Steven Mackintosh

Early life and education

Steven Mackintosh was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Dorothy Parris and Malcolm Mackintosh.

He attended Icknield Primary School in Sawston,{{cite news |url=http://www.haverhillecho.co.uk/news/education/actor-steven-mackintosh-helps-icknield-primary-school-in-sawston-to-celebrate-it-s-40th-anniversary-1-3946130|work=Haverhill Echo|title=Actor Steven Mackintosh helps Icknield Primary School in Sawston to celebrate 40th anniversary|date=16 June 2012|access-date=18 October 2017 |url-status=unfit |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160623213911/http://www.haverhillecho.co.uk/news/education/actor-steven-mackintosh-helps-icknield-primary-school-in-sawston-to-celebrate-it-s-40th-anniversary-1-3946130 |archive-date=2016-06-23}} living on 34 Queensway. He attended Sawston Village College until the age of 14, and Dramawise Theatre School, gaining 5 O-levels.

He made his stage debut, aged 14, in The Number of the Beast at the Bush Theatre in London, then landed the lead role in the National Theatre production of Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Career

Film

Mackintosh's first film appearance was in Prick Up Your Ears. He went on to star in Memphis Belle, Twelfth Night, and David Leland's Land Girls with Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel and co-starred with Rupert Graves in Different For Girls as a transgender woman. He played Winston in Guy Ritchie's film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. His other notable films include Roger Michell's The Mother, The Jacket, Good with Viggo Mortensen, Underworld: Evolution and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. He played Tony in Rupert Wyatt's feature The Escapist and Kertzer in Film 4's The Scouting Book For Boys. Mackintosh played Ivan Lewis in the big screen version of The Sweeney. He played Jack in Set Fire to the Stars with Elijah Wood and worked with Michael Caton Jones for the second time on his film Urban Hymn.

Radio

He played Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö's fictional police detective Martin Beck in the BBC Radio drama series The Martin Beck Killings.

Television

Mackintosh played a peasant boy, the Luck Child, who is prophecied to be king in Jim Henson's The StoryTeller, S1:E4. Mackintosh played DS Winter in the 10 part series Lucky Man, created by Stan Lee for Carnival films and Sky TV. He played Robbo in From There to Here by BAFTA winning writer Peter Bowker for the BBC and played John Coniston in the acclaimed Inside Men for BBC 1. His other numerous credits include: Luther, Lost Christmas, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Buddha of Suburbia, Prime Suspect and Our Mutual Friend. Mackintosh won Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Awards and a Best Actor Nomination at the BAFTAs for his role in Care for the BBC. In recent years he has become a popular choice to narrate documentaries. He replaced Jamie Theakston to narrate the BBC police documentary, Traffic Cops. He also narrates on the documentary Aircrash Confidential from Discovery Communications and Saving Lives at Sea on BBC 2.

Personal life

He married the actress Lisa Jacobs on 7 November 1988 in London. They have two daughters, including Martha Mackintosh (born 1992).

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Audio

References

References

1. "Steven Mackintosh Biography (1967-)".
2. ''Saffron Walden Weekly News'' Thursday 8 January 1976
3. "Production of the Number of the Beast".
4. Ross, Deborah. (7 December 1998). "Interview: The sexiest bloke on the box". [[The Independent]].
5. ''Cambridge Daily News'' Thursday 3 November 1988, page 4
6. "Inside Men Media Pack".
7. "From There To Here Media Pack".
8. "The Halcyon Star Steven Mackintosh Mr Garland is More Than He Appears".
9. "Kiri".
10. "The Day the Queen Died".
11. "Production of the Number of the Beast".
12. "Production of Brighton Beach Memoirs".
13. "The Tempest at National Theatre".
14. "Look Look by Michael Frayn".
15. "Production of The Glory of the Garden".
16. "Variety Review".
17. "Official London theatre News".
18. "A First Look at Appropriate at the Donmar Warehouse".
19. "Alex Garland Read By Steven Mackintosh – The Beach".
20. "A Martin Beck Mystery: Murder At The Savoy".