History Creator / DouglasHodge

In 2008, Hodge's performance as Albin/Zaza in a revival of ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles'' won him the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. The production was given a Broadway transfer in 2010 and Hodge went with it, making his New York debut and winning the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Since that triumph, his stage career has blossomed further while retaining its variety, going from misanthropic solicitor Bill Maitland in John Osbourne's ''Inadmissable Evidence'' in 2011 to a return to Broadway as the title character in ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'' in 2012 to Willy Wonka in the 2013 West End musical ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.

Douglas Hodge (born February 25, 1960 in Plymouth, England) is a British actor, occasional stage director, and (on the side) SingerSongwriter with an exceptionally diverse track record of roles.

* GenreRoulette: Between his two albums there are gentle SingerSongwriter ballads, uptempo rockabilly numbers, a ProtestSong with a march tempo about TheWarOnTerror circa 2005, and on ''Cowley Road Songs'' a HiddenTrack that turns out to be [[spoiler: a comedy song about the fall of David Beckham]]. As a live performer on the cabaret scene, his setlists have included covers of Music/BobDylan, Music/JohnnyCash, and Music/{{Elbow}} -- and yes, a few showtunes.

He has performed in BBC Radio adaptations of such novels as ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' (as adult Pip) and ''Literature/WomenInLove''. Between two AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audios -- ''Urban Myths'' (the bonus story on ''Exotron'') and ''The Son of the Dragon'' -- he voiced a total of five roles, including a lead character in each. He's also had a fair deal of feature film work, albeit limited to minor roles (i.e. ''Film/TheDescent Part 2'', ''Film/RobinHood2010'') after the early 1990s.

* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: A real life example with regards to much of his film work and some of his TV guest work, such as ''Series/{{Spooks}}'' and ''Series/{{Skins}}''. Perhaps the most extreme example is his voicing the minor role of a ''sentient stick of chewing gum'' in ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfOzDorothysReturn''[[note]]it's possible that he did this on the side while performing in the New York staging of ''La Cage aux Folles''; the dates would line up, and his co-star Creator/KelseyGrammer had a key role in the film[[/note]]. With regards to his ''Spooks'' guest spot[[note]]He's the tabloid reporter in Series 4, Episode 5's "The Book"[[/note]], he explained to ''The Telegraph'' that [[MoneyDearBoy "It doubled my yearly income in six days. My agent said it's morally indefensible to turn that down."]]

Douglas Hodge (February 25, 1960-) is a British actor, occasional stage director, and (on the side) SingerSongwriter with an exceptionally diverse track record of roles.

By the dawn of TheNineties he was appearing in serial dramas and {{Made For TV Movie}}s for Creator/{{ITV}}, Creator/ChannelFour, and Creator/TheBBC, most significantly as Dr. Tertius Lydgate in the 1994 BBC adaptation of ''Literature/{{Middlemarch}}''. He continues to do so to this day, along with guest appearances in various series. He was also a regular in two shows, ''Capital City'' (1989-90) and ''Red Cap'' (2001 pilot, 2003-04 series), and had recurring roles in ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'' (as the [[FakeAmerican American]] therapist Brick) and ''Series/PennyDreadful'' (as the SympatheticInspectorAntagonist of Season 2).

In Fall 2015, he directed the Broadway debut of Creator/CliveOwen in a revival of Pinter's ''Old Times''.

* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: A real life example with regards to much of his film work and some of his TV guest work, such as ''Series/{{Spooks}}'' and ''Series/{{Skins}}''. Perhaps the most extreme example is his voicing the minor role of a ''sentinent stick of chewing gum'' in ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfOzDorothysReturn''[[note]]it's possible that he did this on the side while performing in the New York staging of ''La Cage aux Folles''; the dates would line up, and his co-star Kelsey Grammer had a key role in the film[[/note]]. With regards to his ''Spooks'' guest spot[[note]]He's the tabloid reporter in Series 4, Episode 5's "The Book"[[/note]], he explained to ''The Telegraph'' that [[MoneyDearBoy "It doubled my yearly income in six days. My agent said it's morally indefensible to turn that down."]]

In Fall 2015, he will direct the Broadway debut of Creator/CliveOwen in a revival of Pinter's ''Old Times''.

* ManOfAThousandFaces: He has no problem fitting into both serious and comic fare, modern and period settings, and realistic and fantastical stories. He admits he likes to choose projects by how far removed they are from whatever he's just finished up. He also approaches ManOfAThousandVoices territory in the 2013 audiobooks of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' and ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator''.

A Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts dropout, his stage career began in TheEighties and by the end of the decade he had the roles of [[Theatre/TwelfthNight Sir Andrew Aguecheek]], Theatre/{{Hamlet}}, [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]], Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}, and [[Theatre/KingLear Edmund]] under his belt. In the ensuing decades, he has also played Theatre/{{Pericles}}, [[Theatre/TheWintersTale Leontes]], and Theatre/TitusAndronicus for the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Shakespeare's Globe, respectively.

By the dawn of TheNineties he was appearing in serial dramas and {{Made For TV Movie}}s for Creator/{{ITV}}, Creator/ChannelFour, and Creator/TheBBC, most significantly as Dr. Tertius Lydgate in the 1994 BBC adaptation of ''Literature/{{Middlemarch}}''. He continues to do so to this day, along with guest appearances in various series. He was also a regular in two shows, ''Capital City'' (1989-90) and ''Red Cap'' (2001 pilot, 2003-04 series), and has had recurring roles in ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'' (as the [[FakeAmerican American]] therapist Brick) and most recently ''Series/PennyDreadful'' (as the SympatheticInspectorAntagonist of Season 2).

He has performed in BBC Radio adaptations of such novels as ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' (as adult Pip) and ''Literature/WomenInLove''. Between two AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audios -- ''Urban Myths'' (bonus story on ''Exotron'') and ''The Son of the Dragon'' -- he voiced a total of five roles, including a lead character in each. He's also had a fair deal of feature film work, albeit limited to minor roles (i.e. ''Film/TheDescent Part 2'', ''Film/RobinHood2010'') after the early 1990s.