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David Essex est un Acteur et Musicien Britannique né le 23 juillet 1947 à Plaistow (Royaume-uni)

David Essex

David Essex
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Nom de naissance David Albert Cook
Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 23 juillet 1947 (76 ans) à Plaistow (Royaume-uni)
Récompenses Officier de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique

David Essex (né David Albert Cook né le 23 juillet 1947 à Plaistow au Royaume-Uni) est un chanteur, compositeur et acteur britannique. Depuis les années 1970, il a placé 19 de ses chansons au Top 40 des singles au Royaume-Uni (dont deux numéros 1) et 16 albums au Top 40 correspondant. Sa popularité lui permet de donner encore des concerts dans toute la Grande Bretagne. Il a été fait Membre de l'Empire Britannique (O.B.E.) et mène également une carrière d'acteur.

Biographie

Essex was born in Plaistow (then in Essex, now part of Greater London) His father, Albert, was an East End docker and his mother, Olive (née Kemp), was a self-taught pianist and an Irish Traveller. His grandfather, Thomas Kemp, was named "Philimore", which was the anglicised version of "Philly Mor" - being Irish for "Big Philly". Essex was 2 when his parents moved out of the overcrowded home the family was sharing with relatives, to Canning Town where he grew up.

Essex attended Star Lane Primary School. He loved playing football and did not answer any of the questions in the Eleven plus exam for entry into a grammar school, so that he could ensure he attended Shipman County Secondary School where he knew they played the game. He was also a member of West Ham United Juniors for a while and dreamed of one day being a professional player. He then also became interested in music and played drums with a local band, before becoming a singer. In his teens he moved to Marks Gate near Chadwell Heath and Romford in Essex.


Early career
He made his first record entitled "And The Tears Came Tumbling Down" for the Fontana label in 1965. He then toured with a band called 'David Essex and the Mood Indigo' for two years and released a further 7 singles in the 1960s. He also recorded two songs, 'A Rose' and 'Leon and John And Billy and Me' which remain unreleased to this day but exist as acetates. His first notable acting role aside from small appearances in the films Assault and All Coppers Are... was the lead in the stage musical, Godspell in 1971 at the age of 23. Two years later, he starred in the film That'll Be The Day (1973) and recorded his international hit single, the self-penned "Rock On", in the same year. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in March 1974. It was nominated for a Grammy and reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. A second single, "Lamplight", also reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.

In the 1970s, Essex emerged as a performer of some note. Contrary to his own biography his first concert was at East Ham Granada in East London on Saturday 2 November 1974 and not the Odeon. His biggest hits during this decade included two UK Number One singles: "Gonna Make You a Star" (1974), and "Hold Me Close" (1975). He also appeared in Stardust, a 1974 sequel to That'll Be The Day. The title song was another Top 10 hit. In 1976, Essex covered The Beatles song, "Yesterday", for the musical documentary All This and World War II.

Essex's pop idol looks gave him a strong female fan base and his British tours created scenes of hysteria reminiscent of Beatlemania. According to The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, he was voted the number one British male vocalist in 1974, and was a teen idol for more than a decade.


Musical roles
In December 1973, Essex appeared in the stage version of Tommy at London's Rainbow Theatre.

In 1978, he appeared on Jeff Wayne's concept album, a musical version of The War of the Worlds, as the Artilleryman. In the UK the two-record set remains a bestseller.

In the same year, Essex played the character Che in the original production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita, and his recording of the show's "Oh What a Circus" reached Number 3. Two years later, he starred in the motorcycle racing film Silver Dream Racer; and the soundtrack song "Silver Dream Machine" was yet another Top 3 hit in the UK Singles Chart. Essex, a keen motorcyclist, waived his fee for the then-new 1980 electric start Triumph Bonneville he had contracted to advertise on behalf of the struggling Triumph motorcycle workers' co-operative. As of 2005, he still owned that motorcycle.

In 1985, he co-wrote and starred as Fletcher Christian in the West End musical Mutiny!, based on the novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. The score produced two more hit singles, including "Tahiti," his tenth Top 10 success.

