FILM (includes):
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING pt. 2 (in production) Skydance/Paramount |
Supporting Role / William Donloe |
Dir: Christopher McQuarrie |
AUGUST FALLS BellHammer/Umbrage Ent. |
Supporting Role / Mikey | Dir: Sam Hancock |
THE WOMAN IN GOLD Origin Pictures/BBC Films |
Supporting Role / Stan Gould | Dir: Simon Curtis |
ALIEN STRAIN Petri Ent./Ballistic Films |
Supporting Role / Sheriff Espinosa | Dir: Robert Benavides Jr. |
AFTER EVER AFTER Wolter Productions |
Dir: Rakesh Kumar/Rolf Saxon | |
THE BOOK OF DANIEL Believe Ent./Pure Flix Ent. |
Lead / Nebuchadnezzar | Dir: Anna Zelinsky |
UNDONE Blue Yak Prod./Playground |
Lead / Ron | Dir: Bruce Coughran |
BEING US 3 1/2 Egos/Umbrage Ent. |
Supporting Role / Madrone | Dir: Sam Hancock |
ALL I THINK OF IS YOU Lost Road Films/Collusion Prod. |
Lead / Wilkins | Dir: Shad Clark |
HONEST Pathe/Seven Dials Films |
Supporting Role / Alden Wheaton | Dir: Dave Stuart |
OBEDIENCE Coke/Allison Productions |
Lead / Herbie Clayton | Dir: Dominic Coke |
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Dreamworks/Paramount/Amblin |
Cameo / Lt. Briggs | Dir: Stephen Spielberg |
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Cruise/Wagner/Paramount |
Cameo / William Donloe | Dir: Brian DePalma |
A TIME OF DESTINY Alive Films/Columbia |
Supporting Role / Kentucky | Dir: Gregory Nava |
THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE Paramount/UIP |
Supporting Role / Rowland | Dir: Franc Roddam |
INVITATION TO THE WEDDING Chancery Lane Films |
Supporting Role / Peter | Dir: Joseph Brooks |
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY Rosemont Productions |
Supporting Role / Dick | Dir: Jack Gold |
“I am also full of admiration for Rolf Saxon. He has a no nonsense way of acting; no glamour, no flash. You only realise your heart is more with him than any other character when, everyone else off stage, alone, he becomes – without doing a single thing – vulnerable, melancholy, deeply touching.”
The Financial Times
“More successful gags than you have any right to expect. The fact that Rolf Saxon looks like Phil Silvers helps, but it’s not just that … his timing, his ease and his genuine physicality … hits pay dirt.”
David Benedict, The Independent
“It is also stunningly played . . . especially Rolf Saxon.”
Punch
“But special mention must surely go to Rolf Saxon (Victor) for a spellbinding performance as the dutiful civil servant who rises above his own frustration to be the honorable person we all wish we could be. This is theatre at its finest.”
Richard Turner, BBC Manchester
“Lucid, beautifully acted, Saxon plays Gabe with a delightful, geekish quality while also letting you see he isn’t immune to moral cowardice.”
Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph
TELEVISION (includes):
LITTLE BRITAIN SPECIAL (Pozitive TV) |
Comedy / Guest Star | Dir: Geoff Posner |
ULTIMATE FORCE (Bentley Productions) |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Jeremy Webb |
HIPPIES (Talkback) |
Comedy / Guest Star | Dir: Lawrence Moody |
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST (Tetra Films) |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Martin Dennis |
ALAS VEGAS (Granada) |
Soap / Guest Star | Dir: Brian Mills |
THE AFFAIR (BBC/HBO) |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Paul Seed |
SPACE PRECINCT (Space Productions) |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Sidney Hayers |
LOVE HURTS (Alomo/BBC) |
Drama / Recurring | Dir: Crispin Reece |
ONE FOR THE ROAD (Channel X) |
Sitcom / Guest Star | Dir: Bob Altman |
CAPITAL CITY (Euston Films) |
Drama / Series Lead | Dir: Various |
RUNAWAY BAY (Yorkshire TV/Ellipse) |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Xavier Castano |
THE DIRTY DOZEN II MGM/UA/NBC |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen |
POIROT (LWT) |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Peter Barber-Fleming |
THE UPPER HAND (Central) |
Sitcom / Guest Star | Dir: Martin Dennis |
SHE-WOLF OF LONDON (MCA/Universal) |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Roger Cheveley |
PULASKI (BBC) |
Drama / Series Lead | Dir: Various |
BIRDS OF A FEATHER (BBC) |
Sitcom / Guest Star | Dir: Tony Dow |
THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPICS (Columbia) |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Alvin Rakoff |
SITTING PRETTY (BBC) |
Sitcom / Guest Star | Dir: Angie DeChastelai Smith |
LONDON SUITE (RHI Entertainment) |
Comedy / Cameo | Dir: Jay Sandrich |
THE TRIALS OF OZ (BBC) |
Drama / Guest Star | Dir: Sheree Folkson |
HOSTAGES (Granada) |
Drama / Cameo | Dir: David Wheatley |
“Simon Curtis’ production is beautifully acted not least by Saxon. I’ll remember them all but his troubled, helpless face will stay with me for months.”
