Sidney Kean

Sidney Kean

Born 1950-10-01 (age 75) Hackney, London, England, UK
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Biography

Sidney John Kean was born on October 1 1950 in London, UK.

Sidney's career has spanned over five decades and has included extensive work in the theatre, most recently in the acclaimed productions of Girl From The North Country at The Gielgud Theatre, London directed by Conor Mcpherson, and The Berberian Sound Studio at The Donmar Warehouse, London directed by Tom Scutt, cinema, television and radio. Naturally, he is equally at home in all these different fields. He is especially gifted at picking up accents and dialects from around this country and the rest of the world and making them sound natural and native.

It was in the Reps and National Tours that he learn't the art of "deliberately staying there, watching and listening to other performers". It is often said that the best Actors are the ones that listen... Sidney is a past master at this art.

He has superb comic timing as well as magnetic stage presence. He is also a breeze to work with!

Sidney has numerous credits to his CV, has been performing professionally all his life and has excelled at theatrical roles as diverse as Agatha Christie to Shakespeare, lighthearted comedy to dark tragedy, experimental performance art to pantomime, musical Theatre to farce, serious television and film drama to Children's Theatre.

His work has led to him travelling extensively nationally and globally and has worked with perhaps some of the finest Actors and Directors of his generation including Rod Steiger and Sir Lawrence Olivier.

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Known For

Lifeforce
Lifeforce

1985

as Brash Guard

Revelation
Revelation

2001

as Europolitician

Love and Bullets
Love and Bullets

1979

as Machoni

Orthodox
Orthodox

2015

as Saul Levy

Hatton Garden: The Heist
Hatton Garden: The Heist

2016

as John Collins

Doc Martin
Doc Martin

2001

as Maitre’D (uncredited)

Tales of the Underworld
Tales of the Underworld

2026

as Mehmet (segment "The Main Event")

Broken Lines
Broken Lines

2008

as David

Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah

1972

as Annoyed Man In Library (uncredited)

Up the Front
Up the Front

1972

as Singing Soldier (uncredited)

Semolina Pilchard
The Guard of Auschwitz
The Guard of Auschwitz

2018

as Older Hans

Lucas and Albert
Lucas and Albert

2019

as Mehmet

Queen of Hearts
Queen of Hearts

1989

as Pepe

Hanuman
Hanuman

1998

as Roberto

The Village in the Woods
Chapel Of Rest
Chapel Of Rest

2022

as Father Jones

All That Glitters
All That Glitters

2021

as Alfredo

A Question of Identity
A Question of Identity

1992

as Czech Teacher

Dilip's Castle
Dilip's Castle

2014

as Dilip