Occupation Actor Name Malcolm Ridley | Movies The West Wittering Affair | |
Born 1962 (age 52–53) Stanley, County Durham | ||
Malcolm Ridley (born 1962 in Stanley, County Durham) is an actor and writer.
In 1995 Malcolm Ridley played the title role in Molière's George Dandin, for Red Shift Theatre Company on a national tour and at the Cochrane Theatre in London. Directed by Jonathan Holloway and Toby Sedgwick, adapted by Robert Bolt.
(2001) He performed in Having a Ball by Alan Bleasdale. Directed by David Grindley and starring Sara Crowe, Robert Duncan and Michael Medwin for Birmingham Rep. and a national tour of the UK.
Ridley performed and co-devised three productions directed by Improbable theatre award-winning director-designer partnership of Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch. Servant of Two Masters (Goldoni Festival Venice and Rome) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A Midsummer Night's Dream (TMA Best Touring Production Award) for the English Shakespeare Company.
(2005) Ridley performed as "Hamlet the talking Elephant" in the critically acclaimed production of The Firework Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman for Told By An Idiot Theatre Company at the Lyric Hammersmith and a European tour, directed by Paul Hunter.
(2006) Ridley acted in the Sir Peter Hall company production of the following plays: William Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure, Frank McGuinness' translation of August Strindberg's play Miss Julie, Alan Bennett's play Habeas Corpus, John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger and Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot at the Theatre Royal, Bath, with Richard Dormer, James Laurenson, Andrea Riseborough, Barry Stanton, Michael Mears, Annette Badland, Teddy Kempner, Ben Turner, Susie Trayling, Paul Bentall, Caitlin Mottram, Edward Bennett, Pauline Turner, James Fleet, Joanna McCallum, Alan Dobie, and Terence Rigby in the cast. Peter Hall (director), Rachel O'Riordan, and Peter Gill were directors. Measure for Measure then toured to Stratford-upon-Avon for the RSC Complete Works Festival starring Richard Dormer. Richard Dormer plays Terri Hooley in the film Good Vibrations (2012) directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn. Based on Terri Hooley's Belfast record shop and label of the same name.
(2006) Performed at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End in Mary Stuart directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!) starring Harriet Walter, Janet McTeer and David Horovich.
(2007) Performed in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on tour following its hit run in London's West End at the Garrick Theatre. Starring Shane Richie and Sophie Ward.
(2008) Ridley performed as part of the Donmar West End company in the hit production of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov adapted by Sir Tom Stoppard, at London's Wyndham's Theatre; part of the Donmar West End season: opposite Kenneth Branagh, Gina McKee, Kevin McNally, Malcolm Sinclair and Andrea Riseborough. Directed by the Donmar Warehouse artistic director Michael Grandage. Other productions in the season were Hamlet with Jude Law, Madam De Sade with Judi Dench and Twelfth Night with Sir Derek Jacobi.
Between 2009/2013 Ridley acted in over 1200 performances of The National Theatre's production of War Horse by Michael Morpurgo and directed by Tom Morris and Marianne Elliott at the New London Theatre Drury Lane, acting the roles of Sgt Allen, Manfred and Ted Narracott.
Film and television includes: Lt. Frewer in The Dance of Shiva (1998 Academy Award Finalist for Best Short Film); directed by Jamie Payne Starring Kenneth Branagh and Paul McGann.
Doctor Holland (sex therapist) in The West Wittering Affair (2006) directed by David Scheinmann.
Ridley was commissioned to write the film script Hoax for Channel 4 produced by TalkBack Thames. Based on the events surrounding the "Di Spy" press hoax of October 1996.