Tom Conti
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Thomas Conti (born November 22, 1941) is a Scottish actor.
Born in Paisley, Renfrew to an Italian father and an Irish Catholic mother, Conti is mostly known for his stage work. He began working with the Dundee Repretory in 1959. He won the Tony Award in 1979 for Whose Life is it Anyway? As of mid-2006, Conti is playing the lead in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell in London's Garrick Theatre. He is also an accomplished film and television actor. Besides taking the leading role in the 1978 TV version of Alan Ayckbourn's Norman Conquests, he played opposite Nigel Hawthorne in a long-running series of car advertisements.
He has appeared in such films as Flame which also featured the rock group Slade (1974), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Reuben, Reuben (nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor), American Dreamer, Shirley Valentine and Saving Grace. He also made an appearance in the family television series Faerie Tale Theatre episode The Princess and the Pea.
He has been married to Scottish actress, Kara Wilson, since 1967, and their daughter Nina is a ventriloquist.
[edit] External links
- Tom Conti at the Internet Movie Database