Benedict Nightingale, The Times
“Meanwhile, Rolf Saxon, at the emotional core of the play … is simply superb.”
Simon Edge, The Daily Express
“The large cast features breathtakingly strong performances, most notably Rolf Saxon as the liberal white journalist Parnell James.”
Elizabeth Mahoney, The Guardian
“. . . the excellent Rolf Saxon.”
Paul Taylor, The Independent
“It is rare to find an actor with the gift of enabling us to enter his world . . . a superb performance.”
Manchester Evening News
“A most ambiguous protagonist, the only character who seems to be wholly at ease both among the blacks and among the whites – and yet mistrusted by both; Rolf Saxon portrays Parnell effortlessly, bringing out an analogy with the liberal powers of today as well as several complex questions.”
Naomi Goulder, Times Literary Supplement
“Claudius, the evil King, such a tricky role … Saxon pulls it off and makes a thoughtful, persuasive, almost compassionate Claudius … a whole play in himself … you can’t take your eyes off of Claudius.”
Barry David Horwitz – Theatrius
INTERNET:
THEY LIVE AMONG US TLAU Productions |
SERIES LEAD / Friar Buer | Dir: Anne Lower |
“The exemplary Rolf Saxon is both dynamic and touchingly vulnerable.”
Philip Pearce Performing Arts Monterey Bay
THEATRE (includes):
OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS (in production) Jewel Theatre | USA |
Frank | Dir: Shaun Carroll |
DEATHTRAP Jewel Theatre | USA |
Sydney Bruhl | Dir: Nancy Carlin |
+REMAINS TO BE SEEN Jewel Theatre | USA |
Gordon | Dir: Paul Mullins |
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN Jewel Theatre | USA |
Jamie Tyrone | Dir: Joy Carlin |
THE EXPLORER’S CLUB Jewel Theatre | USA |
Sir Bernard Humphries | Dir: Art Manke |
BREAKING THE CODE Jewel Theatre | USA |
Knox | Dir: Kirsten Brandt |
HAMLET Ubuntu Theatre Project | USA |
Claudius | Dir: Michael Moran |
+EUREKA DAY Aurora Theatre | USA |
Don | Dir: Josh Costello |
THE DANCE OF DEATH Jewel Theatre | USA |
The Captain | Dir: Bill Peters |
MACK AND MABEL Chichester Tour | UK |
Bauman | Dir: Jonathan Church |
THE PRICE Jewel Theatre | USA |
Walter | Dir: Joy Carlin |
*TRIANGLE TheatreWorks | USA |
Howard / Boss / Isaac | Dir: Meredith McDonough |
TALLEY’S FOLLY Aurora Theater | USA |
Matt | Dir: Joy Carlin |
BABES IN ARMS Chichester Festival Theatre | UK (w/Lorna Luft) |
Seymour Fleming | Dir: Martin Connor |
THE CHOSEN TheatreWorks | USA |
Malter | Dir: Aaron Davidman |
AFTER THE REVOLUTION Aurora Theater | USA |
Ben | Dir: Joy Carlin |
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY in the CLAIR DE LUNE UK Tour (w/KellyMcGillis) |
Johnny | Dir: Mike Lunney |
TIME STANDS STILL TheatreWorks | USA |
Richard | Dir: Leslie Martinson |
THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI Chichester Festival Theatre | UK |
Clark / Prosecutor | Dir: Jonathan Church |
DANGER:MEMORY Jermyn Street Theatre | London |
Kroll | Dir: Ed Viney |
THE FLOATING LIGHT BULB Traveling Jewish Theatre | USA |
Jerry | Dir: Nancy Carlin |
CHICAGO West End | LONDON |
Billy Flynn | Dir: Scott Ferris |
THE PRICE Library Theatre | UK |
Victor | Dir: Chris Honer |
HELLO DOLLY Theatre Royal, London UK (w/Anita Dobson) |
Horace Vandergelder | Dir: Chris Colby |
THE WINTER’S TALE The ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | UK |
Polixines | Dir: Mathew Warchuss |
PERICLES The ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | UK |
Simonidies | Dir: Adrain Noble |
THE GRADUATE West End, London UK (w/ Linda Gray) |
Mr. Robinson | Dir: Terry Johnson |
*DINNER WITH FRIENDS Hampstead Theatre | LONDON |
Gabe | Dir: Simon Curtis |
BLUES FOR MR. CHARLIE Tricycle Theatre, London |
Parnell James | Dir: Paulette Randall |
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN Woolsey Theatre, UK |
Gerardo | Dir: J.S. Manekshaw |
JERRY SPRINGER – THE OPERA UK Tour |
Jerry Springer | Dir: Stewart Lee |
OLEANNA Theatre Clwyd, UK |
John | Dir: Deborah Bruce |
