Stephen Billington
Encyclopedia
Stephen Billington is a British actor, best known for playing Greg Kelly in Coronation Street
(for which he won the 1999 British Soap Award for Villain of the Year). He has worked with many leading film directors, including Peter Greenaway
, Franco Zeffirelli
, and Mel Gibson
. He trained at Drama Centre London, where he has since taught, and also teaches at the Method Studio, London and the City Literary Institute. He is currently playing John Proctor
in Arthur Miller
's The Crucible
at the York Theatre Royal
.
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
(for which he won the 1999 British Soap Award for Villain of the Year). He has worked with many leading film directors, including Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular...
, Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli KBE is an Italian director and producer of films and television. He is also a director and designer of operas and a former senator for the Italian center-right Forza Italia party....
, and Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...
. He trained at Drama Centre London, where he has since taught, and also teaches at the Method Studio, London and the City Literary Institute. He is currently playing John Proctor
John Proctor
John Proctor was a farmer in 17th century Massachusetts. He married three women in his life, and divorced the first two. The last one he married was Elizabeth Proctor, who gave birth to two children, William and Sarah...
in Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...
's The Crucible
The Crucible
The Crucible is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists...
at the York Theatre Royal
York Theatre Royal
The York Theatre Royal is a theatre in St. Leonard's Place, York, England, which dates back to 1744. The theatre currently seats 847 people. This reduced capacity takes into account removal of the mixing position seats and the stage side boxes which are normally not sold...
.
Film
- ExorcismusExorcismusExorcismus is a 2010 Spanish horror film directed by Manuel Carballo and written by David Muñoz, it stars Sophie Vavasseur and Stephen Billington.-Plot:...
(2010) - Exitz (2007)
- Oh Happy Day (2007)
- Northern Cowboys (2007)
- The Un-Gone (2006)
- Dracula III: LegacyDracula III: LegacyDracula III: Legacy is a 2005 horror film and the sequel to Dracula 2000 and Dracula II: Ascension. The film was directed by Patrick Lussier and stars Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Roy Scheider, and Diane Neal...
(2005) - The Prophecy: UprisingThe Prophecy: UprisingThe Prophecy: Uprising is a fantasy horror-thriller film and the fourth motion picture in The Prophecy series. Although this chapter does not feature series regular Christopher Walken, it does star talented British actor Sean Pertwee, Doug Bradley, and frequent horror-film star Kari Wührer in the...
(2005) - The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the FinishThe Tulse Luper SuitcasesThe Tulse Luper Suitcases is a multimedia project by Peter Greenaway, initially intended to comprise three "source" and one feature films, a 16-episode TV series, and 92 DVDs, as well as Web sites, CD-ROMs and books...
(2003) - Dracula II: AscensionDracula II: AscensionDracula II: Ascension is a 2003 horror film, directed by Patrick Lussier. It stars Jason Scott Lee, Stephen Billington, and Diane Neal. The film is the sequel to Dracula 2000. It was released direct-to-video on June 7, 2003...
(2003) - Callas ForeverCallas ForeverCallas Forever is a 2002 biographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, who co-wrote the screenplay with Martin Sherman. It is an homage to Zeffirelli's friend, internationally acclaimed opera diva Maria Callas, whom he directed on stage in Norma, La Traviata, and Tosca.- Plot :The partially...
(2002) - Resident EvilResident Evil (film)Resident Evil is a British-German 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, and James Purefoy...
(2002) - BraveheartBraveheartBraveheart is a 1995 epic historical drama war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace...
(1995)
Television
- CasualtyCasualty (TV series)Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
(2010) - Doctors (2006)
- InquisitionInquisitionThe Inquisition, Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis , was the "fight against heretics" by several institutions within the justice-system of the Roman Catholic Church. It started in the 12th century, with the introduction of torture in the persecution of heresy...
(2002) - Young ArthurYoung ArthurYoung Arthur was a 2002 NBC tv drama on the childhood of King Arthur, directed by Mikael Salomon and written by Remi Aubuchon and Graham Yost. Filming occurred in Prague.-Cast:*Julian Morris - Arthur*James Fleet - Merlin...
(2002) - Relic HunterRelic HunterRelic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third...
(2001) "The Royal Ring" episode - Queen of Swords (2001) "Kidnapped" episode
- Highlander: The RavenHighlander: The RavenHighlander: The Raven was a short-lived spin-off from the television series Highlander, continuing the saga of a female Immortal. The series followed the character of Amanda , an Immortal who had a recurring role in Highlander: The Series...
(1999) "Love and Death" episode - Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
(1998-1999) - Jonathan CreekJonathan CreekJonathan Creek is a British mystery series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. Primarily a crime drama, the show is also peppered with broadly comic touches...
(1998) - The Man Who Made Husbands JealousThe Man Who Made Husbands JealousThe Man Who Made Husbands Jealous is a novel written by Jilly Cooper as part of the Rutshire Chronicles, about a womanizer who gets embroiled in a scheme to punish wayward husbands....
(1997) - Rules of Engagement (1997)
- Out of the Blue (1995)
- The Buccaneers (1995)
- Space PrecinctSpace PrecinctSpace Precinct is a British television series that aired from 1994 to 1995 on Sky One and later on BBC Two in Britain, and in syndication in North America on the SyFy Channel....
(1994)