Bruce Robinson

Bruce Robinson
Robinson in 2016
Born (1946-05-02) 2 May 1946 (age 78)
London, England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • director
Years active1967–present
Spouse
Sophie Windham
(m. 1984)
Partner(s)Lesley-Anne Down
(1977–1979)
Children2
AwardsBAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
1984 The Killing Fields

Bruce Robinson (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote and directed Withnail and I (1987), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the late 1960s, which drew on his experiences as a struggling actor, living in poverty in Camden Town.[1] He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Killing Fields (1984).

As an actor, he has worked with Franco Zeffirelli, Ken Russell and François Truffaut.

  1. ^ Interview by Robert Chalmers (20 February 2011). "The Independent on Sunday, The New Review, p.15, 20 February 2011". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2012.