David Burt
David Burt (born 1953) is a British actor, known primarily for his many and wide-ranging West End performances. The son of Pip Hinton, better known for her role in Crackerjack alongside Eamonn Andrews and later Leslie Crowther. He graduated from RADA. His West End theatre work includes Enjolras and Javert in Les Misérables, Anatoly Sergievsky in Chess, Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors, Agustín Magaldi in Evita, Munkustrap in Cats, and John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
David Burt
- Born
- 1953 · Surrey.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- actor · musician
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages
- English
In this article
West End Credits
• Year(s) — Production — Role — Theatre — Location — Classification • 1974 — The Farjoen Papers — Herbert Farjoen — Harold Pinter Theatre — West End — Play • 1975 — Happy As A Sandbag — Hitler — Ambassadors Theatre — West End — Play • 1978 — Traitors — Thomas Doherty — West End — Play • 1980-1982 — Evita — Agustín Magaldi — Prince Edward Theatre — West End — Musical • 1982 — Cats — Munkustrap / Ensemble — New London Theatre — West End — Musical • 1983 — Little Shop Of Horrors — Orin Scrivello & Others — Comedy Theatre — West End — Musical • 1983-1984 — Blondel — John — Manchester Opera House / Old Vic Theatre — Manchester / London — Musical • 1985-1987 — Les Miserables — Enjolras — Palace Theatre — West End — Musical • 1987 — The Mystery of Edwin Drood — John Jasper — Savoy Theatre — West End — Musical • 1988-1989 — Chess — Anatoly Sergievsky — Prince Edward Theatre — West End — Musical • 1990-1991 — Les Miserables — Inspector Javert — Palace Theatre — West End — Musical • 1993 • 1994 — Out of the Blue — Hyashi — Shaftesbury Theatre — West End — Musical • 1995 — Edmund Kean — Edmund Kean — Arts Theatre — West End — Musical • 1996-1997 — Jesus Christ Superstar — Pontius Pilate — Lyceum Theatre — West End — Musical • 1998 — Pippin — Leading Player — Bridewell Theatre — West End — Musical • 2000 — Napoleon — Tallyrand — Shaftesbury Theatre — West End — Musical • 2001 — Closer to Heaven — Vic Christian — Arts Theatre — West End — Musical • 2002-2003 — Taboo — Derick/Patel — The Venue Theatre — West End — Musical • 2003-2004 — Peter Pan — Mr. Darling — Savoy Theatre — West End — | Play • The Pirates of Penzance — Sergeant of Police — Musical • 2005-2006 — The Woman in White — Count Fosco — Palace Theatre — West End — Musical • 2007 — Bad Girls: The Musical — Jim Fenner — Garrick Theatre — West End — Musical • 2010 — The Fantasticks — Bellamy — Duchess Theatre — West End — Musical • 2011 — Crazy for You — Bela Zangler — Regent's Park Open Air Theatre — London — Musical • 2012-2013 — Kiss Me, Kate — First Gangstar / Paul — Chichester Festival Theatre / Old Vic Theatre — Chichester / London — Musical
Off-West End Credits
• Year(s) — Production — Role — Theatre — Location — Classification • 1990 — The Island of the Mighty John Arden — Modred — Off-West End — Play • 1991 — Shadowmoves — Ratcatcher — Off-West End — Play • 1991-92 — La Traviata — Georgio Germont — Donmar Warehouse — Off-West End — Opera • 2003 — The Beautiful and Damned — Lord de Brett — Park Theatre — Off-West End — Musical • 2004 — The Far Pavilions — Harkness — London — Musical • 2006 — Days of Hope — Carlos — King's Head Theatre — Off-West End — Musical • 2008 — In The Balance — Larry — New End Theatre — Off-West End — Play • 2009 — Plague Over England — Witherby / Brian — King's Head Theatre — Off-West End — Play • 2009 — Hetty Fienstein's Wedding Anniversary — Harry/Ben — New End Theatre — Off-West End — Musical • 2010 — Slave — Gadd — Theatre 503 — Off-West End — Musical • 2010 — Porn: The Musical — Martin Scoresleazy — Theatre 503 — Off-West End — Musical • 2011 — Life After — Kit — New End Theatre — Off-West End — Play • 2011 — Greeks at the Gate — Achilles — Gate Theatre — Off-West End — Play • 2012 — The Kissing Dance — Mr Hardcastle — Jermyn Street Theatre — Off-West End — Play • 2013 — Mr Happiness — Mr Happiness — The Young Vic — London — Play • 2013 — The Water Engine — Oberman — The Young Vic — London — Play • 2014 — Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris — Man 1 — Charing Cross Theatre — Off-West End — Musical • 2016 — The Busker's Opera — Peachum — Park Theatre — Off-West End — Opera • 2016 — The Last Ones — Dr. Leshch — Jermyn Street Theatre — Off-West End — Play
