Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is an English actor.

Life and career

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, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series ''

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''. He made his West End debut in 1979 in ''Can you Hear me at The Back'', by Brian Clark, followed immediately by ''Taking Steps'' by Alan Ayckbourn. After playing Toby Gashe in ''The Bell'', by Iris Murdoch, Maloney joined the

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in 1982 playing Ferdinand in '' The Tempest''. After the RSC, he went on to play in ''The Perfectionist'' at Hampstead, the title role of Peer Gynt for Cambridge Theatre Company, ''The London Cuckolds'' at the Lyric Hammersmith, ''Two Planks and a Passion'' by Anthony Minghella, directed by Danny Boyle at Greenwich and ''Built on Sand'' at the Royal Court. Maloney went on to appear in many films and television series, including ''What if Its Raining'', by Anthony Minghella, for Channel 4. He became a familiar face after playing the Dauphin in Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film adaptation of ''

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''. In the early 1990s, he played Prince Hal in ''Henry IV Parts 1 and 2'', Romeo in '' Romeo and Juliet'' for the RSC and Hamlet on a national tour starting at Greenwich. He appeared on television in ''Mr Wakefield's Crusade'', on film as Mark in '' Truly, Madly, Deeply'', and in 1994 he took the lead in the BBC adaptation of '' Love on a Branch Line''. He appeared in both the

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and 1996 film versions of ''

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'', as Rosencrantz and Laertes respectively, and in several other

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screen adaptations, including the lead role in ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' by Kenneth Branagh. In addition to his TV appearances, he starred as Jason Fields in the film ''

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'' in 1999. 2002 saw him play Brian Albumen, personal aide to Rik Mayall's Adonis Cnut character in the

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and Marks penned TV sitcom '' Believe Nothing''. In 2003, he appeared as the Belgian Prosper Profond in '' The Forsyte Saga''. In the theatre he played Hamlet again for Yukio Ninagawa on tour and at the Barbican. He played Cassius in the 2005 miniseries ''

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,'' John Major in 2009's '' Margaret'' and Prime Minister Sir

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in the 2009 film '' The Young Victoria''. He is active in radio drama on

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, playing the Dean in both series of ''

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'' and Giles the gossip columnist in '' His Master's Voice''. He has made a guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series '' Baldi''. He has also appeared in a

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films Kisna, and '' I See You'', playing the detective inspector. In 2010, he appeared in long-running drama '' Casualty'' as consultant Howard Fairfax, and in series 4 of the political satire series '' The Thick of It'', he played Matthew Hodge, part of the Goolding Inquiry. In 2013, he portrayed

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, third husband of

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, in the BBC TV series '' The White Queen''. In 2016, he appeared in the ITV/

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series '' Paranoid''. He was also in the second series of ''Utopia'' for Channel 4 and played Edward Heath in series 3 of ''The Crown''. He most recently has a cameo role in ''Belfast'', directed by Kenneth Branagh, and played the role of Vanya, in ''Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike'', by Christopher Durang, directed by Walter Bobbie, at the Charing Cross Theatre. He has recorded many audiobooks including ''

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''. He has also lent his voice to various video game characters, including The Lost Soul in the 2013 video game '' Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate'', Avallac'h in the 2015 video game '' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'', and Doloran in the 2018 video game '' Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom''.

Personal life

Maloney's father emigrated from County Cork, Ireland to Godalming, Surrey, UK. In 2002, Maloney married Italian-American model and photographer Kim Andreolli; Maloney and Andreolli had one child, a daughter, before divorcing. Maloney lives in South London in Clapham. He is an advocate for macrobiotic eating.

Selected filmography

Radio

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'', trilogy of radio plays written by

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and directed by

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– Hector * '' Scenes of Seduction'', radio play written by Timberlake Wertenbaker and directed by Ned Chaillet, broadcast on

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's 1982 "new adventure serial in time and space" on

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'', adaptation of a novel by Thomas Hardy, BBC Radio 4 Extra, directed by Cherry Cookson. * ''

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime ''Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories'' is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891. It includes: *"Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" *" The Canterville Ghost" *"The Sphinx Witho ...

'', BBC 7 2003. Produced in Manchester by Katherine Beacon.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maloney, Michael English male television actors English male stage actors English male Shakespearean actors Male actors from Suffolk 1957 births Living people English male radio actors English male film actors Actors from Bury St Edmunds Audiobook narrators 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors