Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce
Date of Birth: 01 Jun 1947
Country: UK
Biography: Jonathan Pryce, CBE is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's Hamlet, led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film Brazil.(wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 84 (Actor)
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The Affair of the Necklace
A romantic drama based on the controversial true story of Jeanne De La Motte Valois, a countess whose name was stripped from her by the Royal Family during the late 18th Century. The story of her fight to restore her name and proper place in society is filled with mystery, intrigue and desire, with an infamous diamond necklace at the center of it all. (Warner Bros.)
The Age of Innocence
Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer star in a ravishing romance about three wealthy 1870s New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle. (Sony)
Brazil
Brazil is a surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme. Everyone is monitored by a secret government agency that forbids love to interfere with efficiency. When a daydreaming bureaucrat (Pryce) becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mystery woman, he becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. (Universal Pictures)
Bride of the Wind
A romantic portrait of Alma Mahler, an extraordinary woman who inspired, bedeviled and captivated the artistic geniuses of her age. (Paramount Classics)
De-Lovely
De-lovely is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter filled with his own unforgettable songs. A sparkling celebration of Porter's music as well as a stirring exploration of the artist's journey and the undying power of love. (MGM)
Glengarry Glen Ross
A group of real estate salesmen in Chicago compete for the best "leads" at a small firm selling property in "resort" areas, such as Florida and Arizona. When a hotshot executive from the head office arrives and proposes a vicious sales contest, competition gets stiff, and salesmen who have worked a lifetime for the company find their jobs in jeopardy. (Artisan)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
For the roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp), the crystalline waters if the Caribbean present a vast playground where adventure and mystery abound. But Jack's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa (Rush), steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the Governor's (Pryce) beautiful daughter, Elizabeth Swann (Knightley). (Disney)
Ronin
When an international team of former Cold War intelligence adversaries meet in a warehouse, their adventure of friendship, intrigue and betrayal has just begun. Like the masterless Samurai of ages past, these modern day Ronin are embarking on their final covert mission -- to recover a mysterious briefcase for an unknown employer and to stay alive. (MGM)
Stigmata
Frankie Paige (Arquette) is a hairdresser with a boyfriend. She may seem like a lot of other girls, but things happen to Frankie -- terrible things she can't understand or explain. And though she has tried everything to make them stop, they're just getting worse. (MGM)
Tomorrow Never Dies
James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.
Very Annie Mary
After her father suffers a stroke a woman is forced to take care of him but uses the circumstances to emancipate herself and find the courage to sing once again.
What a Girl Wants
Determined to live out her fantasy of forging a storybook relationship with her long-absent dad, a spirited young American girl (Bynes) impulsively hops a flight to London, where she quickly discovers that her father (Firth) is a high profile politician. (Warner Bros.)
The Brothers Grimm
The adventures of legendary fairytale scribes Will and Jake Grimm, two brothers who travel around the Napoleonic countryside vanquishing monsters and demons in exchange for quick money. But when the French authorities figure out their scheme, the con men are forced to contend with a real magical curse when they enter an enchanted forest where young maidens keep disappearing under mysterious circumstances. (Miramax)
The New World
A sweeping adventure set amidst the first encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Virginia settlement in 1607.
