{{Short description|British actor, broadcaster and director}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Burt Caesar | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[St Kitts]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor, broadcaster and director | education = | alma mater = | movement = | known for = | notable works = | awards = }} '''Burt Caesar''' is a British actor, broadcaster and director for stage and television, who was born in [[St Kitts]] and migrated to England with his family as a child.<ref name=GoodRead>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rms95 ''A Good Read''], BBC Radio 4, 30 March 2010.</ref> His career has encompassed acting in [[Bond films]] (''[[Skyfall]]'', 2012), stage performances including in [[Shakespearian]] roles,<ref name=BBA>[https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/burt-caesar "Burt Caesar"] at BBBA Shakespeare.</ref> and many plays for [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref name=IMDB>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128362/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm "Burt Caesar"] at [[IMDb]].</ref> Caesar regularly works as a director and is an artistic advisor at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA). He is also a commentator on theatre and literature.<ref name=Independent>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-between-the-lines-the-actor-and-director-burt-caesar-on-serious-money-1560014.html "Theatre: Between the Lines: The actor and director Burt Caesar on Serious Money"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 28 October 1992.</ref><ref>[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8705.1996.tb02264.x/abstract "Linton Kwesi Johnson talks to Burt Caesar at Sparkside Studios, Brixton, London, 11 June 1996"], ''[[Critical Quarterly]]'', Volume 38, Issue 4, pp. 64–77, December 1996.</ref><ref name=NT /><ref>[http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/to-representation-race-shakespeare-part-of-african-odysseys-series-bfi-saturday-16th-april-2016/ "GO TO Representation & Race in Shakespeare as Part of African Odysseys series @ BFI Saturday 16th April 2016"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417044526/http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/to-representation-race-shakespeare-part-of-african-odysseys-series-bfi-saturday-16th-april-2016/ |date=17 April 2016 }}, The British Blacklist.</ref><ref>David Somerset, [https://vimeo.com/178535609 "Race and Representation in Shakespeare. Burt Caesar, actor and presenter in discussion with actor Hugh Quarshie"]. Vimeo.</ref>
==Career== ===Theatre and radio=== As a stage actor, Caesar has had roles that include in [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' ([[Birmingham Rep]] and [[Market Theatre (Johannesburg)|Market Theatre, Johannesburg]], with [[Janet Suzman]]),<ref>[[Ian Shuttleworth]], [http://www.cix.co.uk/~shutters/reviews/97040.htm "The Cherry Orchard, Birmingham Rep"] (opened 27 May 1997), ''[[Financial Times]]'' review: "Burt Caesar puts his resonant voice to good use as Lebaka...".</ref> as Capulet in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith]]), [[Macduff (Macbeth)|Macduff]] in ''[[Macbeth]]'' (St Barts, New York City International Festival of Theatre), as well as in productions of other [[Shakespeare]] plays such as ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' and ''[[The Tempest]]'' (Liverpool Everyman).<ref name=Rhubarb>[http://www.rhubarbvoices.co.uk/artist.php?id=297 "Burt Caesar"] at Rhubarb.</ref><ref name=BBA /><ref name=BRep /> His other theatre includes ''[[Noises Off]]'' by [[Michael Frayn]], ''Crusade'' (Stratford East), [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''My Children! My Africa!'' ([[Watermill Theatre]]), ''[[Fanny Kemble]]'', ''[[Blood Knot]]'', [[Steve Carter (playwright)|Steve Carter]]'s ''[[Eden (Steve Carter play)|Eden]]'' ([[Riverside Studios]], 1990),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/3ed50132-f12e-4ddd-aed8-afb5b6a53734|title=Files related to the Black Theatre Season Festival|website=[[The National Archives]]|access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref> [[James Baldwin]]'s ''[[Blues for Mister Charlie]]'' ([[Crucible Theatre]], [[Sheffield]]), ''In Self Defence'', [[Caryl Churchill]]'s ''[[Serious Money]]'' (Royal Court), [[Douglas Jerrold]]'s ''[[Black-Eyed Susan]]'' ([[Oxford Playhouse]], 1987), ''Judith'', ''Carnival War'' (Royal Court), ''Sergeant Ola'' (Royal Court), ''Strange Fruit'', and ''[[The Miser]]''.