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Anatol Yusef is an English stage, film and television actor, writer, director. He is best known for his work at
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, for his portrayal of
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in the television series '' Boardwalk Empire'', and Channel 4's '' Southcliffe''.


Biography

As a teenager, Yusef found early work in television shows including ''
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''. He appeared in the films Batman and Aliens (director's cut). He received the country’s highest marks in GCSE and A-Level Drama studies which awarded him a scholarship from Essex County Council for Acting School. He then trained at the
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. While training he worked on the television show, ''
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'' and was a finalist in the
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Carleton Hobbs Radio Award. Upon graduating in 2000, Yusef was offered a role in
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's award-winning film ''
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'', playing the younger self of Bob Hoskins' "Ray" and working with British actors Sir
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. He became a resident company member with the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the RSC's production of ''
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of the ''
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's '' Romeo and Juliet'' at the
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was heralded as "sparkl ng In 2008, Yusef appeared in the title role in a New York off-off Broadway production of '' Richard III'', and was described by Backstage as "a superlative actor" and "magnetic". Yusef has since remained in New York City. He has worked throughout New York, in 2011 appearing in ''A Movement of the Soul'', playing
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, for which he learned American Sign Language. In 2012, he appeared in José Rivera’s “Massacre (Sing to Your Children)” and received special mention by David Rooney in The New York Times for his role as Joe. From 2009–2012 he was co-founder and joint-artistic director of Fixitsolife Theater Company in Manhattan, New York. In 2010 he was cast as
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in HBO's '' Boardwalk Empire'', first appearing in Episode 7 of Season 1, " Home" and remained throughout the series. In an interview with The Morton Report, Yusef described Lansky as self-educated, a massively intelligent overachiever and "a ruthless, ruthless man". Anatol's characterization of Mr. Lansky has been recognized in many publications, including from author and critic Clive James's article in Prospect magazine,
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where he describes Yusef’s as “the most impressive performance in the show,” as well as Michael Noble's review of the show on
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. In 2014 he appeared in a central ensemble including,
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, in
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's BAFTA-nominated '' Southcliffe'', receiving special mention in an article by
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on the best TV episodes of 2014. In 2016, Yusef narrated the European championship series on Howler Radio, a collection of five podcast narratives written by a selection football journalists, the most popular being "The Summer Football Came Home". In 2017, he appeared as Laertes and the Player King in Sam Gold’s ''
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'' at the Public Theatre with
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in the title role. He received unilaterally excellent reviews including, Marilyn Stasio of ''Variety'' who stated that “he makes his presence felt in a riveting performance” and Ben Brantley of ''The New York Times'' added that he “is splendid as a pugilistic Laertes and a lyrical Player King.” Helen Shaw also commented that Anatol  “does a speech as the Player that runs rings around the stars nearby.” In 2018, Anatol starred as King Leontes in Arin Arbus’ production of The Winter’s Tale at Theatre for a New Audience, again receiving positive reviews. ''Off Off Online'' praised him as “completely convincing, masterly in the language and commanding a range of emotions.” Jesse Green of ''The New York Times'' called the production terrific and haled Anatol’s performance. Anatol was last seen playing opposite
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in the two-hander ''Ava: The Secret Conversations'', directed by Gaby Dellal, and written by McGovern. His portrayal of biographer Peter Evans (author), Peter Evans as well as turns as Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney, and Artie Shaw were described as "capturing the essence of Ava’s trio of lovers with an interesting character performance that really brings the story to life.”


Filmography


Film


Television


Theatre


References


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