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A heroic squire pretends to be a knight and tries to convince King Arthur to send him on a perilous quest to recapture legendary sword Excalibur from the clutches of a vicious Viking raiding party. Stephen Moyer, Edward Fox, Katherine Heigl and Joanna Lumley star, and there are cameos by models Marcus Schenkenberg and Jodie Kidd, who's uncredited in her appearance as the Lady of the Lake
1998
Adventure/War
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Stephen Moyer
(Actor)
.. Prince Valiant
Edward Fox
(Actor)
.. King Arthur
Katherine Heigl
(Actor)
.. Princess Ilene
Joanna Lumley
(Actor)
.. Morgan Le Fey
Jodie Kidd
(Actor)
.. Lady of the Lake
Marcus Schenkenberg
(Actor)
.. Tiny
Udo Kier
(Actor)
.. Sligon
Anthony Hickox
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Stephen Moyer
(Actor)
.. Prince Valiant
Born:
October 11, 1969
in
Brentwood, Essex
Best Known For:
True Blood.
Early-life:
Born Stephen John Emery on October 11, 1969, in Brentwood, Essex. The acting bug bit him when he was a youngster, and he proved just how talented he was during performances with local theatre groups; he later formed his own company, The Reject Society. He then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and spent the next five years tackling stage roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Oxford Stage Company.
Career:
Moyer's TV debut came with a regular role in the ITV sitcom Conjugal Rites. He also had a recurring part in miniseries Castles and acclaimed drama The Grand. He also turned up in episodes of Casualty, Waking the Dead, Cadfael, A Touch of Frost, Midsomer Murders and Sunburn. His first film part was the title role in 1997's Prince Valiant. He's since appeared in Quills, Trinity and Perfect. Arguably his biggest British TV role came in NY-LON. He began to get noticed in Hollywood thanks to the miniseries The Starter Wife. He's played vampire Bill in American drama True Blood since 2008, although he's no stranger to televisual vampires having appeared in two episodes of Ultraviolet in 1998.
Quote:
"I'll get 10 or 11-year-olds coming up and asking for my autograph, and I say, ‘Have you seen that show?' and they go, ‘Yeah, love it.' I couldn't sit in the same room as my mother and watch that show. I mean, it's seriously racy!"
Edward Fox
(Actor)
.. King Arthur
Born:
April 13, 1937
in
London
Best Known For:
The Day of the Jackal.
Early-life:
Edward Charles Morice Fox was born on April 13, 1937, in Chelsea, west London. He is part of the Fox theatrical dynasty. Edward has two younger brothers - James is also an actor, while Robert is a producer. His mother, Angela, is said to have been the inspiration for Noel Coward's song Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage Mrs Worthington. Following a spell in the Coldstream Guards, Fox studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career:
Fox was an extra in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (which featured his brother James), and had a bigger role in 1963's This Sporting Life, the same year he made his TV debut in Suspense. He quickly became famous in the UK thanks to Edward & Mrs Simpson, The Jokers, The Portrait of a Lady, Oh! What a Lovely War, and The Go-Between, but it was The Day of the Jackal in 1973 which brought him international acclaim. Since then, Fox has appeared in A Bridge Too Far, The Duellists, Gandhi, Never Say Never Again, A Passage to India, Lost in Space, Stage Beauty and Oliver Twist. He continues to act on stage.
Quote:
"Actors either know the job or they don't. I would rather not be there if they don't know what they are doing."
Trivia:
He received an OBE in 2002.
Katherine Heigl
(Actor)
.. Princess Ilene
Born:
November 24, 1978
in
Washington, DC
Best Known For:
Playing Izzie in Grey's Anatomy.
Early-life:
Katherine Marie Heigl was born in Washington, DC, on November 24, 1978, to parents Paul, an accountant, and Nancy, a personnel manager. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where she grew up with her three siblings, John, Leigh and Jason. When she was nine, a visiting aunt took some photos of Katherine, or Katie, as she is known to her family. The pictures were sent to a modelling agency, who were impressed enough to sign her up.
Career:
After appearing in various magazine and TV commercials, Heigl made her screen debut in 1992 film That Night. The acting bug bit, and only two years later she was cast in My Father the Hero, alongside French icon Gerard Depardieu. More roles followed, including Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Disney drama Wish Upon a Star, and horror flick Valentine. She's since been busy with both films, TV and modelling work, with her most notable achievements coming thanks to being cast as Isabel Evans in sci-fi series Roswell in 1999, before winning the part of Dr Izzie Stevens in top-rated medical drama Grey's Anatomy. She's since enjoyed movie success with Knocked Up and 27 Dresses.
Quote:
"I pride myself on being kind. But that's not to say there aren't moments when I'm a diva. Everybody has bad moments."
Trivia:
She played the cello in high school.
Joanna Lumley
(Actor)
.. Morgan Le Fey
Born:
May 01, 1946
in
Srinagar, Kashmir
Best Known For:
Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.
Early-life:
Joanna Lamond Lumley was born on May 1, 1946, in Srinagar, Kashmir. As a child she lived with her family in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, where her father was a major in the Ghurkas. She came to England aged nine to attend boarding school in Kent, and later a convent school in Hastings. At 16 she auditioned for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but was turned down and decided to become a model instead, despite initially being told she was "too fat and too ugly".
Career:
Lumley's first film was 1969's Some Girls Do, followed by Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Her most notable early role was as Ken Barlow's girlfriend Elaine in Coronation Street. Lumley became famous thanks to The New Avengers in 1976. After Sapphire and Steel in the late 1970s, she turned her attention to the theatre and had a stint as a Times columnist. In 1992, Jennifer Saunders cast her as Patsy in sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. Since then, she has appeared in numerous TV dramas and films, including Maybe Baby, James and the Giant Peach, Jam & Jerusalem, Sensitive Skin, The Making of a Lady and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Quote:
"I can't see any difference in having your hair dyed, your teeth fixed, your nose done, or your face smoothed out or lifted."
Trivia:
Lumley received an OBE in 1995.
Jodie Kidd
(Actor)
.. Lady of the Lake
Born:
September 25, 1978
in
Guildford, Surrey
Best Known For:
Gracing the world's catwalks.
Early-life:
Born in Surrey in September, 1978, and attended St Michael's Boarding School for Girls. Her father is businessman and polo star John Edward Aitken Kidd, better known as Johnny, and her mother Wendy is a baronet's daughter and former model. Her elder sister Jemma also found fame on the catwalk though she now has a career as a make-up artist to the stars. Her brother Jack followed in his father's footsteps and is also a well known polo player.
Career:
Kidd began modelling at 16 and almost immediately ran into a storm of protest. Her almost skeletal figure led to accusations she was encouraging an anorexic look; she says she never suffered from the illness. She has dabbled in films, playing minor roles in Mad Cows and Prince Valiant. On TV as a judge on Celebrity Fools On Horses and took part in the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Kidd also has a passion for motor racing, having held the record celebrity lap time on Top Gear and taken part in the infamous Gumball 3000. She is an excellent horsewoman, an England representative at polo and plays a mean round of golf. In early 2015, she was a participant on Channel 4 reality series The Jump.
Quote:
"I'm terrible at thinking things over. I go, 'Right, let's move on to the next thing.' Always move forwards."
Trivia:
In 2014, she lost to actress Sophie Thompson in the final of Celebrity MasterChef.
Marcus Schenkenberg
(Actor)
.. Tiny
Udo Kier
(Actor)
.. Sligon
Anthony Hickox
(Director)
