| Year |
Title |
Role |
Playwright |
Director |
Theatre |
Ref. |
| 1975 |
The Seagull |
Konstantin (Kostya) |
Anton Chekhov |
Peter Watson |
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
|
| Arden of Faversham |
Black Will |
Anonymous |
Geoff Bullen |
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
|
| Hamp |
Prosecutive officer |
John Wilson |
Euan Smith |
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
|
| Objections to Sex and Violence |
Arrogant pseudo-intellectual |
Caryl Churchill |
Caryl Churchill |
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
|
| 1976 |
When Thou Art King |
|
John Barton |
John Barton |
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
|
| The Night of the Iguana |
Nonno |
Tennessee Williams |
|
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
|
| 1976–77 |
Cinderella |
Albert the Horse, Courtier |
Sid Colin, David Wood |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| The Country Wife |
Mrs Dainty Fidget |
William Wycherley |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| The Importance of Being Earnest |
Lane |
Oscar Wilde |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Macbeth |
Malcolm, Third Murderer |
William Shakespeare |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Chinchilla |
Tancredi |
Robert David MacDonald |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Figaro |
A policeman, a lawyer |
Pierre de Beaumarchais |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| 1977–78 |
Semi-Monde |
Freddy Palmer |
Noël Coward |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Vautrin |
Joseph |
Honoré de Balzac |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Loot |
McLeavy |
Joe Orton |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Mother Goose |
Villager |
Myles Rudge |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
Johnny Frisk |
Robert David MacDonald James Hadley Chase |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Painter's Palace of Pleasure |
Giovanni |
John Ford John Webster |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Equus |
|
Peter Shaffer |
|
Lyric Theatre, Belfast |
|
| 1978–79 |
The Threepenny Opera |
J. J. Peachum |
Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| The Seagull |
Dr Dorn |
Anton Chekhov |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Dick Whittington |
The Emperor of Morocco |
Myles Rudge |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Country Life |
Guglielmo |
Carlo Goldoni |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Whose Life Is it Anyway? |
Philip Hill (The Solicitor) |
Brian Clark |
Tony Dinner |
Lyric Theatre, Belfast |
|
| Once a Catholic |
Derek (a Teddy Boy) |
Mary O'Malley |
Michael Poynor |
Lyric Theatre, Belfast |
|
| 1979 |
The Death of Humpty Dumpty |
Doctor |
J. Graham Reid |
Patrick Mason |
Abbey/Peacock Theatres, Dublin |
|
| 1979–80 |
The Ha'penny Place |
Hare Krishna/Yehudi |
Jim Sheridan |
Peter Sheridan |
Project Arts Centre, Dublin |
|
| The Liberty Suit |
|
Peter Sheridan |
Jim Sheridan |
Project Arts Centre, Dublin |
|
| 1980–81 |
The Battlefield |
Faustino |
Carlo Goldoni |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| The Caucasian Chalk Circle |
Shauva (The Policeman) Prince Georgi |
Bertolt Brecht |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Don Juan |
Father Juan |
Robert David MacDonald |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Desperado Corner |
Frank |
Shaun Lawton |
Di Trevis |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Madame Louise |
Bishop of Porchester |
Vernon Sylvaine |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| 1981 |
Bent |
Greta/George |
Martin Sherman |
Michael Scott |
Project Arts Centre, Dublin |
|
| Krieg |
Jet |
Liam Lynch |
Patrick Mason |
Project Arts Centre, Dublin |
|
| The Seagull |
Konstantin (Kostya) |
Anton Chekhov Thomas Kilroy |
Patrick Mason |
Grand Opera House, Belfast |
|
| 1982 |
Curse of the Starving Class |
|
Sam Shepard |
|
Project Arts Centre, Dublin |
|
| On Baile's Strand |
Cuchulain |
James Ellis, W. B. Yeats |
Christopher Fitz-Simon |
Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick |
|
| Waiting for Godot |
Estragon |
Samuel Beckett |
Ben Barnes |
Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick |
|
| Blood and Ice |
Byron/The Monster |
Liz Lochhead |
Kenny Ireland |
Traverse Theatre Company, Edinburgh |
|
| 1982–83 |
The Roman Actor |
Paris |
Philip Massinger |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Red Roses for Me |
Brennan O' the Moor |
Seán O'Casey |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Torquato Tasso |
Antonio Montecatino |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| The Mother |
Savely |
Bertolt Brecht |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| The Impresario from Smyrna |
Maccario |
Carlo Goldoni |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| The Merchant of Venice |
Antonio |
William Shakespeare |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Arms and the Man |
Nicola, man-servant |
George Bernard Shaw |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Sirocco |
Tonio |
Noël Coward |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Webster |
Webster |
Robert David MacDonald |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| 1983 |
The Last Days of Mankind |
A Man of Government |
Karl Kraus |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Rosenkavalier |
Valzacchi |
