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Peter Szymon Serafinowicz (Liverpool, 10 luglio 1972) è un attore, doppiatore, comico, sceneggiatore e regista britannico, conosciuto per aver interpretato Denarian Saal nel film Guardiani della Galassia, per aver doppiato Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episodio I - La minaccia fantasma e per essere apparso in una notevole quantità di produzioni televisive e cinematografiche britanniche e americane.

Biografia

Serafinowicz è nato a Liverpool da una madre inglese e da un padre di origini polacche e bielorusse[1]. Nel 2007 ha destato molto stupore e sconcerto la rivelazione che il nonno di Serafinowicz, il bielorusso allora residente nel Regno Unito Szymon Serafinowicz Sr., era stato indagato nel 1991 da una corte britannica per presunti crimini commessi contro ebrei durante l'occupazione nazista della Bielorussia nella seconda guerra mondiale, durante la quale era un ufficiale di polizia. Il processo non si è mai concluso, poiché egli è stato trovato incapace di intendere e di volere causa il progredire del morbo di Alzheimer nel 1997, morendo poco dopo lo stesso anno[1]. È sposato con l'attrice Sarah Alexander.

Carriera

Dopo aver partecipato a molte trasmissioni radiofoniche, Serafinowicz recita nel 1999, a fianco di Simon Pegg, nella sitcom di Channel 4 Spaced. Nel 2003 appare anche nella sitcom Hardware, per poi recitare per la prima volta sul grande schermo sempre a fianco dell'amico Simon Pegg ne L'alba dei morti dementi, del 2004. Lo stesso anno, ha anche recitato nel film con Orlando Bloom The Calcium Kid.

Dopo aver attirato l'attenzione su di sé grazie ad alcuni video parodistici caricati su Internet, la BBC gli ha commissionato il pilot di quello che sarebbe poi diventato The Peter Serafinowicz Show, per il quale è stato candidato nel 2008 come miglior presentatore al Festival della Rosa d'oro[2] e nel 2009 ai British Academy Television Awards come Miglior Programma Comico[3].

Nel 2010 Serafinowicz ha debuttato alla regia dirigendo il videoclip della canzone degli Hot Chip I Feel Better, per poi dirigere, nel 2012, anche quello della canzone Night & Day, interpretato, fra gli altri, da Lara Stone e da Terence Stamp. Nel 2013 ha diretto il suo primo film, I See What You Did There, che ha scritto con Danny Wallace[4].

Insieme a David Tennant, David Prowse e Jeremy Bulloch ed ad altri, Serafinowicz è uno degli attori ad aver recitato sia in una pellicola della saga di Star Wars sia in un episodio della serie televisiva Doctor Who, avendo doppiato Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episodio I - La minaccia fantasma e avendo interpretato il Re Pescatore nell'episodio Prima del diluvio.

In 1999, he made a number of appearances in Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, playing principal character Tim Bisley's (Simon Pegg) nemesis, Duane Benzie. He made another appearance in the series when it returned in 2001. In 2001 Serafinowicz took the lead in BBC Two sitcom World of Pub, playing the same character as he had done in the show's run on Radio 4. He was also in The Junkies, an Internet sitcom. In 2002 the critically acclaimed Look Around You, a series of 10-minute 1970s school science video spoofs, debuted on BBC Two in which Serafinowicz played a scientist. He co-wrote the show alongside Robert Popper, whom he met on the set of Spaced. The show returned in 2005 as a spoof of the 1980s show Tomorrow's World, with Serafinowicz playing Peter Packard, one of the presenters.

In 2003, he appeared in another Nye-written sitcom, Hardware, in which he played the affable Kenny. He reprised this role in the second series in 2004. Also in 2004 he appeared in British rom-zom-com (romantic-zombie-comedy) Shaun of the Dead, playing Pete, the tidy flatmate of principal characters Shaun and Ed. He also appeared in boxing film The Calcium Kid. In Sixty Six, the 2006 British film about a Jewish boy whose Bar Mitzvah is scheduled for the same day as the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Serafinowicz plays Uncle Jimmy. In the week before the 2006 Academy Awards a video circulated on the Internet of a fake news item (called "O! News", a parody of E! News) about a new Oscar statue, in which Serafinowicz imitated Alan Alda, Paul McCartney and Al Pacino. A second O! News video later appeared, parodying the 2006 Apple Corps v. Apple Computer lawsuit. This attracted the interest of the BBC, and a pilot was commissioned for The Peter Serafinowicz Show. A full series was broadcast on BBC Two in 2007 (with a Christmas special in 2008). For his performance, Serafinowicz was presented with the Best Entertainer prize at the 2008 Rose d'Or ceremony.[5] The series was also nominated for Best Comedy Programme at the 2009 BAFTA Television Awards.[6]

Serafinowicz had also made a number of guest appearances on television, including the comedy shows Smack the Pony and Hippies (both 1999), Black Books (2000), I'm Alan Partridge (2002) and Little Britain (2003), comedy drama Murder Most Horrid (1999) and ITV Drama series Agatha Christie's Marple (2005). He has made a number of guest appearances on both television and radio panel shows. He regularly appeared on The 99p Challenge and appeared on Have I Got News for You in 2005, 2006 and 2008, 8 out of 10 Cats in 2005, and QI in 2003. He also appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 19 October 2007, Would I Lie to You? on 8 August 2008 and 30 July 2010 and Never Mind the Buzzcocks on 15 October 2009.

