Adam Rayner Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Adam Rayner, born in 28 August 1977 in Shrewsbury, is an English actor, who has appeared on television in Mistresses, At Home with the Braithwaites and Making Waves. He has also appeared on stage in The Rivals (Bristol Old Vic, 2004), Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 2006) and Much Ado About Nothing (Novello, 2006).He made an appearance as 'Dr. Gail' in the 2010 Christmas Special 'The Perfect Christmas' episode of the award winning BBC sitcom Miranda alongside Sally Phillips, Miranda Hart, Tom Ellis, Sarah Hadland and Patricia Hodge, and his character returned in Series 3, Episode 4: Je Regret Nothing.In November 2012, it was announced that Rayner was cast as Simon Templar in a pilot for a new television series based on the character. Principal photography began on Monday, December 17, 2012 in Pacific Palisades, California. Executive producer Roger Moore was unable to sell the pilot, and Rayner has since been cast as the lead in the FX television series, Tyrant, which débuted in June 2014.He is the first Patron and keen supporter of charity organisation, the Lavender Hill Mob Theatre Company, in Norfolk, United Kingdom, who give youngsters from age four, the opportunity to take part in workshops and perform on stage when they may never have the chance to do so anywhere else, regardless of disability or disadvantage. Rayner's mother is American and father is British and also holds a Dual citizenship for the UK and the United States.
Full Name
Adam Rayner
Net Worth
$1.4 Million
Date Of Birth
August 28, 1977
Place Of Birth
Shrewsbury, England, UK
Height
1.85 m
Profession
Actor
Education
Durham University, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Spouse
Lucy Brown
Siblings
Matthew Rayner
Nicknames
Adam Rayner, Rayner, Adam
IMDB
Movies
Tracers, The Task, Steel Trap, Love and Other Disasters, The Rivals
TV Shows
Tyrant, Hunted, Hawthorne, Mistresses, Making Waves, At Home with the Braithwaites, Dragon Age: Redemption
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Trademark
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His remarkable blue eyes
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We shot a bit of 'Hunted' in Tangier, and you are in a very, very different world. It's very difficult to blend in over there.
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To be honest, unless you rocket straight to stardom as a gorgeous young vampire, you can spend a lot of time working behind a bar.
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On Tyrant (2014): You have to understand that the people who were involved in it...I was just thrilled that I was sent the script. With Howard Gordon, Craig Wright and Gideon Raff, it was clearly from one of the top stable of writers in the States. The position I was in was pretty much a gun for hire and I was thrilled that they were even seeing me. Beyond that, it was a great script and a really fabulous character; the kind of character that you are waiting your whole career to come along. It's a character that is full of conflicts, tensions and contradictions. I was just thrilled that I got the script.
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That's the great thing about university: you've got people around you who are taking a risk and trying things out themselves. It gives you the confidence to try and take it to the next step, which was drama school.
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On his co-stars in Tyrant (2014): Good actors make you better, so it was fantastic to work with these people because they would always push and challenge you to bring out the best in you. You are being compelled to make that effort every day. It was lovely working with Jennifer [Jennifer Finnigan] because she and I come from a similar tradition of American television and we had an immediate understanding. You then have Ashraf [Ashraf Barhom] who comes from a different tradition. The tension between the two is fantastic; when we are playing these brothers in conflict who are mysterious to each other, even with the familiarity. It's wonderful to have that coming from different places, coming from different backgrounds both geographically, socially and in terms of acting. I think it definitely helps the show rather than hinders it.
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Obviously, Homeland (2011) is not just a spy thriller. It's more than that, but Tyrant (2014) will be a bit more of a palace drama. It'll be about the families, but there will be political intrigue as well.
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So my character on Tyrant (2014) is a chap called Barry Al Fayeed, and he is the second son of a fictional Middle Eastern dictator. But, he has grown up since he was young in America. He's trained as a doctor. He's married a beautiful American girl, had two kids, so he's very much an American.
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People have to respond to the characters and respond to the situations that they're in. That said, it still has to be a compelling narrative that drives along and keeps people coming back week after week. So really, with any successful show you could name, there has to be a mysterious blend of both of those.
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My mother is American. I first went to school in America, and we came back when I was about six to rural Norfolk. In primary school, I was teased immediately and mercilessly. I probably dropped that accent within about 10 days.
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I've done shows that aired on American TV, but none of them proved to be successful, so yes, no one here knows who I am.
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I'm actually half Brit and half American. I have a British father and an American mother, but as far as I'm aware, no Middle Eastern blood.
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I certainly have a sliver of me, which is definitely American, and feels a great pull towards where I spent time when I was very young, which is in California.
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I was always interested in it when I was younger, but it was when I was at university, getting together with other like-minded theatrically inclined types, that I admitted to myself that I wanted to be an actor.
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I don't devour huge amounts of television. I'm more naturally inclined to watch movies, but given my job, I need to have an understanding of what's on TV.
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I had some great high points and thought: 'This is fantastic. I'm going to be a huge star.' Then something happens, and you can't get a job to save your life.
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Everyone working on Tyrant (2014) wants to present the world and the issues in it in an intelligent, open, fair, non-reductive kind of way. For the actors, we have to try and make these stories as truthful and compelling as possible.
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Who knows - I would like to think that I'd be a fantastic president, and I'd be extremely levelheaded, and I'd be very fair, and I wouldn't persecute people, and I'd listen to the people that disagreed with me and all the rest of it, but who knows.
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British audiences tend to want to see their own lives reflected on TV, whereas American audiences are quite aspirational and enjoy high-concept shows that show them lives that are perhaps slightly more exciting than they aspire to.
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Homeland (2011) is a thriller with a lot of cloak and dagger spy stuff, which is one of the things that makes it so much fun.
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We rarely just hate people or love people. Normally, the people we have moments of the most impassioned hate for, it's because we love them so much.
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Fact
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Attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Durham University.
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Has one brother, Matthew Rayner.
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His mother is American and his father is English.
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Holds a dual citizenship for the UK and the United States.
