John Wood (born 1930) is an English actor. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

In his stage career, his name is associated with Shakespeare (he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970s) and with Stoppard (he won a Tony Award in 1976 for the role of Henry Carr in Travesties, and was nominated for an Olivier Award in 1997 for the role of A. E. Housman - which he originated - in The Invention of Love.) He has received two other Tony Award nominations; for the role of Sherlock Holmes in a revival of William Gillette's play, and for the role of Guildenstern in Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Royal Shakespeare Company is a theatre company located in Stratford-upon-Avon, London, and Newcastle. ... Sir Tom Stoppard OM is a British playwright, famous for plays such as The Real Thing and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and for the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... Travesties is a comedic play by Tom Stoppard, first produced in 1975. ... The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... Alfred Edward Housman (March 26, 1859 _ April 30, 1936) was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. ... Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th century, created by British author and physician Arthur Conan Doyle. ... William Hooker Gillette (July 24, 1853 - April 29, 1937) was an American actor and dramatist. ... Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a humorous, absurdist, tragic and existentialist play by Tom Stoppard, first staged in 1966. ...

He also has a wide-ranging cinema career, which includes significant roles in WarGames (1983), Ladyhawke (1985), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), and Ian McKellen's Richard III (1995), among others. Wargames can refer to: Complex military simulations (in a computer or in the real world), see wargaming. ... Ladyhawke is a 1985 film starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer, directed by Richard Donner. ... Jumpin Jack Flash is a 1986 movie starring Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, John Wood, and Annie Potts. ... Sir Ian McKellen takes a day out at Universal Studios, Hollywood, April 2000. ... Richard III is a 1995 film adaptation of William Shakespeares play Richard III, starring Sir Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, and Robert Downey Jr. ...

External link

• John Wood (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939795/) at the Internet Movie Database