Stephen Boxer
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Stephen Boxer
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1950|5|19}}
| birth_place = Sidcup, Kent, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1963–present
| spouse = Tamsin Oglesby
| children = 2
}}
Stephen Boxer (born 19 May 1950) is an English actor who has appeared in films, on television and on stage. He is known for his role as Joe Fenton on the BBC soap opera Doctors.
Career
Stephen Boxer was educated at New College School in Oxford, where he was a chorister,{{cite web |title=Benjamin Britten - The choristers of New College, Oxford |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7437239-Benjamin-Britten-The-Choristers-Of-New-College-Oxford-Maria-Korchinska-John-Morehen-David-Lumsden-A- |access-date=9 June 2022}} and Magdalen College School, Oxford.{{cite web |title=OW Stephen Boxer (1967) on acting during 2020 |url=https://www.mcsoxford.org/ows/ow-news/ow-stephen-boxer-1967-on-acting-during-2020/ |access-date=9 June 2022}}
He is perhaps best known for appearing as Joe Fenton in the BBC One daytime soap opera Doctors.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/doctors/actors/stephen_boxer_person_page.shtml Stephen Boxers entry on the BBC Doctors sub-site] He took a break from the show in mid-2008 to appear as Petruchio in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Taming of the Shrew, returning to soap for a few episodes in November 2010.[http://www.rsc.org.uk/WhatsOn/6351.aspx Royal Shakespeare Company: Cast list], accessed 2008-04-29. For his portrayal of Joe, Boxer was nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Actor in 2007 and 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a58280/the-british-soap-awards-2007-the-winners.html|title=The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners|publisher=Digital Spy|date=27 May 2007|last=Green|first=Kris|accessdate=20 May 2012|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019175838/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a58280/the-british-soap-awards-2007-the-winners.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a94815/the-british-soap-awards-2008-the-winners.html|title=The British Soap Awards 2008: The Winners|publisher=Digital Spy|last1=Hilton|first1=Beth|last2=Green|first2=Kris|date=4 May 2008|accessdate=20 May 2012|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019164040/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a94815/the-british-soap-awards-2008-the-winners.html|url-status=live}}
He appeared in Zigger Zagger in 1967 with the National Youth Theatre.
Boxer has starred in a number of detective dramas,[https://web.archive.org/web/20120724141746/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f86b5fc British Film Institute] most notably in the second, third and fourth installments of Prime Suspect.[http://www.tv.com/shows/prime-suspect/cast/ Prime Suspect Character-list on TV.com] On children's television, he was co-presenter of Get Up And Go! with Beryl Reid and its successor programme Mooncat and Co, where he was joined variously by the likes of Pat Coombs, Pam Ayres, Patsy Rowlands and Wilf Lunn. He had a featured role in the BBC docudrama A Royal Scandal.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117520/|title=A Royal Scandal (TV Movie 1997)|work=IMDB|accessdate=22 August 2015}} He played Mr Smith in the 2005 adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays and Lord Melville in Garrow's Law. He has also featured in episodes of Casualty,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rzrtw|title=Casualty 'Love of a good man', Series 24 Episode 30|work=BBC Website|accessdate=22 August 2015}} Luther,{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00hysmy| title=Luther clip from Series 2, Episode 4|work=BBC Website|accessdate=22 August 2015}} Midsomer Murders,{{cite web| title=Midsomer Rhapsody |url=http://www.midsomermurders.org/rhapsody.htm| work=Midsomermurders.org|accessdate=22 August 2015}} Father Brown{{cite web| title=Father Brown, The Face of Death | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q8kd0 |work=BBC Website |accessdate=22 August 2015}}, The Honourable Woman{{cite web| title=Stellar casting announced for Hugo Blick's The Honourable Woman |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/the-honourable-woman.html |work=BBC Website |accessdate=29 July 2013}} and Humans.{{cite web|title=Humans - Series 1 Episode 5 |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dpmrs6/humans--series-1---episode-5 |work=Radio Times |accessdate=29 June 2015}}[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101540/ Internet Movie Database entry for Stephen Boxer]
