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Orlando Wells
Born (1973-06-09) 9 June 1973 (age 51)
Tonbridge, Kent, England[1]
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Children4
Parent(s)Susannah York
Michael Wells

Orlando Wells (born 9 June 1973) is an English actor and writer.

Career[edit]

As an actor, Wells is best known for starring as Alex Stanton in the Channel 4 drama As If, and playing Irwin in Alan Bennett's History Boys.

Wells has written five original plays: The Winter Room (RSC fringe festival), Cold Enough, The Tin Horizon (Theatre 503), The Woodcutter's Tale (developed with NT Studio), and Four Days in Hong Kong (about Glenn Greenwald's and Laura Poitras's first meeting with Edward Snowden), produced as part of the Orange Tree Theatre Festival 2014.

Michael Billington wrote in The GuardianofThe Tin Horizon, 'a play that proves Wells has a gift for gothic futurism... a name to watch... shows a wild imagination at work and displays unmistakable signs of talent.'[citation needed]

Wells revised and adapted Patrick Hamilton's The Duke in Darkness for a 2013 production at the Tabard Theatre, Chiswick, directed by Phoebe Barran.[2][3] The following year Wells co-wrote, with Opera Erratica director Patrick Eakin Young, the libretto for the experimental opera Triptych, performed in 2014 at The Print Room and Wilton's Music Hall.[4]

He was a series-writer for the animated children programs Xolight and Noksu. He has written the full-length feature Bait the Hook, and a short film, Shrike, longlisted for Channel 4's Coming Up.

Personal life[edit]

He is the son of actress Susannah York and Michael Wells, and is married with four children.

Selected credits[edit]

Theatre[edit]

TV and film[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Search Results for Civil Births in Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records | findmypast.co.uk". www.findmypast.co.uk.
  • ^ "The Duke in Darkness, review by Michael Billington, 26 April 2013". theguardian.com. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  • ^ "The Tabard Theatre, Duke in Darkness, 16 April - 11 May 2013". tabardweb.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "Triptych, Opera Erratica, What's On Stage review by Mark Valencia, 21 May 2014". whatsonstage.com. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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