Hugo von Hofmannsthal |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Juno and the Paycock |
Captain Jack Boyle |
Seán O'Casey |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Oroonoko |
Lieutenant Governor |
Thomas Southerne |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Indian Summer |
Cathal Dillon |
Jennifer Johnston |
Robert Cooper |
Lyric Theatre, Belfast |
|
| 1984 |
The White Devil |
Lodovico |
John Webster |
Philip Prowse |
Greenwich Theatre, London |
|
| The Way of the World |
Fainall |
William Congreve |
Giles Havergal |
Greenwich Theatre, London |
|
| The Seagull |
Trigorin |
Anton Chekhov |
Philip Prowse |
Greenwich Theatre, London |
|
| The Riot Act (Antigone) |
Chorus leader |
Tom Paulin |
Stephen Rea |
Field Day Touring Company, Derry |
|
| High Time (School for Husbands) |
High Tech |
Derek Mahon |
Wolk and Long |
Field Day Touring Company, Derry |
|
| 1985 |
Mary Stuart |
Paulet |
Friedrich von Schiller |
Philip Prowse |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Blithe Spirit |
Charles Condomine |
Noël Coward |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| The Plough and the Stars |
Jack Clitheroe |
Seán O'Casey |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Arsenic and Old Lace |
"Uncle" Teddy |
Joseph Kesselring |
Giles Havergal |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Faust |
Minister of State |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| 'Tis Pity She's a Whore |
Giovanni |
John Ford |
Garry Hynes |
Druid Theatre Company, Galway |
|
| The Importance of Being Earnest |
John Worthing |
Oscar Wilde |
John Ford, Garry Hynes |
Druid Theatre Company, Galway |
|
| 1986 |
The Representative |
Pope Pius XII |
Rolf Hochhuth |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Hidden Fires |
Clavaroche |
Alfred de Musset |
Robert David MacDonald |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| The Orphan |
Castalio |
Thomas Otway |
Philip Prowse |
Greenwich Theatre, London |
|
| I Do Like to Be |
David |
Shane Connaughton |
Jeff Teare |
The Irish Company |
|
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme |
George Anderson |
Frank McGuinness |
Michael Attenborough |
Hampstead Theatre, London |
|
| 1987 |
Dialann Ocrais Diary of a Hunger Strike |
O'Connor |
Peter Sheridan |
Peter Sheridan |
Abbey/Peacock Theatres, Dublin |
|
| 1987 |
Mahabharata |
|
Adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière |
Peter Brook |
Ashwattaman/Nakula World Tour |
|
| 1988 |
The Lady from the Sea |
The Stranger |
Henrik Ibsen |
Tom Cairns |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| Richard III |
Richard III |
William Shakespeare |
Jon Pope |
Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company |
|
| 1989 |
Cuchulain Cycle |
Cuchulain |
W. B. Yeats |
James W. Flannery |
Abbey/Peacock Theatres, Dublin |
|
| 1990–91 |
The Last Days of Don Juan |
Don Pedro Tenorio |
Tirso de Molina, Nick Dear |
Danny Boyle |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
|
| Edward II |
Roger Mortimer |
Christopher Marlowe |
Gerard Murphy |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
|
| Two Shakespearean Actors |
Dion Boucicault |
Richard Nelson |
Roger Michell |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
|
| Troilus and Cressida |
Achilles |
William Shakespeare |
Sam Mendes |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
|
| 1992 |
Assassins |
Samuel Byck |
Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman |
Sam Mendes |
Donmar Warehouse, London |
|
| 1993 |
Richard III |
Richard III |
William Shakespeare |
Sam Mendes |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
|
| Machinal |
The Young Man |
Sophie Treadwell |
Stephen Daldry |
Royal National Theatre, London |
|
| 1995 |
Simpatico |
Vinnie |
Sam Shepard |
James Macdonald |
Royal Court Theatre, London |
|
| 1997 |
Closer (London production) |
Larry |
Patrick Marber |
Patrick Marber |
Royal National Theatre, London |
|
| 1999 |
Closer (Broadway production) |
Larry |
Patrick Marber |
Patrick Marber |
Music Box Theatre, New York |
|
| 2001 |
The Yalta Game |
Gurov |
Anton Chekhov, Brian Friel |
Karel Reisz |
Gate Theatre, Dublin |
|
| 2007 |
The Seafarer |
Mr. Lockhart |
Conor McPherson |
Conor McPherson |
Booth Theatre, New York |
|
| 2009 |
The Birds |
Nat |
Conor McPherson |
Conor McPherson |
Gate Theatre, Dublin |
|
| Burnt by the Sun |
Serguei Petrovitch Kotov |
Peter Flannery |
Howard Davies |
Royal National Theatre, London |
|
| 2011 |
Juno and the Paycock |
Captain Jack Boyle |
Seán O'Casey |
Howard Davies |
Royal National Theatre, London |
|
| Juno and the Paycock |
Captain Jack Boyle |
Seán O'Casey |
Howard Davies |
Abbey/Peacock Theatres, Dublin |
|
| 2013 |
The Night Alive |
Tommy |
Conor McPherson |
Conor McPherson |
Donmar Warehouse, London Atlantic Theater Company, New York |
|
| 2014 |
Our Few and Evil Days |
Michael |
Mark O'Rowe |
Mark O'Rowe |
Abbey/Peacock Theatres, Dublin |
|
| 2015 |
Hamlet |
Claudius |
William Shakespeare |
Lynsey Turner |
Barbican no Centre, London |
|
| 2016 |
The Crucible |
Deputy Governor Danforth |
Arthur Miller |
Ivo van Hove |
Walter Kerr Theatre, New York |
|
| 2017 |
Girl from the North Country |
Nick Lane |
Conor McPherson |
Conor McPherson |
The Old Vic The Noel Coward Theatre |
|
| 2018 |
Translations |
Hugh |
Brian Friel |
Ian Rickson |
Royal National Theatre, London |
|
| 2020 |
Uncle Vanya |
Professor Serebryakov |
Anton Chekhov |
Ian Rickson |
Harold Pinter Theatre |
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