Essex continued to perform in all areas of show business. A 1988 sitcom, "The River", achieved good ratings. In 1991, a compilation entitled His Greatest Hits reached Number 13; a 1993 album, Cover Shot, featuring a cover version of the Buzz Cason/Mac Gayden song "Everlasting Love", peaked at Number 3. His autobiography, A Charmed Life, was published in 2002, and became a bestseller.

In 1999, Essex was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He still tours the UK every year and releases albums through his website. Despite his long and successful British career, he remains largely unknown in the United States. "Rock On" reached Number 1 in 1974, and was his only US [Cash Box] Top 40 hit single.

Essex, who claims to come from a family of Irish Travellers, played a kind-hearted nomad in one episode of ITV1's 1960s Yorkshire-based drama Heartbeat in 2000. Essex told Jake Bowers of the BBC's Rokker Radio, a programme for Gypsies and Travellers, on 30 July 2006, that he has always been openly proud of his Traveller roots, but that having moved to the US, Essex has said he feels it inappropriate for him to continue as Patron of Britain's National Gypsy Council, which works for equal rights, education, and services for Romany and Irish Travellers.

In 2005, he appeared as a guest vocalist and wrote songs for Saint Etienne's album Tales from Turnpike House. Also that year, he appeared in the Channel 4 documentary Bring Back...The Christmas Number One.

Essex was due to join the cast of soap opera EastEnders, in early 2006, as new character Jack Edwards. However, the role was expanded beyond the three weeks planned, and Essex was unable to commit the time. The role instead went to Nicky Henson.

A model and recording of Essex is featured in the museum of West Ham United Football Club. In the recording, he explains his reasons for supporting West Ham and his love of the team.

Essex spent six years as an ambassador for Voluntary Service Overseas, which earned him an OBE in 1999. "That was a big day. I took my two eldest kids, and me mum even went out and bought a hat".


Present
Essex used to record and release records on his own 'Lamplight' record label. He has since changed the name of his company to Joseph Webster Ltd, named after his first grandchild. He tours regularly and continues to act, appearing in Boogie Nights 2, Footloose and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Aspects Of Love. From September 2008 to the summer of 2009 he took his own musical, All The Fun Of The Fair, on a tour of the United Kingdom. He followed this in the autumn with a sell-out tour of the UK, named the Secret Tour. Essex has released a DVD on his website of the last night of the tour, filmed in Bournemouth. He returned to London's West End with his own hit musical All The Fun Of The Fair but with a different ending to that performed in the Provinces.

On 20th September 2010, Essex married Welsh actress Susan Hallam-Wright, his third wife, 26 years his junior, born 1973,
at St Cross Church, Talybont, near Bangor, Wales. He first met her at the end of 2008 whilst she was auditioning for a role in Essex's musical All The Fun of the Fair. She got the part of Sally, then got promoted to the role of Mary, Jack's girlfriend for the West End version at the Garrick Theatre in London April 2010. He had previously been married to Maureen Neal (in 1971) and Carlotta Christy (in 1997).

Essex has five children, 2 from his first marriage to Maureen Neal, Verity 42 and Danny 37.
Twins with his second wife to Carlotta Christy, Billy and Kit 26 and more recently Sonny to his third wife Susan Hallam-Wright, 42, seven months old (ages are correct as of February 2015)

In January 2011, it was announced that Essex had finally joined the cast of EastEnders as Eddie Moon, five years after he was initially supposed to appear in the show. His first on-screen appearance was on 3 June 2011. Eddie left the square on 6 October 2011. He then wrote the music score for the film Traveller, 2013 which he co-starred with his son Billy Cook who played the main role as a half-gypsy trying to find his identity.

In March 2013 he attended a theatre in Nottingham for a question and answer session interviewed by a local bookshop and answering questions from the audience which also served to sell and autograph further copies of his book. In March 2014 he played an acting leading role in 'The Dishwashers' at Brighton Theatre with a further musical tour lined-up with Showaddywaddy and The Osmonds later.

February 2015 Essex has new poetry book out called "Travelling Tinker Man and Other Rhymes" was number one on Amazon but now number seven in the Sunday Times list. Features 75 poems about family, fame etc with illustrations by Carlotta
Christy.