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH West End, London UK |
Richard | Dir: Michale Radford |
*LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR West End, London UK w/Gene Wilder) |
Milt | Dir: Roger Haines |
*LOST IN YONKERS West End, London UK |
Eddie | Dir: David Taylor |
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Haymarket Theatre, UK |
Eddie Carbone | Dir: Linda Marlowe |
CHAPTER TWO Mill Theater UK/Far East tour |
George | Dir: David Taylor |
*SHORT EYES Man in the Moon Theatre, London |
Juan | Dir: David O’Toole |
*BRONTOSAURUS Lyric Hammersmith, London |
The Nephew | Dir: Rolf Saxon |
+DRACULA Theatre Royal Plymouth, UK |
Dracula | Dir: Cyril Kinsky |
+CAHOOTS Mill Theatre, Sonning UK |
Al | Dir: David Taylor |
+ World Premiere * British/European Premiere |
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A proud member of the OAKLAND THEATRE PROJECT |
“Saxon is nowhere better than in the moments of awkward physical comedy that break unexpectedly into his pompous bouts of self-congratulation.”
Philip Pearce Performing Arts, Monterey Bay
“Rolf Saxon conveys the desperation of a middle aged man who thinks he has found what he wants with an uncomfortable intensity . . . an exceptional performance from Saxon.”
Alex Clark, whatsonstage.com
“Fortunately, we have a terrifically skilled pair of actors to bring this yin-yang couple to life. … brilliantly played by Rolf Saxon”
Patrick Thomas, talkinbroadway.com
“The hugely charismatic Rolf Saxon is magnificent as the besotted ex con divorcee so desperate to embrace the burgeoning chemistry he feels is developing so rapidly between them. His immense stage presence never faltering as the relationship begins to unfold.”
Jill Lawrie
“Carlin and her actors excel . . . Herzog’s “Revolution” is so well fought it’s practically won . . . The drama comes to a head in Saxon and Bates’ father-daughter showdown, performed with a raw emotional honesty and mutual commitment that has us hanging on every word and trembling nuance.”
Robert Hurwitt, The San Francisco Chronicle
“Rolf Saxon is terrific as the mortality-obsessed sea captain Edgar … this captain is a sorry sack of bones with no scruples, no shame, no remorse. But boy is he fascinating to watch!”
Joanne Engelhardt, Santa Cruz Sentinel
“Rolf Saxon exudes a hilariously ineffectual aura of conciliation.”
Jean Schiffman SF EXAMINER
“A masterful performance from Rolf Saxon.”
Richard Wolinsky, KPFA
“… brilliantly played by Rolf Saxon and Lauren English … wonderfully shaded performances.”
Leo Stutzin Huffington Post
“Rolf Saxon commands attention from his first venture beyond the fourth wall as he engages us early on before stepping into the story.”
Theater Eddys
. . . the commendable work of Rolf Saxon. The care and support behind the relationship between Emma and her father is beautifully expressed through Saxon’s multifaceted performance. His character is, at certain moments, the grounded, mastering presence taking over the theater and, at others, a fragile shadow of his former self. – Anna Horrocks, The Daily Californian
“As the other brother Walter, Rolf Saxon is so good he’s scary. By turns full of bravado, then self-deprecation, Saxon is the most complicated and fascinating character to watch.”
Joanne Engelhardt Santa Cruz Sentinel
“With two marvelously subtle and touching performances under the gentle direction by Joy Carlin, Talley’s Folly is a joy.”
Emily S. Mendel Berkeleyside
“Rolf Saxon inhabits Richard’s smart, probing quips and generous spirit as if born to the role.”
Robert Hurwitt, SF Chronicle
“Saxon as Albert Kroll is both heartbreaking and gripping.”
Catherine Usher, The Stage
“It’s difficult to imagine any actor who could have brought more depth of feeling, gut-wrenching introspection and self-loathing to the role of Jim Tyrone than Rolf Saxon. Even when not speaking, his wretchedness oozes from his sad eyes, and his body drips with disillusionment and weariness.”
Joanne Engelhardt Santa Cruz Sentinel