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Robert Bathurst
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He studied law at Cambridge University and qualified as a barrister before becoming an actor
He was born in Ghana, then moved with his family to Dublin when he was 8, later relocating to England.
He was considered for the role of James Bond in
The Living Daylights (1987)
before
Timothy Dalton
was cast.
He realised at the age of 13 that he had a flair for acting.
He met his wife when he was aged 28, at a dinner party.
His wife, Victoria Threlfall, is an artist
He has four children with his wife: Matilda, Clemency, Oriel and Honor.
He auditioned for the part of Rimmer in
Red Dwarf (1988)
.
He is no relation to
Peter Bathurst
, another distinguished British actor with an extensive screen career, who died in 1989.
He has one brother, Nicholas and one sister, Charlotte.
He is occasionally mistaken for actor
Jeff Daniels
.
In his twenties he made up two fake credits on his CV, and has continued to use them throughout his career: "The Odd Thing" and "Loads of Tosh".
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