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Bruce Robinson

Writer, Director, ActorBorn May 2, 1946 (78 years)
Bruce Robinson (born 2 May 1946) is an English director, screenwriter, novelist and actor. He is arguably most famous for writing and directing the cult classic Withnail and I, a film with comic and tragic elements, set in London during the 1960s which drew on his experiences as ' a chronic alcoholic and resting actor, living in squalor' in Camden Town.

As an actor, he has worked with the likes of Franco Zeffirelli (on whom he based the character of Uncle Monty in Withnail and I), Ken Russell and François Truffaut. In 1998, he returned to acting with a cameo in the 70s rock rival film Still Crazy.

Robinson currently lives in Herefordshire with his wife, Sophie Windham, he has two children, Lily India (b. 1986) and Willoughby (b. 1994).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • A Fantastic Fear of Everything
  • Depp vs Heard: All on the Line

Known For

  • The Rum Diary
  • The Killing Fields
  • Withnail and I
  • Jennifer 8
  • A Fantastic Fear of Everything
  • Fat Man and Little Boy
  • Return to Paradise
  • In Dreams
  • How to Get Ahead in Advertising
  • The Story of Adele H
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Still Crazy
  • The Music Lovers
  • Private Road
  • Kleinhoff Hotel
  • Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire
  • The Brute
  • Los viajes escolares

Filmography

2012
2011
The Rum Diary · as Screenplay
2001
1999
In Dreams · as Screenplay
1998
Return to Paradise · as Screenplay
1992
Jennifer 8 · as Screenplay
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy · as Screenplay
1989
1987
Withnail and I · as Screenplay
1984
The Killing Fields · as Screenplay

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