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JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (2011)PRODUCTION NOTESHe also co-produced and appeared in 1997‟s Bean:The Ultimate Disaster Movie. The Polygramfilm, produced by Working Title in association with Tiger Aspect, was a huge hit and becameone of the highest-grossing U.K. films internationally.Throughout 2000, Blackadder Back & Forth, a film shot on 70 mm, was shown at London‟sMillennium Dome. With Atkinson portraying Edmund Black Adder for the first time in a decade,the comedy features all the other stars of the original television series and proved to be the mostpopular attraction at the Dome.In 2001, Atkinson appeared as Enrico Pollini in Jerry Zucker‟s Rat Race, also starring WhoopiGoldberg, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and John Cleese. He also appeared in the 2002 Warner Bros.comedy Scooby-Doo, playing the villain Mondavarious.Following this, Atkinson completed production on Mr. Bean: TheAnimated Series, for TigerAspect <strong>Production</strong>s, and the feature Johnny English, in which he starred in the title role. JohnnyEnglish was written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Casino Royale), directed by Peter Howitt(Sliding Doors) and produced by Working Title Films.Atkinson appeared as Rufus the jewelry salesman in Working Title‟s 2003 hit romantic comedyLove Actually, directed by Richard Curtis, with an ensemble cast including Bill Nighy, ColinFirth, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley and Chiwetel Ejiofor. In2005, he played the Reverend Walter Goodfellow in Keeping Mum, directed by Niall Johnson,starring opposite Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas. In 2007, Atkinson co-wrote andstarred in the feature Mr. Bean’s Holiday, directed by Steve Bendelack.In 2009, Atkinson returned to the stage in the role of Fagin in the hit stage musical Oliver!, at theTheatre Royal, Drury Lane.An Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actress, GILLIANANDERSON (Pamela Thornton) has long delighted audiences and critics alike with her versatileskill and classic beauty. Comfortable with any genre, from science fiction to period drama,Anderson will soon star in several prestigious projects on both stage and screen.In August 2010, Anderson appeared in a television adaptation of “ Moby Dick,” alongside EthanHawke, William Hurt, Charlie Cox and Eddie Marsan. The telepic premiered in two parts on theEncore network.Anderson recently finished shooting the action film Shadow Dancer, with Clive Owen, RebeccaHall and Andrea Riseborough, in Dublin, Ireland. Anderson stars as Kate Fletcher, the boss of anMI5 officer played by Owen. Anderson will soon be filming a PBS/BBC adaptation of “GreatExpectations,” set to air in April 2012. Anderson will play Miss Havisham, the insane heiresswho mentors young Pip. The production boasts an impressive cast, including David Suchet, RayWinstone and Rupert Graves.Anderson, best known for her work in Fox‟s The X-Files, earned two SAG Awards, an Emmy© 2011 Universal Pictures 14
JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (2011)PRODUCTION NOTESand a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series, and received numerous additionalnominations. In 1998, she carried her role of Dana Scully over into the motion-picture adaptationbased on the show, The X-Files: Fight the Future. In 1999, she made The X-Files history bybecoming the first woman to write and direct on the series, on an episode titled “All Things.” In2008, Anderson reprised her role once again in The X-Files: I Want to Believe.Her other film credits include the critically acclaimed The Last King of Scotland, How to LoseFriends & Alienate People, Duncan Ward‟s Boogie Woogie, The Mighty, Playing by Heartand The House of Mirth, directed by Terence Davies. In 2000, critics from Rolling Stone,Entertainment Weekly, Newsday, New York Daily News, The Village Voice and the New YorkPress listed The House of Mirth among the top-10 films of the year. For her portrayal of LilyBart, she won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, and the Best PerformanceAward from TheVillage Voice Film Critics‟ Poll. Anderson also won the Audience Award at theIFTA Awards for her role, starring alongside Robert Carlyle, in the popular film The MightyCelt, directed and written by Pearse Elliott. She also had a cameo role in the comedy TristramShandy: A Cock and Bull Story, which gained rave reviews in North America and overseas.In addition, Anderson‟s recent television work includes the 2011 miniseries The Crimson Petaland the White as Mrs. Castaway, opposite Romola Garai and Chris O‟Dowd. Anderson alsoworked on the television adaptation of William Boyd‟s novel “Any Human Heart,” for which sheearned a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as theDuchess of Windsor. Anderson also appeared in the BBC miniseries Bleak House, in which shestarred as Lady Dedlock. The critically acclaimed performance earned her a nomination for BestActress at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in 2006. Anderson also providedthe voice of Queen Vorkana in the animated comedy short Robbie the Reindeer in CloseEncounters of the Herd Kind, for U.K. television.In 2002, Anderson made her London stage debut in Michael Weller‟s What the Night Is For, andthen went on to continued success and critical acclaim in the Royal Court Theatre‟s productionof Rebecca Gilman‟s play The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, in 2005. In 2009, Andersonportrayed Nora in Zinnie Harris‟ adaptation of A Doll’s House, at London‟s prestigious DonmarWarehouse in the West End, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress.Anderson obtained her BFA degree from the prestigious Goodman School of Drama atChicago‟s DePaul University. In 1991, she performed in the Manhattan Theatre Club productionof Alan Ayckbourn‟s Absent Friends, for which she won a Theatre World Award. In addition,she appeared in Christopher Hampton‟s The Philanthropist, at the Long Wharf Theatre in NewHaven, Connecticut.Over the last 15 years, Anderson has been strongly involved in many charity organisations: as aboard member of Artists For A New South Africa, a spokesperson for Neurofibromatosis, Inc., afounding member of Off The Street Kids and a patron of the Alinyiikira Junior School inUganda, amongst many others.DOMINIC WEST (Simon Ambrose) is a star both in the U.K. and the U.S. and has been cast inmany leading roles in international film, U.S. television and the London stage. After graduating© 2011 Universal Pictures 15
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