Greg Hicks Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
• Though he went straight from drama school to the Royal Shakespeare Company, the morning before the first day of rehearsals he slipped a disc in his back and had to take a community pub job in Manchester instead
• Quote: "[on director Sir Peter Hall] "He became a father figure to me--I gravitated towards his brilliant mind, his wealth of experience and his ruthlessness․""
• Quote: "Some actors are more cerebrally based but I like to use my body--I'm interested in capoeira and I used to do butoh․"
• Sir Peter Hall directed him in many stage productions including "The Oresteia," "The Romans in Britain," "Piaf," "The Seagull," "The Homecoming" and "Waiting for Godot․"
• Has been a regular with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre
• If he could switch places with anyone living or dead for a day, he would choose Anton Chekhov because he admires him as a playwright and as a man
• Would have liked to go into a legal profession if he didn't become an actor, but thinks he probably would have ended up as a salesman instead
• Enjoys visiting the Greek islands and Rio de Janeiro
• His favorite book is "The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony․"