- Naissance
- Décédé(e)
- Taille5′ 11½″ (1,81 m)
- Roger Rees est né le 5 mai 1944 au Royaume-Uni. Il était acteur et réalisateur. Il est connu pour Frida (2002), La panthère rose (2006) et Le prestige (2006). Il était marié à Rick Elice. Il est mort le 10 juillet 2015 dans l'état de New York, États-Unis.
- Conjoint(e)Rick Elice(août 2011 - 10 juillet 2015) (son décès)
- ParentsDoris Louise ReesWilliam John Rees
- Rich smooth voice
- His ashes were sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean.
- Won Broadway's 1982 Tony Award as Best Actor for playing the title role in "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," a role he recreated in the television version with the same title, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982). He was also nominated for a Tony Award in the same category in 1995 for "Indiscretions."
- Was painting scenery at the Wimbledon Theatre when approached to play a part in "Hindle Wakes" in 1965.
- Rees's longtime romantic partner (and, as of 2011, husband) is writer/producer Rick Elice, who co-wrote the musicals "Jersey Boys" and "The Addams Family". Rees and Elice have also collaborated professionally, most notably as co-playwrights of the comedic thriller, "Double Double". In March 2011, Rees took over the role of "Gomez Addams" in the "Addams Family" musical (the role had previously been played by Nathan Lane and Merwin Foard). In 2011, Rees was the co-director for the play "Peter and the Starcatcher," which was adapted for the stage by Rick Elice.
- Became an American citizen in 1989.
- In Julius Caesar, I died early in the scene and used to fall asleep under the shield until I was waken up by applause. I didn't have any lines, other than "The Queen!" or "Ah, my Lord!" for four years. -- RR, commenting on his first few years as a bit actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company
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