Ronan Vibert
Acting • Born 1964-02-23 – Died 2022-12-22
Biography
Ronan David Jackson Vibert (23 February 1964 – 22 December 2022) was an English actor who was known for his appearances in films and on British and American television. He was born in Cambridge, on 23 February 1964,the son of Dilys (née Jackson) and David Vibert, both artists and brother Cevn Vibert. He lived in Penarth, South Wales, until he was 18, then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 1985. Vibert had a long career in theatre, radio, television and film. Vibert appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Chandler & Co, Between the Lines and the BBC's The Buccaneers, in ITV's Cadfael, Inspector Lewis and in Van der Valk. He appeared in Jeeves and Wooster as Wilmot, Lord Pershore ('Motty'). Stage credits included plays at the Bush Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, The Gate, Manchester Royal Exchange, Bristol Old Vic, The Barbican for the RSC, The Almeida and The Savoy West End. In 1996, Vibert appeared at the National Theatre for the third time, as Prince Andre in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. He played Maximilien Robespierre in the BBC's adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel with Richard E. Grant. Vibert appeared in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death in Chorus". He also appeared in episodes of Waking The Dead and The Mrs Bradley Mysteries. He also appeared in such TV series as Rome, ITV's Poirot, The Borgias, Emmy award winning miniseries Hatfields and McCoys with Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, Penny Dreadful, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, NCIS LA, Phillip K Dick's Electric Dreams and Carnival Row. Among his many films are Shadow of the Vampire with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, The Cat's Meow directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-winning The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski, Tomb Raider 2, Tristan and Isolde, The Snowman with Michael Fassbender and Saving Mr Banks with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, portraying the publisher Diarmuid Russell. He also appeared in The Grass Arena with Mark Rylance. Vibert died at a Florida hospital on 22 December 2022, aged 58, following a brief illness
Filmography
67 credits
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
Movie • 2003
Victor Frankenstein
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Movie • 2003
MI6 Agent Calloway
Gladiatress
Movie • 2004
Caesar
Shadow of the Vampire
Movie • 2000
Wolfgang Müller
The Princess and the Pea
Movie • 2002
King Laird (voice)
Saving Mr. Banks
Movie • 2013
Diarmuid Russell
Tristan & Isolde
Movie • 2006
Bodkin
Beowulf & Grendel
Movie • 2005
Thorkel
Dracula Untold
Movie • 2014
Simion
The Grass Arena
Movie • 1992
Charles Fieldhouse
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Movie • 2011
Walther Stennes
Shanghai
Movie • 2010
Mikey
The Snowman
Movie • 2017
Gunnar Hagen
The Pianist
Movie • 2002
Janina's Husband
The Last Seven
Movie • 2010
Isaac Grainger
Resnick: Rough Treatment
Movie • 1993
Alan Stafford
The Cloning of Joanna May
Movie • 1992
Tom
Killing Me Softly
Movie • 2002
Alice's Boss
6 Days
Movie • 2017
MI6 Spokesman
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie • 2002
King Arthur / Guide (voice)
The Cat's Meow
Movie • 2001
Joseph Willicombe
On the Black Hill
Movie • 1988
Jim Watkins
Rowing with the Wind
Movie • 1988
Fletcher
Tale of the Mummy
Movie • 1998
Young
The Virgin in the Ice
Movie • 1995
Le Gaucher
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
Movie • 2015
The Scarlet Pimpernel
TV • 1999
Robespierre
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Giles Armitage
Jeeves and Wooster
TV • 1990
Wilmot
The Bill
TV • 1984
Rome
TV • 2005
Lepidus
Keen Eddie
TV • 2003
Lewis
TV • 2007
Simon Monkford
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
T
Taggart
TV • 1983
James Forsyth
Hex
TV • 2004
Between the Lines
TV • 1992
Martin Williams
Highlander: The Raven
TV • 1998
Trevor Benton
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Lindsey Parry-Davies
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Dr. Jonathan Lynch
Van der Valk
TV • 1972
Martin Lepweg
Hatfields & McCoys
TV • 2012
Perry Cline
Cadfael
TV • 1994
Le Gaucher
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Captain Dacres
London
TV • 2004
Joseph Conrad
Lead Balloon
TV • 2006
99-1
TV • 1994
Loach
Birds of a Feather
TV • 1989
Martin
Gimme Gimme Gimme
TV • 1999
Vince
Hotel Babylon
TV • 2006
The Buccaneers
TV • 1995
Lord Richard Marabel
South Of The Border
TV • 1988
Frank
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV • 2017
Chief Judge
Witchcraft
TV • 1992
Steiner
The Coroner
TV • 2015
Gavin Drake
The Paradise Club
TV • 1989
Ricky Wooley
Big Women
TV • 1998
Bull
The Alienist
TV • 2018
Charles Murray
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Charles Fieldhouse
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
TV • 2015
Lord Wellington
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
TV • 2015
Lord Wellington (uncredited)
Penny Dreadful
TV • 2014
Sir Geoffrey Hawkes
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Visser
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Ray Barlow
The Sarah Jane Adventures
TV • 2007
Professor Nicholas Skinner
Chandler & Co
TV • 1994
Xavier
The Borgias
TV • 2011
Giovanni Sforza