Carrington
The story of the relationship between painter Dora Carrington and author Lytton Strachey in a World War One England of cottages and countryside (imdb)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits. (imdb)
Evita
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina. (imdb)
Man on Fire
An ex-CIA agent is hired to protect the daughter of a rich American family. (imdb)
Jumpin\
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout she remains in contact with this unknown person, who needs Terry to help save his life. (Rob Hartill)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk. (imdb)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man\
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley reunite this epic tale chronicling the further mis-adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow. (Buena Vista Pictures)
Brothers of the Head
Brothers in the Head is the feverish, mind-bending odyssey of conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe who were plucked from obscurity by a 1970s music promoter and groomed into a boy band. (IFC Films)
Renaissance
Renaissance is a bold vision of a stark near future drenched in hidden secrets and technological frontiers. It takes film noir to its most stylized edge, utilizing live action motion capture, animated in 3D and rendered in high contrast black and white to create graphic novel come-to-life. (Miramax)
Behind the Lines
Based on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, 'Regeneration' tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles. Two of the soldiers meeting there are Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important WW1 poets. (imdb)
Haunted Honeymoon
Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a neurotic speech defect and exaggerated bursts of fear: he gives him a shock therapy with palace ghosts. (imdb)
Breaking Glass
A rock singer is determined to rise to the top of the profession, letting nothing stand in the way of that goal. (imdb)
The Doctor and the Devils
Grave robbers supply a doctor with bodies to test on. (imdb)
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
In this variation on Cinderella, Margarethe Fisher Van Den Meer is a former lady of means who had to accept a position as housekeeper, but manages to spike her Master Schoenmacker's drink and marry him; alas his shipment of priceless tulips turns worthless overnight, so their last chance is to marry of one of either's daughters, hopefully to the prince for whom the Dowager Queen Maria de Medici throws a great ball... (imdb)
Shopping
Lone group of teens, led by recently released joyrider and his disenchanted Belfast girlfriend, strives to leave their mark on "a British city in the near future" while attempting to avoid a rival gang. Scenes of joyriding and ram-raiding, which attempt to portray the addictiveness of fast driving whilst also showing the downside (the effect on the community and ultimately death) (imdb)
Leatherheads
A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925.
A Troll in Central Park
Stanley, a sweet and loving troll who enjoys growing flowers with his green thumb (literally green), is in trouble. The queen of trolls hates flowers and anything gorgeous. As punishment for causing so many flowers to grow, the queen banishes him to Manhattan. By some stroke of luck, Stanley lands right in the middle of Central Park - only to meet two human children and forge a friendship that is much more dangerous to Stanley than planting flowers ever was...
A Business Affair
A love triangle between two writers and their publisher.
Echelon Conspiracy
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth -- then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability of the entire world.
The Rachel Papers
Charles is in control of his life; he is about to finish 6th from college and start at Oxford. He is 19 and wants an 'older' woman before he turns 20. Enter the beautiful Rachel, and Charles puts his 'master-of-seduction' routines into top gear. Things however get complicated, Charles has a string of ex's and a weird brother-in-law. Rachel has a boyfriend named Deforest and Charles' father has a mistress. (Matthew Stanfield)
My Zinc Bed
My Zinc Bed (2008) - TV Movie
A recovering alcoholic becomes involved with his boss's wife, a former cocaine addict. (imdb)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. Joe team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organisation to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. (gijoemovie.com)
Consuming Passions
A tragic mishap at a chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets. The problem is that they want more! (imdb)
David
David (1997) - TV Movie
A young pastor is hailed hero after defeating the mighty Goliath. He becomes the king of Israel, but his future reign is threatened when he impregnates a married woman. He uses unfair means to solve their problems, and suffers severe divine punishment, and begins to lose control over his people and his family. But their efforts have made him one of the greatest kings of Israel.
Unconditional Love
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer. (imdb)
Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death
Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master. (imdb)
Barbarians at the Gate
The president of a major tobacco company decides to buy the company himself, but a bidding war ensues as other companies make their own offers. (imdb)
Timon of Athens
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit. (imdb)
Loophole
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults. (imdb)
Murder Is Easy
American computer whiz Luke Williams meets elderly Lavinia Fullerton on a London-bound train. She reveals she's discovered the identity of a serial killer in her village and is going to report it to Scotland Yard. When she's murdered after disembarking the train. Williams vows to pursue the case himself. (imdb)
Hysteria
A romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator. (imdb)
Victoria & Albert
Victoria is barely 18 when her uncle King William IV dies. She is introduced by the family adviser to a young German prince called Albert, and in spite of their initial indifference to one another and a great deal of political opposition, they fall in love. Marriage brings its own problems, however, and as Victoria, grows from an inexperienced young woman into a shrewd and powerful monarch Albert struggles to find a role for himself in both the family and the nation. (Amazon.com)
Patience (After Sebald)
A documentary about German writer W.G. Sebald
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. (imdb)
Dark Blood
Dealing with nuclear testing and its deadly effects, the story portrays Boy, a young widower living in the desert on a nuclear testing site. Living as a hermit,he waits for the end of the world carving Katchina dolls that he believes have magical powers. While traveling on a "second" honeymoon across the Arizona desert,the car of a Hollywood jet-set couple breaks down. They are rescued by Boy, who holds them prisoners because he desires the woman and wants to create a better world with her. (imdb)
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
Hour-long documentary from Channel 4 on Stanley Kubrick.
