Interview with Alan Brent [alanbrent51]

Alan Brent [alanbrent51]

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How did you begin acting?

After some Amateur Productions as a young boy I felt an afinity with the Stage. However military service called! I was an Air Traffic Controller and also head of the base's Entertainment Committee until I had seen no future in my future in that kind of job. So after a succesful stint in Investment Broking I decided to 'drop out' once I was sufficiently affluent and went to Drama School at the age of 33. Fortunately the school that accepted me at that 'ripe old age' saw my potential and from then on all became clear!!

At what stage in your career did you realise that acting could be something you do professionally?

It was after I took the part of 'Andrew' in 'Beyond a Joke', a Herbert Benfield farce, as an amatuer. The audiences were so enthusiastic and supportive that reports in the local newspapers believed that I must have had professional experience. But more importantly, it was a chap called Christopher Wilson, a friend from my early teens and totally honest about everything, who told me I should turn 'pro' who finally made my mind up for me. He has been forced to see all of my work since I 'blame' him for all this hard work!!

Please list an Internet address where one can see something about you.

www.Alan-Brent.com is my personal website. Just Google Search 'Alan Brent' for any other sites I appear on.

Please list the most important or defining jobs of your career.

First television appearances are sketchy! But certainly my time working in the Ensemble at the Royal Shakespeare Company gave me a great deal more insight into the profession of acting than most others. First film roles are so long ago. However many great directors have also shown me the depths of understanding that character acting requires. My favourite film is a short film called 'Chronos' directed by Ilyakim Milonais. Totally 'arty' and in German Expressionist mode (and totally unfathomable in plot) it made my starring role so enviable to play that I loved every moment of the experience.

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