David Oakes

English actor

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David Oakes
Oakes en 2011
Nació	Rowan David Oakes [1] (1983-10-14) 14 de octubre de 1983 (37 años) Salisbury , Wiltshire , Inglaterra
alma mater	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School de la Universidad de Manchester
Ocupación	Actor, Artista, Presentador
Años activos	2008-presente
Socios)	Natalie Dormer (2018-presente)
Niños	1
Sitio web	www .davidoakes .co .uk

Rowan David Oakes (nacido el 14 de octubre de 1983) es un actor y ambientalista inglés. Es mejor conocido por sus papeles en las series The Pillars of the Earth , The Borgias , The White Queen y Victoria y por su podcast discursivo de Historia Natural, Trees A Crowd .

Educación y vida temprana

Oakes nació en Salisbury , Wiltshire en 1983, ^[2] hijo de Jeremy Charles Oakes, un canon de la Iglesia de Inglaterra ^[3] y Fiona Brockhurst (de soltera Cunningham), una músico profesional. Creció en Fordingbridge , Hampshire . ^[4]

Oakes fue director de la escuela Bishop Wordsworth's School , en Salisbury, donde también estuvo muy involucrado con Salisbury Playhouse y su teatro juvenil, Stage 65. Se graduó con un título en Literatura Inglesa de la Universidad de Manchester . ^[3]

Asistió a la Bristol Old Vic Theatre School de 2005 a 2007. ^[5]

Carrera

David comenzó su carrera en el Shakespeare's Globe , antes de tomar papeles en el Almeida Theatre y el Old Vic , pero saltó a la fama cuando interpretó al villano William Hamleigh en la miniserie de televisión The Pillars of the Earth (2010), producida por Ridley Scott '. s empresa de producción. ^[6] David estuvo presente para aceptar el premio del jurado en los premios Romy 2011 en Viena junto a Donald Sutherland y Natalia Wörner .

Al año siguiente, Oakes participó en la serie de televisión The Borgias (2011), transmitida por Showtime . ^[7] Interpretó a Juan Borgia junto a Jeremy Irons . Mientras filmaba la segunda temporada, David realizó un cameo en la secuela de Los pilares de la tierra , Un mundo sin fin (2012).

Continuando con una carrera en televisión interpretando personajes moralmente dudosos, Oakes tuvo un papel en La reina blanca para BBC One y Starz interpretó a George, duque de Clarence . Fue transmitido a mediados de 2013.

En un intento por distanciarse de su imagen del "chico malo de la época televisiva", en 2013 David interpretó al señor Darcy en una adaptación de Orgullo y prejuicio en el Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park . Dijo: "He estado jugando a los malos espalda con espalda, ¡así que Darcy es un antídoto!" ^[8] Siguió esto con más trabajo en el escenario, apareciendo en el estreno mundial de Shakespeare in Love en el Noël Coward Theatre como Christopher Marlowe .

En un regreso a los dramas de la época de la televisión en 2015, Oakes actuó como estrella invitada tanto en la tercera temporada de Endeavour con Shaun Evans como en la serie limitada de la BBC The Living and the Dead con Colin Morgan .

El papel del príncipe Ernesto , hermano del esposo de la reina Victoria , el príncipe Alberto , fue a Oakes en 2016 en la serie de ITV Victoria . El papel reunió a Oakes con su coprotagonista en Trinity , Tom Hughes , y con su coprotagonista en Pillars of the Earth , Rufus Sewell .

