Robert Curtis

Robert Curtis is a British actor known for Hangar 10 (Bigscope Films), Hamlet (BBC/RSC/Illuminations), EastEnders (BBC) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC).Born in Warwickshire, UK, Robert's acting career began as a teenager playing leading stage roles for local theatre companies.He studied for a degree in Drama at the University of Surrey before training as a classical actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.Following a busy and successful period of touring throughout the UK and in regional repertory theatre playing numerous Shakespearean roles such as Macbeth (Macbeth), Romeo (Romeo & Juliet), Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Antipholus (The Comedy of Errors) along with other notable performances as Jack Worthing (The Importance of Being Earnest) and Tamburlaine (Tamburlaine the Great) Robert was asked to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. Whilst at the RSC his portrayal of Theseus in Gregory Doran's 2008/09 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, both in Stratford-Upon-Avon and in London's West End, received approval in The Sunday Times. During the same season he played company roles in Love's Labour's Lost whilst also working as David Tennant's understudy as Berowne, and played both Fortinbras and Francisco in Doran's multi-award winning production of Hamlet, once again in Stratford-Upon-Avon and London's West End. Hamlet was later filmed for a BBC/RSC/Illuminations production in which Robert reprised his roles.Robert's theatre work has continued throughout the UK with significant performances in The Blue Room, The Madness of George III, The Butterfly Lion and Alan Ayckbourn's Joking Apart.His work for television includes Hamlet (BBC/RSC/Illuminations), EastEnders (BBC), The Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC).Hangar 10 (Bigscope Films) marks Robert's debut in a feature film. Show less «