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Mark Wing-Davey
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Son of actors Peter Davey and Anna Wing, Mark Wing-Davey (born November 30, 1948, London, England) studied at Cambridge University where he was a member of the Footlights from 1967 to 1970.
He had a featured role in the 1976 mini series,The Glittering Prizes, [1]. This role was later cited as the reason for being cast in arguably his most memorable role, that of the two-headed Galactic President, Zaphod Beeblebrox, in the radio and TV versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams.
He also played a Barrister in some episodes the ITV Television series Crown Court, a record company executive in Breaking Glass (1980) and an accountant in Absolutely Fabulous.
He works mainly in theatre now as performer, director and teacher. His directing credits are vast and varied and he is viewed as one of the foremost British directors. He was awarded the U.S.'s OBIE for directing the play 'Mad Forest'. He was also the first Artistic Director of The Actors Centre, London.
In 2003 he returned to the role of Zaphod Beeblebrox for the Above the Title production of the Hitchhiker's Guide Tertiary to Quintessential Phase radio dramas for BBC Radio 4.
More recently he has provided the voice of Judge Ghis in the English version of Final Fantasy XII.
- Mark Wing-Davey at the Internet Movie Database *IOBDB name=Mark Wing-Davey