STEVE VARNOM
actor . writer . filmmaker
BREAKING NEWS!
"MONKEYBACK" - The first SHORT FEATURE from KING ZIGGY FILMS is NOW IN PRODUCTION.
Go to the FILMMAKER page for more information!
"MONKEYBACK" - The first SHORT FEATURE from KING ZIGGY FILMS is NOW IN PRODUCTION.
Go to the FILMMAKER page for more information!
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Hello, and welcome to my website, a portal into all things Steve, a virtual Varnom odyssey. Here you'll find pages that focus on the different aspects of my professional career. Have a look. If something grabs you, let me know. It might be the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
In 1989, filled with trepidation and fuelled by dreams of stardom, I left my home in the small, Northern town of Clitheroe and travelled to London to begin my training as a professional actor at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Three years later, I emerged like a new-born calf, blinking in the light, and took my first, unsteady steps into the challenging, terrifying, surprising, frustrating and gloriously exciting world of showbusiness. There is, as somebody once said, no business like it.
I aim to be significant. I’m ambitious, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’m not in it for the money, or for the X-Factor insta-fame, I’m in it because I love it, because there’s nothing else, because it’s the thing that makes me tick.
Three years later, I emerged like a new-born calf, blinking in the light, and took my first, unsteady steps into the challenging, terrifying, surprising, frustrating and gloriously exciting world of showbusiness. There is, as somebody once said, no business like it.
I aim to be significant. I’m ambitious, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’m not in it for the money, or for the X-Factor insta-fame, I’m in it because I love it, because there’s nothing else, because it’s the thing that makes me tick.
On location in Bucharest with director Michael Damien. "The Sweeter Side of Life"
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As an actor, I’ve had a strange and wonderfully varied career thus far. I’ve worked with The Royal Shakespeare Company, I’ve played leading roles in the West End, and I’ve had jobs that’ve taken me all over the world. I’ve worked for no pay in fringe theatres above pubs and I’ve played to thousands in The Royal Albert Hall. I’ve played bit-parts on TV and I’ve had leading roles in movies. I’ve bared my soul when the part required and bared my arse when the director insisted! I’ve been fulfilled by a day’s work in front of the camera, and I’ve been challenged by the tedium of endless touring. I’ve wallowed in the classics and revelled in the outrageous. I got to play Hamlet!
I’ve been directed by the likes of Sir Trevor Nunn, Gregory Doran, Brian Henson and Craig Revel Horwood. I’ve collaborated with Bono and Andrew Lloyd Webber and Benny and Bjorn from Abba. I’ve worked alongside Timothy West, Michael Gambon, David Morrissey, Janet Suzman, Phil Daniels, Michael Crawford, Maria Friedman and Mr Tumble. Too many to list. I’m excited to be working in the Golden Age of film and television. Movies have always been my first love, and the quality of TV shows like Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Hannibal, Penny Dreadful, The Newsroom, Outcast and The Leftovers (to name a tiny handful) has inspired me to push forward with my WRITING and FILM-MAKING ambitions. I have a unique voice, and I need you to hear it. It’s never been boring. Long may it continue. I want to entertain you. I want to move you and challenge you. I want what I do to matter...to you and to me. I hope you enjoy my website. Let me know. I want to hear from you. Steve x |
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