En 2017, Oakes protagonizó la adaptación cinematográfica de la novela Cold Skin de Albert Sánchez Piñol , dirigida por Xavier Gens y coprotagonizada por Ray Stevenson y Aura Garrido . También interpretó a Thomas Novachek en el West End de Londres estreno de David Ives juego 's Venus en piel en el Teatro Royal Haymarket . Esta producción fue dirigida por Patrick Marber y coprotagonizada por Natalie Dormer como Vanda. ^[9]

En 2019, Oakes continuó su amor por tocar en lugares al aire libre al interpretar a Hamlet en el Rose Theatre de Shakespeare, York . Los críticos se unieron en elogios de su Hamlet, diciendo que "interpreta a Hamlet con naturalidad: claramente se siente cómodo con las cadencias del idioma y transmite bien los significados". ^[10] “La interpretación de David Oakes del príncipe danés es encantadora, inteligente y perspicaz ...” , ^[11] “... establece una excelente relación con el público ... y su ascenso final al papel de héroe -venger está espléndidamente hecho ... ” ^[12] y que su actuación fue"... elegante en movimiento, lengua dorada, a veces quieta, pero con tanta probabilidad de sorprender como arenas movedizas, ingenioso, brillante pero quebradizo". ^[13]

El 26 de enero de 2021, se anunció que Oakes interpretaría a Earl Godwin en Vikings: Valhalla para Netflix , el spin-off del exitoso programa Vikings .

Televisión

Año	Título	Papel	Director	Canal	Notas
2008	Bonekickers	Alfred, Lord Tennyson	Iain B. MacDonald	BBC One	Episodio 6 "Sigue el brillo"
	Guerra de Walter	Oswald Hennessey	Alrick Riley	BBC cuatro	Pelicula de television
2009	Enrique VIII: La mente de un tirano	George Cavendish		Canal 4	Episodio 3 "Amante"
	Trinidad	Ross Bonham	Colin Teague	ITV2	Episodios 1, 2, 3
2010	Los pilares de la tierra	Lord William Hamleigh	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Starz Canal 4	Miniserie de TV nominada a varios premios Emmy de TV y Globos de Oro
2011-2012	Los Borgia	Juan Borgia	Neil Jordan , John Maybury , David Leland , John Amiel , Kari Skogland , Jeremy Podeswa y col.	Tiempo de la funcion Cielo atlántico	Temporada 1 y 2
2012	Mundo sin fin	Obispo Henri	Michael Caton-Jones	Canal 4	La secuela de Los pilares de la tierra . David aparece como un cameo secreto junto a Charlotte Riley . David estaba de regreso en Budapest filmando The Borgias , por lo que los productores de World Without End pensaron que sería un "guiño" divertido a la serie original.
2013	Calle del Destripador	Victor Silver	Andy Wilson	BBC BBC America	Episodio 8 ¿De qué nos sirve nuestro trabajo ?
	La reina Blanca	George, duque de Clarence	James Kent, Jamie Payne y Colin Teague	BBC Starz	Episodios 1-7
2014	Kim Philby: su traición más íntima	Kim Philby		BBC2	Documental dramático en dos partes de Ben MacIntyre
2015	Esfuerzo	Jocelyn "Joss" Bixby	Sandra Goldbacher	Producciones ITV y Mammoth	Temporada 3: "Ride"
	Los vivos y los muertos	William Payne	Sam Donovan	BBC	Episodios 4-6
2016-2017	Victoria	Ernesto II, duque de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha	Tom Vaughan , Sandra Goldbacher , Oliver Blackburn , Lisa James Llarsson , Geoff Saxe , Jim Loach y Daniel O'Hara	Producciones ITV y Mammoth	Temporada 1 y 2
2021	Vikingos: Valhalla	Earl Godwin	Niels Arden Oplev , Hannah Quinn y Steve Saint Leger	Netflix

