Tony Hippolyte

Tony Hippolyte

出生 : 1958-05-12, Notting Hill, London, England,

死亡 : 2016-05-17

略歴

Born in West London in 1958 to parents from St Lucia, Tony Hippolyte was an actor, theatre director and musician whose most famous role was that of Mr Cool in Julien Temple's 1986 film Absolute Beginners. Other acting credits include Number 73, Prospects and The Bill, along with the Screen Two film Hallelujah Anyhow. In the early 90s Hippolyte moved to Skelmersdale to be near his children and became a prominent figure in the Liverpool art scene whilst still commuting to London to play with his musical collective Fantompowa. Hippolyte died at a nursing home in Mawdesley after a brief struggle with cancer on 17 May 2016, and was cremated in St. Helens on 27 May 2016.

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Tony Hippolyte

参加作品

Body Contact
Main Man
Rock musical set in the future, around Tottenham and Hackney. Taxi driver, Smiley, helps beautiful Dominique Renoir, who is on the run from her violent Mafia boyfriend.
Absolute Beginners
Mr. Cool
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...