Christopher Saunders
Acting
Biography
Christopher Saunders is a British dancer. He trained at The Royal Ballet School. He entered the The Royal Ballet in 1983. He was promoted to Soloist in 1991 and to Principal Character Artist in 1997. He appointed Ballet Master in 2001 and Rehearsal Director in 2017.
Filmography
25 credits
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 2015
Lord Capulet
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
Movie • 2022
Emperor Franz Joseph
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
Movie • 2021
Herr Drosselmeyer
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
Movie • 2021
Herr Drosselmeyer
Royal Opera House: Coppélia
Movie • 2017
The Burgomaster
A Month in the Country
Movie • 2022
Yslaev
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Movie • 2014
Don Quixote
La Bayadère
Movie • 2011
Rajah
Swan Lake
Movie • 2009
An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
Movie • 2000
The Duke
Giselle
Movie • 2014
The Duke
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie • 2011
Father / King of Hearts
The Nutcracker
Movie • 2016
Dr Stahlbaum
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
Movie • 2017
Armand's Father
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
Movie • 2013
Lord Capulet
Anastasia
Movie • 2017
Tsar Nicholas II
The Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2017
King Florestan XXIV
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
Movie • 2019
Don Quixote
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2020
King
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Movie • 2019
Edward Elgar
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Movie • 2018
Dr Stahlbaum
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie • 2014
Father / The King of Hearts
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
Movie • 2015
Thomas
The Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2006
King Florestan XXIV
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
Movie • 2010
Self (Archive Footage)