Sidney Kean

Biography

Sidney John Kean was born on October 1 1950 in London, UK. Sidney's career has spanned over five decades and has included extensive work in the theatre, most recently in the acclaimed productions of Girl From The North Country at The Gielgud Theatre, London directed by Conor Mcpherson, and The Berberian Sound Studio at The Donmar Warehouse, London directed by Tom Scutt, cinema, television and radio. Naturally, he is equally at home in all these different fields. He is especially gifted at picking up accents and dialects from around this country and the rest of the world and making them sound natural and native. It was in the Reps and National Tours that he learn't the art of "deliberately staying there, watching and listening to other performers". It is often said that the best Actors are the ones that listen... Sidney is a past master at this art. He has superb comic timing as well as magnetic stage presence. He is also a breeze to work with! Sidney has numerous credits to his CV, has been performing professionally all his life and has excelled at theatrical roles as diverse as Agatha Christie to Shakespeare, lighthearted comedy to dark tragedy, experimental performance art to pantomime, musical Theatre to farce, serious television and film drama to Children's Theatre. His work has led to him travelling extensively nationally and globally and has worked with perhaps some of the finest Actors and Directors of his generation including Rod Steiger and Sir Lawrence Olivier.

Most Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Count Foscatini

EastEnders

as Delivery Man

EastEnders

as Delivery man

Minder

as Harry

Grace

as Mr. Seiler

A Touch of Frost

as Fabriani

Blake's 7

as Vetnor

Lovejoy

as Barman

2Point4 Children

as Waiter 1

Lifeforce

as Brash Guard

Hanuman

as Roberto

The Guard of Auschwitz

as Older Hans

The Legend of Robin Hood

as Roland

Love and Bullets

as Machoni

Doc Martin

as Maitre’D (uncredited)

Revelation

as Europolitician

Savage Messiah

as Annoyed Man In Library (uncredited)

Orthodox

as Saul Levy

All That Glitters

as Alfredo

Up the Front

as Singing Soldier (uncredited)