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a42084112/black-cab-cast-suzanne-packer-robert-glenister/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}
Personal life
Glenister married actor Amanda Redman in 1984; the couple had a daughter before they divorced in 1992.{{cite news |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/amanda-redman-laughing-policemen-back-5219803 |title=Amanda Redman: The laughing policemen are back in New Tricks |last=Whiting |first=Kate |work=Chester Chronicle |date=13 July 2009 |access-date=25 November 2019}} He later married BBC Radio producer and director Celia de Wolff, with whom he has a son.{{cite news |url= https://www.irishnews.com/arts/2019/08/07/news/robert-glenister-on-brian-friel-hustle-and-working-with-brother-philip-one-day-1679268/ |title= Robert Glenister on Brian Friel, Hustle and working with brother Philip – one day |first=David |last=Roy |work=The Irish News |date=7 August 2019 |access-date=25 November 2019}}
In April 2019, it was reported that lawyers acting for a company owned by Glenister – Big Bad Wolff – had lost an appeal in a long-running battle with HM Revenue and Customs regarding liability for National Insurance contributions.{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/actor-robert-glenister-on-losing-side-after-tribunal-tax-fight-38008517.html|title=Actor Robert Glenister on losing side after tribunal tax fight|publisher=Belfast Telegraph. 12 April 2019 | access-date=13 April 2019}} Glenister subsequently said that he would have to sell or remortgage his house as a result of the ruling, since he now faced a bill of £147,000 plus interest.{{cite news |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-21/tale-of-a-spooks-star-secret-police-and-a-150k-tax-bill/|title=Spooks actor Robert Glenister slams 'secret police' as he faces £150K tax bill|publisher=ITV News. 21 April 2019 | access-date=23 April 2019}}
Filmography
=Film=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
---|
1979
| Replacement Drummer | |
1981
| Strike: The Birth of Solidarity | Jurek Borowczak | Television film |
1983
| The Campaign | Television film |
1985
| Me and the Girls | Harry | Television film |
1986
| Watching | Tom Anderson | Television film |
1987
| Gil Berg | Direct-to-video; Voice role; English version |
1989
| Ending Up | Keith | Television film |
1991
| Gardeep / Zante | Direct-to-video; Voice role; English version |
1992
| Gardeep / Zante | Direct-to-video; Voice role; English version |
1993
| Jeremy | |
1995
| Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing | Television film |
2000
| You Can't Dance | | Short film |
rowspan="2"|2001
| |
Lover's Prayer
| Count Malevsky | |
2002
| Captain Townsend | |
rowspan="2"|2003
| Eroica | Gerhardt | Television film |
Victoria Station
| The Controller | Short film |
rowspan="2"|2004
| The Badness of King George IV | | Television film |
Who Killed Thomas Becket?
| Narrator | Television film; Voice role |
2005
| Legless | Simon Carter | Television film |
2006
| The Sally Lockhart Mysteries: The Ruby in the Smoke | Samuel Selby | Television film |
2007
| Get Off My Land | Farmer | Short film |
2009
| Creation | Sir Henry Holland | |
2011
| Of Mary | Peter | Short film |
rowspan="2"|2012
| Ted Shrimpton | Television film |
Worm
| Dad / Worm | Short film |
2014
| Cryptic | Robert | |
2016
| Albert White | |
2017
| The Colonel | |
2019
| Ned Chambers | |
rowspan="2"|2020
| Villain | Roy Garrett | |
Spanish Pigeon
| Harry Gold | Short film |
2022
| National Theatre Live: The Seagull | Pyotr Nikolayevich Sorin | |
=Television=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
---|
1979
| Kevin Laurence | Episode: "Forever" |
rowspan="2"|1980
| Escape | Lorenzo | Episode: "The Cartland Murders" |
Strangers
| Student | Episode: "Clowns Don't Cry" |
1980–82
| Steve Webber | Series regular; 19 episodes |
1981
| Billy | Episode: "Little Girls Don't" |
1982
| Panorama | Kowalczyk | Episode: "Two Weeks in Winter: How the Army Took Over Poland" |
rowspan="2"|1984
| Salateen | Story: "The Caves of Androzani" |
The Lonelyhearts Kid
| Ken | Series regular; 6 episodes |
rowspan="3"|1985
| Derek Pullen | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
Summer Season
| Peter | Episode: "Long Term Memory" |
Juliet Bravo
| Inspector Roger Beavers | Episode: "Inspection" |
1988
| The Bill | Sam Rice | Episode: "Blue for a Boy" |
1989
| Bishop / Jacker | Miniseries; Voice role; English version |
rowspan="3"|1990
| Chancer | Colin Morris | Series regular; 11 episodes |
Blood Rights
| Pete | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
Casualty
| Duncan | Episode: "Salvation" |
rowspan="2"|1991
| Kinsey | Mike Hoskyns | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
Soldier Soldier
| Colour Sergeant Ian Anderson | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
rowspan="3"|1992
| The Bill | D.I. Baker | Episode: "Lost Boy" |
Boon
| Mr. Richards | Episode: "Whispering Grass" |
Only Fools and Horses
| Myles | Episode: "Mother Nature's Son" |
1993
| Medics | Steven Nelson | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 5" |
1993–95
| Gardeep / Zante | Miniseries; Voice role; English version |
rowspan="3"|1994
| Brian Jessel | Episode: "A Landing on the Sun" |
Casualty
| Chris Wilson | Episode: "Grand Rational" |
Pie in the Sky
| D.C.I. Fields | Episode: "An Innocent Man" |
rowspan="4"|1995
| Clive Pendle | Episode: "Heartland" |
Screen Two
| Captain Harville | Episode: "Persuasion" |
Prime Suspect
| Chris Hughes | Episode: "The Lost Child" |
The Bill
| Paramedic | Episode: "Good Intentions" |