<ref name=NT>[http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/artists/burt-caesar "Burt Caesar"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131114017/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/artists/burt-caesar |date=31 January 2016 }}, profile at The National Theatre, 2012.</ref><ref name=BRep>[https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/cast/burt-caesar?production_id=1019 "Burt Caesar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131173126/https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/cast/burt-caesar?production_id=1019 |date=31 January 2016 }} at Birmingham Rep.</ref> His performance as "Old Mack" in [[Errol John]]'s ''[[Moon on a Rainbow Shawl]]'', which opened in 2012 at the [[Royal National Theatre#Dorfman Theatre|Cottesloe Theatre]], with a subsequent tour in 2014, received widely positive notice, being described by ''Theatre News Online'' as "compelling in his choreographed smoothness" and by ''[[The Guardian]]'' theatre critic [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]] as "richly remarkable".<ref>Rachel Halliburton, [http://www.theaternewsonline.com/LondonTheatreReviews/IMPERIALDIVIDE.cfm "Imperial divide"], ''Theatre News Online''.</ref><ref>Michael Billington, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/15/moon-rainbow-shawl-review "Moon on a Rainbow Shawl – review"], ''The Guardian'', 15 March 2012.</ref><ref>David Benedict, [https://variety.com/2012/legit/reviews/moon-on-a-rainbow-shawl-1117947251/ "Review: ‘Moon on a Rainbow Shawl’"], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', 15 March 2012.</ref><ref>Michael Coveney, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/moon-on-a-rainbow-shawl-national-theatre-cottesloe-london-7576611.html "Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, National Theatre, Cottesloe, London"], ''The Independent'', 19 March 2012.</ref><ref>Roger Clarke, [http://www.behindthearras.com/Reviewspr/ReviewsPRjan-mar14/moon_on_a_rainbow_shawl_BR02-14.html "A moon shining bright"], Behind the arras, February 2014.</ref> Caesar's 2015 performance in [[Timberlake Wertenbaker]]'s ''[[Jefferson's Garden]]'' at the [[Watford Palace Theatre]] was also well received.<ref>Michael Billington, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/10/jeffersons-garden-review-timberlake-wertenbaker "Jefferson's Garden review – Timberlake Wertenbaker's American tragedy"], ''The Guardian'', 10 February 2015.</ref><ref>Sarah Hemming, [https://www.ft.com/content/745a8a9c-b2b2-11e4-a058-00144feab7de "Jefferson's Garden, Palace Theatre, Watford, UK — review"], ''Financial Times'', 12 February 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.theatrevoice.com/audio/actors-william-hope-burt-caesar-chat-jeffersons-garden/ "Actors William Hope and Burt Caesar chat about Jefferson's Garden"], ''Theatre Voice'', 13 February 2015.</ref>
Caesar has given acclaimed readings of [[Derek Walcott]]'s long poem "The Schooner Flight" both on stage and radio.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141017103413/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1992-11-15 "The Schooner Flight"], BBC Radio 4. ''Radio Times'' listing, Issue 3594, 15 November 1992, p. 109.</ref><ref>[http://www.meetup.com/Mixed-Race-Matters/events/226112245/ "I'm Black So You Don't Have To Be..."], [[King's Place]], 19 October 2015.</ref>
Caesar's radio work includes frequent performances in plays, including a dramatisation by [[Margaret Busby]] of [[C. L. R. James]]'s novel ''[[Minty Alley]]'', first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] in 1998,<ref>[http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/m/mi/minty_alley.html "Minty Alley" (Afternoon Play)], Radio Listings, BBC Radio 4.</ref><ref>Nigel Deacon, [http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/r4-plays-1998.html "BBC Radio Plays, Radio 4, 1998"]. Diversity Website.</ref> [[Biyi Bandele]]'s 2002 dramatisation of ''[[Oroonoko]]'' by [[Aphra Behn]],<ref>[http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/o/or/oroonoko__dramatised_by_biyi_bandele_.html "Oroonoko"] (dramatised By Biyi Bandele), ''Drama on 3''.</ref> [[Patricia Cumper]]'s dramatisation of [[Andrea Levy]]'s ''[[Small Island (novel)|Small Island]]'', broadcast in 2004,<ref>[http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/s/sm/small_island.html "Small Island"], ''Woman's Hour''/''15 Minute Drama'', BBC Radio 4.</ref> and Shakespeare's ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' in 2005, the play's first radio production for more than 20 years.<ref>[http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/t/tr/troilus_and_cressida.html "Troilus And Cressida"], ''Drama on 3''.</ref>
