Roger Rees (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh-American actor. He is best known to American audiences for playing the character Robin Colcord on the American television show Cheers. He won a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
Rees was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, the son of Doris Louise (née Smith), a shop clerk, and William John Rees, a police officer. He started his career with the Royal Shakespe...
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Roger Rees (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh-American actor. He is best known to American audiences for playing the character Robin Colcord on the American television show Cheers. He won a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
Rees was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, the son of Doris Louise (née Smith), a shop clerk, and William John Rees, a police officer. He started his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and attended the Slade School of Fine Arts. Rees created the title role in the original production of the play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, winning both an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1982 for it. He also starred in the original production of The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard in London in 1984.
Rees became an American citizen in 1989, and in the 1990s, continued his work in the theatre, both as an actor and a director. He did some television work in the 1970s and began his film career in...
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