In 2012, Boxer appeared as Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas in the RSC production of Helen Edmundson's The Heresy of Love.{{Cite web | url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-heresy-of-love | title=The Heresy of Love | by Helen Edmundson | Royal Shakespeare Company}} From May to October 2013, he played the title role in the RSC production of Titus Andronicus.{{cite web |title=Titus Andronicus – review |date=2013-05-24 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201105807/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/may/24/titus-andronicus-review |archive-date=2023-02-01 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/may/24/titus-andronicus-review}} From January to July 2014, Boxer played the role of Gloucester in William Shakespeare's King Lear.[http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/455900/Simon-Russell-Beale-in-King-Lear-at-the-National-Theatre-review Review of King Lear in The Express][http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover/platforms/talking-lear-part-2-gloucester-edmund-edgar 'Talking Lear Pt.2' on The National Theatre site] Between October 2016 to March 2017, he worked with From Software to voice the character and boss enemy Slave Knight Gael in the video game Dark Souls III, specifically its DLC Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City. He recently played Captain Rivers in the stage adaptation of Pat Barker's Booker-prize nominated novel Regeneration.[http://www.everymantheatre.org.uk/m-shows/regeneration/ Regeneration synopsis on Everyman Theatre Site]
In 2018, Boxer played The Chairman in the Netflix series finale of Sense8. In the 4th season of the historical drama series The Crown Boxer played Denis Thatcher alongside Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher.
In 2022, Boxer voiced Sage Gowry in Elden Ring{{Cite web |title=Elden Ring (Video Game 2022) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10562854/fullcredits |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=IMDb |language=en}}
In 2023, Boxer voiced Withers in the video game Baldur's Gate 3.{{Cite web |title=Baldur's Gate III (Video Game 2023) |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt13258344/fullcredits |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=IMDb}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1991
| Television film |
| 1995
| Military Rep | |
| rowspan="3"|1996
| | Uncredited |
| Mary Reilly
| The Inspector | |
| A Royal Scandal
| Lord Hood | Television film |
| 2000
| Rough Treatment | Colonel Peter Moorcroft | Television film |
| 2002
| AKA | Dermot | |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures | Psychiatrist | Television film |
| Rabbit on the Moon
| Mr. Stanner | |
| rowspan="5"|2005
| Mr. Smith | Television film |
| Cherished
| Professor Patton | Television film |
| The Trial of the King Killers
| |
| The Quatermass Experiment
| Colonel | Television film |
| 7 Seconds
| Underhill | Direct-to-video |
| 2006
| Martyn Bowler | Television film |
| 2009
| Breaking the Mould | Arthur Gardner | Television film |
| 2011
| |
| 2012
| Police Doctor | |
| 2013
| Dr. Stevens | |
| 2016
| The Gatehouse | The Curator | |
| rowspan="5"|2018
| Stuart | |
| Teen Spirit
| Priest | |
| Red Joan
| Peter Kierl | |
| The Interrogation of Tony Martin
| Anthony Scrivener QC | Television film |
| The Guard Of Auschwitz
| Franz | |
| 2019
| Judge Walden | Television film |
| rowspan="4"|2020
| Professor Davidson | |
| Birdsong
| Rene Azaire | |
| The Haunting of Alice Bowles
| Dr. Hall | |
| Red, White and Blue
| Chief Inspector | |
| rowspan="2"|2021
| A Splinter of Ice | Kim Philby | |
| The Football Monologues
| Gordon | |
| 2022
| Little Mary | Neil | Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1980
| The Waterfall | Malcolm Grey | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 1981
| Bognor | Edmund | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 1985
| Father Gibbons | Episode: "Flawed" |
| 1986
| Le petit docteur | Guy Ferris | Episode: "L'amoureux en pantoufles" |
| rowspan="2"|1989
| Brian Masters | Episode: "Virtuoso" |