In August 2007, Caesar's Radio 4 programme ''To Sir, With Love Revisited'', directed by Mary Ward-Lowery, about [[E. R. Braithwaite]]'s 1959 [[To Sir, With Love|autobiographical account of teaching at a school]] in the [[East End of London]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232132/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/625fffef8e2a40949b442667fe01d8f6 "To Sir with Love Revisited"], ''Radio Times'', Issue 4349, 16 August 2007, p. 135.</ref> was described by ''The Guardian''′s reviewer as "utterly charming radio".<ref>Elisabeth Mahoney, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/aug/27/radio.comment "Radio review: To Sir With Love Revisited"], ''The Guardian'', 27 August 2007.</ref> Caesar's feature ''Black Students in Red Russia'' – which among other interviews included one with [[Jan Carew]], author of the 1964 novel ''Moscow Is Not My Mecca'' – was chosen by the ''[[New Statesman]]'' as a "Pick of the Week"<ref>[[Antonia Quirke]], [http://www.newstatesman.com/radio/2009/01/quirke-jason-devon-night-die "Pick of the week"], ''New Statesman'', 8 January 2009.</ref> when the programme was broadcast on Radio 4 (again produced by Ward-Lowery) in January 2009.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/radio/2009/wk2/wed.shtml "Black Students In Red Russia"], BBC Radio 4, Wednesday, 14 January 2009. BBC Press Office.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gllnn "Black Students in Red Russia"], BBC Radio 4, January 2009.</ref><ref>"Black Students in Red Russia – BBC Radio 4 – January 2009". [https://soundcloud.com/calvert-22/black-students-in-red-russia SoundCloud.]</ref>
Also that year, Caesar presented ''Black Screen Britain'', a two-part Radio 4 documentary series exploring how British film and television drama portrayed post-war African-Caribbean migrants and created opportunities for pioneering black actors.<ref>[http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/black-screen-britain/ "Black Screen Britain"], ''The Black Presence in Britain'', 28 March 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.culturewise.org/black-screen-britain/ "Black Screen Britain"], Culture Wise.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jck8s/episodes/guide Episodes: "Reclaiming Our Image" and "Ambassadors for the Race"], ''Black Screen Britain'', BBC Radio 4, September 2009.</ref> He is a regular reader of poetry and short stories on a variety of programmes, including ''[[Poetry Please]]''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070cgkk "Love and the Rest"], ''Poetry Please'', BBC Radio 4, 7 February 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/candc/c/ca/caesar_burt.html "Burt Caesar"], Radio Listings.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05mpwf1 "The Beautiful Thing"] ("A short story about emigration, backstory and new beginnings by [[Kit de Waal]]. Read by Burt Caesar"), BBC Radio 4, 22 March 2015.</ref> On the programme ''[[A Good Read]]'' in 2010, Caesar's choice of book was C. L. R. James's 1963 memoir ''[[Beyond a Boundary]]''.<ref name=GoodRead /><ref>Tricia Wombell, [http://www.tricia-blackbooknews.com/2010/04/good-read.html "A Good Read: Cricket lovely cricket"], ''Black Book News'', 5 April 2010.</ref>
In 2011, Caesar presented a [[BBC Radio 4]] programme about pioneering publisher [[John La Rose]], founder of [[New Beacon Books]], entitled ''What We Leave We Carry: The Legacy of John La Rose'', which was produced by Julian May and featured contributions by Sarah White, [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]], Margaret Busby, Susan Craig-Jones and [[Gus John]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x95h6 "What We Leave We Carry: The Legacy of John La Rose"], BBC Radio 4, 11 January 2011.</ref>