What is Brazil?
What is this film called Brazil? Find out in this witty documentary. (imdb)
The Ploughman\
In 1982, at the time of the Conservative Party Conference following the Falklands War, an ambitious radio journalist researches a book about Suez, whilst pursuing an affair with a woman television researcher whose mother, a Socialist historian, has also written on the subject. (BFI)
Deadly Advice
The daughters of a domineering mother aspire to break free of her control and form romantic attachments. (en.wikipedia.org)
The Salvation
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone. (imdb)
Listen Up Philip
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself. (imdb)
Woman in Gold
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family. (imdb)
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall (2015) - TV Mini-Series
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. (imdb)
Narcopolis
In the near future, Frank Grieves is a new breed of police officer working in a city where all recreational drugs are legal. When he is taken off a case involving an unidentified corpse, he discovers that legalization has come at a price. (imdb)
Selling Hitler
Selling Hitler (1991) - TV Mini-Series
The true story of the biggest fraud in publishing history - the Hitler diaries. (imdb)
Great Moments in Aviation
A young woman becomes involved with a man who not only may be an art thief, but a murderer.
The Testimony of Taliesin Jones
In rural Wales, a lonely young boy is inspired by faith healers.
Dough
An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.
Taboo
Taboo (2016) - TV Series
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney builds his own shipping empire in the early 1800s. (imdb)
The Crown
The Crown (2016) - TV Series
The Crown focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne....a new era is dawning.
To Walk Invisible
A chronicle of the Brontë sisters' battle to overcome obstacles and publish their novels, which would become some of the greatest in the English language.
The White King
Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his father again. (imdb)
The Healer
A young man discovers suddenly to have the gift of healing. Trying to understand it and the new reality that it offers, a teenage girl with terminal cancer unexpectedly will show him the way. (imdb)
The Wife
Joan Castleman: a still-striking beauty with impeccable credentials, the perfect alpha wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe and his skyrocketing literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his 'art' with grace and humor. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises. And Joan's reached her breaking point. (imdb)
The Moon and the Stars
Together in Rome to shoot a film, a German actress and an English actor contend with forces that complicate their romance as well as the production itself. (imdb)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine the holiday.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
An advertising executive jumps back and forth in time between 21st century London and 17th century La Mancha, where Don Quixote mistakes him for Sancho Panza. (imdb)
To Provide All People
To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the birthing of Nye Bevan's vision of free healthcare for all people with personal stories of the NHS in British society today. (imdb)
The Two Popes
Behind Vatican walls, the traditionalist Pope Benedict and the reformist future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.
Tales from the Loop
The townspeople who live above "The Loop," a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe, experience things previously consigned to the realm of science fiction. (imdb)
The Storyteller
Save the Cinema
The story of Liz Evans, who lives in Carmarthen South West Wales, who starts a campaign in the 90s to save the Lyric Cinema.
Slow Horses
Slow Horses (2022) - TV Series
Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes. Led by their brilliant but irascible leader, the notorious Jackson Lamb.
All the Old Knives
Two CIA operatives, and former lovers, reunite at idyllic Carmel-by-the-Sea to re-examine a mission six years ago in Vienna where a fellow agent might have been compromised.
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
A supernatural, time-travelling, musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's cult Christmas story (imdb.com).
The Ghost and the Whale
In the town of Bodega Bay, Joseph went to sea with the love of his life and returned alone. The mystery deepens upon Joseph's exoneration in her disappearance, while a reporter stirs the pot of suspicion and the wrath of a vengeful family.
One Life
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
William Tell
In 14th-century Switzerland, a once peaceful hunter leads his people to rebellion after his family and country are threatened by a tyrannical Austrian King. (imdb)
The Penguin Lessons
Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy from director Peter Cattaneo follows an Englishman's personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history. (imdb)
Spine Chillers
Spine Chillers (1980) - TV Series
Readings of classic ghost and horror stories aimed at older children. (IMDB.com).