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James Hyland (born 1973) is an award-winning{{cite web|url=http://jameshyland.moonfruit.com/#/awards/4533215932|title=James Hyland Awards Received|accessdate=2009-08-06}} English actor, as well as a playwright, screenwriter, film editor, producer and director{{cite web|url=http://jameshyland.moonfruit.com/#/biography/4533345794/|title=James Hyland Biography|accessdate=2009-08-06}}.
His work has been described by Time Out as "the bastard offspring of Reservoir Dogs and Carry On", as well as "dark, daring and utterly bananas"{{cite web|url=http://jameshyland.moonfruit.com/#/reviews/4533215901|title=James Hyland Reviews|accessdate=2009-01-24}}.
Acting credits
For the Royal Shakespeare Company, Hyland has been directed by Adrian Noble, Michael Boyd and Matthew Warchus{{cite web|url=http://www.curtainup.com/winterstalersc.html|title=A Winter's Tale Review by Curtain Up|accessdate=2009-01-24}}. His performance as King Simonides in Pericles, Prince of Tyre was recorded by the Royal Shakespeare Company Video Archive of Performance. Other roles include Derek Jarman in Jarman Garden at the Riverside Studios, and Harthouse, Bounderby and Sleary in the stage production of Hard Times{{cite web|url=http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/palacelatest/Review-Hard-Times-Warehouse-Theatre-Croydon/article-429011-detail/article.html|title=Hard Times Review by Croydon Advertiser|accessdate=2009-01-24}} as well as Tony in the film Diagnosis: Superstar (nominated for Best UK Feature Film at the London Film Festival, 2008), and Jacob Marley in the one-man show A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased){{cite web|url=http://www.extraextra.org/Review_A_Christmas_Carol_09.html|title=A Christmas Carol Review by Extra! Extra!|accessdate=2009-01-24}}.
Writing credits
Hyland's writing credits{{cite web|url=http://jameshylandcv.moonfruit.com|title=James Hyland Writing Credits|accessdate=2009-01-24}}, include the stage plays Dead Meat and Play The Game, which Time Out described as "a fruity anarchic recipe of brash screenplay, cartoon satire and theatrical black comedy"{{cite web|url=http://jameshyland.moonfruit.com/#/reviews/4533215901|title=James Hyland Reviews|accessdate=2009-01-24}}, as well as Hard Times{{cite web|url=http://www.achristmascarol.moonfruit.com/#/reviews/4536600887|title=A Christmas Carol Reviews|accessdate=2009-01-24}} and A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased){{cite web|url=http://hardtimes.moonfruit.com/#/reviews/4533878207|title=Hard Times Reviews|accessdate=2009-01-24}}, based on the novels by Charles Dickens, and also the TV and radio series The London Shadow Show.
Brother Wolf Productions
Established in 1998 by Hyland, Brother Wolf has produced critically acclaimed theatre, TV, and radio productions within the last ten years{{cite web|url=http://jameshylandcv.moonfruit.com|title=James Hyland Producing Credits|accessdate=2009-01-24}}, and has worked with some of the finest industry personnel in show business ranging from cast members of blockbusting Hollywood feature films to contributors on long-running British TV programmes, as well as prestigious animators, composers and musicians. Recent productions include the TV series The London Shadow Show{{cite web|url=http://www.londonshadowshow.moonfruit.com/#/creator/4533442992|title=James Hyland The London Shadow Show|accessdate=2009-01-24}}, directed by Jonathan Rigby{{cite web|url=http://www.londonshadowshow.moonfruit.com/#/players/4533408039|title=The London Shadow Show Crew Members|accessdate=2009-01-24}}, and Hyland's new one-man-show for the stage A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased){{cite web|url=http://www.achristmascarol.moonfruit.com/#/reviews/4536600887|title=A Christmas Carol Reviews|accessdate=2009-01-24}}.
Awards
- The J.L. Fanner Memorial Award (Alleyn's School, 1985-1992)
- Best Ensemble Acting for The North Pole (National Student Drama Festival, 1995)
- The Guardian International Student Drama Award for The North Pole (Edinburgh Festival, 1995)
- Heavyweight Winner for Long John (Vårrullen Film Festival, Sweden, 2006)
- Critic’s Choice Award for Supersonic (Ford/Telegraph Film Competition, 2008)
Ancestry
Hyland is the great-great-grandson of Edward Hodges Baily, an English sculptor, most famous for carving the prominent, well-known statue of Nelson, at the top of Nelson's Column, in Trafalgar Square.
References
External links
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- [http://www.jameshyland.moonfruit.com/ James Hyland official website]
- [http://www.achristmascarol.moonfruit.com/ A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased) official website]
- [http://www.londonshadowshow.moonfruit.com/ The London Shadow Show official website]
- [http://www.hardtimes.moonfruit.com/ Hard Times official website]
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