1996
| Bramwell | Charles Sheldon | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 7" |
1997
| Drovers' Gold | Markby | Miniseries; 1 episode |
rowspan="2"|2000
| Dirty Work | Tubes | Series regular; 6 episodes |
My Fragile Heart
| Stephen 'Squeal' Blake | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
2001
| John Field | Episode: "Dark Autumn" |
2001–03
| D.S. Terrence Reid | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
rowspan="3"|2002
| Oliver Langley | Episode: "The Shoot" |
Murder
| Robert Weldon | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
Sirens
| D.I. Clive Wilson | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
rowspan="3"|2003
| Miniseries; 2 episodes |
Roger Roger
| Dr. Geoff | Episode: "Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose" |
Between the Sheets
| Clive Stevenson | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
2004–12
| Hustle | Series regular; 48 episodes |
2005
| Frank Thompson | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
2006
| Dave Searle | Series regular; 6 episodes |
2006–10
| Spooks | Recurring role; 15 episodes |
rowspan="2"|2008
| Episode: "Spartacus" |
Inspector George Gently
| Empton | Episode: "The Burning Man" |
2009
| D.S. Jimmy Valentine | Episode: "Honour Bound" |
2009–14
| Narrator | Series regular; Voice role; Uncredited |
2010
| Frankie | Episode: "Skin Deep" |
2011
| Detective Superintendent John Bennett | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
rowspan="3"|2013
| Father Brophy | Episode: "Greenshaw's Folly" |
The Café
| Phil Porter | Series regular; 7 episodes |
The Great Train Robbery
| DI Frank Williams | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
rowspan="2"|2014
| Vera | Owen Preece | Episode: "Death of a Family Man" |
Masterpiece Mystery!
| Father Raphy | Episode: "Agatha Christie's Miss Marple VII: Greenshaw's Folly" |
2015
| DCC Chapman | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
rowspan="2"|2016
| Recurring role; 2 episodes |
Paranoid
| Bobby Day | Miniseries; 8 episodes |
2016
| Brigadier Wainwright | Miniseries; 7 episodes |
2017
| George Kirkbright | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
2019
| Curfew | Jared Grieves | Series regular; 6 episodes |
rowspan="3"|2020
| Episode: "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror" |
Isolation Stories
| Ron | Episode: "Ron & Russell" |
Strike
| Jasper Chiswell | Story: "Lethal White" |
rowspan="2"|2022
| Martin Copeland | Series regular; 6 episodes |
Sherwood
| DI Kevin Salisbury | Series regular; 6 episodes |
2023
| Tony | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
2024
| Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story | Miniseries; 1 episode |
2025
| Indigo Jeremy | |
Selected theatre
- Edward Voysey in The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville Barker. Directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1989)
- Prince Muishkin in The Idiot by Gerard McLarnon. World premiere directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1991)
- Lord Gorin in An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. Directed by James Maxwell at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1992)
- Astrov in Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2001)
- Wilson Tikkel in Great Britain by Richard Bean at the National Theatre/Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2014–15.
- Dave Moss in Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet at The Playhouse Theatre 2017–2018
- Sorin in The Seagull by Anton Chekhov at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London (2022)
Radio
- The Party Party 1987
- Paradise Lost – Christ (1992, 41 episodes, BBC Radio 4)
- Paradise Regained – Christ (1992, 9 episodes, BBC Radio 4)
- The Wench is Dead – Sgt. Lewis (1992, BBC Radio 4) opposite John Shrapnel as Inspector Morse
- Last Seen Wearing – Sgt. Lewis (1994, BBC Radio 4) opposite John Shrapnel as Inspector Morse
- The Sound of Fury (Mike Warner) – Stuart Colman (1994, BBC Radio 4) opposite Anton Lesser as Billy Fury
- The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn – Sgt. Lewis (1996, BBC Radio 4) opposite John Shrapnel as Inspector Morse
- Barrymore Plus Four (1995)
- Mansfield Park – Edmund Bertram (1997, Classic Serial, BBC Radio 4)
- Ghost on the Moor – Graham (2001, Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4)[http://www.pwolf.info/ghost-on-the-moor]
- A Game of Marbles – Lord Elgin (2004, Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4)[http://www.scofieldsperformances.com] opposite Paul Scofield
- The Woman in Black – Arthur Kipps (2004, 4 episodes, BBC Radio 5)
- Henry's Girls – Henry Purcell (2007, Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4)
- The Fiery World – William Blake (2007, Drama on 3, BBC Radio 3)
- The Gibson – Saul Judd (2008, 6-part Drama, BBC Radio 4)
- The Time Machine – Time traveller (2009, Drama on 3, BBC Radio 3)
- The Journey – Stephen (2010, Afternoon Play, BBC Radio 4)
- The Exorcist – Father Damien Karras (2014, 2 episodes, BBC Radio 4) opposite Ian McDiarmid as Father Merrin
Alexandre Dumas."The Three Musketeers" [Athos] 1994 6 episodes Radio Play. BBC Radio 4
Audio drama
- Doctor Who: Absolution (2007) – Aboresh
Audiobook
- The Death of Kings (2008)
- The Gates of Rome (2010)
- The Cuckoo's Calling (2013)
- The Silkworm (2014)
- Career of Evil (2015)
- Lethal White (2018)
- Troubled Blood (2020)
- The Ink Black Heart (2022)
- The Running Grave (2023)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0322563}}
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