Roy Dotrice

Birth Name:

Roy Dotrice

Birth Place:

Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom

Profession

Actor, Writer

Earned a place in Guinness Book of World Records for his voice work on audio book version of George R․R․ Martin's "A Game of Thrones"; the version was cited as having the greatest number of characters, 224, voiced by a single person in an audio book
In 2000, at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, he was awarded the Joseph Jefferson Award in the category of Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for his work on "A Moon for the Misbegotten․"
Received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 Queen's New Years Honors List for his drama work
Started acting when he was a Prisoner of War in WWII
Introduced the sport of American baseball to the cricket-playing Royal Shakespeare Company, which is one of the most famous classical theatre companies in the world

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