Michael pride: British film and theater actor

One of the major TV hits of the eighties was a British television series “Robin of Sherwood”. The streets of Soviet cities were empty during the show next story, people are all crook off from work to get to the TV. And the idol of all the girls was definitely the actor who was playing the role of Robin hood. Photo of Michael Pride had cut from Newspapers, magazines, his image was splashed on the posters that decorated the room. However, for most of his career, the Englishman is still devoted to the stage and on the screens appeared infrequently.

Years of study

Future Robin hood was born in England in 1960 under the name Michael David Prince. Subsequently, however, as a stage name was chosen last name pride, which translated to cornwallace language meant “lug”. This was due to the fact that the British actors Guild already had a Michael Prince.

Father shortly after Michael moved to Iran to work in the English mission oil company. The childhood years he spent in Tehran, and learned during this time Farsi. When he was 8 years old, Michael's family returned to Britain, where he began to study at the private school in Eastbourne. After receiving a General education, he enrolled at Eastbourne College, who was famous for his strict discipline. Here, however, Michael has devoted more attention to music and singing and school plays than scientific disciplines.

Seeing this situation, teachers advised him to continue his education in a more specialized educational institutions, where he could become an artist.

After graduating from College, Michael moved to London and entered the Guildhall school of music and theatre. Here he is taught the Opera music, but he gravitates more to the craft of drama.

Becoming an actor

After finishing his studies, Michael began that changed his name. In Britain there has already been a Michael Prince, and so is Prince's Second pride came First.

The Young actor begins his career with work in the theater. His first major appearance on stage was the role Jesus played them in the musical Godspell. In 1980, Michael pride moved to Southampton, where I focused on classical theatre productions. In its asset – roles in plays “Storm”, “the Servant of two masters”, “Beauty and the beast”. And for the latest production graduate a graduate of the Guildhall school wrote some music party.

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Restless Pride could not sit on the spot, and he again changed jobs. For the further continuation of career he chose theatre in Chesterfield, where he gained fame playing in the formulation “Pirates of Pentasa”, performing the role of Frederic.

A Breakthrough on the big screen

Becoming famous, the actor began to appear in television productions. He participates in projects of the “Pros”, “the Rothko Conspiracy”.

Crucial in the biography of Michael Pride became involved in the musical “Abracadabra”, where he went to the party of Aladdin. It was here that he met Finola Hughes, with whom he lived more then seven years.

Just at this time, producer Paul knight was looking for an actor for the lead role in a new television series “Robin of Sherwood”. He liked the work of Michael Pride in “Pirates of Pentasa” and he invited a young actor in his film, which first aired in 1984. “Robin of Sherwood” has become a loose interpretation of the canonical books about the noble robber, the story appeared just two Robin hood.

The Show caused a huge stir worldwide, and rights to it were sold in more than fifty countries. Michael himself pride has gained worldwide popularity and has been receiving innumerable invitations to participate in new projects.

Recent work

After successful work in “Robin of Sherwood” the Briton went overseas, where for some time he worked on Broadway, playing the role of d'artagnan. Then came the role of Michael Moldovan in the series of Aaron Spelling, as well as participation in the film "Night flight". The last picture flopped at the box office and caused a storm of criticism because of poor script and poor special effects.

However, the money earned was enough for the actor to build a house with a private Studio in Los Angeles, where he wrote several songs, which was enough for a full album. Photo of Michael Pride in the life of those times shows the viewer a man, quite satisfied with his fate.

In the nineties he returned home, where I focused on working in the theatre. On television and in the movies he appeared not so often. It is Possible to allocate roles in the TV series "Riders”, “the Secret adventures of Jules Verne”. For six years he worked as a narrator in a documentary project “timeline”.

Today, Michael pride lives near London, meeting with Josephine Gabel, with which he was familiar more than a decade.