Geoffrey Beevers

Geoffrey Beevers (lahir 15 Januari 1941, di Chichester, Sussex, Inggris) adalah aktor, penulis, dan sutradara Inggris dengan karir selama lebih dari lima dekade di panggung, televisi, dan film. Putra satu-satunya D. Beevers, ia menempuh pendidikan di Tonbridge School dan Wadham College, Oxford, di mana ia membaca Sejarah dan mengambil gelar B.A. pada tahun 1962, sebelum pelatihan di LAMDA. Dia membuat debut panggungnya di London pada tahun 1964 dengan Royal Shakespeare Company dalam produksi The Screens karya Peter Brook, dan kemudian tampil di Teater Nasional, Shakespeare's Globe, dan West End. Dia paling dikenal oleh penggemar Doctor Who sebagai aktor ketiga yang memerankan Master dalam serial tahun 1981 The Keeper of Traken (dikreditkan di layar hanya sebagai "Melkur" agar pengungkapannya tetap mengejutkan), peran yang telah dia ulangi di berbagai drama audio Big Finish Productions. Ia menikah dengan aktris Caroline John, yang memerankan Liz Shaw di Doctor Who, dari tahun 1970 hingga kematiannya pada tahun 2012; mereka memiliki tiga anak. Kredit filmnya termasuk Victor/Victoria (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Goodnight Mister Tom (1998, sebagai vikaris), Clash of the Titans (2010), Miss Potter (2006), The Edge of Love (2008), Legend (2015), dan The Sandman (2022). Di televisi, ia telah tampil di lebih dari dua ratus produksi termasuk The Jewel in the Crown (1984), A Very British Coup (1988), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Yes, Prime Minister (1986), Red Dwarf (1988), Jonathan Creek (1997), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989), The Railway Children (2000), The Tudors (2007), Plebs (2013), dan Kuda Lambat. Di teater, Beevers telah bekerja secara ekstensif di Orange Tree Theatre di Richmond upon Thames, baik sebagai aktor (termasuk peran utama dalam Doctor Knock karya Jules Romain, 1994) dan sebagai adaptor/sutradara Adam Bede karya George Eliot (1990, di mana ia memenangkan Time Out Award), Silas Marner (1998), dan Père Goriot (1994) karya Balzac. Dia juga telah melakukan pekerjaan radio yang ekstensif untuk BBC, dan menerbitkan otobiografinya, One Man In His Time — The Life of a Working Actor, pada tahun 2025.

Geoffrey Beevers (born 15 January 1941, in Chichester, Sussex, England) is a British actor, writer, and director with a career spanning over five decades across stage, television, and film. The only son of D. Beevers, he was educated at Tonbridge School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he read History and took a B.A. in 1962, before training at LAMDA. He made his London stage debut in 1964 with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Peter Brook's production of The Screens, and went on to perform at the National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, and the West End. He is best known to Doctor Who fans as the third actor to play the Master in the 1981 serial The Keeper of Traken (credited on-screen only as "Melkur" to keep the reveal a surprise), a role he has since reprised in numerous Big Finish Productions audio dramas. He was married to actress Caroline John, who played Liz Shaw in Doctor Who, from 1970 until her death in 2012; they had three children. His film credits include Victor/Victoria (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Goodnight Mister Tom (1998, as the vicar), Clash of the Titans (2010), Miss Potter (2006), The Edge of Love (2008), Legend (2015), and The Sandman (2022). On television, he has appeared in over two hundred productions including The Jewel in the Crown (1984), A Very British Coup (1988), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Yes, Prime Minister (1986), Red Dwarf (1988), Jonathan Creek (1997), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989), The Railway Children (2000), The Tudors (2007), Plebs (2013), and Slow Horses. In theatre, Beevers has worked extensively at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond upon Thames, both as an actor (including the title role in Jules Romain's Doctor Knock, 1994) and as an adaptor/director of George Eliot's Adam Bede (1990, for which he won a Time Out Award), Silas Marner (1998), and Balzac's Père Goriot (1994). He has also done extensive radio work for the BBC, and published his autobiography, One Man In His Time — The Life of a Working Actor, in 2025.