Rome - this
autumn on BBC TWO
Julius Caesar - Ciáran
Hinds
Energetic, brilliant, methodical; a man driven, electrified
even, by a primordial need for dominance: Caesar has very little room
for regular human emotions.
He can be witty and charming or warm and caring, but
these qualities are always performances, produced as needed, and rarely
prompted by genuine feeling.
In a society of strict class divisions, Caesar is descended
from one of the oldest and most noble patrician families; he has reinforced
his status through marriage to Calpurnia, descendant of another influential
family.
Co-consul of Rome with Pompey Magnus.
Ciarán Hinds began his stage career
at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, starring in such productions as Arsenic
and Old Lace and Faust.
He has also starred in a number of productions with
the Royal Shakespeare Company, including a world tour in the title role
of Richard III.
Hinds' films include The Phantom of the Opera, The Statement,
Calendar Girls, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Veronica
Guerin, Road to Perdition, The Sum of All Fears, The Weight of Water,
Circle of Friends, Rules of Engagement, The Cook the Thief His Wife
and Her Lover and Excalibur.
He has just finished filming Michael Mann's production
of Miami Vice and is currently shooting Steven Spielberg's Munich Olympics
movie in Budapest.
His many television credits include Persuasion and The
Mayor of Casterbridge.
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