Joseph McManners
Joseph McManners | |
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| LittlePrince.jpg "The Little Prince" | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Canterbury, UK |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Joseph McManners (born December 3, 1992[citation needed], in Canterbury, Kent) is an English musical theatre actor and singer.
He starred as Oliver Twist in a local production of the play in Canterbury opposite Ron Moody who played Fagin in the 1968 film adaptation of the famous novel. After that, McManners auditioned for the lead role in the BBC's operatic version of "The Little Prince" directed by Francesca Zambello. He was chosen from 25000 others to play the part. During filming for "The Little Prince", he was spotted by executives from Sony BMG which led to a £2 million 4-album record deal and management by Derek MacKillop in 2005.[1] His first album In Dreams, which was recorded in Prague and produced by Nick Patrick[1], was released on December 5, 2005. McManners chose the songs that appear on the album himself and the music was performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. [2]
The album was nominated for "Album of the Year" at the 2006 Classical Brit Awards.[3] and his rendition of "Bright Eyes" from the same album has debuted at "number one" in Asian airplay, ahead of James Blunt and Prince.[4]
He has also appeared in several theatre productions. McManners played Oliver in the BBC's "Celebrate Oliver!" presented by Shane Ritchie[5] on December 26, 2005[6] and he appeared in an episode of BBC's The Sound of Musicals on February 4, 2006[7] (filmed in 2005).
McManners is also set to make his feature film acting debut in a film called Hot Fuzz opposite people like Simon Pegg, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton[8], Steve Coogan, Martin Freeman and Bill Nighy.[9]
Mcmanners joins Tonbridge school in September after winning one of three drama scholarships awarded.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b sound generator - Joseph McManners - In Dreams review (accessed August 28, 2006).
- ^ Joseph McManners biography at Sony BMG.co.uk (accessed August 28, 2006).
- ^ The BPI Unveils Nominees for The Classical BRIT Awards 2006 (published April 11, 2006; accessed August 28, 2006).
- ^ Number 1 Airplay at Sony BMG.co.uk (accessed August 28, 2006).
- ^ Celebrate 'Oliver!' at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ "Celebrate Oliver!" to be screened on Boxing Day at Sony BMG.co.uk (accessed August 28, 2006).
- ^ Cached version of a BBC 1 television listing for The Sound of Musicals
- ^ New film at Sony BMG.co.uk (accessed August 28, 2006).
- ^ Hot Fuzz at the Internet Movie Database (accessed August 28, 2006).