
Person
Colin Hurley
Acting · Born 1957-07-11 · Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Biography
Collin Hurley is an English actor and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and the Shakespeare's Globe company, specialising in performing the works of William Shakespeare. Born in Leicester, Hurley first became interested in acting at Alderman Newton's Boys' School when he played Le Beau in As You Like It before going on to act in youth theatre, school plays and amateur dramatic societies. On leaving school in 1969 he spent ten years working in repertory theatres around the United Kingdom when his roles included the title role in Hamlet, Nero in Britannicus, Gus in The Dumb Waiter, Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer, (Salisbury Playhouse), Ariel in The Tempest (Gateway Theatre, Chester), the title role in Henry V, The Black Prince in Edward III (Theatr Clwyd), Pip in Great Expectations (Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich) and Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (Bristol Old Vic). He also worked with Communicado and The Custard Factory, playing Tyresius in Antigone, Johnnie in Hello and Goodbye, and the Farrant twins in Corpse! for Vienna's English Theatre. He then studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1981.
Known for

Peak Practice
Keith Jordan

Flowers
Barry

The Chief
Ray Murray

David Copperfield
David Copperfield

Henry V
Grandpre

The Storyteller: The True Bride
Prisoner 1

The Darkest Universe
Arthur

Twelfth Night
Sir Toby Belch

Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Lucio

Black Pond
Blake
Filmography
- 2018Hamlet - Live at Shakespeare's GlobeGhost
- 2016The Darkest UniverseArthur
- 2016FlowersBarry
- 2012Twelfth NightSir Toby Belch
- 2011Black PondBlake
- 2004Measure for Measure: Live from the GlobeLucio
- 1993Peak PracticeKeith Jordan
- 1990The ChiefRay Murray
- 1989Henry VGrandpre
- 1988The Storyteller: The True BridePrisoner 1
- 1986David CopperfieldDavid Copperfield
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