The Resume

(June 13, 1949- )
Acted in 'Amadeus (1984),' 'A Room with a View (1985),' 'David Copperfield (1986),' 'Maurice (1987),' 'Postcards from the Edge (1990),' 'Howards End (1992),' 'Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994),' 'Street Fighter (1994),' 'Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995),' 'James and the Giant Peach (1996),' 'Shakespeare in Love (1998)' and 'Angels in America (2003)'
Known for portraying Charles Dickens onstage

Why he might be annoying:

He is pudgy.
He is flamboyant and theatrical.
He has been described as 'fruity in every sense of the word.'
He says he wishes he lived in Ancient Greece, because he looks great in a toga.
His grandmother gave him cigarettes and booze when he was 8 years old.
When he was 30, he had a strange non-sexual affair with a 70-year-old woman.
Although he is fat, he did a nude scene in 'A Room with a View.'

Why he might not be annoying:

His mother treated him harshly.
When he was a young man, his boyfriend committed suicide.
The 70-year-old woman died of Alzheimer's at about the same time, which devastated him.
He is an accomplished writer as well as an actor.
He is an acclaimed acting teacher.
He loves life and tries to live it to the fullest.
He's had small roles in several memorable films.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6151949)
• Doctor Who
• Entertainment Weekly's 42 Unforgettable Nude Scenes [2011]
• I Attended the Premiere of Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ [1989]
• I Movie Skinny Dipped
• I Portrayed Don Quixote
• I Portrayed Scrooge
• Look at Me, I'm Performing Shakespeare
• Merchant/Ivory Recasts
• Mike Nichols Films
• My Significant Other Committed Suicide
• Profiles 11751-12000 (Ranked: 11870)
• Teachers
• Walruses
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 2]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 33 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 221 Votes: 45.25% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 77 Votes: 66.23% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 55.81% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 47.50% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 72 Votes: 59.72% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 263 Votes: 41.83% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 217 Votes: 44.70% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 126 Votes: 49.21% Annoying