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词条 Dakin Matthews
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Filmography

  4. References

  5. External links

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| birth_name = Melvin Richard Matthews[1]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|11|7}}
| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.
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| occupation = Actor, director, scholar
| years_active = 1965–present
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Melvin Richard "Dakin" Matthews (born November 7, 1940) is an American actor with a long history of work in film, television and theater. He is also a playwright, director, and theatrical scholar.

Early life

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Melvin Richard Matthews was born in Oakland, California. He initially aspired to become a Roman Catholic priest,[2] studying in San Francisco and then at Gregorian University in Rome in the 1960s. However, his growing interest in drama led him to the Juilliard School, where he taught, among others, Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone.

He acted and taught at the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) in San Francisco where Annette Bening was one of his students.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} He also attended graduate school at New York University. He is an Emeritus Professor of English at California State University, East Bay in Hayward, California.

Career

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He began his stage career in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area, appearing in both the Marin and California Shakespeare Festivals, eventually becoming a member of the acting ensemble of the American Conservatory Theatre. In the late 1980s, settling permanently in Los Angeles, Matthews began guest-starring in television series and appearing in films. He starred in series such as Down Home, Soul Man and, most successfully, The Jeff Foxworthy Show.

In 1989 he starred in the preshow for EPCOT Center's Body Wars attraction in The Wonders Of Life Pavilion. He also has made many guest appearances on television, including Remington Steele, Dallas, Murder She Wrote, L.A. Law, The Nanny, True Blood, Just Shoot Me!, Voyager, The West Wing, Gilmore Girls (as Headmaster Charleston), Ally McBeal, Coach, The Practice, Who's the Boss?, Charmed, The King of Queens (as Doug Heffernan's father Joe), NYPD Blue, Desperate Housewives (appearing in every Season except 5 as Reverend Sykes), House M.D. (appearing in 2004 in "Damned If You Do" the 5th episode of the 1st season playing the role of Marvin/Santa Claus), Blue Bloods (as of 2016 appearing in "Help Me Help You" the 16th episode of the 6th season playing the role of Judge Wilson), Two and a Half Men, and Carnivàle.

Matthews has appeared in more than 25 feature films, including Nuts, Like Father Like Son, Clean and Sober, Thirteen Days, Child's Play 3, Funny Farm, True Grit (as Colonel Stonehill), Steven Spielberg's' Lincoln, Flubber, and Zero Charisma. He also appeared in a number of television movies, including And the Band Played On, Baby M, and White Mile.

As a stage actor, he is known for his many Shakespearean roles, especially King Lear, Bottom, and Falstaff, and most recently for his portrayals of C. S. Lewis in South Coast Repertory's Shadowlands, as "Warwick" in Shakespeare's Henry IV at the Lincoln Center Theater, as "Undershaft" in Major Barbara and "Tarleton" in Misalliance for South Coast Repertory, as "The Fixer" in Water and Power for the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, as "Leonato" in Shakespeare Center L.A.'s production of Much Ado About Nothing with Helen Hunt, as "Cardinal Wolsey" in A Man For All Seasons with Frank Langella at the Roundabout, and as "Senator Carlin" in Gore Vidal's The Best Man on Broadway.

In 2010, Matthews joined the cast of the ABC soap opera General Hospital as Judge Peter Carroll, the judge in Sonny Corinthos' trial.

He is also a playwright, director, and theater scholar who has published books and articles on Shakespeare and translations of 17th-century Spanish theater. He has been a dramaturg on numerous theatrical productions, including the 2005 Broadway revival of Julius Caesar starring Denzel Washington[2] and the 2003 revival of Henry IV,[3] winning a Drama Desk Award Special Award for his adaptation of the latter.

Matthews was also Artistic Director of the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, the California Actors Theatre, The Antaeus Theatre Company[4] (which he co-founded in 1991),[5] and the Andak Stage Company; he is an Associate Artist of the Old Globe Theatre; and a founding member of the John Houseman's The Acting Company and Sam Mendes' Bridge Project.

Matthews appeared in the 2009 world tour of The Bridge Project as "Pishchick" in The Cherry Orchard and "Antigonus" in The Winter's Tale. In the 2011 summer season of The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, he performed as "the Provost" in Measure for Measure[6] and "Lafew" in All's Well That Ends Well.[7] and as "Sir Humphrey" in the American premiere of Yes Prime Minister at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. He was nominated for an Ovation Award for Book and Lyrics of an original musical entitled Liberty Inn, which he co-wrote with B. T. Ryback.

