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The hard essence of a professional Roman soldier. Honorable and severe, he is unforgiving and pitiless when crossed. A dour and pragmatic man, with a tendency towards self-laceration.
PLAYED BY KEVIN McKIDD
Kevin McKidd made his film debut in 1996 with Trainspotting and Small Faces. His other film credits include Kingdom of Heaven, De-Lovely, The Purifiers, Sixteen Years of Alcohol, One Last Chance, Nicholas Nickleby, Dog Soldiers, Topsy-Turvy, Hideous Kinky, Regeneration, Dad Savage, Max, Bedrooms and Hallways and The Acid House. His television credits include Gunpowder, Treason and Plot, North Square, The Key, Anna Karenina, Richard II and Looking After Jo Jo. His latest role was in Elizabeth, The Virgin Queen.
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A ferocious lover of life, possessing the courage and loyalty of a warrior, but the morality of a pirate. A man of huge appetites and wild passions. Impulsive, unreflective, optimistic, conceited, generous and brutal.
PLAYED BY RAY STEVENSON
Ray Stevenson's film credits include King Arthur, Green Eyed Monster and The Theory of Flight. His television credits include Murphy's Law, Red Cap, Dalziel and Pascoe: Truth and Consequences, At Home with the Braithwaites, Real Women, Holby City, Making Love in the 21st Century, City Central, Drovers' Gold, Some Kind of Life, The Dwelling Place, The Tide of Life and The Return of the Native.
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Scourge of the Illyrian pirates, Conqueror of Syria and Spain, In a society where soldiers are superstars, Pompey has risen from provincial commoner to become a beloved national hero. A lion in the winter of his years, Pompey has settled into a comfortable life of repose and adulation.
PLAYED BY KENNETH CRANHAM
Kenneth Cranham's film credits include Layer Cake, Trauma, Blackball, Man Dancin', Shiner, Gangster No. 1, Women Talking Dirty, Deep in the Heart, RPM, The Boxer, Under Suspicion, Chocolat, Stealing Heaven, Robin and Marian, Up Pompeii and Oliver! His television credits include The Genius of Mozart, Sparkling Cyanide, Killing Hitler, Pollyanna, Dickens, Dalziel and Pascoe: Home Truths, Kavanagh QC, Heartbeat, Lovejoy, NCS: Manhunt, The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, On Dangerous Ground, Royal Celebration, Rules of Engagement, Dead Man's Folly, Brideshead Revisited and The Merchant of Venice.
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Descendent of one of the oldest and noblest of patrician families, caesar is Energetic, brilliant and methodical. he is a man driven by a primordial need for dominance, with little room for human emotion.
PLAYED BY CIARÁN HINDS
Ciarán Hinds began his stage career at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, starring in such productions as Arsenic and Old Lace and Faust. He has also starred in a number of productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including a world tour in the title role of Richard III. Hinds' film credits include The Phantom of the Opera, The Statement, Calendar Girls, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Veronica Guerin, Road to Perdition, The Sum of All Fears, The Weight of Water, Circle of Friends, Rules of Engagement, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and Excalibur.
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Snobbish, willful, cunning and sexually voracious, and the Niece of Caesar - Atia of the Julii is among the women who serve as the shadow rulers of Rome. In a culture where women lack formal power, they have built powerful networks and alliances, completely independent of the men's worlds.
PLAYED BY POLLY WALKER
Polly Walker first gained attention for her role as a terrorist in Patriot Games. Her other film credits include Control, Savage Messiah, Curtain Call, 8 1/2 Women, After Alice, Dark Harbor, Talk of Angels, The Gambler, Robinson Crusoe, Emma, Restoration, Sliver, The Trial and Enchanted April.
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Immensely brave, handsome and dashing, Mark Antony is loved by his men and adored by women. Arrogant and impulsive, he is impatient with political niceties beyond rousing a mob or charging full tilt at an enemy.
PLAYED BY JAMES PUREFOY
James Purefoy began his acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and starred in King Lear and Macbeth. His other stage credits include Women of Troy at the Gate, Death of a Salesman, Hamlet and Les Enfants du Paradis. His film credits include Vanity Fair, Blessed, George and the Dragon, Resident Evil, A Knight's Tale, Maybe Baby, Don Quixote, Women Talking Dirty, Mansfield Park, Bedrooms and Hallways and Feast of July.
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A haughty and somewhat aloof young patrician. His ancestor Lucius Junius Brutus killed Tarquin, the last despot to rule over Rome two hundred years before - a legacy that creates a heavy burden of expectations on Marcus Junius that is difficult for the young man to bear.
PLAYED BY TOBIAS MENZIES
Tobias Menzies' film credits include Finding Neverland and The Low Down. His television credits include I Saw You, Summer in the Suburbs, Longitude, Foyle's War, Ultimate Force, Casualty and Midsomer Murders.
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The mother of Brutus, and the erstwhile lover of Caesar. Servilia of the Junii is a staunchly Republican aristocrat. Sophisticated, elegant, and subtle, she considers herself several rungs above Atia in the social hierarchy, a fact that chafes Atia.
PLAYED BY LINDSAY DUNCAN
Lindsay Duncan won a Tony, Drama Desk and Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards for Best Actress for Private Lives, and was Tony-nominated for Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Her other stage credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Mouth to Mouth. Duncan's film credits include The Queen of Sheba's Pearls, Under the Tuscan Sun, AfterLife, Mansfield Park, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, An Ideal Husband, Letters to a Street Child, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Body Parts and The Reflecting Skin. |
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