Greg Hicks

Birth Name:

Greg Hicks

Birth Place:

Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actor

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: "Some actors are more cerebrally based but I like to use my body--I'm interested in capoeira and I used to do butoh․"
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․""
Has been a regular with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre
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․"
Enjoys visiting the Greek islands and Rio de Janeiro
His favorite book is "The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony․"
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

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