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Zappa, William
Biographical Notes & Trivia
Birthday: 13 October 1948 (Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, UK)
William migrated to Australia in 1976.
Cast note (excerpt) from 1997-1999 Australasian tour of Les Miserables:
After training at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, William worked in England as an actor and theatre director before coming to Australia to take up the post of lecturer in Movement at the Drama School of the Victorian College of the Arts in 1976. He has appeared with all of the major theatre companies in Australia [...].
His many television appearances include [...] Women of the Sun, for which he received the Penguin Award for Best Actor. He has directed productions for Playbox, VCA and West Theatre Company and has worked as a fight arranger for STC, MTC, The Australian Opera, VSO, STCSA, VCA and NIDA and runs workshops on Movement for Actors.
In 1990, William was awarded the MO Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Thenardier in Les Miserables.
Other Credits
| Television: |
All Saints;
BackBerner;
Balmain Boys;
Big Sky;
Bligh;
Blue Heelers;
Correlli;
Five Mile Creek;
The Flying Doctors;
G.P.;
Glass Babies;
Grass Roots;
House Rules;
Mission: Impossible;
One Summer Again;
Prisoner: Cell Block H;
Rafferty's Rules;
The Shiralee;
Special Squad;
The Sullivans;
Water Rats;
Women of the Sun |
| Film: |
Amy;
Bootmen;
Celia: Child of Terror;
Crush;
Diana & Me;
Head On;
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior;
Man-Thing;
The Monkey's Mask;
Mr. Reliable;
The Phantom;
Quigley Down Under |
| Theater: |
42nd Street;
Antony and Cleopatra;
Antony and Cleopatra;
Corporate Vibes;
The Country Wife;
Don Juan;
The Gift of the Gorgon;
Hamlet;
The Increased Difficulty of Concentration;
The King and I;
Les Liaisons Dangereuses;
A Midsummer Night's Dream;
Les Miserables;
A Month In The Country;
Long Day's Journey into Night;
Much Ado About Nothing;
Peter Pan;
Richard III;
Saint Joan;
Scenes from an Execution;
Scrooge The Musical;
The Threepenny Opera;
The White Devil |
| Other: |
The Listening Room [radio] |
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As Bill Trendle in the film, "Amy" (1998).
As Danny in the play, "Soulmates" (Sydney Theatre Company, April 2002).
As Thenardier in the musical, "Les Miserables" (Sydney & Melbourne, 1997-1998).
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