Roger Allam (born October 26, 1953) is an English actor, best known for his stage career. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of Les Misérables. October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Les Misérables programme from Palace Theatre purchased for £3 in July 2003. ...

He has been nominated three times for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, winning once. He has also been nominated for, and won, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor. 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. ...

He has also appeared in many radio dramas for the BBC. In 2001, he starred in BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Les Misérables, as Jean Valjean. Radio drama, which had its greatest popularity in the U. S. and in most other countries before the widespread access to television programming, depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story in her or his minds eye--in this sense, it resembles reading... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Les Misérables is an 1862 novel by the famous French novelist Victor Hugo, set in the Parisian underworld. ...

In 2003, he starred as Willy Brandt in Michael Frayn's play Democracy. Willy Brandt (December 18, 1913 – October 8, 1992) was a German politician and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974. ... Michael Frayn (born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright and novelist. ...

In December 2004 and January 2005, Roger Allam appeared in a pantomime of Aladdin at the Old Vic theatre, with Ian McKellen, Maureen Lipman and Sam Kelly. Pantomime may refer to two different types of performing arts. ... Aladdin in the Magic Garden, an illustration by Max Liebert from Ludwig Fuldas Aladdin und die Wunderlampe Aladdin (a corruption of the Arabic name Alauddin/Ala-ed-din, Arabic: علاء الدين) is one of the tales from The Arabian Nights and one of the most famous in Western culture. ... The Old Vic is a theatre in the Waterloo area of London. ... Sir Ian McKellen takes a day out at Universal Studios, Hollywood, April 2000. ... Maureen Lipman (born May 10, 1946) is a British actress. ...

External link

• The Official Roger Allam Website (http://www.rogerallam.co.uk/index.htm)