Película

Año	Título	Papel	Director productor	Notas
2012	Verdad o reto	Justin	Corona Pictures / Rob Heath	También conocido como "Truth or Die" en los EE. UU.
	100Dniowk @	David Potter	Agresywna Banda / Alessandro Leone	Largometraje en polaco, para el que David aprendió polaco
2013	Amor por diseño	Adrian	Unión solar / Michael Damien	Comedia romántica con Jane Seymour y Olivia Hallinan
	¿Duende?	Harry	Película de varias historias / Christian James	Cortometraje con Holliday Grainger
	¿Con quién jugaré ahora?	Gregory	Dog Ate Cake / Henry Bell	Estreno en Reino Unido el 29 de junio de 2013 en el Wimbledon Shorts Festival
2014	Pecados de un padre	Martín	Películas de leones marinos / Andrew Piddington	Una versión parcialmente reeditada y reeditada de la película Shuttlecock de 1991 con Alan Bates y Lambert Wilson.
2015	Alimentación nocturna	Esposo	Canal 4 / Christian James	Un cortometraje realizado por Channel 4 con Alice Lowe para Film Four Frightfest
2017	Piel fría	Amigo	Babieka / Xavier Gens	Una adaptación de la novela coprotagonizada por Ray Stevenson.
2018	El jardín de la niebla vespertina	Frederick	HBO Asia / Tom Lin	Una adaptación de la novela ganadora del Premio Booker de Tan Twan Eng , también protagonizada por John Hannah , nominada a 9 premios Golden Horse
2019	Tú	Brandon Miller	Moolmore / Nicola Abbatangelo

Radio

• Oakes ha actuado con The Fitzrovia Radio Hour ^{[ cita requerida ]}
• 2008: Un baile con la música del tiempo como Charles Stringham ( BBC Radio 4 )
• 2017 - 2021: Temporadas 1 a 4 de Foiled as Richie ( BBC Radio Wales ), escrita por David Charles y Beth Granville, basada en el programa Fringe de Edimburgo del mismo nombre.

Etapa

Año	Título	Papel	Teatro	Director
2006	Mucho ruido y pocas nueces de William Shakespeare	Claudio y Verges	Royal Shakespeare Company y Bristol Old Vic Theatre School	John Hartoch
2007	Love's Labour's Lost de William Shakespeare	Dumaine	Gira internacional y el globo de Shakespeare	Dominic Dromgoole
	We the People (estreno mundial) de Eric Schlosser	Charles Pinckney y Gunning Bedford Jr.	Globo de Shakespeare	Charlotte Westenra
2008	Old Vic New Voices: The Twenty-Four Hour Plays	Davide	Teatro Old Vic
	Journey's End por RC Sherriff	Raleigh	Teatro Mercury, Colchester	Tony Casement
	Mary Stuart de Friedrich Schiller	Mortimer	Teatro Traverse , Edimburgo	Aida Karic
2009	Todas las pequeñas cosas que aplastamos (estreno mundial) de Joel Horwood	Hugh	Teatro Almeida , Londres	Simon Godwin
2011	Three Farces ("Slasher and Crasher", "Una intrusión más injustificable" y "Grimshaw, Bagshaw y Bradshaw") de John Maddison Morton	Samson Slasher y John Bagshaw	Teatro Orange Tree , Londres	Henry Bell
2013	Orgullo y prejuicio de Jane Austen adaptado por Simon Reade	Darcy	Teatro al aire libre, Regent's Park , Londres	Deborah Bruce
2014-2015	Shakespeare in Love (estreno mundial) de Marc Norman y Tom Stoppard adaptado por Lee Hall	Christopher Marlowe	Teatro Noël Coward , West End , Londres	Declan Donnellan
2015	El juicio de Macbeth por Jonathan Myerson	Banquo	Teatro Noël Coward , West End , Londres	Christopher Haydon
2017	Venus in Fur (estreno en el West End) de David Ives	Thomas Novachek	Teatro Royal Haymarket , West End , Londres	Patrick Marber
2019	Hamlet de William Shakespeare	Aldea	Rose Theatre de Shakespeare, York	Damian Cruden

