Michael Hobbs (actor)

Michael Hobbs (born 4 March 1965) is an English actor, film-maker and academic

Early life

Michael Hobbs was born in Northampton, England. He was a member of the National Youth Theatre. He studied the history of the United States at the University of East Anglia, Norwich and at Occidental College Los Angeles. He trained to be an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating alongside Minnie Driver and Samantha Spiro.

Acting

On leaving drama school in 1989, Hobbs' first role was in the first series of the BBC situation comedy Birds of a Feather. He appeared in a number of situation comedies including Surgical Spirit (1991), The Upper Hand (1992), Men Behaving Badly (1992), Just a Gigolo (1993), My Hero (2005).[1]

In television drama, Hobbs appeared in Bergerac (1991), Covington Cross (1992), The Bill (1995), Little Lord Fauntleroy (BBC, 1995), the Earl of Glenbauer in The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1998), Brent in Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married (1999), Grange Hill (2001), Lewis (2006), Agatha Christie's Poirot (2010), Endeavour (2014).[2]

As a series regular, Hobbs appeared in Crown Prosecutor (BBC, 1992), as Alex Richardson, and in No Sweat[3] (BBC, 1997) as Colin Crabbe opposite Harriet Thorpe.

On film, Hobbs appeared in Carry on Columbus (1992), London Suite (1996), Fairytale of London Town[4] (2010), and My Week with Marilyn (2011).[5]

On stage Hobbs appeared in a UK tour as Mellefont in Congreve's restoration comedy The Double Dealer[6] (1991) opposite Paul Eddington; with the English Shakespeare Company on a European tour as 'Launcelot Gobbo' in The Merchant of Venice (1994). In 2007 Hobbs played 'Lord Elrond', 'Treebeard', and 'Bill Ferny' in the musical adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, directed by Matthew Warchus at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. In 2012 Hobbs played 'Gary Strong' in a UK tour of the Noel Gay musical, Radio Times, opposite Sara Crowe.

Between 1996 and 2002 Hobbs collaborated with writer/director Robin Davies at the Leeds City Varieties on a number of pantomimes.

Hobbs has performed with Big Finish Productions Doctor Who spin-off series The Unit and the Iris Wildthyme series.

Hobbs can be heard on the Original Cast Recordings of The Lord of the Rings and Kinky Boots.[7][8]

In 2015 Hobbs began playing the principal role of 'George' in the musical Kinky Boots,[9] directed by Jerry Mitchell, at the Adelphi Theatre, London.

Presenting

Hobbs presented the BBC children's series Words and Pictures (1993-1994)[10][11][12] winning an International TV Programming Award at the New York Television Festival in 1994[13] for the episode Monster Monday!

Film-making

Between 1995 and 2001 Hobbs made factual programming and documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. His productions include: Men Caught Posing (1995-1996), presented by Lionel Blair; Go For It! (BBC 1997), presented by Lionel Blair; Secondhand Rose (BBC 1997) presented by Lynda Bellingham; Queerspotting (Channel 4, 1997); Beneath the Sheets (Channel 4, 1997); Crash Landings: Carnage, Sabotage, Cock-up (Channel 5, 2000); New Killer Diseases (Channel Five, 2000).[14]

Academic

In 2003 Henley Business School published Hobbs' leadership research as a Henley Working Paper[15] (co-authored with Professor Malcolm Higgs) "Does the freelance environment of broadcast television production in the UK encourage charismatic leadership?". in 2003 he completed an MBA at Henley Business School having won a scholarship from The Evening Standard.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Find - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  2. ↑ "Michael Hobbs". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  3. ↑ "Michael Hobbs". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  4. ↑ Neethling, Louis (2010-12-20), Fairytale of London Town, retrieved 2016-05-16
  5. ↑ "Find - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  6. ↑ "Production of The Double-Dealer | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  7. ↑ "West End Frame: GOSSIP: Kinky Boots to release London cast album!". www.westendframe.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  8. ↑ "Kinky Boots Will Release Live Cast Recording | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  9. ↑ "Cast announced for West End Kinky Boots". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  10. ↑ "Broadcast for Schools". www.broadcastforschools.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  11. ↑ "BBC - Words and Pictures - Words and Pictures on TV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  12. ↑ "Traditional Tales from Words and Pictures (1996)". BFI. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  13. ↑ Premier. "Kinky Boots the Musical, London Cast | Michael Hobbs". Kinky Boots. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  14. ↑ "Michael Hobbs". BFI. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  15. ↑ "Henley Business School at University of Reading". www.henleymc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  16. ↑ "The course team - The Journalism Leaders Programme - The department of Journalism at UCLAN". www.ukjournalism.org. Retrieved 2016-05-17.

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