Personal Details
Name: Bryant Richard Wolfe
Age: 51 (Born April 25th 1950)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White British
Sexuality/Family: Heterosexual, unmarried - 5 points
Religion: Church of England
Class of Birth: Upper Class - 10 points
Avatar: Toby Stephens
Discord Username: Rick
Total Points Used: 15
Educational History
- Westminster Abbey Choir School (1958-1963)
- Arts Educational School (1963-1968) - 20 points
- BA (Hons), Acting, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1968-1971)
Career - 15 points for mid-level actor
- Ensemble, Jesus Christ Superstar at the Palace Theatre (1972-1973)
- Repertory Player, Royal Shakespeare Company (1973-1978)
Roles during this period included Casca in Julius Caesar, Osric in Hamlet, Prince Escalus in Romeo and Juliet, and Banquo in Macbeth - Fred Casely, Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre (1978-1982)
- Benny Southtreet, Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre (1982-1983)
- Orin Scrivello, Little Shop of Horrors at the Comedy Theatre (1983-1984)
- Enjolras, Les Miserables at the Barbican Centre (1985-1986)
- Ben Weeks, The Normal Heart at the Royal Court Theatre (1986-1987)
Won Olivier Award for Oustanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role and Clarence Derwent Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - 20 points
Party: Liberal Democrat (1988-present), previously Social Democratic Party (1982-1988)
Constituency: North Southwark and Bermondsey - elected at 37, 10 points
Faction: Beveridge Group
Political Career
- Member of Southwark Borough Council for Cathedral (1986-1987) - 6 points for one year
- MP for Southwark and Bermondsey (1987-1997) and North Southwark and Bermondsey (1997-present) - 4 points for three terms
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for London (1999-present) - 6 points for three years
- Major speech on HIV/AIDS - 3 points
Points Total: 99/100
A Londoner by birth, Bryant Wolfe's life started with his birth at University College London Hospital and his rebirth in the baptismal font of All Saints, Margaret Street. The son of a banker and homemaker, he was taught piano by his mother and he learned to sing in their Fitzrovia flat. On the recommendation of his primary school music teacher, he auditioned for William McKie and was accepted into the Choir of Westminster Abbey and the corresponding school in 1958. Graduating in 1963 as a member of McKie's last class of choristers, Bryant had, by that point, sung for the wedding of the Earl and Countess of Snowdon and that of Sir and Lady Ogilvy, and for many other services.
Upon the end of this stage of his life, Bryant began attending the Arts Educational School in London, where he attended for Year Nine through Year Thirteen. He later attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he received his BA (with Honours) in Acting, specializing in Musical Theatre and the Works of Shakespeare. He had his professional debut as a member of the ensemble of Jesus Christ Superstar on the West End in 1972. He followed that with five years at the Royal Shakespeare Company playing a variety of roles before returning to the West End as Fred Casely in the first production of Chicago, after which he did year-long stints in Guys and Dolls and Little Shop of Horrors. In 1985, he was cast as Enjolras in the original cast of Les Miserables. In 1986, he took on the role of Ben Weeks in Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Heart, for which he won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role and a Clarence Derwent Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Having moved to Southwark and joined the Cathedral after uni, Bryant became involved in a number of justice ministries through the Cathedral. Becoming involved with these ministries led to a chance encounter with Dick Taverne while volunteering in 1982 and Taverne was running for the seat of Peckham. Becoming introduced to the SDP in Southwark at this point, Bryant was encouraged to run for Southwark Borough Council, which worked for him, as they primarily met on Monday nights, and he was elected for the Cathedral ward in 1986. When Simon Hughes stood down from Parliament in 1987, Bryant was quickly selected to replace him in Southwark and Bermondsey, a seat he has continued to be elected for since. In 1999, he joined the Liberal Democrat frontbench as Spokesperson for London, where he uses his time to encourage both other parties to remember the great diversity of London in their discussions about the capital.
He is known in the Commons as a strong advocate for arts funding, clean transport, and support for the HIV/AIDS crisis, having staked his fame amongst a certain group of Commonswatchers in a 1989 debate on HIV/AIDS giving a speech that incorporated his experiences from being in The Normal Heart. With the addition of Glenda Jackson to the Commons in 1992, they do a joint reading of a twohander (a play for two people) every few years to raise money for arts charities.
