Paul Herzberg

Paul Herzberg is a South African actor and writer, born in Cape Town, who studied drama at the University of Cape Town and scriptwriting in Pretoria before further training at London's Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and a move to Britain in 1976. His screen work includes Papadopoulos & Sons (2012) and The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985), along with television appearances in Smiley's People and Agatha Christie's Poirot. He co-wrote and starred in Almost Heaven, which earned the Nashville International Best Feature Award. On stage he took the role of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire for the Mermaid Theatre, worked at Manchester's Royal Exchange and the National Theatre, and was part of the world premiere of Dancing at Lughnasa, staged at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. His play The Dead Wait was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award, and his performance in it won a Manchester Evening News award.