Ronan Vibert
Acting
Born February 23, 1964, Cambridge - Cambridgeshire - England - UK
Ronan David Jackson Vibert (23 February 1964 – 22 December 2022) was an English actor who was known for his appearances in films and on British and American television. He was born in Cambridge, on 23 February 1964,the son of Dilys (née Jackson) and David Vibert, both artists and brother Cevn Vibert. He lived in Penarth, South Wales, until he was 18, then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 1985. Vibert had a long career in theatre, radio, television and film. Vibert appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Chandler & Co, Between the Lines and the BBC's The Buccaneers, in ITV's Cadfael, Inspector Lewis and in Van der Valk. He appeared in Jeeves and Wooster as Wilmot, Lord Pershore ('Motty'). Stage credits included plays at the Bush Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, The Gate, Manchester Royal Exchange, Bristol Old Vic, The Barbican for the RSC, The Almeida and The Savoy West End. In 1996, Vibert appeared at the National Theatre for the third time, as Prince Andre in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. He played Maximilien Robespierre in the BBC's adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel with Richard E. Grant. Vibert appeared in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death in Chorus". He also appeared in episodes of Waking The Dead and The Mrs Bradley Mysteries. He also appeared in such TV series as Rome, ITV's Poirot, The Borgias, Emmy award winning miniseries Hatfields and McCoys with Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, Penny Dreadful, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, NCIS LA, Phillip K Dick's Electric Dreams and Carnival Row. Among his many films are Shadow of the Vampire with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, The Cat's Meow directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-winning The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski, Tomb Raider 2, Tristan and Isolde, The Snowman with Michael Fassbender and Saving Mr Banks with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, portraying the publisher Diarmuid Russell. He also appeared in The Grass Arena with Mark Rylance. Vibert died at a Florida hospital on 22 December 2022, aged 58, following a brief illness
Filmography
- The Alienist — Charles Murray
- 20176 Days — MI6 Spokesman
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams — Chief Judge
- 2017The Snowman — Gunnar Hagen
- 2015Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — Lord Wellington, Lord Wellington (uncredited)
- The Coroner — Gavin Drake
- 2014Dracula Untold — Simion
- Penny Dreadful — Sir Geoffrey Hawkes
- 2013Saving Mr. Banks — Diarmuid Russell
- Hatfields & McCoys — Perry Cline
- The Borgias — Giovanni Sforza
- 2011The Man who Crossed Hitler — Walther Stennes
- 2010Shanghai — Mikey
- 2010The Last Seven — Isaac Grainger
- NCIS: Los Angeles — Visser
- Lewis — Simon Monkford
- The Sarah Jane Adventures — Professor Nicholas Skinner
- Hotel Babylon
- Lead Balloon
- 2006Tristan & Isolde — Bodkin
- 2005Beowulf & Grendel — Thorkel
- Rome — Lepidus
- 2004Gladiatress — Caesar
- Hex — Mephistopheles
- London — Joseph Conrad
- New Tricks — Ray Barlow
- 2003Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster — Victor Frankenstein
- Keen Eddie
- 2003Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life — MI6 Agent Calloway
- 2002Killing Me Softly — Alice's Boss
- 2002Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — King Arthur / Guide (voice)
- 2002The Cat's Meow — Joseph Willicombe
- 2002The Pianist — Janina's Husband
- 2002The Princess and the Pea — King Laird (voice)
- Waking the Dead — Dr. Jonathan Lynch
- 2000Shadow of the Vampire — Wolfgang Müller
- Gimme Gimme Gimme — Vince
- The Scarlet Pimpernel — Robespierre
- Big Women — Bull
- Highlander: The Raven — Trevor Benton
- 1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy — Young
- Midsomer Murders — Giles Armitage
- The Buccaneers — Lord Richard Marabel
- 1995The Virgin in the Ice — Le Gaucher
- 99-1 — Loach
- Cadfael — Le Gaucher
- Chandler & Co — Xavier
- 1993Resnick: Rough Treatment — Alan Stafford
- Between the Lines — Martin Williams
- The Cloning of Joanna May — Tom
- Witchcraft — Steiner
- Stanley and the Women — Tom Devenish
- 1991The Grass Arena — Charles Fieldhouse
- Jeeves and Wooster — Wilmot
- Agatha Christie's Poirot — Captain Dacres
- Birds of a Feather — Martin
- Tales from the Crypt — T
- The Paradise Club — Ricky Wooley
- Traffik — Lee
- 1988On the Black Hill — Jim Watkins
- 1988Rowing with the Wind — Fletcher
- South of the Border — Frank
- Lovejoy — Lindsey Parry-Davies
- Screen Two — Charles Fieldhouse
- The Bill
- Taggart — James Forsyth
- Van der Valk — Martin Lepweg