• En 2006, David interpretó una versión abreviada de 90 minutos de Much Ado About Nothing como parte del festival "Complete Works" de la Royal Shakespeare Company junto con sus graduados de último año de la Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Alternó entre interpretar a Claudio y Verges junto al también graduado Matt Barber . ^[14]
• Desde que apareció en el Globe de Shakespeare al comienzo de su carrera, David ha realizado con frecuencia en numerosas lecturas ensayadas como parte de su " Leer no muerto iniciativa", incluyendo su hito lectura número 200 de Philip Massinger 's deudas Una nueva forma de pagar antiguas ; David interpretó a Wellborn junto a un elenco que incluía a Benjamin Whitrow , Alan Cox y Nicholas Rowe . ^[15]
• Otras actuaciones entre 2008 y 2013 para "Read Not Dead" incluyen una primera edición en cuarto de Henry IV: Part One como Prince Hal junto a Falstaff de Benjamin Whitrow , Calderon 's Life is a Dream (La Vida Es Sueno) como Segismundo, Taming Of A musaraña como Aurelias, la tragedia española como Lorenzo, El retorno del Parnaso como Ingenioso, Bassianus como Geta, Gorboduc como un "suave, casi aceitosa" ^[16] Arostus, John Lyly 's metamorfosis de Amor como Montano, y Thomas Middleton ' sTus cinco galanes como Tailby. ^[17]
• Oakes creó una compañía de teatro llamada Dog Ate Cake con un colaborador teatral a largo plazo, Henry Bell ^[18]
• David fue nominado para los premios WhatsOnStage y Broadway World por su actuación en Shakespeare in Love en 2015. La producción también fue nominada para un premio Olivier.
• En 2015, David interpretó a Banquo en una recaudación de fondos de caridad para el Festival de las Escuelas de Shakespeare . ^[19] El evento fue improvisado en gran parte por los actores y abogados involucrados, pero basado en un marco escrito por Jonathan Myerson . El elenco también incluyó a Christopher Eccleston como Macbeth, Haydn Gwynne como Lady Macbeth, Paterson Joseph como MacDuff y Pippa Bennett-Warner.como una de las Weird Sisters. El evento interrumpió los eventos de la obra original después de la muerte de Duncan, colocando a Macbeth en juicio por asesinato. David, Patterson y Haydn comparecieron como testigos de la acusación y Christopher y Pippa como testigos de la defensa. El evento fue supervisado por el juez del Tribunal Superior, Sir Michael Burton ; los QC fueron John Kelsey-Fry , Jonathan Laidlaw , Dinah Rose e Ian Winter , y el presidente del jurado fue Jeremy Paxman . ^[20]

Dirección de teatro

Oakes ha dirigido varias obras de teatro a lo largo de su carrera como actor. En 2003 realizó una adaptación teatral de The Wicker Man para el Epping Forest Theatre Festival. Al ensayar en y alrededor de su ciudad natal de Salisbury, Oakes "fue expulsado del [Cathedral] Close por ensayar rituales paganos para [su] producción al aire libre de The Wicker Man ". ^[21]

En la Universidad dirigió numerosas obras de teatro, incluyendo Martin McDonagh 's la reina de belleza de Leenane , Harold Pinter ' s The Dumb Waiter y Anthony Minghella 's ballena Música . ^[22]

También mientras estaba en la Universidad en 2005, Oakes ayudó a la directora Natalie Wilson en una producción de Smilin 'Through que fue coproducida por Truant Company, Birmingham Repertory Theatre y Contact Theatre , Manchester . Más tarde ese año, Oakes, una vez más volvió a la adaptación literaria, teniendo una producción de Stephen King 's The Boogeyman con el Festival Fringe de Edimburgo . ^[22]

Con la suya y de Bell compañía de teatro, el perro comió la torta, en Oakes 2009 dirigió un pequeño recorrido renacimiento de John Maddison Morton 's Box y Cox . ^[23]

Oakes dirige con frecuencia en el Shakespeare's Globe la extensión de su serie "Read Not Dead", un estudio dedicado a realizar lecturas completamente escenificadas de la totalidad del Canon de Drama Moderno Temprano . Más recientemente Oakes dirige Robert Greene 'es la historia de Honor de Fray Fray Bacon y Bungay ^[24] y Lewis Theobald ' s "final feliz" versión de John Webster 's duquesa de Malfi , "The Fatal Secret". ^[25]

