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Rhashan Stone (born November 3, 1969) is an American-born British actor and comedian based in the UK. He has had main roles in series such as ''
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'' (2004–2005), ''
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'' (2008), '' Strike Back'' (2010–2012), ''
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'' (2014), '' Ballot Monkeys'' (2015), ''
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'' (2019–2021) and '' Hollington Drive'' (2021).


Early life

Stone was born in
Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth is a City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. When he was six years old, his mother married the British singer/songwriter Russell Stone, and they moved to the UK to live with him. Together, his mother and stepfather formed the singing duo R&J Stone. His aunt
Madeline Bell Madeline Bell (born July 23, 1942) is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s with pop group Blue Mink, having arrived from the United States in the gospel show '' Black Nativity'' in 1962 ...
was also involved in the music industry and became the lead singer for
Blue Mink Blue Mink were a British six-piece pop group that existed from 1969 to 1977. Over that period they had six top 20 hit singles on the UK Singles Chart, and released five studio based albums. According to AllMusic: "they have been immortalised o ...
. When Stone was 11, his mother died from a brain tumor. In later years, he studied acting at the
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, formerly Mountview Theatre School, is a drama school in Peckham, south London, England, founded in 1945. Mountview Academy provides specialist vocational training in acting, musical theatre and actor musicians ...
. Stone is a classically trained singer, musician and composer of jazz, soul and gospel music.


Career

Stone started his stage career in 1991 in ''
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by
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at the
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. ''As a stage actor, he has performed in productions for
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, The National Theatre, the
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and in London's West End. He played Claudio in ''
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'' at the
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in 1997, Hero in the Sondheim musical ''
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'' at
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in 1999, and the king's brother Clarence in ''Richard III'' at the
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in 2001.


Personal life

Stone married actress
Olivia Williams Olivia Haigh Williams (born 26 July 1968) is a British actress who appears in British and American films and television. Williams studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years followed by three years at the Royal Shakespeare ...
in 2003; the couple have two daughters.


Filmography


References


External links

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Accidental playwright
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