Tim Flavin (born January 13, 1959) is an American actor. Flavin was the first American to be presented with a
Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply The Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognize excellence in West End theatre, professional theatre in London. The awards were originally known as the Society of We ...
, for his 1984 performance in
Rodgers and Hart
Rodgers and Hart were an American songwriting partnership between composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and the lyricist Lorenz Hart (1895–1943). They worked together on 28 stage musicals and more than 500 songs from 1919 until Hart's ...
's ''
On Your Toes'' at the
Palace Theatre in London's West End.
Early life and education
Flavin was born in
Houston
Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
in 1959. He graduated from the
Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and earned a certificate in education from the
Manchester College of Arts and Technology in 2016.
Career
Flavin has performed extensively on
Broadway,
West End, film, television, and as a voice artist for almost forty years. His theatre career prompted one critic to say, "When God created musicals, it was because he knew that Tim Flavin would come along."
From 2013 to 2021, Flavin worked as the director of musical theatre at the
Arden School of Theatre. He also taught and directed at the
Guildford School of Acting,
London School of Musical Theatre, and the
BRIT School. In 2021, Flavin joined Autistry Studios in
San Rafael, California
San Rafael ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "Raphael (archangel), St. Raphael", ) is a city in and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), North Bay region of th ...
, as a mentor and theatre director.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
American male stage actors
Male actors from Houston
Actors from Texas
American musical theatre directors
American musical theatre actors
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