David recently directed an extract of Robert Daborne's A Christian Turn'd Turk as part of a special "Read Not Dead" event at Shakespeare's Globe. Four directors with four scholars were teamed up with actors and presented their arguments and selected scenes at a special hustings event on Thursday 29 May 2014. Winning the event, teamed with Dr Emma Smith of Oxford University, Oakes directed the full play on Sunday 5 October 2014 in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Podcasts

In February 2018, David was interviewed for the PBS Masterpiece Podcast in relation to his role in Victoria.^[26] On 17 February 2019 David appeared on the ‘Smashing Sundays’ podcast - hosted by Lucy Pinder and, David's Co-star from ‘Foiled’, Beth Granville.^[27]

In 2020, David narrated an episode of Historic Royal Palaces' 'Outliers' podcast.^[28] He appeared as Thomas Phelippes, a spy and code breaker in the court of Elizabeth I plotting the downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots.

The 'Trees A Crowd' Podcast

David is the presenter of the Natural History podcast, 'Trees A Crowd'.^[29] The first episode was released on 25 February 2019 and featured Mark Frith.

• 25 February 2019 - Mark Frith, BAFTA-winning documentary maker and Artist
• 11 March 2019 - Polly Morgan, Artist and Taxidermist
• 25 March 2019 - David Fettes, Wildlife Photographer^[30]
• 8 April 2019 - Astrid Goldsmith, Animator and Model-maker
• 15 April 2019 - Dr Katherine Brent, amongst other things, a morris dancer and badger saboteur. This episode was released as a thematic response to the interview with Astrid Goldsmith.
• 22 April 2019 - Dr Steve Etches MBE - Fossil collector^[31]
• 29 April 2019 - Dr Ellinor Michel, molluscan systemetist and ecologist at the Natural History Museum
• 6 May 2019 - Dr Fay Clark, animal welfare scientist at Bristol Zoo
• 20 May 2019 - Dr Guy Stevens, CEO and Co-Founder of the Manta Trust.
• 3 June 2019 - The Maldives Underwater Initiative, which includes a dozen Marine Biologists based on Laamu Atoll including some that work for the Blue Marine Foundation, the Manta Trust and the Olive Ridley Project.
• 17 June 2019 - Bella Hardy, folk singer and songwriter.
• 1 July 2019 - Wolfgang Buttress and Dr Martin Bencsik, co-creators of numerous multi-sensory artworks including the bee-inspired HIVE and BEAM.^[32]
• 15 July 2019 - Beccy Speight, the then CEO of the Woodland Trust, now the CEO of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
• 29 July 2019 - Dr Terry Gough M.V.O., Head of Estates and Gardens at Hampton Court Palace.
• 12 August 2019 - Dr Jess French, television presenter, veterinarian and author.
• 26 August 2019 - Chris Watson (part one), musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history.
• 9 September 2019 - Chris Watson (part two).
• 23 September 2019 - Tannis Davidson, curator of Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at University College London.
• 7 October 2019 - Harry Barton, CEO of the Devon Wildlife Trust.
• 14 October 2019 - Recorded live at the 70th Cheltenham Literature Festival in partnership with the Woodland Trust, a discussion on “The Art of Trees” with Prof. Christiana Payne and Dr Angela Summerfield.^[33]
• 21 October 2019 - Amanda Owen, the 'Yorkshire Shepherdess'.
• 4 November 2019 - Sir John Lawton, Biologist, fellow of the Royal Society, president of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and chair of the Endangered Landscapes Programme.
• 18 November 2019 - Dr Jo Elworthy, botanist and head of interpretation at the Eden Project, Cornwall.
• 2 December 2019 - Dr Richard Benwell, CEO of the Wildlife and Countryside Link
• 16 December 2019 - Victoria Bromley, wildlife filmmaker and documentary maker.
• 23 December 2019 - Joanna Lentini, wildlife photographer.
• 6 January 2020 - Mark Carwardine, zoologist who achieved widespread recognition for his Last Chance to See conservation expeditions with Douglas Adams. Since then he has become a leading and outspoken conservationist, and a prolific broadcaster, columnist and photographer.
• 20 January 2020 - Dr Catherine Barlow of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project.
• 3 February 2020 - Dr Bryce Stewart, marine ecologist and fisheries biologist, currently a lecturer for the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York.
• 17 February 2020 - Ingrid Newkirk, president and co-founder of PETA.
• 2 March 2020 - Rob Rose and Natalie Stoppard of Rosewood Farm on the Yorkshire Ings.
• 16 March 2020 - Tim Pears, novelist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
• 30 March 2020 - Dr Helen Pheby, head of curatorial programming at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
• 13, 15 & 17 April 2020 - Three interviews from the Castle Howard estate, with Nick Howard (the castle's inhabitant), Nick Cooke (the head of forestry) and Alastair Gunn (head of landscapes and gardens).
• 27 April 2020 - Alastair Humphreys, adventurer and writer.
• 11 & 18 May 2020 - Eanna Ni Lamhna, Irish environmentalist, educator and broadcaster (a two-part interview).
• 25 May 2020 - Dara McAnulty, writer and naturalist who, at 15 years old, was the youngest recipient of the RSPB Medal.
• 8, 15 & 22 June 2020 - "Wildflower Women"; three interviews with ethnobotonist Jennie Martin, the founder of the Woodmeadow Trust, Rosalind Forbes Adam, and shakespearian actor, Serena Manteghi.
• 6 July 2020 - Dr William C. Tweed, writer, historian and chief naturalist of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
• 20 & 27 July 2020 - Prof. Kate Jones, Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity at University College London^[34] with a special interest in bats, and past chair of the Bat Conservation Trust.^[35][36]
• 5 Aug 2020 - Prof. Rowan Lockwood & Dr Bryce Stewart of William and Mary University and University of York respectively, talk of the benefits of preserving the world’s oyster population.
• 17 Aug 2020, Will Travers, OBE, President and Co-founder of the Born Free Foundation.
• 31 Aug 2020, Georgina Lamb, CEO of David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, and granddaughter of David Shepherd.
• 14 Sept 2020 - Mark Carwardine returned to talk about his experiences on anti-poaching patrols.
• 17 Sept 2020 - Doug Allan, wildlife cameraman and photographer best known for his work in polar regions and underwater. Dr Guy Stevens from the Manta Trust launches the inaugural 'World Manta Day'.
• 28 Sept & 5 Oct 2020 - Dr George McGavin, entomologist, author, academic, television presenter and explorer.

