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JONATHAN HYDE as The Egyptologist Johnathan Hyde's film credits include the international blockbuster Titanic, as well as such films as Anaconda, Jumanji, Richie Rich and Being Human. Hyde is a leading member of the Royal National Theatre and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His work with the National Theatre includes roles in The Cherry Orchard, The Critic, The Real Inspector Hound and The Duchess of Malfi. For the Royal Shakespeare Company he has appeared in Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, King Lear, Macbeth, Anthony and Cleopatra and Columbus. His numerous appearances on television include the BBC productions of Shadow of the Noose, Children of the North, The Thin Line, Hamlet and The Ballad of Salomon Pavey. Up next for Hyde is a co-starring role in the television mini-series Joan of Arc and a role in London's National Theatre production of Sleep With Me. STEPHEN DUNHAM as Henderson Stephen Dunham received critical acclaim for his role in the independent feature Nothing Sacred. In addition, he guest starred on the television series Ellen and Grand. Dunham has had extensive training with the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, the Circle In The Square Studio where he studied voice, speech, movement, dialect, sensory recall, Stanislavski and Strasberg over a four year course, followed by a term with Ellen Burstyn at The Actor's Studio. Dunham is currently starring in ABC's upcoming sitcom Oh, Grow Up. TUC WATKINS as Burns Tuc Watkins recently starred on the big screen in the independent film I Think I Do opposite Alexis Arquette and co-starred in the films Little Sister and The Thin Pink Line. He is a series regular on Showtime's Beggars and Choosers. Other television credits include: two years on ABC's One Life to Live; guest star appearances on Sibs, The Edge, Get a Life, Growing Pains and Melrose Place and recurring roles on Sisters and NBC's C-16. Watkins' professional acting career began with the Norvelle Theatre where he appeared in numerous productions including Beyond Therapy, Waiting For Godot, Ah, Wilderness!, The Misanthrope, Julius Caesar and Sexual Perversity. He is a founding member of The All-U-Can-Eat Players, where he has played the King in Ubu Roi, Pissweet in Ubu in Chains and Melchoir in The Prophets. Other theatre credits include Heaven's Hard at the Missouri Repertory Theatre, Up The Nile at the Victory Theatre, Boy's Play at Hudson Theatre and the role of Jay in the Off Broadway production of Fortune's Fools.
The Mummy is Oded Fehr's first major screen role. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to European parents and was educated there until the age of 18 when he joined the Israel Navy for 3 years. When his National Service duty was over he went to Europe to pursue a business career and it was there that he first discovered acting, subsequently training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England. He went on to appear as Don Juan in a production of Don Juan Comes Back From War at the Courtyard Theatre in London. Fehr has also appeared in both The Knock and Killer Net on British Television, and recently shot Cleopatra for Hallmark Television, as well as Arabian Nights. OMID DJALILI as The Warden Djalili has appeared in the film Not Without My Daughter, but is probably best-known as a stand-up comedian. He won the Best Comic Award on London Weekend Television's The Big Big Talent Show, which led to numerous BBC comedy shows, including: Friday Night Armistice, Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round, The Stand Up Show and Comedy Nation. His stage performances include the European tour of A Strange Bit of History, Ron Mussolini Strikes Back at the Brighton Festival and One-Man Double Bill at the Riverside Studios.
ERICK AVARI as The Curator Erick Avari began his career at the age of nine under the tutelage of legendary Indian film director, Satyajit Ray. Since appearing in the classic film, Kanchenjunga, Avari has assembled a body of work as diverse and varied as his travels. Film credits include leading roles in the cult classic, The Beast of War (directed by Kevin Reynolds), international mega-hits Stargate and Independence Day, and Woody Allen's only made-for-television movie, Don't Drink The Water. In addition to The Mummy, he will also appear on movie screens this summer in The 13th Warrior with Antonio Banderas. Avari's extensive theatrical background includes three shows at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre in New York City and the hit Broadway revival of The King and I. He has had the pleasure of performing in several of the most prestigious regional theaters in the U.S., including the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, the Goodman Theater in Chicago and the Cleveland Playhouse, in such roles as the King in King Lear and Joseph Smith in the Mabou Mines production of The Mormon Project. A familiar face on television internationally, Avari has appeared on Cybill, Deep Space 9, Murder, She Wrote and NYPD Blue, as well as several MOW's. COREY JOHNSON as Daniels Corey Johnson was most recently seen in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster film Saving Private Ryan. He has just finished shooting the feature film Do Not Disturb with William Hurt, Jennifer Tilly and Denis Leary for director Dick Maas, and has also appeared in numerous British independent films and television programs. Johnson originally trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, going on to play a variety of classical and contemporary roles on both the provincial and London stage. His most recent theatre credits include the lead role in Popcorn at London's Apollo Theatre, which received the 1998 Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Death of a Salesman at the Royal National Theatre and Birdy at The Theatre Royal Plymouth and The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. |