Joseph Mydell
Joseph Mydell | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
Joseph Mydell (born 1955) is an American screen and stage actor.
Early life
[edit]Mydell was born in Savannah, Georgia. He attended West Savannah elementary school, Tompkins High School (class of 1963), and Morehouse College (1964–65), where he met Martin Luther King when King spoke at his alma mater after receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace. Inspired by King, and the call of Bahá'ís, Mydell participated in the (probably third) Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965.[1]
He continued his education at the New York University, School of the Arts(B.F.A., 1970; M.F.A., 1974) City University of New York (CUNY Ph. D Theatre studies, 1976–1979).[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Mydell trained as an actor, working with Dr. Baldwin Burroughs and the Atlanta Morehouse Spelman Players in Shakespeare”s The Tempest, and Trials of Brother Jero by Wole Soyinka. In 1969 he co-performed a play, Who is America, at the US Bahá'í national convention, the first "Youth for the World" conference in Nashville, Tennessee,[2] then at another one in Dayton, Ohio that summer,[3] and later in November at the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University.[4] At NYU, he was trained by Lloyd Richards, Olympia Dukakis and Kristin Linklater, and directed by Andre Gregory. His professional career began in New York with the New York Shakespeare Festival and Lincoln Center theatre. He got his Equity card understudying Clevon Little off- Broadway. He also worked at Seattle Repertory theatre and for the National Endowment for the Arts in their touring production of "For All Times".
He traveled to England in 1979 to research his one-man show on Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Lyrics of the Hearthside", which he developed while studying for a Ph.D in theatre.
In 1980 he won a Fringe First and Best One-Man Show award at the Edinburgh Festival. The United States Information Service sponsored an African tour of his show. He later began work with Royal Shakespeare Company, and has continued his association with them for over 30 years. He has also worked extensively at The Royal National theatre.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| † | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Kibii | TV film |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery | Inspector Weston | TV film |
| 1990 | The March | Marcus Brown | |
| The Care of Time | Lampeter | TV film | |
| 1995 | Sidney's Chair | Sidney Poitier | Short film |
| 2005 | Born with Two Mothers | Lindon | TV film |
| Manderlay | Mark | ||
| 2009 | Perfect | Jacques | Short |
| 2011 | You Instead | The Prophet | |
| 2012 | National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors | Aegeon | |
| Julius Caesar | Casca | TV film | |
| 2013 | Columbite Tantalite | Old Sese | Short film |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Judge Clarence | |
| 2016 | Richard III | Lord Stanley | |
| 2017 | Royal Shakespeare Company: The Tempest | Gonzalo | |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second | John of Gaunt | |
| 2020 | Dolapo Is Fine | Dad | Short film |
| 2022 | The Eternal Daughter | Bill |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1985 | American Playhouse | Johnson | Episode: "Displaced Person" |
| 1988 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Peter | Episode: "My Africa" |
| 1989 | Boon | Winston Hammond | Episode: "Banbury Blue" |
| A Quiet Conspiracy | US Lieutenant | Mini-series | |
| Screen Two | Clyde | Episode: "Defrosting the Fridge" | |
| 1990 | Bergerac | John Tetteh | Episode: "A True Detective" |
| TECX | Joseph Akashte | Episode: "Needle in a Haystack" | |
| The Gravy Train | Duke | Mini-series | |
| 1991 | Chancer | Cyril | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 1993 | Jeeves and Wooster | Coneybear | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| All or Nothing at All | Andrew | Mini-series | |
| 1994 | Space Precinct | John Kane | Episodes: "Welcome to Demeter City" & "The Snake" |
| The All New Alexei Sayle Show | Various roles | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4" | |
| Scarlett | Jerome | Mini-series | |
| 1995 | Space Precinct | Officer Lionel Carson | Series regular |
| 2001 | The Bill | Mr Ames | Episode: "Return of the Hunter" |
| 2003 | Dinotopia | Doctor | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Doctors | Vince Wood | Episode: "A Wolf at the Door" |
| 2007 | Trial & Retribution | Matt Turner | Episode: "Paradise Lost" |
| 2010 | Holby City | Robin Knight | Episode: "Dandelions" |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Hotel Manager | Episode: "Wicked Wedding Night" |
| 2014 | The Missing | Minister | Episode: "Till Death" |
| Homeland | Billy | Episode: "Long Time Coming" | |
| 2016 | Midsomer Murders | Dr Isaac Vernon | Episode: "Habeas Corpus" |
| Shield 5 | Yorke | Web-series, exclusive to Instagram | |
| 2018 | Mrs Wilson | Bert | Mini-series |
| TBA | Prime Target | Upcoming miniseries |
Stage
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Baha'is participate in march on Montgomery". Baha'i News. June 1965. p. 13. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ "Nashville YOW conference – Seven declare". National Bahá'í Review. No. 19. July 1969. p. 14. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ Catherine Martindale (August 18, 1969). "Blacks, Whites grope, then unite -- in Baha'i". The Journal Herald. Dayton, Ohio. p. 26. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ "Baha'i Week continues with teach-in tonight" (PDF). The Daily Collegian. University Park, PA. November 14, 1969. p. 4. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
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