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John Rawnsley
ActorBorn December 14, 1950 (75 years)
John Rawnsley is an English actor and opera singer. He is a baritone and has sung in the San Diego Opera. He sang the role of title role in the 1981 film adaptation of Rossini's The Barber of Seville, and also the title role of Verdi's Rigoletto in Jonathan Miller's famous 'Mafia' production at the English National Opera. Opera critics have offered positive reviews of his performances in Verdi's "Rigoletto". Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times has praised Rawnsley's performance in Rigoletto as "affecting".
Filmography
| 2014 | Pudsey the Dog: The Movie · as Director |
| 2012 | Quartet · as Nigel |
| 1998 | La Bohème · as Schaunard |
| 1995 | The Governor (TV Series) · as Mr. Hallam |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Gypsy |
| 1981 | Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) · as Hermann |