Peter Ustinov
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Peter Ustinov was a British actor, writer, and director who had a long and influential career in theater, film, and television from the mid-20th century until his death in 2004. He matters because he was a major creative figure who worked across multiple entertainment mediums and became one of the most recognizable British performers of his era.
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The world citizen Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov was born in London on the 16th of April in 1921 and died on the 28th of March in 2004 in Genolier, Switzerland. His father was from Germany, born in Palestine; his mother was from France. Both were of Russian ancestry and so Sir Peter grew up in an international family. He spoke English, German, French, Russian, Italian and Spanish fluently and a little bit of Modern Greek and Turkish. He got married three times and had three daughters and one son
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Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (/ˈuːstɪnɒv/ OO-stin-ov; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was a British actor and humanitarian. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. Ustinov received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Laurel Award, a Silver Bear, a Photoplay Award, a CableACE Award, an Evening Standard British Film Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards, two Tony Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, and a Gemini Award. In 1992, Ustinov was awarded with the British Academy Britannia Award.
Ustinov received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in Spartacus (1960), and Topkapi (1964). He also starred in notable films such as Quo Vadis (1951), The Sundowners (1960), Billy Budd (1962), and Hot Millions (1968). He voiced Prince John and King Richard in the Walt Disney Animated film Robin Hood (1973), and portrayed Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot six times for both film and television.
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