Ken Bones
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Ken Bones is a British actor best known for his television, film and stage appearances. He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.[1]
His first television appearance was in 1980 in an episode of Fox as Kemble. Bones played Sergeant Parkes in an episode of Spearhead (1981), Paul Roussillon in Bergerac (1988), and a Superintendent in London's Burning (1988). Also in 1988 Bones played Victorian medium Robert James Lees in ITV's Jack the Ripper starring Michael Caine.[2]
In 1995 Bones played Toussant in the film Cutthroat Island, and in 1998 made appearances in Dangerfield and Cold Feet. In 2001 he played Banquo in a made for television film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Macbeth which starred Antony Sher as Macbeth. The film was the televised version of a stage show which had an enormously successful run in England, Japan and the USA.[2]
In 2002 Bones played Keith Burns in an episode of Spooks and in 2003 appeared in Casualty as Robbie. His 2004 roles include Hippasus in the film Troy starring Brad Pitt, Mr Mansell in Heartbeat and Assistant Commissioner Bob Mullen in New Tricks.[2]
In recent years Bones has appeared in Doctors (2007), Holby City (2008) and The Bill (1987 - 2009) as DCI Ted Ackroyd as well as in the film Perfect Hideout (2008) starring Billy Zane.[2]
His stage appearance include roles in The Revenger's Tragedy for the National Theatre, and, for the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has appeared in Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest, Othello, The Duchess of Malfi, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, Cyrano de Bergerac, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Tamburlaine, Much Ado About Nothing and King Lear among others.[1]
In London's West End Bones has appeared in You Never Can Tell, Communicating Doors, Saint Joan, Becket, Arturo Ui and Antony and Cleopatra; and for other theatres The Changeling, Hinge of the World, Design for Living, Relative Values, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Sir Thomas More.[1]