In 2011, his verse translation of The Capulets & The Montagues played at the Andak Stage Company and the International Siglo de Oro Festival, winning the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Adaptation. Matthews appeared twice as Santa Claus in The Big Bang Theory season 6 episode, "The Santa Simulation" and season 8 episode "The Clean Room Infiltration".

He was the dramaturg for the Lincoln Center production of Macbeth (2013), directed by Jack O'Brien and starring Ethan Hawke.[8] He appeared as "Richard Russell" in Robert Schenkkan's award-winning L.B.J. play All The Way, starring Bryan Cranston, at A.R.T. in Cambridge in September 2013.[9]

He appeared as "Mickey Goldmill" in the Broadway musical Rocky the Musical in 2014,[10] then in 2015, he went on to play Winston Churchill opposite Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience on Broadway. Matthews portrayed Judge Byers in the 2015 film Bridge of Spies. He portrayed "Joe" in the new musical Waitress that opened on Broadway in April 2016.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1985Remington SteeleMichael Fleming
1986St. Elsewhere
FresnoProsecutor
1987Easy StreetTim Weathergate
MatlockProsecutor
Like Father Like SonOld Man Morrison
Nuts1st Judge
1987–1989My Two DadsHerb Kelcher
1988Hostile WitnessCatlett
NewhartJim
Aaron's WayWyler
Permanent RecordMr. McBain
SunsetWilliam Singer
Funny FarmMarion Corey Jr
Clean and SoberBob
Something Is Out ThereAgent Simon
DallasDetective Kane
TV 101Tanner
Dear John USADavid Hennessey
1989Naked LieAdam Berger
American PlayhouseSam Mitgang
The Rise and Fall of Oliver NorthEdwin MeeseTV movie
Out on the EdgeDr. Cutler
WiredWashington Post Editor
The Fabulous Baker BoysCharlie
Body WarsMission Commander
Cross of FireHiram Evans
Christine CromwellCarter Dickinson III
My Brother's WifeCharles RusherTV movie
1989–1991Doctor DoctorDr. Harold Stratford
1990Blind FaithUncle Gene
Ghost DadMr. Seymour
Fine ThingsJudge Aaron S. Mitofsky
1990–1991Down Home (TV series)Walt McCrorey
1991The Whereabouts of JennyCoxTV movie
Eve of DestructionSingleton
Who's the Boss?Judge
The Perfect TributeDr. Thomas
The Mysterious Murder of Thelma ToddD. A. Buron FittsTV movie
JailbirdsSheriffTV movie
Child's Play 3Colonel Cohcrane
...And Then She Was GoneFrancis HaynesTV movie
The CompanyDirector WaughTV movie
1991–1992Drexell's ClassRoscoe DavisTV movie
1992Murder without Motive: The Edmund Parry StoryHowardsTV movie
For Richer, for PoorerLarryTV movie
The Legacy of Hilltop DriveAttorneyTV movie
RevolverTom McCallTV movie
Criminal BehaviorAlbee FergusonTV movie
1993The TempDr. Feldman
1994The Swan PrincessKing William (voice)
1998The SiegeSenator Wright
2002CharmedAngel of Destiny
2003The Fighting TemptationsMr. Fairchild
2010True GritColonel Stonehill
2012LincolnJohn Usher
2013Mr. Box OfficeErnieTV Series
2015Bridge of SpiesJudge Byers

References

1. ^According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
2. ^'"Julius Caesar' Broadway" ibdb.com, accessed February 17, 2016
3. ^"'Henry IV' Broadway" ibdb.com, accessed February 17, 2016
4. ^{{cite web|last1=BWW News Desk|title=Antaeus Theatre Company Unveils Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Antaeus-Theatre-Company-Unveils-Kiki-David-Gindler-Performing-Arts-Center-20170301|website=Broadway World|publisher=Wisdom Digital Media|accessdate=19 March 2018|date=2 March 2017}}
5. ^Miller, Daryl H. "A Commanding Stage Presence" Los Angeles Times, July 5, 1998
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://shakespeareinthepark.org/the-plays/measure-for-measure/artists|title=Tickets|website=shakespeareinthepark.org}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://shakespeareinthepark.org/the-plays/all's-well-that-ends-well/artists|title=Tickets|website=shakespeareinthepark.org}}
8. ^"'Macbeth' Broadway" ibdb.com, accessed February 17, 2016
9. ^Hetrick, Adam. "Bryan Cranston Is Lyndon B. Johnson in 'All The Way', Premiering Sept. 13 at the American Repertory Theater" playbill.com, September 13, 2013
10. ^"'Rocky' Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed February 17, 2016
11. ^"'Waitress' Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed February 17, 2016

External links

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