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Richard Banks

• Actor
  Male / Greater London
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• Ethnicity

  Caucasian

  Age Range

  49 - 57

  Height

  5' 10" (1m 78cm)

  Weight

  14st. (89kg)

  Hair Colour

  Brown

  Eye Colour

  Blue

  Build

  Large

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  Files

  • RICHARD BANKS 2017 SHOWREEL video file (mp4)
  • Richard Banks 2015 Showreel video file (mp4)
  • RICHARD BANKS - HANDS word document (doc)
  • Equus - Dysart Opening Monolpgue sound file (mp3)
  • Richard Banks as Father Christmas word document (docx)
  • tell all my friends online ad video file (mp4)
  • Bouncers - The Swedish Porn Scene video file (wmv)
  • Photoreel video file (wmv)
  • Voice - Home Counties - The Hobbit sound file (mp3)
  • Bouncers Review pdf document

• Agent

  Agent

  Bettys & Dudes

  Contact

  07583 187418

  Website

  www.bettysanddudes.co.uk

  Links

  Personal Website

  richardbanks.simplesite.com

  IMDB

  IMDB

  Spotlight Member

  yes

  Equity

  yes

Reviews

Credits

• Education

  Year	Qualification	Where
  1989	3 yr. Acting	Liverpool Hope University

  Additional Skills

  Qualified Teacher & Enhanced CRB Checked.

  Clean Current Driving Licence

  Co leader/director: GWT Youth Theatre 2009 - Present

  Fluent in deaf/blind manual language (speaking with fingers).

  Badminton, Table Tennis (ETTA Qualified), Bowling, Cricket, Darts, Football, Pool, Snooker, Tennis, Hockey.

  Basic Stage fighting skills (Thomas P Jordan).

  Playing Santa Claus/Father Christmas for school fayres etc..

  Additional Information

  Award winning Actor & Director

  2011 Bexley Arts Council Best ProductionDirector 'Honour'

  2011 Bexley Arts Council Certificate of Merit - Best Youth Production Co-Director 'The Canterbury Tales'

  2010 Suzie Fenlon Award Winner for Lucky Eric in 'Bouncers'.

  2010 Riverside PlayersOutstanding Actor for Lucky Eric in 'Bouncers'

  2010 Bexley Arts Council Knowles Cup - Best Youth Production Co-Director 'Grimm Tales'

  2008Bexley Arts CouncilBest ProductionDirector 'Much Ado About Nothing'

  2008Bexley Arts CouncilTechnical AchievementDirector 'Much Ado About Nothing'

  2007Bexley Arts CouncilBetty Bailey Award for Set DesignSet Designer 'Steel Magnolias'

  2006Bexley Arts CouncilBest ProductionAston 'The Caretaker'

  About me

  Richard Banks is an award winning actor, writer and director. He has extensive theatre credits performing and directing everything from Shakespeare and Jacobean drama, through to pantomime and modern drama; his diverse roles range from Macbeth and Spurio through to Pantomime Dame. He has also had roles 'Eastenders' and 'Skyfall' - the new Bond movie.

  He is also an experienced Teacher and Youth Theatre Leader, and is fanatical about getting youth involved in the Arts.

  Reviewer of Thinking of you, in Edinburgh:- "The strongest performer was Richard Banks, as the Man, his portrayal of a father whose own life was being destroyed by his wife meant that his relationships with his children suffered to a point where he doesn't know how to communicate with them and he can only vent his frustrations on his daughter. His portrayal of the man desperately trying to cling to some vestige of the happy family life, through to his own desperation at his now ex-wife's incessant late night phone calls, via two powerful cafe scenes with his daughter,and intolerable birthday parties; show power, control, frustration, sympathy and even perfectly delivered humour. An actor I hope will see more of in the future and a performance I would encourage others to view whilst in Edinburgh. A performance of real class."

• Skills

  Skin Colour

  • White

  Accents (International)

  • African (South)
  • Australian
  • Dutch
  • French
  • Greek
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish

  Experienced In

  • Comedy
  • Commercials
  • Corporate
  • Film (Professional)
  • Film (Student)
  • Music Videos
  • Panto
  • Presenting
  • Rehearsed Readings
  • Roleplay
  • Theatre (Fringe)
  • Theatre (Professional)
  • Theatre (Touring)
  • TIE/TYA
  • TV
  • Voice Over

  Interested in

  • Comedy
  • Commercials
  • Corporate
  • Film (Professional)
  • Film (Student)
  • Improvisation
  • Modelling
  • Music Videos
  • Panto
  • Presenting
  • Radio
  • Rehearsed Readings
  • Roleplay
  • Teaching Theatre
  • Theatre (Fringe)
  • Theatre (Professional)
  • Theatre (Touring)
  • TIE/TYA
  • TV
  • Voice Over

  Languages Spoken

  • English
  • French
  • Greek
  • Spanish

  Accents (UK)

  • Birmingham
  • Black Country
  • Cockney
  • Cornish
  • Devon
  • Essex
  • Geordie
  • Kent
  • Lancashire
  • Liverpool
  • London
  • Manchester
  • Midlands, East
  • Northern England
  • Northern Irish
  • Northern Working Class
  • RP
  • Scottish, Standard
  • South London
  • Southern England
  • Welsh, Standard
  • Wiltshire

  Accents (North American)

  • Boston
  • General American
  • New York City
  • Southern American

  Hair Length

  • Mid Length

  Specific Singing Skills

  • Baritone

  Perform nude?

  • Yes

  Organisation Memberships

  • Equity

  Stage Combat Skills

  • Yes

  Driving Licences

  • Standard

  Facial Characteristics

  • Beard
  • Goatee

  General Singing Skills

  • Solo

  Native accent

  • English

  DBS checked

  • Yes (within last 12 months)

  Character Types

  • Intellectual
  • Posh
  • Professional
  • Tough