Adrien Brody scores Olivier nomination after Oscar win
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
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Adrien Brody was named best actor at Sunday’s Oscars for his role in The Brutalist
US star Adrien Brody has been nominated for the UK’s most prestigious theatre awards, the Oliviers, just days after being named best actor at the Oscars.
Brody appeared on the London stage in The Fear of 13 last year, just before the start of the film awards season, which saw him win a Bafta, Golden Globe and Academy Award for his role in The Brutalist.
Other Olivier nominees this year include John Lithgow, who is also nominated for best actor, for playing Roald Dahl in the play Giant.
Lesley Manville, Ben Whishaw, Imelda Staunton, Meera Syal, Billy Crudup, Mark Strong and Paapa Essiedu are among the other acting nominees.
In The Fear of 13, Brody portrayed Nick Yarris, a man who was wrongfully convicted for murder and spent 22 years on Death Row.
Other plays in the running this year include Kyoto, Shifters, Giant and The Years, which have five nominations each.
Romola Garai has two nominations – going up against herself in the best supporting actress category for her roles in Giant and The Years.
Fiddler On The Roof scored the most nominations overall with 13 nods, including best musical revival.
That ties the record for the most Olivier nominations, after musical Hamilton also received 13 nods in 2018.
The Oliviers will be hosted by singer-songwriter Beverley Knight and actor and singer Billy Porter on Sunday 6 April at the Royal Albert Hall.
The nominations in full
Best new play
The Fear Of 13 by Lindsey FerrentinoGiant Kyoto Shifters The Years Best new musical
The Curious Case Of Benjamin ButtonMJ The MusicalNatasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812Why Am I So Single?Best new entertainment or comedy play
Ballet Shoes Inside No 9 Stage/Fright Spirited Away adapted TitaniqueBest revival
The Importance Of Being Earnest Machinal Oedipus Waiting For Godot Best musical revival
Fiddler On The RoofHello, Dolly!Oliver!Starlight ExpressBest actress
Heather Agyepong for Shifters Lesley Manville for Oedipus Rosie Sheehy for Machinal Meera Syal for A Tupperware Of Ashes Indira Varma for Oedipus Best actor
Adrien Brody for The Fear Of 13Billy Crudup for Harry Clarke Paapa Essiedu for Death Of England: Delroy John Lithgow for Giant at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs Mark Strong for Oedipus Best actor (musical)
John Dagleish for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Adam Dannheisser for Fiddler On The RoofMyles Frost for MJ The Musical Simon Lipkin for Oliver!Jamie Muscato for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Best actress (musical)
Chumisa Dornford-May for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Lauren Drew for Titanique Clare Foster for The Curious Case Of Benjamin ButtonLara Pulver for Fiddler On The RoofImelda Staunton for Hello, Dolly! Best supporting actor
Jorge Bosch for KyotoTom Edden for Waiting For GodotElliot Levey for GiantBen Whishaw for Bluets at JerwoodBest supporting actress
Sharon D Clarke for The Importance Of Being EarnestRomola Garai for GiantRomola Garai for The YearsGina McKee for The YearsBest director
Eline Arbo for The Years Jordan Fein for Fiddler On The Roof Nicholas Hytner for Giant Robert Icke for OedipusBest supporting actress (musical)
Liv Andrusier for Fiddler On The Roof Amy Di Bartolomeo for The Devil Wears Prada Beverley Klein for Fiddler On The Roof Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Best supporting actor (musical)
Andy Nyman for Hello, Dolly! Raphael Papo for Fiddler On The Roof Layton Williams for Titanique at Criterion TheatreTom Xander for Mean Girls at Savoy TheatreBest family show
Brainiac LiveMaddie Moate’s Very Curious ChristmasThe NutcrackerRough MagicBest new production in affiliate theatre
Animal FarmBoys On The Verge Of TearsEnglishNow, I See by Lanre MalaoluWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Anne FrankBest new dance production
Assembly HallFrontiers: Choreographers Of CanadaTheatre Of DreamsAn Untitled LoveBest set design
Spirited AwayBallet ShoesCoriolanusFiddler On The RoofBest lighting design
Oliver! Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812Starlight ExpressFiddler On The RoofOutstanding achievement in dance
Sarah Chun for her performance in Three Short Ballets at Royal Opera HouseTom Visser for his lighting design of Angels’ Atlas as part of Frontiers: Choreographers Of CanadaEva Yerbabuena for her performance in YerbagüenaBest theatre choreographer
Matthew Bourne for Oliver!Julia Cheng for Fiddler On The RoofHofesh Shechter for OedipusChristopher Wheeldon for MJ The Musical Hugh Durrant for Robin Hood Sachiko Nakahara for Spirited Away Tom Scutt for Fiddler On The RoofGabriella Slade for Starlight ExpressBest sound design
Nick Lidster for Fiddler On The RoofChristopher Shutt for Oedipus Thijs van Vuure for The Years Koichi Yamamoto for Spirited Away Outstanding musical contribution
Mark Aspinall for Musical Supervision & Additional Orchestrations for Fiddler On The RoofDarren Clark for music supervision, orchestrations & arrangements and Mark Aspinall for musical direction, music supervision, orchestrations & arrangements for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Dave Malloy for orchestrations and Nicholas Skilbeck for musical supervision for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812Asaf Zohar for compositions and Gavin Sutherland for dance arrangements & orchestration for Ballet ShoesBest new opera production
Duke Bluebeard’s CastleFestenL’Olimpiade The Tales Of HoffmannOutstanding achievement in opera
Aigul Akhmetshina for her performance in CarmenAllan Clayton for his performance in FestenJung Young-doo for his direction of Lear
