Stuart Wilson(II)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Stuart Wilson was born in Guildford, Surrey in England, on December
25th, 1946. He went to thirteen different schools, as his father served in the Royal Air Force and travelled around the world. After the RAF, his father
worked as an engineer in the copper mines in Rhodesia. Stuart moved to
London in the mid-sixties and trained at RADA. After RADA, he began
working in repertory in Liverpool and at the RSC. His career took off
when he played "Johann Strauss, Jr." in the
The Strauss Family (1972),
in which his character aged from 14 to 74. He continued to have a
successful television career, playing various roles, including
"Vronsky" in
Anna Karenina (1977) and "Major
Jimmy Clarke" in
The Jewel in the Crown (1984).
In the late 1980s, Stuart moved to Hollywood, where he landed roles in
The Age of Innocence (1993)
with Martin Scorsese,
Vũ Khí Tối Thượng 3 (1992) and
Roman Polanski's
Death and the Maiden (1994).
Stuart Wilson occasionally returns to the London stage and, in 2002,
played "Antony" in "Antony and Cleopatra" at the RSC.