In April 2017, Caesar performed at the [[Arcola Theatre]] in ''The Plague'',<ref>Carole Woddis, [http://woddisreviews.org.uk/reviews/the-plague/#more-3116 "The Plague"], 13 April 2017.</ref> based on [[the Plague (novel)|the 1947 novel of the same name]] (originally ''La Peste'') by [[Albert Camus]], adapted and directed "with great ingenuity" by [[Neil Bartlett (playwright)|Neil Bartlett]].<ref>Michael Billington, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/apr/17/the-plague-review-albert-camus-arcola-london-neil-bartlett "The Plague review – Neil Bartlett's ingenious update of Camus' chilling fable"], ''The Guardian'', 17 April 2017.</ref>
Later in 2017, Caesar played the role of Gloucester in ''[[King Lear]]'' in a production directed by [[Nancy Meckler]] at [[Shakespeare's Globe]] (10 August – 14 October),<ref>[http://blog.shakespearesglobe.com/post/161893201133/summer-of-love-king-lear-casting-update-were "Summer of Love: King Lear Casting Update"], Shakespeare's Globe on the Blog.</ref><ref>Paul Taylor, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/king-lear-shakespeares-globe-review-nancy-meckler-a7898556.html "King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe, London, review: A naked emotional spontaneity in Kevin McNally's fine performance"], ''The Independent'', 17 August 2017.</ref><ref>Michael Billington, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/aug/17/king-lear-review-shakespeares-globe-london "King Lear review – poverty-stricken Shakespeare puts spotlight on homeless"], ''The Guardian'', 17 August 2017.</ref> giving a performance that the ''[[Financial Times]]'' characterised as "dignified and moving".<ref>Sarah Hemming, [https://www.ft.com/content/22bea2a4-83f7-11e7-94e2-c5b903247afd "King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe, London — a timeless fable"], ''Financial Times'', 18 August 2017.</ref>
In September 2019, he appeared in the [[Somerset Maugham]] drama ''[[For Services Rendered]]'' at [[Jermyn Street Theatre]].<ref>Loretta Monaco, [https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/play/for-services-rendered-at-jermyn-street-theatre-review/ "For Services Rendered at Jermyn Street Theatre | Review"], LondonTheatre1.com, 7 September 2019.</ref>
===Film and television=== Among films in which Caesar appeared are ''[[Skyfall]]'' (2012), ''[[Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist]]'' (2005) and ''[[Exorcist: The Beginning]]'' (2004), ''Bad Boy Blues'' (1995), ''[[Britannia Hospital]]'' (1982), ''[[New Year's Day (2001 film)|New Year's Day]]'' (2001), ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997), ''The Amnesty Files'' (HBO), and ''[[Scoop (1987 film)|Scoop]]'' (1987).
His television appearances include parts in ''[[Holby City]]'' (BBC), ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (BBC), ''[[Dalziel & Pascoe]]'' (BBC), ''[[The Bill]]'' ([[Thames TV]]), ''[[Prime Suspect]]'' ([[Granada TV]]), ''Prime Suspect II'', ''[[Between the Lines (TV series)|Between The Lines]]'' (BBC), ''[[Albion Market]]'' (Granada), ''Revolver'' (Thames), ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]'' (ITV), ''[[Us Girls]]'' (BBC), ''Hard Cases'' (Central), ''We Are the Elephant'', ''[[No Problem! (TV series)|No Problem!]]'' (Channel 4), ''[[Girls on Top (UK TV series)|Girls on Top]]'', ''Dancers'', and ''[[The Cleopatras]]'' (BBC).<ref name=BRep /> Most recently he appeared on [[BBC One]] in ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zcdt9#credits Series 5, Episode 4, ''Death in Paradise''], BBC One, 28 January 2016.</ref>
Caesar is also sought after as a narrator for documentaries, as well as for voice-over work.<ref name=Rhubarb /><ref name=IMDB />
===Directing=== Alongside acting, Caesar has over the years directed regularly for both stage and television. In 1986, he directed for the [[Black Theatre Co-operative]] (now Nitrobeat) the play ''Waiting for Hannibal'' by [[Yemi Ajibade]], which opened at the [[Drill Hall]], followed by a national tour,<ref>[http://www.nitro.co.uk/whats-on/archive/waiting-for-hannibal-2/ "Waiting For Hannibal, 1986, By Yemi Ajibade. National Tour."] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130421005254/http://www.nitro.co.uk/whats-on/archive/waiting-for-hannibal-2/ |date=21 April 2013 }} Nitro Archive, 14 October 1986.</ref> with [[Judith Jacobs]], [[Wilbert Johnson]] and others in the cast.<ref>[http://www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk/explore/productions/waiting-hannibal "Waiting For Hannibal"], Black Plays Archive, Royal National Theatre.