Actor,writer,musician and adventurer.This is my next show:http://www.stannswarehouse.org/current_season.php?show_
id=24should be incredibleFormer lead singer of the proto-punk band The Doctors of Madness, who influenced many of the punk and new wave bands of the seventies and eighties. The Doctors were supported by bands such as The Sex Pistols and The Jam, and Dave Vanian, lead singer of The Damned was, for a time, co-frontman with Richard Strange of the Doctors of Madness.An actor writer, singer and musician, Richard has been active in the industry since his first band, The Doctors of Madness, spearheaded the British punk/new wave music explosion in 1975. He has recorded 10 albums and played shows all over the world.A professional actor since 1983, his feature film credits include, among many others, MONA LISA with Bob Hoskins, BATMAN with Jack Nicholson, ROBIN HOOD, PRINCE OF THIEVES with Kevin Costner, and the Martin Scorsese film GANGS OF NEW YORKTheatre work includes a 12-month long world tour of HAMLET, directed by the Russian director Yuri Lyubimov, MURDER IS EASY in London, and Zolas CRIMES OF PASSION, directed by Pip Broughton, for the Nottingham Playhouse. Fringe work includes THE LAST NIGHT OF ANTONIN ARTAUD and THE BEELZEBUB SONATASelected television credits include THE BLACKHEATH POISONINGS, DANDELION DEAD, and three episodes of BBC TV hit comedy series MEN BEHAVING BADLY.In addition, he has appeared as co-host in more than 50 episodes of the popular German TV programme GOTTSCHALKS HAUSPARTY for SAT 1.Summer 2002 saw the UK publication of Richard Stranges autobiography, STRANGE- PUNKS AND DRUNKS AND FLICKS AND KICKS, and the one-man show which the book inspired, and throughout 2003 Richard toured with the Prize-winning Dance Theatre company PROTEIN DANCE, appearing with them onstage as an actor, singer, musician and narrator.He has recently completed a world tour with US director Robert Wilson, working on a Wilson/William Burroughs/Tom Waits collaboration, THE BLACK RIDER, which starred Marianne Faithfull and which won huge critical acclaim in the UK, the USA and Australia.Last year he worked on the new HARMONY KORINE film, with Denis Lavant, Diego Luna, Anita Pallenberg and Werner Herzog.This year commenced with a role in the Iain Softley film "INKHEART" with Helen Mirren, Paul Bettany and Brendan FraserRichard Strange
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