Jonathan Kent
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 19, 1949, Lewisham, London, England, UK
- Movies
- 15
Jonathan Kent CBE (born 1949) is an English theatre director and opera director. He is known as a director/producer alongside Ian McDiarmid at the Almeida Theatre from 1990 to 2002.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in February 2016 for his services to the performing arts.
Kent was born in England to architect parents. They moved to Cape Town, South Africa, when Kent was one year old. He went to school at Diocesan College, Rondebosch, where he appeared as King Lear in the school play in 1964. He originally thought of taking up the profession of painter, but returned to England to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in the 1970s. After completing his drama education, he joined the repertory company Glasgow Citizens Theatre in Scotland
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1985 | Love's Labour's Lost | Ferdinand, King of Navarre |
| 1982 | Baal | Eckart |
| 1980 | Carpathian Eagle | Tadek |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Long Day's Journey into Night | Director |
| 2018 | Royal Opera House: Tosca | Director |
| 2016 | National Theatre Live: The Seagull | Director |
| 2016 | Manon Lescaut | Director |
| 2015 | Gypsy | Director |
| 2015 | Manon Lescaut - Royal Opera House | Director |
| 2014 | Manon Lescaut | Director |
| 2013 | Die Frau ohne Schatten | Director |
| 2012 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Director |
| 2011 | The Turn of the Screw | Director |
| 2011 | Royal Opera House: Tosca | Director |
| 2010 | Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010 | Director |
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