Arthur Ellis Award Best Crime Novel for Plague 2015
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Leading stage roles have included Lord Mountbatten in the West End musical Always. Hamlet in Hamlet, Oberon in A Midsummer Nights Dream and Jack Absolute in The Rivals. (The main character for his Jack Absolute series of novels is based on the 1775 stage play The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.) Recent roles include: Halvard Solness in Ibsen's The Master Builder; Tom in David Hare's Skylight ; Krapp in Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape
As C.C. Humphreys he has written 12 novels of historical fiction including the award-winning Plague as well as the International bestseller Vlad The Last Confession. He is translated in several languages.
He writes fantasy novels as Chris Humphreys including Smokin’ That Gas published by Gollancz, first book in the Immortals Blood series and the forthcoming The Hunt of the Unicorn first book in the Tapestry Trilogy.
His plays have been produced in the UK and Canada, including Shakespeare’s Rebel, at Vancouver's Bard on the Beach festival in 2015
Chris lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Humphreys has recorded Audio Commentaries for several of his The Bill episodes, including "Traffic" (alongside writer Christopher Russell and co-star Andrew Mackintosh) and "Citadel" (alongside writer J.C. Wilsher). Humphreys was also reunited with eight of his Sun Hill co-stars for a three-part Zoom reunion for The Bill Podcast Patreon Channel.
chris, humphreys, other, people, with, similar, names, chris, humphries, disambiguation, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, . For other people with similar names see Chris Humphries disambiguation This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Chris Humphreys is a Canadian actor playwright and novelist Born in Toronto Ontario His father Peter Humphreys was an actor writer and Battle of Britain fighter pilot His mother Ingegerd Holter was a spy in the Norwegian resistance Chris is also the grandson of actor Cecil Humphreys He was raised in Los Angeles California until the age of seven and then grew up in the United Kingdom For screen acting he is best known for roles in The Bill where he played PC Richard Turnham from 1989 to 1990 as Caleb Wilson the gladiator in AD Anno Domini and leading roles in Zorro Coronation Street Hawkeye Highlander The Series Goodnight Sweetheart Wycliffe Silent Witness Scandal The Core The Adventures of Shirley Holmes Chris HumphreysBornToronto Ontario CanadaOther namesC C HumphreysOccupation s Author actor playwright teacherYears active1978 to presentChildren1AwardsArthur Ellis Award Best Crime Novel for Plague 2015Websiteauthorchrishumphreys wbr comLeading stage roles have included Lord Mountbatten in the West End musical Always Hamlet in Hamlet Oberon in A Midsummer Nights Dream and Jack Absolute in The Rivals The main character for his Jack Absolute series of novels is based on the 1775 stage play The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Recent roles include Halvard Solness in Ibsen s The Master Builder Tom in David Hare s Skylight Krapp in Samuel Beckett s Krapp s Last TapeAs C C Humphreys he has written 12 novels of historical fiction including the award winning Plague as well as the International bestseller Vlad The Last Confession He is translated in several languages He writes fantasy novels as Chris Humphreys including Smokin That Gas published by Gollancz first book in the Immortals Blood series and the forthcoming The Hunt of the Unicorn first book in the Tapestry Trilogy His plays have been produced in the UK and Canada including Shakespeare s Rebel at Vancouver s Bard on the Beach festival in 2015Chris lives on Salt Spring Island British Columbia Canada Contents 1 The Bill 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksThe Bill EditHumphreys has recorded Audio Commentaries for several of his The Bill episodes including Traffic alongside writer Christopher Russell and co star Andrew Mackintosh and Citadel alongside writer J C Wilsher Humphreys was also reunited with eight of his Sun Hill co stars for a three part Zoom reunion for The Bill Podcast Patreon Channel Bibliography EditJack Absolute seriesJack Absolute Orion Books 2003 The Blooding of Jack Absolute Orion Books 2006 Absolute Honour Orion Books 2006 The French Executioner seriesThe French Executioner Orion Books 2002 Blood Ties Orion Books 2003 The Runestone SagaThe Fetch Random House Children s Books 2006 Vendetta Random House Children s Books 2007 Possession Random House Children s Books 2008 Other novelsVlad The Last Confession Orion Books 2009 ISBN 978 1 4091 0330 1 A Place Called Armageddon Orion Books 2011 ISBN 978 1 4091 1486 4 about the Fall of Constantinople The Hunt of the Unicorn Knopf Books for Young Readers 2011 ISBN 978 0 375 85872 7 Shakespeare s Rebel Orion Books 2014 Plague Century Doubleday Two Hats 2014 Fire Century Doubleday Two Hats 2016 Chasing the Wind Doubleday Two Hats 2018Short Stories Where the Angels Wait Pulp Literature Issue 1 2014 The Ankle Bracelet Pulp Literature Issue 14 2017 References EditExternal links EditChris Humphreys at IMDb Official Author Site Personal Blog The Bill Podcast Interview This article about a writer or poet from the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a United Kingdom film and television actor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chris Humphreys amp oldid 1073922093, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