| The Paradise Club
| Harry Thomas | Episode: "Short Story" |
| 1990
| Jolyon Vigo | Episode: "The Best Man to Die" |
| 1991
| The Bill | Meed | Episode: "With Intent" |
| 1992
| The Bill | Patrick Mead | Episode: "Trial and Error" |
| 1992–1995
| Detective Chief Inspector Thorndike (later Detective Superintendent) | Series regular; 4 episodes |
| 1994
| Keith Shrimsley | Series regular; 5 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|1995
| Bobby Day | Episode: "The Sweetest Thing" |
| Screen Two
| Newscaster | Episode: "The Absence of War" |
| The Politician's Wife
| Colin Fletcher | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 1996
| Karaoke | Consultant | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 1997
| The Bill | Tom Grahame | Episode: "Black and Blue" |
| 1998
| D.C. Hawks | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 1999
| Grafters | Geoff | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2000
| Casualty | Sam Hutton | Episode: "Getting to Know You" |
| Happy Monsters
| Dad | Series regular |
| 2002
| In Deep | D.C.I. Copeland | Episode: "Abuse of Trust" |
| rowspan="6"|2003
| Trust | Anthony Hannington | Miniseries |
| Murphy's Law
| Prison Governor | Episode: "Electric Bill" |
| Ultimate Force
| Mr. Walshe | Episode: "Mad Dogs" |
| Rosemary & Thyme
| Julian Marchant | Episode: "And No Birds Sing" |
| Absolute Power
| Nigel Harting | Episode: "History Man" |
| Blue Dove
| Graham Duncan | Miniseries |
| rowspan="3"|2004
| The Bill | Prosecution Barrister | Episode: "An Eye for an Eye" |
| Silent Witness
| Major Mark Wiltshire | Episode: "Body 21" |
| Trial & Retribution
| Alex Summerton | Episode: "Blue Eiderdown" |
| rowspan="2"|2005
| Doug | Episode: "From the Past" |
| Midsomer Murders
| Owen Swinscoe | Episode: "Midsomer Rhapsody" |
| 2006–2010
| Doctors | Dr. Joe Fenton | Series regular; 378 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| Spooks | Jack Coleville | Episode: "Series 8, Episode 5" |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot
| Christopher Mabbutt | Episode: "The Clocks" |
| 2009–2011
| Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| 2010
| Casualty | Jerry Mitchell | Episode: "Love of a Good Man" |
| 2011
| Luther | Joe Shepherd | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 4" |
| rowspan="3"|2013
| Professor Patrick Galloway | Episode: "The Face of Death" |
| Death in Paradise
| Professor King | Episode: "A Deadly Storm" |
| Foyle's War
| Professor Fraser | Episode: "The Eternity Ring" |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| David Thurber | Episode: "The Empty Chair" |
| Toast of London
| Parker Pipe | Episode: "High Winds Actor" |
| rowspan="2"|2015
| Miniseries |
| Lewis
| Wouter Eisler | Episode: "Magnum Opus" |
| 2015–2018
| Humans | David Elster | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|2016
| Nate Kelso | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| The Five
| Ron Hatchett | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| Agatha Raisin
| Bernie Spott | Episode: "Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener" |
| Poldark
| Judge Wentworth Lister | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2" |
| 2018
| Sense8 | The Chairman | Episode: "Amor Vincit Omnia" |
| 2019
| Thanks for the Memories | Leonard | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| Hitmen | Mr. K. | Episode: "Nikhil" |
| The Crown
| Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2021
| Clayden de Alba | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2022
| Mood | Ulrich | Episode: "Babygirl" |
| Grace
| Dr. Roger Gunnislake | Episode: "Dead Tomorrow" |
| Ridley
| James Mallors | Episode: "Hospitality" |
| 2023
| Sir Gerald Foster | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2024
| Commissioner Fitzroy | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 2024
| Sterling Thistleton | Episode: "A Fragrant Scandal" |
=Video Games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2016
|Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel |Slave Knight Gael |Voice |
| 2017
|Dark Souls 3: Ringed City |Slave Knight Gael |Voice |
| 2022
|Elden Ring |Sage Gowry |Voice |
| 2023
| Withers / His Majesty | Voice |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0101540}}
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Category:People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Bexley