In 2008, Serafinowicz was working with Robert Popper on a new television series, as well as a website, based on a spoof religion "Tarvuism" for US network Adult Swim.[7] In 2009, he appeared in Universal Films' Couples Retreat as Sctanley, the manager of the Eden Resort, directed by Peter Billingsley.

In 2010, Serafinowicz directed the music video for Hot Chip's song "I Feel Better", their second single from the album One Life Stand. He followed this up in 2012 when he directed the music video for the band's song "Night & Day", the first single from their album In Our Heads. The video starred Lara Stone, Terence Stamp and Reggie Watts.

In 2010, he co-starred with Will Arnett in the FOX sitcom Running Wilde, devised by Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz. It premiered on Fox on 21 September 2010,[8] but was cancelled by the network after 13 episodes.

In June 2013, Serafinowicz provided the English language audiobook recording for the Roald Dahl novel Danny, the Champion of the World.[9] In July 2013 Serafinowicz made his movie directing debut with the dark comedy film I See What You Did There,[10] which he cowrote with Danny Wallace.[11]

In 2014 it was announced that Serafinowicz would play the role Crowley in the BBC Radio 4 adaption of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's novel Good Omens.[12]

He has also attracted considerable attention by his YouTube parodies in which he dubs the voice of Donald Trump into an English accent, in videos entitled "Sophisticated Trump" and "Donald Thump".[13][14]

In 2015 it was announced that Serafinowicz is in the process of writing a television sitcom based on his Brian Butterfield character. He appeared in Series 9 of Doctor Who as The Fisher King thus being another Star Wars actor to appear in the longest running science fiction series along with David Tennant, David Prowse, Jeremy Bulloch and many others.[15]

Personal life

Serafinowicz is married to actress Sarah Alexander.[16] Their first child, a son named Sam, was born in March 2007. They also have a daughter named Phoebe. Peter's brother, James, is a writer and director,[17] and can be seen wearing his Liverpool Blue Coat School uniform at the beginning and end of each episode of the first series of Look Around You and is the person who always gets choked by the robot talk-show host Michael-6 during the Michael-6: The Robot Talk Show Host sketches of The Peter Serafinowicz Show. Serafinowicz's sister Helen is married to Graham Linehan.

In October 2007, Serafinowicz dropped his attempt to use the Human Rights Act to prevent the publication of details revealing his Belarusian grandfather as the first man in Britain to go on trial for Nazi war crimes under the War Crimes Act. Szymon Serafinowicz Sr. was charged with allegedly murdering three Jews while a police chief during the Nazi occupation of his native Belarus in World War II. He was found unfit for trial on grounds of dementia in 1997, and died later that year, aged 86.[1]

Note

  1. ^ a b c (EN) Ewan Fletcher, BBC star's grandfather faced Nazi war crimes trial, Daily Mail. URL consultato il 13 marzo 2016.
  2. ^ (EN) Rose d'Or Winners 2008 (PDF), su rosedor.com, Rose d'Or AG, 6 maggio 2008. URL consultato il 15 marzo 2016.
  3. ^ (EN) Television Awards Nominations in 2009, su bafta.org, BAFTA, 24 marzo2009. URL consultato il 15 marzo 2016.
  4. ^ Peter Serafinowicz Directing I See What You Did There, in empireonline.com, 16 luglio 2013. URL consultato il 15 marzo 2016.
  5. ^ Rose d'Or Winners 2008 (PDF), su rosedor.com, Rose d'Or AG, 6 May 2008. URL consultato il 7 May 2008 (archiviato dall'url originale il 30 May 2008).
  6. ^ Television Awards Nominations in 2009, su bafta.org, BAFTA, 24 March 2009. URL consultato il 29 March 2009.
  7. ^ Powder Blue Internet Business Solutions, Say 'Hebbo' to Tarvuism!, in chortle.co.uk.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (11 July 2010), "Peter Serafinowicz Joins 'Running Wilde'", Deadline Hollywood, retrieved 12 July 2010
  9. ^ "Danny, the Champion of the World". Penguin Books. Retrieved 20 November 2015
  10. ^ Peter Serafinowicz Moves to Directing with 'I See What You Did There', 15 July 2013. URL consultato il 17 July 2013.
  11. ^ Peter Serafinowicz Directing I See What You Did There, 16 July 2013. URL consultato il 17 July 2013.
  12. ^ BBC Radio Brings Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens to Life, in BBC America, 5 September 2014. URL consultato il 6 September 2014.
  13. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGT30gGtiI
  14. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cA0NM5RAY0
  15. ^ Peter Serafinowicz joins Doctor Who - more Star Wars actors who have done the same, su metro.co.uk, Metro News, 26 September 2015. URL consultato il 28 February 2016.
  16. ^ Philby, Charlotte, My Secret Life: Peter Serafinowicz, The Independent ., 30 August 2008. URL consultato il 10 September 2008.
  17. ^ James Serafinowicz, su imdb.com, IMDB.
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