Will Keen
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Will Keen is an English actor
. He is also a trustee of the James Menzies Kitchen Award, an award set up for young theatre directors in memory of the director with whom Keen collaborated early in his career. He has been nominated for a number of theatre awards and in 2008 was longlisted for an Evening Standard Theatre Award for his performance in Waste at the Almeida.
Keen studied at Eton College
and has a degree in English from Oxford University where he was a contemporary of Eve Best
. He is married to the Spanish actress, theatre director and writer Maria Fernandez Ache with whom he has a daughter.
Keen has worked extensively in the English theatre, some of his notable credits being: Waste
, Tom & Viv
, Five Gold Rings (Almeida Theatre
), Romeo and Juliet (Middle Temple
), The Arsonists (Royal Court Theatre
), Kiss of the Spider Woman
(Donmar Warehouse
), The Changeling (Cheek by Jowl
), The Rubenstein Kiss (Hampstead Theatre
), Don Juan, Man and Superman
(Theatre Royal, Bath
), Pericles (Lyric Hammersmith
), The Duchess of Malfi, The Coast of Utopia, Hove (National Theatre
), The Prince of Hambourg (Royal Shakespeare Company
), The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Tempest, Dido Queen of Carthage (Shakespeare's Globe
) and Elton John's Glasses (West End).
His TV credits include Holby City
, The Bill
, The Impressionists
, The Wire, Casualty 1907, Elisabeth, and The Colour of Magic. His film credits include Nine Lives of Tomas Katz and Love and Other Disasters. In the musical field, he has recorded the "Seven Scenes from Hamlet" by the Spanish composer Benet Casablancas
, in collaboration with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, conducted by José Ramón Encinar (Stradivarius, 2010).
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is also a trustee of the James Menzies Kitchen Award, an award set up for young theatre directors in memory of the director with whom Keen collaborated early in his career. He has been nominated for a number of theatre awards and in 2008 was longlisted for an Evening Standard Theatre Award for his performance in Waste at the Almeida.
Keen studied at Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and has a degree in English from Oxford University where he was a contemporary of Eve Best
Eve Best
Eve Best is an English actress, best known for her roles as Dr. O'Hara in the Showtime television series Nurse Jackie, as Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film The King's Speech, and Dolley Madison in the 2011 American Experience television special about that First Lady.-Early life and education:Best...
. He is married to the Spanish actress, theatre director and writer Maria Fernandez Ache with whom he has a daughter.
Keen has worked extensively in the English theatre, some of his notable credits being: Waste
Waste (play)
Waste is a play by the English author Harley Granville Barker. It exists in two wholly different versions, from 1906 and 1927. The first version was refused a license by the Lord Chamberlain and had to be performed privately by the Stage Society in 1907; the second was finally staged in public at...
, Tom & Viv
Tom & Viv
Tom & Viv is a 1984 play by British playwright, Michael Hastings, which tells the story of the relationship between the American poet, T. S. Eliot, and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot...
, Five Gold Rings (Almeida Theatre
Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival of...
), Romeo and Juliet (Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
), The Arsonists (Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
), Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman (play)
The 1983 stage play Kiss of the Spider Woman is an adaptation of Manuel Puig's same title novel by the author himself.Novelist, screenwriter and playwright Manuel Puig wrote two plays while living in exile...
(Donmar Warehouse
Donmar Warehouse
Donmar Warehouse is a small not-for-profit theatre in the Covent Garden area of London, with a capacity of 251.-About:Under the artistic leadership of Michael Grandage, the theatre has presented some of London’s most memorable award-winning theatrical experiences, as well as garnered critical...
), The Changeling (Cheek by Jowl
Cheek by Jowl
Cheek By Jowl is a theatre company founded by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod in 1981. The company has performed across the world and, with their 1986 production of Twelfth Night, were the first to bring a Shakespearean play to The Swan....
), The Rubenstein Kiss (Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in the vicinity of Swiss Cottage and Belsize Park, in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers. In 2009 it celebrates its 50 year anniversary.The original theatre was...
), Don Juan, Man and Superman
Man and Superman
Man and Superman is a four-act drama, written by George Bernard Shaw in 1903. The series was written in response to calls for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. Man and Superman opened at The Royal Court Theatre in London on 23 May 1905, but with the omission of the 3rd Act...
(Theatre Royal, Bath
Theatre Royal, Bath
The Theatre Royal in Bath, England, is over 200 years old. It is one of the more important theatres in the United Kingdom outside London, with capacity for an audience of around 900....
), Pericles (Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Hammersmith
The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions....
), The Duchess of Malfi, The Coast of Utopia, Hove (National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
), The Prince of Hambourg (Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
), The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Tempest, Dido Queen of Carthage (Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, located on the south bank of the River Thames, but destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt 1614 then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic best guess, based...
) and Elton John's Glasses (West End).
His TV credits include Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
, The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, The Impressionists
The Impressionists (BBC drama)
The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution is a 4 part factual drama from the BBC, which reconstructs the origins of the Impressionist art movement.-Narrative:...
, The Wire, Casualty 1907, Elisabeth, and The Colour of Magic. His film credits include Nine Lives of Tomas Katz and Love and Other Disasters. In the musical field, he has recorded the "Seven Scenes from Hamlet" by the Spanish composer Benet Casablancas
Benet Casablancas
Benet Casablancas is a Spanish composer and musicologist.- Biography :Casablancas started to study music in Barcelona and then moved to Vienna, where he attended lessons in the Vienna Academy of Music with Friedrich Cerha and Karl Heinz Füssl...
, in collaboration with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, conducted by José Ramón Encinar (Stradivarius, 2010).