Jack Klaff
| Jack Klaff | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 6, 1951 Johannesburg, South Africa[1] |
| Occupation | academic, actor, director, writer |
| Website | Official website |
Jack Klaff (born August 6, 1951) is an actor, writer, director and academic. Klaff has held four visiting professorships at Princeton University and was for four years Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Starlab in Brussels.[2] He attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School graduating in 1975.
He appeared briefly with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), and in the 1970s and 1980s in self-written solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. Most of his theatre work since then has been in smaller "fringe" theatres in London and elsewhere.
One of his most notable roles was as James Bond movie henchman Apostis in the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only.[3]
In the 1980s he also appeared in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Delve Special.
Filmography
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) as Red Four (John D.)
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) as Apostis
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) as Officer
- King David (1985) as Jonathan
- 1871 (1990) as Cluseret
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991) as Dr Pieter Claasen
- The Potter's Field episode from the Cadfael television series season 4 (1998) as Lord Eudo Blount
- Hotet (2004) as McBready
- Elemental Storage (2009) as Professor Phillip Hargrave
References
- ↑ Jaggs, Anthony (7 October 2013). "Actor Jack Klaff Performs at St Mary's". St Mary's University. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ http://www.intelligencesquared.com/people/k/jack-klaff
- ↑ "James Bond Multimedia: Jack Klaff (Apostis)". Retrieved 17 March 2013.
External links
- Jack Klaff at the Internet Movie Database
- The Drill Hall: Jack Klaff is Jack the Knife (October 2010)
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