Rolf Saxon
Rolf Saxon (born July 7, 1955 in Alexandria , Virginia ) is an American actor .
Life
Rolf Saxon was born as the son of a member of the US Army in Fort Belvoir. His family later moved to California , where they settled in the San Francisco Bay Area . Saxon joined the American Conservatory Theater there. He later moved to London where he was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama . After graduating in acting, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for a year . He is known to German-speaking audiences primarily for his first film appearance in 1980; at the side of Ricky Schroder and Alec Guinness , he played Dick , the shoeshine boy in The Little Lord , who exposes the legacy sneak Minna Tipton . His feature film roles include The Curse of the Pink Panther , 1984 , James Bond 007 - Tomorrow Never Dies and Saving Private Ryan , although he always played only minor supporting roles. On British television he starred in the television series Pulaski and Capital City . He had guest roles in The Three Legged Rulers , Agatha Christie's Poirot and Space Cops - Tatort Demeter City . He also appeared occasionally in theater roles, including in 2002 with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Winter's Tale and Pericles, Prince of Tire . In the five-part adventure computer game series Baphomets Fluch , he played the role of lead actor George Stobbart between 1996 and 2013 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1980: The Little Lord (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
- 1983: Curse of the Pink Panther (Curse of the Pink Panther)
- 1983: Cursed is what makes us strong (The Lords of Discipline)
- 1984: 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
- 1984: The Tripods (The Tripods)
- 1993: Agatha Christie's Poirot
- 1994: Love Hurts
- 1995: Space Cops - Tatort Demeter City (Space Precinct)
- 1996: Mission: Impossible
- 1997: James Bond 007 - Tomorrow Never Dies
- 1998: Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
- 1999: Entrapment (Entrapment)
- 2005: The Eagle - The Trace of Crime (Ørnen)
- 2006: Little Britain
- 2012: Us
- 2012: All I Think of is You
- 2013: The Book of Daniel
- 2014: Alien Strain
- 2015: Woman in Gold (Woman in gold)
- 2015: August Falls
- 2016: A hologram of the King (A Hologram for the King)
Web links
- Rolf Saxon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rolf Saxon at filmreference.com (English)
- Official Homepage (English)
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SURNAME | Saxon, Rolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Alexandria , Virginia , United States |