A documentary movie of David's life is currently in production from Emmy Nominated Director Alan G Parker. The movie is set for release in 2015.

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Filmographie de David Essex (9 films)

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Acteur

The Guvnors, 1h35
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Policier
Acteurs Martin Hancock, Vas Blackwood, David Essex, Jay Simpson, Lorraine Stanley, Richard Blackwood
Rôle Mickey Snr
Note56% 2.8472652.8472652.8472652.8472652.847265
Devenu une personne reconnue dans le milieu des affaires à Londres, Mitch a définitivement tourné le dos à son passé de chef de gang. Il mène désormais une vie de famille paisible dans la banlieue londonienne. Jusqu’au jour où son passé va refaire surface. Une bande nouvelle génération, sans foi ni loi, a décidé de régner en maître sur ce qui était jadis le territoire de Mitch et de son ancien clan.
Haut les mains !, 1h30
Réalisé par Jerzy Skolimowski
Origine Pologne
Genres Drame, Comédie
Acteurs Jerzy Skolimowski, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Bogumił Kobiela, Alan Bates, Jane Asher, David Essex
Rôle Self (1981 footage)
Note64% 3.2400753.2400753.2400753.2400753.240075
Dix ans après la fin de leurs études de médecine, cinq jeunes gens se retrouvent à bord d'un train de marchandises. Ils y évoquent leur passé commun, le temps où la Pologne était régentée par le stalinisme intransigeant : à cette époque, ils avaient été chargés d'accoler des panneaux de papier afin d'ériger un immense portrait de Staline pour le défilé du premier mai. Or sur l'affiche, le despote avait été affublé de deux paires d'yeux.
Silver Dream Racer
Genres Drame, Action
Thèmes Sport, Transport, Road movie
Acteurs David Essex, Beau Bridges, Cristina Raines, Clarke Peters, Harry H. Corbett, Diane Keen
Rôle Nick Freeman
Note55% 2.756942.756942.756942.756942.75694
Nick Freeman is an aspiring motorcycle racer. But after Nick's brother dies before he is able to test and race the new experimental motorcycle he's developed, Nick inherits the responsibility to prove his brother's design. In spite of a series of tough setbacks, including the loss of his girlfriend, Nick goes into the big race at the British Grand Prix with all his energy and concentration bent on winning. But underhanded American racer (Beau Bridges) is also among the competitors and he is determined to ruin Nick's chances. Numerous incidents happen before Nick crosses the finish line in first place.
Le bus en folie, 1h28
Réalisé par James Frawley
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Action, Aventure
Thèmes Transport, Automobile, Comédie de science-fiction, Road movie, Film catastrophe, Film catastrophe américain
Acteurs Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, René Auberjonois, José Ferrer, Ruth Gordon
Rôle Bus Passenger
Note55% 2.796512.796512.796512.796512.79651
Les chercheurs de la compagnie d’autobus Coyote travaillent fiévreusement pour terminer le Cyclope, grâce auquel l’homme doit franchir une nouvelle étape dans le transport par autobus : le trajet sans escale entre New York et Denver. Presque immédiatement après l’introduction du combustible nucléaire dans le moteur de l’autobus, une bombe explose, blessant grièvement le professeur Baxter, responsable du projet. Le Cyclope lui-même est en bon état, Mais les pilote et copilote sont tués.
Stardust
Stardust (1974)
, 1h51
Réalisé par Michael Apted
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Musical
Thèmes Maladie, La musique, Psychotrope, Musique
Acteurs David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, Richard LeParmentier, Ines Des Longchamps, Rosalind Ayres
Rôle Jim MacLaine
Note64% 3.24333.24333.24333.24333.2433
C'est la suite du film That'll Be the Day qui se déroule quelques années plus tard, au milieu des années 1960, et qui raconte l'ascension et la chute d'un chanteur de rock appelé Jim Maclaine et de son groupe, les « Stray Cats ».
That'll Be the Day, 1h31
Réalisé par Claude Whatham
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Musical
Thèmes La musique, Musique
Acteurs David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach, James Booth, Deborah Watling, Robert Lindsay
Rôle Jim MacLaine
