Colin Hurley

Colin Hurley

Known for

Acting

Born

July 11, 1957 (age 69)

Birthplace

Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Biography

Collin Hurley is an English actor and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and the Shakespeare's Globe company, specialising in performing the works of William Shakespeare.

Born in Leicester, Hurley first became interested in acting at Alderman Newton's Boys' School when he played Le Beau in As You Like It before going on to act in youth theatre, school plays and amateur dramatic societies. On leaving school in 1969 he spent ten years working in repertory theatres around the United Kingdom when his roles included the title role in Hamlet, Nero in Britannicus, Gus in The Dumb Waiter, Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer, (Salisbury Playhouse), Ariel in The...

Best known work

Henry V
Henry V
1989
Flowers
Flowers
2016
Black Pond
Black Pond
2011
The Darkest Universe
The Darkest Universe
2016
Peak Practice
Peak Practice
1993
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
2012
David Copperfield
David Copperfield
1986
The Chief
The Chief
1990
Hamlet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Hamlet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2018
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
2004

Filmography

  1. 2018

    Hamlet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

    as Ghost

  2. 2016

  3. 2016

    FlowersTV

    as Barry (7 episodes), as Barry / Piotr (3 episodes)

  4. 2012

    Twelfth Night

    as Sir Toby Belch

  5. 2011

    Black Pond

    as Blake

  6. 2004

  7. 1993

    Peak PracticeTV

    as Keith Jordan (1 episode)

  8. 1990

    The ChiefTV

    as Ray Murray (1 episode)

  9. 1989

    Henry V

    as Grandpre

  10. 1988

  11. 1986

    David CopperfieldTV

    as David Copperfield (10 episodes)

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