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Timothy Dalton Bio
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Timothy Dalton Timothy Dalton may just be the acting equivalent of a sadomasochist. At the very least, he certainly loves to take on the greatest of acting challenges. Born March 21, 1944 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, Dalton is famous for taking roles already idolized and defined by other actors. For example, he played Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights after the incomparable Sir Laurence Olivier, Rhett Butler in Scarlett after Clark Gable, and most notably, James Bond in The Living Daylights and License to Kill after several other memorable Bonds (particularly Sean Connery and Roger Moore). But nobody can accuse Dalton of not thinking his decisions through. After all, he did attend a school in Manchester for gifted and bright children. And while science attracted his attention, it was acting that eventually won him over. However, it wasn’t to be totally unexpected. Both his grandfathers were from a vaudeville background. Dalton finished his traditional schooling, and from the years of 1964 to 1966 attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and two years after joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. From the onset, Dalton had no trouble finding work. He acted in various television and film projects, landing movies filled with Hollywood’s best and brightest. In 1968, Dalton appeared in The Lion in Winter with Anthony Hopkins, Katharine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole. In 1970 he took the previously mentioned role in Wuthering Heights as well as a part in Cromwell opposite Richard Harris and Alec Guinness.
Perhaps due to Dalton’s extensive career and training in theater, he continuously found work. If television or film were slow, he merely turned to the stage, which he in fact decided to do fulltime through the first half of the 70s. However, by 1979 Dalton’s popularity was spreading beyond his nation’s borders. No was no longer solely a British actor. Increasingly, his work was making it over the pond and into American cinema and television screens. Unfortunately, his first American film was the Mae West flop Sextette, but he also appeared in one entertaining episode of Charlie’s Angels. The next few years of Dalton’s career were dominated by television work—mini-series, made-for-TV films and actual television shows. It was a tremendously productive and prolific time in Dalton’s career. For many of these years, studios constantly hounded Dalton to play the role of James Bond. Dalton always responded in a similar manner, that he was simply too busy. By 1987, he worked a hole into his already packed schedule and agreed to play the suave super-agent in The Living Daylights. The film did fairly well in the box-office and the public’s opinion. In 1988, he made the successful film Hawks with Anthony Edwards, which he followed up with his second and last Bond film License to Kill. This film was both poorly marketed and poorly received. While Dalton is exalted as playing the most true-to-literature Bond, (like Ian Fleming penned, Dalton plays the role much darker and grittier) audiences were used to the lighthearted and lovable spin put on the role by Connery and Moore. In 1991 Dalton starred as the villain in the Disney film The Rocketeer alongside Bill Campbell, Alan Arkin and Jennifer Connelly. He continued to consistently make films throughout the 90s, some he can very proudly mention (Lie Down With Lions) and some he would probably rather forget (The Beautician and the Beast). He is currently in post-production for the English comedy Hot Fuzz starring Brit comics Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Steve Coogan and Bill Nighy.
Dalton has been married once. He and his wife, Oksana Grigorieva, were wed in 1997 and are currently still together. They have one child, a boy born in August of 1997. |
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