Mark Tandy

Mark Tandy was born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland on 8 February 1957. His childhood was spent between the Republic of Ireland and the Persian Gulf. He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Bristol Drama Department, and was a member of the National Youth Theatre from 1974 to 1976.

Tandy's first professional engagement in the theatre was for the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1979, where appearances included the original stage production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, which played for three seasons at the Aldwych Theatre, London and at the Plymouth Theatre, New York. Tandy has since appeared irregularly at the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, The Old Vic, London's West End and around the UK.

Tandy's first television role was as WB Yeats for the BBC in 1982, and many subsequent television appearances include The Jewel in the Crown, Inspector Morse, Portrait of a Marriage, Poirot, Absolutely Fabulous, Longitude, Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea and Shackleton. Tandy appears as Cecil Beaton in the first two seasons of The Crown for Netflix.

Tandy first appeared on film as Viscount Risley in Merchant Ivory's Maurice. Other film appearances include Howards End, Defence of the Realm, Wings of Fame, Luzhin Defence, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story and Dad's Army.

Selected theatre:

Nicholas Nickleby (1980) - Bolder, Mr. Pyke, Policeman, Master Crummles [Royal Shakespeare Company]

Major Barbara (1982) - Charles Lomax [National Theatre]

The Lucky Chance (1984) - Bredwell [Royal Court Theatre]

The Importance of Being Earnest (1985) - John Worthing [Oxford Playhouse]

Beauty and The Beast (1987) - Nosail [Old Vic]

Siblings (1987) - Gerard [Lyric Theatre Hammersmith]

Lady Windermere's Fan (1986) - Cecil Graham [Bristol Old Vic]

Balmoral (1987) - Godfrey Winn [Bristol Old Vic]

A Study in Scarlet (1989) - Sherlock Holmes [Greenwich Theatre]

Beside Herself (1990) - Teddy [Royal Court Theatre]

The Clandestine Marriage (1991) - John Melvil [Bristol Old Vic]

Reflected Glory (1992) - James [Vaudeville Theatre]

The Mountain Giants (1993) - The Count [National Theatre]

A Voyage Round My Father (1995) - Son [Theatre Royal Bath]

Sweet Panic (1996) - Martin [Hampstead Theatre]

Luther (2001) - Pope Leo X [National Theatre]

Richard II (2005) - Scroop [Old Vic Theatre]

The Years Between -(2007) Michael [Orange Tree Theatre]

The Voysey Inheritance - (2005) Trenchard Voysey [National Theatre]

Mrs. Warren's Profession (2009) - Praed [Comedy Theatre]

Racing Demon (2011) - Bishop of Kingston [Crucible Theatre Sheffield]

Lot And His God (2012) - Lot [The Print Room]

Eldorado (2014) - Aschenbrenner [The Arcola]

The Philanderer (2016) - Cuthbertson [Orange Tree Theatre]