Америкалық актер Пол Бирчардтың өмір жолы мен шығармашылығы

American actor

Paul Birchard is an American actor who lives in Finland. He has appeared in film, television, stage and radio productions, most notably as Bud in Sweet Bird of Youth with the Royal National Theatre, Ross in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and Chuck in the premiere of Frank Grimes's first performed play, The Fishing Trip. Birchard is also known for his one man stage adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald stories, a documentary film about Tennessee Williams and Konrad Hopkins which he produced and directed, and a song promoting the Glasgow Diamonds American football team.

Birchard grew up in Los Angeles, California, He moved to Scotland, and in 1981 graduated with a Diploma in Dramatic Art from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

During the 1980s, Birchard worked as a DJ at Radio Clyde, and pantomime. In 1986 he wrote and recorded the song "Diamonds Rap (We Are The Diamonds)", promoting the Glasgow Diamonds American football team. CBS Sports created a video package called the "CBS Video Bowl" for the half time interval of their worldwide broadcast of the Super Bowl in January 1987,

His career continued to encompass radio and stage roles, as well as appearances on television and in films. In 1991, he appeared at the Warehouse Theatre Croydon, London, in the premiere of Frank Grimes' first performed play, The Fishing Trip. Reviewers commented, "Paul Birchard's macho Vietnam vet Chuck is unexpectedly subtle";

In 1994, he adapted five of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Pat Hobby Stories into a one man show at the Riverside Studios, London, in which he "used his broad acting talent to impersonate characters like the brash producer to the effeminate hairdresser The American actor's storytelling ability is so vivid that the very few props he uses telephones, typewriters and Time magazines are hardly needed to boost the imagination." Two years later, he took the show to the Dublin Fringe Theatre Festival, and in 2019, performed it at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Some of his most notable roles have been at the National Theatre. while The Stage wrote "the four strong cast put in near definitive performances Paul Birchard is lugubrious longest serving friend, Ross Ross’s gleeful delight in the idea of an affair is a superbly judged precursor to his horror at the enormity of the reality." and appeared in BBC Radio 4 plays and readings in the 1990s and 2000s. as well as the voice of one of the main characters in Crysis 2 in 2011. On television, he appeared in a number of BBC 2 plays, including a drama about Buddy Holly in 1989, and appeared in Spooks as a rogue CIA operative. Birchard produced, directed and appeared in the feature length documentary film U & Me & Tennessee: An American Romance , which deals with a romance by correspondence between playwright Tennessee Williams and Konrad Hopkins. and at the Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival.

Year Title Author Theatre Role Director 1988 Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Ian Wooldridge 1991 The Fishing Trip Frank Grimes Warehouse Theatre Croydon Chuck Lindsay Anderson 1993 True West Sam Shepard Tron Theatre, Glasgow Saul Kimmer Eve Jamieson 1994 The Pat Hobby Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald Riverside Studios, London W6 one man show 1994 Sweet Bird of Youth Tennessee Williams Lyttelton Theatre, London Royal National Theatre Bud Richard Eyre 1994 Johnny on a Spot Charles MacArthur Olivier Theatre, London Royal National Theatre McClure; Sergeant of State Troopers Richard Eyre 1996 The Pat Hobby Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald Bewleys Theatre, Dublin one man show 2010 The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Edward Albee Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Ross Dominic Hill 2015 Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller Royal Shakespeare Company,Stratford upon Avon; Noël Coward Theatre, London Older Waiter Gregory Doran

Birchard is a lifelong devotee of Meher Baba. He has four children,