Roy Dotrice Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2000, at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, he was awarded the Joseph Jefferson Award in the category of Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for his work on "A Moon for the Misbegotten․"
• Received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 Queen's New Years Honors List for his drama work
• Earned a place in Guinness Book of World Records for his voice work on audio book version of George R․R․ Martin's "A Game of Thrones"; the version was cited as having the greatest number of characters, 224, voiced by a single person in an audio book
• Started acting when he was a Prisoner of War in WWII
• Introduced the sport of American baseball to the cricket-playing Royal Shakespeare Company, which is one of the most famous classical theatre companies in the world