Biography

June 19, 1957 · Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK

Michael Anthony Maloney

5′ 8″ (1.73 m)

He was down to the last two for the part of Withnail in Withnail and I (1987) with Richard E. Grant but he told his agent he did not want the part because he could not relate to the character properly.

He is the only actor to have appeared in both Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet (1990) and Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996). He played Rosencrantz in the former and Laertes in the latter. In Branagh's theatre spoof A Midwinter's Tale (1995), his character Joe Harper directed an amateur version of "Hamlet" and played the title role.

He has played three British Prime Ministers: John Major in Margaret (2009), Sir Robert Peel in The Young Victoria (2009) and Edward Heath in The Crown.