National Theatre Credits
• Year(s) — Production — Role — Theatre — Location — Classification • 1999 — Troilus and Cressida — Menelaus — Olivier Theatre — National Theatre — Opera • 1999-2000 — Candide — Captain / Inquisitor / Governor — Olivier Theatre — National Theatre — Musical • 1999-2000 — Honk! — Drake / Bullfrog — Olivier Theatre — National Theatre — Musical • 2000 — The Villain's Opera — Peachum — Olivier Theatre — National Theatre — Opera • 2007 — A Woman Killed with Kindness — Jenkin — Olivier Theatre — National Theatre — Play
Touring & Regional Credits
• Year(s) — Production — Role — Theatre — Location — Classification • 1983-1984 — Blondel — John — Manchester Opera House / Old Vic — Manchester / London — Musical • 1985 — The Phantom of the Opera — Monsieur Firmin — Sydmonton Court — Ecchinswell — Musical • Les Miserables — Enjolras — Barbican Theatre — London — Musical • 1989 — Great Expectations — Herbert Pocket — Liverpool Playhouse — Liverpool — Musical • 2001-2002 — Pirates of Penzance — Sergeant of Police — UK National Tour — Musical • 2003 — Brighton Rock — Dallow — Bristol Hippodrome — Bristol — Musical • 2008 — The Last South — Robert Falcon Scott — UK National Tour — Musical • 2010-2011 — Pygmalion — Alfred Doolittle — Ireland Tour — Play • 2012-2013 — Kiss Me, Kate — First Gangstar / Paul — Chichester Festival Theatre / Old Vic Theatre — Chichester / London — Musical • 2013 — Rockabye Hamlet — Polonius — Royal & Derngate — Northampton — Musical • 2017 — The Merchant of Venice — The Duke of Venice — Wales Millennium Centre — Cardiff — Opera • 2018 — A Christmas Carol — Ebenezer Scrooge — Middle Temple Hall — London — Play
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Film & TV
He has also played many leading roles at the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television work includes The Trojan Horse, Poldark and The Merchant of Venice. Burt played the flamboyant Count Fosco opposite Yvette Robinson in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White at the Palace Theatre (2005) and was featured as Captain Andy Hawks in Show Boat at the Royal Albert Hall. He played nefarious prison officer Jim Fenner in Bad Girls: The Musical at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End (2007). He toured the UK Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott in G. Calhoun's The Last South (2008). Other London credits include Captain Harkness in the world premiere musical adaptation of The Far Pavilions, Vic Christian in the Pet Shop Boys' musical Closer to Heaven, and Ernest Hemingway in the musical Beautiful and Damned. He also appeared in the Royal National Theatre production of Leonard Bernstein's musical Candide. He also played Monsieur Firmin in the Sydmonton Festival workshop of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Burt created the role of King John in Blondel, by Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver. He can be heard on the 1985 original London cast recording of Les Misérables, as Enjolras, and the 1996 London cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. He was among the only members of the original principal Les Misérables cast not to appear at the 25th Anniversary concert, claiming he would not be able to sing the part in the encore anymore. In 2011, he starred as Zangler in Crazy for You at the Novello Theatre, London. Notable hijinks included handing a hard hat to an orchestra member during the bows, after accidentally sending a chair into the pit during Act 2. In 2014 he appeared alongside Gina Beck, Daniel Boys and Eve Polycarpou in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at the Charing Cross Theatre. In 2016, Burt starred in the world premiere of The Buskers Opera in London. He is currently appearing in The Last Ones by Maxim Gorky at London's Jermyn Street Theatre.
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1979-80 — Flambards — Jeremy Cambers — ITV • 2014 — The Trojan Horse — Agememnon — BBC • 2017 — Poldark — Seth Curran — BBC
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