</ref> Among other productions, Caesar directed ''Sidepockets'' at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]]; ''Cloud Nine'' at the [[Contact Theatre]], Manchester; Trish Cooke's ''Back Street Mammy'' (West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1991);<ref>[http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Trish-Cooke.pdf "Trish Cooke"] at David Higham Associates.</ref> [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[All God's Chillun Got Wings (play)|All God's Chillun Got Wings]]'' at [[West Yorkshire Playhouse]] (1993);<ref>[[Irving Wardle]], [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-the-battles-of-eric-the-bold-1471545.html "THEATRE / The battles of Eric the Bold"], ''The Independent'', 7 February 1993.</ref> and [[Michele Celeste]]'s ''My Goat'' at the [[Soho Theatre Company]] (1994).<ref>[http://micheleceleste.tripod.com/id32.htm "My Goat"], Tripod.</ref> Caesar was former Associate Director at the [[Royal Court Theatre]].<ref name=NT />
Film and TV drama he has directed includes, for the NT Archive, ''Remembrance'' by [[Derek Walcott]] and ''Welcome Home Jacko'' by [[Mustapha Matura]], as well as numerous episodes of the [[BBC One]] medical soap opera ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''.<ref name=NT />
Caesar is an artistic advisor at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA),<ref>[https://www.rada.ac.uk/about/governance-and-advisors/347-about-rada-governance-and-advisors-advisors?highlight=WyJidXJ0IiwiY2Flc2FyIiwiYnVydCBjYWVzYXIiXQ== "Artistic Advisory Committee"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201031739/https://www.rada.ac.uk/about/governance-and-advisors/347-about-rada-governance-and-advisors-advisors?highlight=WyJidXJ0IiwiY2Flc2FyIiwiYnVydCBjYWVzYXIiXQ== |date=1 February 2016 }}, RADA.</ref> where productions he has directed include [[Tarell Alvin McCraney]]'s ''The Brothers Size''<ref>[http://www.rada.ac.uk/rada_files/pdfs/spring_brochure_11_web.pdf Spring Season 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214141716/http://www.rada.ac.uk/rada_files/pdfs/spring_brochure_11_web.pdf |date=14 December 2010 }}, RADA.</ref> and ''[[Yerma]]'' by [[Federico Garcia Lorca]].<ref>[http://www.cherwell.org/culture/stage/2013/03/30/review-rada-production-of-yerma "Review: RADA production of Yerma"], ''[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]]'', 30 March 2013.</ref>
===Consulting, curatorial and other work===
His work as a tutor includes working with award-winning producer and director [[Tim Reid]], founder of the Legacy Media Institute, on intensive filmmakers workshops both in the UK and the US, in partnership with the [[British Film Institute]] (BFI).<ref>[http://www.legacymediainstitute.org/ "Legacy Media and the BFI to offer fourth London Workshop in September 2016"], Legacy Media Institute, 2015.</ref>
Caesar is also a creative consultant at the [[Museum of London Docklands]].<ref name=GoodRead /><ref>Graham Spicer, [http://www.culture24.org.uk/places-to-go/london/art42073 "London's Museum In Docklands Obtains Unique Slave Trade Archive"], Culture24, 12 December 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art44145 "Museum In Docklands To Lift Lid On London's Role In The Slave Trade"], Culture24, 20 February 2007.</ref> Discovering his family name in the papers of Thomas and John Mills, plantation owners in St Kitts, during the development of the exhibition ''Sugar and Slavery'', Caesar said: "For all British citizens of West Indian origin the Mills papers are vital documents in the often hidden or 'lost' history of slavery in the islands. As someone born in St. Kitts, and now living in London, these papers are even more important. On a personal level, there may be a direct family connection: a 'Caesar' is listed in the Mills papers. And on the grander scale of historical legacy, they provide further evidence of the long established link between the West Indies and England. My fellow Kittitians and I are descended from survivors of one side of a brutal and profitable trade which always had London at its centre."<ref>[http://archive.museumoflondon.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C0CD2D0D-1ED3-4187-87CF-03DA3014A4DF/0/LSS_press_pack.pdf "London, Sugar & Slavery gallery reveals city's untold history"], Museum in Docklands.</ref> Caesar is the brother of filmmaker [[Imruh Bakari]].
