Ronan Vibert
Ronan David Jackson Vibert (23 February 1964 – 22 December 2022) was an English actor who was known for his appearances in films and on British and American television.
He was born in Cambridge, on 23 February 1964,the son of Dilys (née Jackson) and David Vibert, both artists and brother Cevn Vibert. He lived in Penarth, South Wales, until he was 18, then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 1985.
Vibert had a long career in theatre, radio, television and film.
Vibert appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Chandler & Co, Between the Lines and the BBC's The Buccaneers, in ITV's Cadfael, Inspector Lewis and in Van der Valk. He appeared in Jeeves and Wooster as Wilmot, Lord Pershore ('Motty').
Stage credits included plays at the Bush Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, The Gate, Manchester Royal Exchange, Bristol Old Vic, The Barbican for the RSC, The Almeida and The Savoy West End. In 1996, Vibert appeared at the National Theatre for the third time, as Prince Andre in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. He played Maximilien Robespierre in the BBC's adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel with Richard E. Grant.
Vibert appeared in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death in Chorus". He also appeared in episodes of Waking The Dead and The Mrs Bradley Mysteries.
He also appeared in such TV series as Rome, ITV's Poirot, The Borgias, Emmy award winning miniseries Hatfields and McCoys with Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, Penny Dreadful, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, NCIS LA, Phillip K Dick's Electric Dreams and Carnival Row.
Among his many films are Shadow of the Vampire with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, The Cat's Meow directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-winning The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski, Tomb Raider 2, Tristan and Isolde, The Snowman with Michael Fassbender and Saving Mr Banks with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, portraying the publisher Diarmuid Russell. He also appeared in The Grass Arena with Mark Rylance.
Vibert died at a Florida hospital on 22 December 2022, aged 58, following a brief illness
Fotos
Películas (25)
The Snowman
2017 · Gunnar Hagen
6 Days
2017 · MI6 Spokesman
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2015
Dracula Untold
2014 · Simion
Saving Mr. Banks
2013 · Diarmuid Russell
The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011 · Walther Stennes
The Last Seven
2010 · Isaac Grainger
Shanghai
2010 · Mikey
Tristan & Isolde
2006 · Bodkin
Beowulf & Grendel
2005 · Thorkel
Gladiatress
2004 · Caesar
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
2003 · Victor Frankenstein
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003 · MI6 Agent Calloway
The Pianist
2002 · Janina's Husband
The Princess and the Pea
2002 · King Laird (voice)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
2002 · King Arthur / Guide (voice)
Killing Me Softly
2002 · Alice's Boss
The Cat's Meow
2002 · Joseph Willicombe
Shadow of the Vampire
2000 · Wolfgang Müller
Tale of the Mummy
1998 · Young
The Virgin in the Ice
1995 · Le Gaucher
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993 · Alan Stafford
The Grass Arena
1991 · Charles Fieldhouse
Rowing with the Wind
1988 · Fletcher
On the Black Hill
1988 · Jim Watkins
Series (43)
The Alienist
2018 · Charles Murray
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 · Chief Judge
The Coroner
2015 · Gavin Drake
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2015 · Lord Wellington, Lord Wellington (uncredited)
Penny Dreadful
2014 · Sir Geoffrey Hawkes
Hatfields & McCoys
2012 · Perry Cline
The Borgias
2011 · Giovanni Sforza
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Visser
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · Professor Nicholas Skinner
Lewis
2007 · Simon Monkford
Lead Balloon
2006
Hotel Babylon
2006 · Michael Harkness
Rome
2005 · Lepidus
Hex
2004 · Mephistopheles
London
2004 · Joseph Conrad
New Tricks
2004 · Ray Barlow
Keen Eddie
2003
Waking the Dead
2001 · Dr. Jonathan Lynch
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999 · Robespierre
Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999 · Vince
Highlander: The Raven
1998 · Trevor Benton
Big Women
1998 · Bull
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Giles Armitage
The Buccaneers
1995 · Lord Richard Marabel
Chandler & Co
1994 · Xavier
Cadfael
1994 · Le Gaucher
99-1
1994 · Loach
Witchcraft
1992 · Steiner
Between the Lines
1992 · Martin Williams
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992 · Tom
Stanley and the Women
1991 · Tom Devenish
Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · Wilmot
Birds of a Feather
1989 · Martin
The Paradise Club
1989 · Ricky Wooley
Traffik
1989 · Lee
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · T
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Captain Dacres
South of the Border
1988 · Frank
Lovejoy
1986 · Lindsey Parry-Davies
Screen Two
1985 · Charles Fieldhouse
The Bill
1984
Taggart
1983 · James Forsyth
Van der Valk
1972 · Martin Lepweg