Personal life

David is an environmentalist and an ambassador for the Wildlife Trusts and the Woodland Trust.^[37] His podcast Trees A Crowd is a series of informal conversations with artists, scientists and enthusiasts; a mutual celebration of the beauty of the environment and the way it inspires them as human beings. Each episode explores how the countryside has inspired their careers as they reflect on how growing up within the natural world became working for the natural world. Growing up in the New Forest and the Purbeck Jurassic Coast, David Oakes launched this podcast as a passion project to explore his lifelong fascination with the wild people and the wildlife that makes our planet its home.^[38]

Oakes plays both the clarinet and bass clarinet, and is a strong bass singer.^[18]

He is an avid follower of folk music, and continues to support the Bristol folk group Sheelanagig.^[4]

He has an extensive collection of canoes and is currently developing a comedy pilot based on this interest. His preferred canoe method is kayak but he also enjoys Canadian canoeing.

David Oakes has been in a relationship with Natalie Dormer since 2018. They have one child (a daughter) together [1]

Art

Oakes is an avid fine line sketcher. He is increasingly known for sketching on-set animals upon coloured pages of script reissues and giving them to production members.^[39] In May 2015 he exhibited as part of the Dulwich Artists Open House Festival^[40] alongside artist and designer Sarah Hamilton. He has also contributed a chapter on Charity Cards for Ms Hamilton's book, House of Cards.

