Robin Soans
Biography
Robin Soans is a British actor and playwright whose work centers on verbatim and documentary theater. His plays include A State Affair (2000), about life on a Bradford estate, The Arab Israeli Cookbook (2004), Across the Divide (2007), Talking to Terrorists, and Life After Scandal. He wrote Mixed Up North for LAMDA in 2008, and in 2009 Out of Joint Theatre Company and Bolton Octagon Theatre staged it professionally. As an actor, Soans has performed at the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Shakespeare's Globe. He starred in Bill Douglas's epic film about the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Comrades (1987). In 2014 he played Arthur in Visitors, Barney Norris's play at the Arcola Theatre, and in 2015 his play Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage toured Britain and had a run at the Arcola.
79years old
Turns 80 on January 1in 51 days
- Born Northamptonshire
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 34 years1987 to 2021
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Behind the camera
Robin Soans wrote Mixed Up North for the LAMDA theater school in 2008, about a youth theater group formed to unite divided racial communities in Burnley, and it was staged professionally the next year.
Robin Soans movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Mike Rohl directed three of these films, Stephen Frears two and Duncan Roy two. Five actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Mike Rohl
All films by Stephen Frears
Duncan RoyDirector, 2 films, 2002 to 2004
Also two films together5 more actors
- Keith AllenBlue Juice (1995) and Comrades (1987)
- Fenella WoolgarVictoria & Abdul (2017) and AKA (2002)
- Florence HallThe Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (2021) and The Princess Switch: Switched Again (2020)
- Hannah YellandMethod (2004) and AKA (2002)
- Ricky NorwoodThe Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (2021) and The Princess Switch: Switched Again (2020)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.