Roger Rees

Acting

Roger Rees

Born May 5, 1944 · Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

Died July 10, 2015 · aged 71

Roger Rees (May 5, 1944 – July 10, 2015) was a Welsh-American actor and director. Born in Aberystwyth, Wales, he grew up in south London where his father worked as a police officer. He attended Camberwell College of Arts and the Slade School of Fine Art, initially training as a painter before transitioning to theater work. He painted scenery at the Wimbledon Theater in south London before becoming…

Known For

The PrestigeThe Prestige · 2006
The Prestige
8.22006
MovieDramaMystery
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Return to Never LandReturn to Never Land · 2002
Return to Never Land
6.52002
MovieAdventureFantasy
In 1940, the world is besieged by World War II. Wendy, all grown up, has two children; including Jane, who does not believe Wendy's stories about Peter Pan.
Robin Hood: Men in TightsRobin Hood: Men in Tights · 1993
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
6.61993
MovieComedy
Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.
The Pink PantherThe Pink Panther · 2006
The Pink Panther
5.92006
MovieComedyMystery
When the coach of the France football team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium at the end of a game, and his huge, expensive ring with the Pink Panther diamond disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector – Jacques Clouseau – to the case.
The Scorpion KingThe Scorpion King · 2002
The Scorpion King
5.62002
MovieActionAdventure
In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.
The InvasionThe Invasion · 2007
The Invasion
6.12007
MovieHorrorMystery
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
SurvivorSurvivor · 2015
Survivor
5.72015
MovieActionCrime
A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.
Stop! Or My Mom Will ShootStop! Or My Mom Will Shoot · 1992
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
5.31992
MovieActionComedy
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.

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A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse LuperA Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper · 2005
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
5.82005
MovieHistoryAdventure
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. A Life in Suitcases condenses the six-hour trilogy into a single two-hour feature, and in doing so, accentuates the project as a filmic essay in multiple narratives, listings, sidebars, footnotes, commentaries and anecdotes; a project for an Information Age ready to understand that there never is a phenomenon called History, there can only be Historians, gatekeepers to vested interests.

Tulse Luper