<P> David James Bamber (born 19 September 1954) is an English actor . He has worked in television and theatre . He is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . </P> <P> Bamber was born in Walkden, Lancashire . By September 1973, he was at the Manchester Youth Theatre, playing Pandarus in Troilus and Cressida . Bamber studied drama at Bristol University, continuing his training at RADA where he won the Gold Medal in 1979 . </P> <P> Bamber has worked on many British television series, mini-series and TV films . He appeared in the BBC adaptations of Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, in which he portrayed the Bennets' clergyman cousin, Mr. Collins . He also played the part of a junior treasury minister and Stamp enthusiast, Julian Whitaker, in an episode of The New Statesman, in which Alan frames Whitaker and forces his resignation . In 1997 he starred as Eric Slatt in two series of Steven Moffat's Chalk, contributing to the audio commentaries for the DVD release in 2008 . His best known international television role to date was his 2005--2007 role as Marcus Tullius Cicero in the HBO / BBC2 original television series, Rome . In Poirot Series 3: Episode 7 "The Double Clue," he plays the effete middleman to a jewellery collector who is robbed . Bamber also played Adolf Hitler in Bryan Singer's film, Valkyrie . Most recently he played the part of Noel in the Sky Atlantic series Camping, and Admiral Ramsay in the 2016 film Darkest Hour . </P> <P> As a stage actor, Bamber won the 1995 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance as Guy in My Night with Reg, a role he reprised in a 1996 BBC television adaptation . His roles as a voice actor include Emperor Constantine in the Doctor Who audio drama, The Council of Nicaea and as Jeremy Longstaff in the 2008 radio series The Way We Live Right Now . </P>

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