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Sean Mathias (Sean Gerard Mathias) was born on 14 March, 1956 in Swansea, Wales, is a British actor. Discover Sean Mathias's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As Sean Gerard Mathias
Occupation Actor, director, writer
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 14 March, 1956
Birthday 14 March
Birthplace Swansea, Wales
Nationality United Kingdom

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1956

Sean Gerard Mathias (born 14 March 1956) is a Welsh actor, director, and writer.

He is known for directing the film Bent and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in London, New York City, Cape Town, Los Angeles and Sydney.

1977

Mathias began his acting career by appearing on the television screen in a small role on an episode of the cult BBC TV series Survivors, in 1977.

Also in 1977, he played an Irish Guards lieutenant in the film A Bridge Too Far.

1978

In 1978, Mathias appeared in a production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, during which time he met actor Ian McKellen who subsequently became his lover of about nine years.

1980

Mathias' acting career continued into the 1980s with minor appearances on TV and in films such as Priest of Love (1981), which starred McKellen as D. H. Lawrence, and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), starring Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and McKellen.

1982

Another notable TV appearance was on the TV show Minder in 1982.

The episode was entitled "Broken Arrow" and, in it, Mathias played the part of a young darts player named Dafydd.

1983

Mathias's play Cowardice was produced at the Ambassadors Theatre in London in August 1983, starring Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman and Nigel Davenport and received poor reviews.

1985

He followed it with Infidelities, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1985 before transferring to London's Donmar Warehouse.

1987

In 1987, A Prayer For Wings, directed by Joan Plowright, was produced in Edinburgh and, after winning a Fringe First awards, transferred to the Bush Theatre in London.

1988

He made one notable appearance in the 1988 film White Mischief as Gerald Portman.

His writing also includes a novel, Manhattan Mourning, published in 1988, and the BBC TV film The Lost Language of Cranes, broadcast in 1992.

Mathias' career as a theatre director began in 1988 with Exceptions.

1989

Later plays include Poor Nanny in 1989, and Swansea Boys in 1990.

In 1989, he directed a revival of Bent at the Adelphi Theatre, the award-winning play by Martin Sherman that had opened on Broadway in 1979 starring McKellen.

Performed as a benefit, that performance featured McKellen, Richard E Grant, Ian Charleson and Ralph Fiennes.

1990

A friend of Ian Charleson, whom he also directed in Bent, Mathias contributed a chapter to the 1990 book, For Ian Charleson: A Tribute.

After receiving critical acclaim, Mathias directed a full run in 1990 at the National Theatre with McKellen alongside Paul Rhys and Christopher Eccleston, winning the City Limits Award for Revival of the Year.

1992

Mathias went on to direct theatrical plays both in London and on Broadway, including Pam Gems' adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya with McKellen and Antony Sher in 1992 at the Royal National Theatre; Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (again with McKellen), and Noel and Gertie starring Patricia Hodge and Edward Petherbridge.

1993

He had worked with Phillips before, directing her in another Pam Gems adaptation, Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff in 1993.

1994

In 1994, Mathias won the London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Director for Noël Coward's Design for Living (with Rachel Weisz, Clive Owen, Paul Rhys and Rupert Graves) and Jean Cocteau's Les Parents terribles, starring Sheila Gish, Frances de la Tour, Alan Howard and Jude Law.

1995

The latter transferred to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway in April 1995 as Indiscretions, with Law joined by Kathleen Turner, Eileen Atkins, Roger Rees and Cynthia Nixon.

It earned nine Tony Award nominations including Best Director of a Play.

Mathias directed his first Stephen Sondheim musical, A Little Night Music, at the West End National Theatre in October 1995, with Judi Dench and Siân Phillips.

1997

Mathias worked with Siân Phillips again in 1997, directing her as Marlene Dietrich in Marlene, which transferred to Broadway in 1999 and received two Tony Award nominations.

1998

Other London directorial credits include Antony and Cleopatra, starring Alan Rickman and Helen Mirren, in 1998, and Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer with Sheila Gish in April to July 1999 at the Comedy Theatre.

2001

Mathias' career then moved to New York, where, in October 2001, he directed McKellen and Helen Mirren in August Strindberg's Dance of Death on Broadway.

Also, in March 2001, he directed an Off-Broadway production of Servicemen by Evan Smith.

2002

He followed this in April 2002 with a Broadway revival of The Elephant Man starring Billy Crudup at the Royale Theatre.

In 2002, he returned to Sondheim to direct Company at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater in Washington, D.C. in 2002, as part of its Sondheim Celebration, with a cast including John Barrowman and Lynn Redgrave.

Speaking to the Stephen Sondheim Society at the time, he said: "I always wanted to do Company; it's the first musical I ever fell in love with."

As a youngster in South Wales, Mathias said, he used to listen to the original Broadway recording of the show and sing "The Ladies Who Lunch" with friends: "I couldn't believe the songs, the cynicism, the sexuality."

2003

He went on to direct this in London and Sydney in 2003.

2004

For the 2004 Christmas season, Mathias directed the pantomime Aladdin at the Old Vic in London, with McKellen as Widow Twankey alongside Maureen Lipman, Roger Allam and Joe McFadden.

Due to its huge success, Mathias reunited with McKellen and Allam for a second run the following Christmas, with Frances Barber in the cast.

2005

In 2005, Mathias directed Rebecca Lenkiewicz's Shoreditch Madonna at the Soho Theatre in London, starring Francesca Annis and Leigh Lawson.

2006

He was included in the 2006 list of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain in the Independent on Sunday ' s Pink List.

He returned to the US to direct Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, with Annette Bening, Alfred Molina and Lothaire Bluteau, which opened at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in February 2006.

2011

Mathias is co-owner of The Grapes, Limehouse pub along with business partners Ian McKellen and Evgeny Lebedev, since September 2011.