In 2016, Oakes was commissioned by Michael Howells to draw a portrait of actress Margaret Clunie, in character as Duchess Harriet Sutherland, to be used in the TV show Victoria.^[41]

Charity work and advocacy

British Lung Foundation

David, following his infant niece being diagnosed with a lung condition, has been heavily involved with raising awareness for and fundraising on behalf of the British Lung Foundation.

In 2013, Oakes collaborated with his Borgias castmate Holliday Grainger to make the short comedy film "Goblin". Directed by Christian James, the film was screened at the 2014 Film 4 Fright Fest in their Shorts Showcase,^[42] and all profits from the sale of this film were donated to the British Lung Foundation.^[43]

Later in 2014, Oakes ran the length of the country to raise awareness for infant lung diseases for both the British Lung Foundation and ChILD Lung Foundation UK.^[44] More recently he joined with the BLF to promote their new Children's Hub to provide families with information and support.^[45]

Alongside this, in 2016, 2017, and 2018 he created the charity's Christmas card.

Arts charities

Since 2014, Oakes has also been a friend of Anno's Africa,^[46] an arts-based charity working with Kenyan orphans and slum children, and has supported the UK based Shakespeare Schools Festival, most notably with and surrounding their "Trial of Macbeth" and "Trial of Richard III".^[19] In 2019, David helped organise, and alongside Michael Palin, Twiggy and others, appeared in the ‘Just A Book’ poster campaign on the London Underground. The campaign was created to support independent businesses and bookshops on British highstreets and also to raise funds for Anno’s Africa.^[47]

Environmental activism

Since 2019, Oakes has been an Ambassador for the Woodland Trust.^[48] On 9 October 2019 David hosted a discussion at the 70th Cheltenham Literature Festival on the subject of "The Art of Trees".^[49] In the press release for the event, David said:

Books and woods are entwined throughout history – literally the word book descends from the word for beech. Symbolically, both offer an opportunity to escape, to switch off from the pressures of the manufactured society around us and free our senses to dream, imagine and think. A woodland walk is an opportunity to immerse ourselves in places where myths, legends and stories are born. Our ancient trees and forests, and the wildlife that lives within them, are irrevocably bound up in tales from the past and will continue to feature as long as they exist.^[50]

Writing in an editorial for the Sunday Times on 2 November 2019, Oakes said:

Trees give us so much: if you can come up with a better technology and material that is cheap, enhances wellbeing, stimulates happy childhood memories, sequesters CO2, boosts biodiversity and even just looks as pretty as a copper beech, a hawthorn or a horse chestnut, then I’ll bow to you.^[51]

On Thursday 30 January 2020 Oakes was a co-signatory, with the CEOs of The Wildlife Trusts, the National Trust, the Woodland Trust, the RSPB, the World Wide Fund for Nature, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Buglife and Butterfly Conservation, and other notable environmental ambassadors and activist, on a letter written to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and published in The Times, to get the UK government to rethink its stance on the second UK High Speed Rail Link along environmental and biodiversical lines.^[52]

On 21 June 2020 Oakes co-hosted the live-stream event, The Big Wild Quiz, for The Wildlife Trusts as part of their "30 Days Wild" campaign.^[53] Nine days later, on 30 June, alongside environmentalists and activists, including Chris Packham and Ellie Goulding, David took part in the Climate Coalition's mass virtual lobby to focus the MPs to put people, climate and nature at the heart of the British nation’s recovery.^[54]

On 26 November 2020 Oakes became an ambassador for The Wildlife Trusts.^[55] He also painted the 2020 Christmas card for the Woodland Trust.^[56]

See also

• List of British actors

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External links

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• davidoakes.co.uk, Oakes's official website
• David Oakes at IMDb
• Dog Ate Cake Official Website
• David Oakes Prints
• David Oakes at the London Theatre Database