Jonathan Pryce

Sir Jonathan Pryce (born John Price; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor. He is known for his performances on stage and in film and television. He has received numerous awards, including two Tony Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, and five Emmy Awards. He was honored with a knighthood for services to drama in 2021.

After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he began his career as a stage actor in the early 1970s. His work in theatre includes an Olivier Award–winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's ''Hamlet'' in 1980 and as The Engineer in the stage musical ''Miss Saigon'' in 1990. On the Broadway stage he earned Tony Awards—the first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut role in ''Comedians'' (1977), the second for Best Actor in a Musical for the Broadway transfer of the musical ''Miss Saigon'' (1991).

His breakthrough screen performance was in Terry Gilliam's satirical dystopian black comedy film ''Brazil'' (1985). Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has appeared in big-budget films including ''Evita'' (1996), ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997) and ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series (2003–2007), as well as independent films such as ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992), ''The Age of Innocence'' (1993), ''Carrington'' (1995), ''The New World'' (2005) and ''The Wife'' (2017). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Pope Francis in ''The Two Popes'' (2019).

For his work on television, he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his portrayals of Henry Kravis in the HBO film ''Barbarians at the Gate'' (1993), a wealthy widower in the BBC series ''Return to Cranford'' (2010), Prince Philip in the Netflix series ''The Crown'', and as a retired senior MI5 officer in the Apple TV+ series ''Slow Horses''. Pryce also played Thomas Wolsey in the BBC limited series ''Wolf Hall'' (2015), the High Sparrow in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2015–2016) and Sir Stuart Strange in the series ''Taboo'' (2017). Provided by Wikipedia