Angus Wright (born 11 November 1964) is an American-born British actor.
Life and career
Wright was born in
Washington, D.C.
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, the youngest child of Virginia and
Patrick Wright. His father's career in the British
Diplomatic Service
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took the family to the UK, the U.S.,
Lebanon
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,
Egypt
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,
Bahrain
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,
Luxembourg
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,
Syria and
Saudi Arabia
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.
He gained an
M.A.
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in Art History at the
University of Edinburgh
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and then trained at the
Central School of Speech and Drama
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a ...
. He has since worked extensively in theatre, film and television.
Film
Theatre
Television
Radio
Video games
References
External links
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United Agents
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1964 births
Living people
Male actors from Washington, D.C.
Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
British male film actors
British male stage actors
British male television actors
Sons of life peers
20th-century British male actors
21st-century British male actors