Caesar has also been a critic and commentator on theatre and literature.<ref name=Independent /><ref>[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8705.1996.tb02264.x/abstract "Linton Kwesi Johnson talks to Burt Caesar at Sparkside Studios, Brixton, London, 11 June 1996"], ''[[Critical Quarterly]]'', Volume 38, Issue 4, pp. 64–77, December 1996.</ref><ref name=NT />
In 2021, Caesar programmed a season of films and talks at the BFI commemorating the life and career of [[Earl Cameron]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/pdf/2021-08-01-celebrating-britains-first-black-screen-star.pdf|title=Celebrating Britain’s First Black Screen Star|publisher=BFI|date=1 August 2021|access-date=31 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://writersmosaic.org.uk/close-up/earl-cameron-remembered-at-the-bfi/|title=Earl Cameron remembered at the BFI|website=Close Up|publisher=Writers Mosaic|date=4 August 2021|access-date=28 August 2021}}</ref>
On 17 May 2023, Caesar was in conversation with [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]] at [[Brixton Library]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/listings/region/brixton/linton-kwesi-johnson-in-conversation/|title=Linton Kwesi Johnson in Conversation|website=blackhistorymonth.org.uk|access-date=31 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org/news-and-events/linton-kwesi-johnson-in-conversation |title=Linton Kwesi Johnson in conversation|publisher=[[George Padmore Institute]]|date=2 May 2023|access-date=31 July 2025}}</ref>
In December 2023, Caesar curated a season celebrating [[Harry Belafonte]] in the "African Odysseys" programme at the [[BFI Southbank]], with panel discussions alongside screenings of films spanning Belafonte's 70-year career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=harrybelafonte&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=|title=Harry Belafonte: Movies Race Defiance|website=whatson,bfi.org.uk|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=13 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmjuice.com/bfi-celebrates-harry-belafonte-season-dec-23/|title=BFI Celebrates Harry Belafonte – Season Dec 23|website=Film Juice|first=Marcia |last=Degia|date=11 December 2023|access-date=13 December 2023}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''[[Britannia Hospital]]'' (1982) – Demonstrator *''Kolmanskop'' (1983) – Philemon Madume *''[[Scoop (1987 film)|Scoop]]'' (1987, TV movie) – Ishmaelia – Dr Benito *''The Amnesty Files'' (1990, TV movie) – Matthew *''[[New Year's Day (2001 film)|New Year's Day]]'' (2000) – Mr. James *''[[Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist]]'' (2005) – Dr. Lamu *''[[Skyfall]]'' (2012) – Howard Dayton, Inquiry Member *''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'', "[[List of Death in Paradise episodes#Series 5 (2016)|A Personal Murder]]", Season 5, Episode 4 (28 January 2016) – Father Floyd *''King Lear: Live from Shakespeare's Globe'' (2017) – Gloucester
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160131030428/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/660127/Burt-Caesar "Burt Caesar"], Movies & TV – ''[[The New York Times]]''. * {{IMDb name|0128362}} * David Somerset, [https://vimeo.com/178535609 "Race and Representation in Shakespeare. Burt Caesar, actor and presenter in discussion with actor Hugh Quarshie"]. Vimeo. * Jamie Gavin, [https://vimeo.com/301671789 "Burt Caesar Showreel".] * [https://abneypark.org/virtual-events/burt-caesar-a-hostile-environment "Burt Caesar: 'A Hostile Environment'"], Abney Park Cemetery. * Burt Caesar, [https://writersmosaic.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Burt-Caesar-Praise-song-for-Mona-Hammond-130923.pdf "Praisesong for Mona Hammond (1931-2022)"], ''Writers Mosaic'', November 2022.
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