Ian Bannen

Ian Bannen

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayJun 29, 1928
Death1999-11-03
BiographyIan Edmund Bannen (29 June 1928 – 3 November 1999) was a Scottish stage and screen actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), the first Scots actor to receive the honour. He was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for his performance in Sidney Lumet's The Offence (1973) and John Boorman's Hope and Glory (1987).

On stage, Bannen was an original member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and renowned for his interpretations of William Shakespeare and Eugene O'Neill. He won the 1981 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Brian Friel's Translations. He received BAFTA Scotland's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.

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Murder in Eden
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as Sir Donald Frazier
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as Jim Prideaux

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