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Sharpe's Rifles
Season 1, Episode 1
Maverick British rifleman Richard Sharpe is promoted for saving General Wellesley's life, and sent behind enemy lines to rally Spanish support. Surrounded by the French, he manages to pull off an inspiring propaganda coup in the small town of Torrecastro. Swashbuckling adventure, featuring Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes and starring Sean Bean and Brian Cox
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Cast & Crew
Sean Bean
(Actor)
.. Sharpe
Brian Cox
(Actor)
.. Maj Hogan
Daragh O'Malley
(Actor)
.. Patrick Harper
Assumpta Serna
(Actor)
.. Teresa Moreno
David Troughton
(Actor)
.. Wellesley
Michael Mears
(Actor)
.. Cooper
John Tams
(Actor)
.. Hagman
Jason Salkey
(Actor)
.. Harris
Julian Fellowes
(Actor)
.. Maj Dunnett
Tom Clegg
(Director)
Eoghan Harris
(Dramatised by)
Bernard Cornwell
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Sean Bean
(Actor)
.. Sharpe
Born:
April 17, 1959
in
Sheffield
Best Known For:
Blunt-talking soldier Sharpe.
Early-life:
Born Shaun Mark Bean in Sheffield on April 17, 1959, the elder of two children. A fanatical Sheffield United supporter with "100% Blade" tattooed on his shoulder, he left school at 16 with two O-Levels. His first job was working for his father's welding firm, and while he was doing a day-release course at college he stumbled on an acting class. He was later accepted into Rada and made his professional stage debut in 1983 as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.
Career:
Sean worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company before making his TV debut in a 1984 episode of The Bill. Roles in The Fifteen Streets, Stormy Monday and Patriot Games followed before Lady Chatterley and the first Sharpe TV movies made him a household name in 1993. Other work includes A Woman's Guide to Adultery, Bravo Two Zero, GoldenEye, Ronin, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Equilibrium, Troy, National Treasure and HBO TV series Game of Thrones. He is one of Hollywood's most sought-after character actors and always has a number of productions in the pipeline.
Quote:
"I don't have any problems with women seeing me as their ideal bit of 'rough'. Why would I?"
Trivia:
He has voiced characters in a number of video games.
Brian Cox
(Actor)
.. Maj Hogan
Born:
June 01, 1946
in
Dundee
Best Known For:
Being the original Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter.
Early-life:
Brian Denis Cox was born on June 1, 1946, in Dundee, to an Irish immigrant family. He was the youngest of five children. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline, worked in the jute mills as a spinner, while his dad, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was a weaver and died of cancer when Brian was nine. Brian developed a passion for movies and, inspired by the work of Marlon Brando and Spencer Tracy, decided he wanted to become an actor. At 14, he joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre, and in 1966 honed his craft with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career:
Cox's earliest TV appearances were as an extra in cult TV series The Prisoner. He has been a mainstay in the world of TV and film ever since, popping up in Hammer House of Horror, Minder, Frasier and Deadwood. He played Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter, Michael Mann's adaptation of Red Dragon. (The name was later spelled Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs). He has appeared in a string of major Hollywood offerings, including The Long Kiss Goodnight, X-Men 2, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Zodiac and Red. On the stage he has appeared in Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew and King Lear. He has also voiced characters in the video games Killzone and Manhunt.
Quote:
"I'm an actor who does really interesting work in independent movies. I want to keep doing that because I don't want the burden of an opening weekend sitting on my shoulders."
Trivia:
In 2003, Cox was awarded a CBE for services to drama.
Daragh O'Malley
(Actor)
.. Patrick Harper
Assumpta Serna
(Actor)
.. Teresa Moreno
David Troughton
(Actor)
.. Wellesley
Michael Mears
(Actor)
.. Cooper
John Tams
(Actor)
.. Hagman
Jason Salkey
(Actor)
.. Harris
Julian Fellowes
(Actor)
.. Maj Dunnett
Born:
August 17, 1949
in
Cairo
Best Known For:
Winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2002 for Gosford Park and creating Downton Abbey.
Early-life:
Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes was born in Cairo on August 17, 1949. He is the youngest son of Peregrine Fellowes (a diplomat) and his first wife, Olwen. Peregrine purchased the title of Lord of the Manor of Tattershall from the previous Lord of the Manor, making Julian the fourth person to hold it. Julian was educated at Ampleforth College; Magdalene College, Cambridge, and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career:
He completed his training in repertory theatre before making his West End acting début in A Touch of Spring by Sam Taylor at the Comedy Theatre. He has also played the Criterion, the Gielgud, the Vaudeville and the National Theatre. As an actor, he is probably best known for his portrayal of the incorrigible Lord Kilwillie in the popular series Monarch of the Glen. Other acting credits include Our Friends in The North, and Sharpe, alongside plenty of cinema hits. As a TV writer, he is responsible for creating scripts for Little Lord Fauntleroy, which won an International Emmy, and Bafta-nominated The Prince and the Pauper, which he also produced. Since his Oscar success with Gosford Park, he has written a novel called Snobs, and penned the scripts for West End musical Mary Poppins, the films Vanity Fair and Young Victoria, and the TV sensation Downton Abbey. He took up a seat in the House of Lords in 2011.
Quote:
"The wonderful thing about King Oscar is he makes all things possible, although a lot of the time you do keep thinking, 'Moi?'."
Trivia:
Married Emma Joy Kitchener, lady-in-waiting to Princess Michael of Kent, in 1990. He proposed 20 minutes after meeting her. They have one son.
Tom Clegg
(Director)
Eoghan Harris
(Dramatised by)
Bernard Cornwell
(Writer)