Note65% 3.295543.295543.295543.295543.29554
Jim MacLaine (David Essex) was abandoned by his father when he was young. Later, as a suburban school dropout, Jim leaves home and drifts through a succession of dead-end jobs until he finds an outlet for his frustration in rock 'n' roll. Tossing away the chance of a university education much to the consternation of his mother, alienated MacLaine becomes a lowly deckchair attendant before streetwise friend Mike (Ringo Starr) gets him a job firstly as a barman and then with the fun fair. The initially shy MacLaine quickly becomes a heartless fairground Romeo leaving a trail of broken hearts in his wake. Eventually MacLaine returns home to run the family store and marry his girlfriend, but despite the birth of a son, restless Jim feels the lure of rock ’n’ roll again.
Meurtre à haute tension, 1h31
Réalisé par Sidney Hayers
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Horreur, Policier
Thèmes Sexualité, Le viol
Acteurs Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones, Lesley-Anne Down, Tony Beckley, Anthony Ainley
Rôle Man in Chemist Shop
Note55% 2.756692.756692.756692.756692.75669
Après qu'une écolière a été violée alors qu'elle prenait un raccourci dans les bois de la région, et qu'une autre a été assassinée au même endroit quelques jours plus tard, la police locale est déconcertée. Avec l'aide d'un journaliste local et contre la volonté d'un psychologue de l'hôpital, une jeune enseignante de l'école fréquentée par les jeunes filles accepte de servir d'appât pour démasquer l'auteur des crimes. S'agit-il du mari inquiétant de la directrice de l'école, du psychologue qui semble s'intéresser de façon inhabituelle à l'affaire, ou de quelque chose de bien plus sinistre ?
Octaman
Octaman (1971)
, 1h16
Réalisé par Harry Essex
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Science-fiction, Horreur
Acteurs Pier Angeli, Kerwin Mathews, Jeff Morrow, Read Morgan, David Essex, Jerome Guardino
Rôle The Indian
Note34% 1.720371.720371.720371.720371.72037
A scientific expedition to a remote Mexican fishing community, led by Dr. Rick Torres (Kerwin Mathews) and Susan Lowry (Pier Angeli), discovers unhealthy amounts of radiation in the local waters. They find a small mutant octopus that can crawl on land, and Torres travels back to the States to present his findings, hoping to be granted more funding. Reception from the scientific establishment is lukewarm, so Torres makes a deal with Johnny Caruso, a circus owner who is interested in the bizarre mutation as a carny act. After their departure, a humanoid octopus, Octaman, attacks the camp and slaughters the remaining crew.
Smashing Time, 1h36
Réalisé par Desmond Davis
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Comédie musicale
Acteurs Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Anna Quayle, Irene Handl, Ian Carmichael
Rôle Beatnik (uncredited)
Note59% 2.953432.953432.953432.953432.95343
Brenda (Rita Tushingham) and Yvonne (Lynn Redgrave), two girls from the North of England, arrive in London to seek fame and fortune. However, their image of the city is quickly tarnished when they are robbed of their savings. Determined not to let her chance slip, Yvonne visits Carnaby Street in the hope of catching the eye of a trendy photographer, whilst Brenda has to stay behind and do the washing up in a 'greasy spoon' cafe after the girls can't afford to pay.

Son

Silver Dream Racer
Genres Drame, Action
Thèmes Sport, Transport, Road movie
Acteurs David Essex, Beau Bridges, Cristina Raines, Clarke Peters, Harry H. Corbett, Diane Keen
Rôle Musicien
Note55% 2.756942.756942.756942.756942.75694
Nick Freeman is an aspiring motorcycle racer. But after Nick's brother dies before he is able to test and race the new experimental motorcycle he's developed, Nick inherits the responsibility to prove his brother's design. In spite of a series of tough setbacks, including the loss of his girlfriend, Nick goes into the big race at the British Grand Prix with all his energy and concentration bent on winning. But underhanded American racer (Beau Bridges) is also among the competitors and he is determined to ruin Nick's chances. Numerous incidents happen before Nick crosses the finish line in first place.