pirates of the caribbean - Cannes International Film Festival

ROBBIE KAY (Cabin Boy) has already appeared in several features in his young career,
including “Hannibal Rising,” “The Illusionist,” “Fugitive Pieces,” “My Boy Jack,” “We
Want Sex” and “Ways to Live Forever.” He also portrayed the title role on television in a
production of “Pinocchio” from Lux Vide Productions.
STEVE EVETS (Purser) was recently seen in “Robin Hood,” “Brighton Rock” and Ken
Loach’s “Looking for Eric,” for which he received a nomination for Best Actor at the 2009
European Film Awards. His numerous television appearances in the UK include
“Heartbeat,” “Gifted,” “Buried,” “Blood Strangers,” “Shameless,” “No Angels,” “The
Eleventh Hour,” “See No Evil,” “Life on Mars,” “The Royal Today,” “The Street” and “The
Rev,” among many others.
IAN MERCER (Quartermaster) has been seen in the features “Alex,” “Master and
Commander: The Far Side of the World,” “Lassie,” “The Boat That Rocked” (aka “Pirate
Radio”) and “Creation.” On stage, he’s performed at the Royal Court Theatre in “Under
the Whaleback” and “The York Realist,” the West Yorkshire Playhouse in “Two Tracks
and Text Me,” the Leeds Playhouse in “Chips with Everything,” the Young Vic tour of
“Romeo and Juliet” and “Saturday Night, Sunday Morning” at Nottingham Playhouse,
among others. His television appearances have included “Touch of Frost,” “Coronation
Street,” “Shackleton,” “Donovan,” “The Street,” “The Chase,” “Waking the Dead,”
“Holby,” “Shameless,” “Lewis” and the acclaimed “Red Riding Trilogy.”
DeOBIA OPAREI (Gunner) has amassed an impressive array of credits on stage, screen
and television, primarily in Britain. On screen he’s been seen in “Aliens 3,” “Dark City,”
“Moulin Rouge,” “Dirty Pretty Things,” “Thunderbirds,” “Doom,” “Mr. Nice,” “Legacy”
and “Death Race.” On stage, Oparei has performed at the Royal Court Theatre in
“Crazyblackmuthaf*ckinself” and “Clubland,” at the National Theatre in “Troilus and
Cressida,” “Haroun and the Sea Stories” and “The White Devil,” at the Royal
Shakespeare Company in “Cymbeline,” “Faustus,” “A Clockwork Orange” and “A
Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at Leicester Haymarket in “The Broken Heart,” “Drums in
the Night” and “The Bells,” and at the Sydney Theatre Company in “Six Degrees of
Separation” and “Angels in America.” On television, he’s appeared in “Minder,” “The
Good Guys,” “Gallow Glass,” “Smile,” “Metrosexuality,” “Holby City” and “Answered by
Fire.”
The King and His Men
RICHARD GRIFFITHS (King George) is an English actor of stage, film and television. He
has received the Laurence Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony
awards for his role in the play “The History Boys” in London and on Broadway. He is also
known for his portrayal of Vernon Dursley in the “Harry Potter” films, Uncle Monty in
“Withnail and I” and Henry Crabbe in the British TV series “Pie in the Sky.”
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