Ralph William John Brown is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron in Alien 3, DJ Bob Silver in The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio, super-roadie Del Preston in Wayne's World 2, the pilot Ric Olié in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, and Henry Clinton in Turn: Washington's Spies. He won the Samuel Beckett Award for his first play Sanctuary written for Joint Stock Theatre Company in 1987, and the Raindance and Sapporo Film Festival awards for his first screenplay for the British film New Year's Day in 2001.
Brown was born in Cambridge, the son of Heather R. and John F. W. Brown. He has 2 younger brothers, Paul and Andrew. He lived in Portsmouth, Hampshire until the age of seven, then moved to East Sussex where he attended Lewes Priory School. He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1979.
Date of Birth | 18th June 1957 |
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Age | 67 Years |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Country | United Kingdom |
Current City | Cambridge |
Birth Place | Cambridge |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Spouses | Jenny Jules |
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Education |
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London School of Economics and Political Science, Priory School |
Instruments | saxophone |
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Occupation | writer, screenwriter, playwright, film actor, actor, stage actor, television actor, film screenwriter, film producer |