{{short description|British actor (1964–2022)}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Ronan Vibert | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Ronan_Vibert.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1964|2|23}} | birth_name = Ronan David Jackson Vibert | birth_place = Cambridgeshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|12|22|1964|02|23}} | death_place = Miami, Florida, U.S. | spouse = Jess Grand<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/08/ronan-vibert-obituary | title=Ronan Vibert obituary | newspaper=The Guardian | date=8 January 2023 | last1=Hayward | first1=Anthony }}</ref> | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1987–2019 }}
'''Ronan David Jackson Vibert''' (23 February 1964 – 22 December 2022) was an English actor who was known for his appearances in films and on British and American television.
==Early life== He was born in Cambridge, on 23 February 1964,<ref>{{cite web |work=Bfi |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/332675/ |title=VIBERT, Ronan |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=12 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410030633/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/332675 |archive-date=10 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> the son of Dilys (née Jackson) and David Vibert, both artists<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/34/Ronan-Vibert.html Ronan Vibert Biography ((?)-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and brother Cevn Vibert. He lived in Penarth, South Wales, until he was 18, then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fabrique|title=Ronan Vibert — RADA|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/ronan-vibert/|access-date=2020-10-28|website=www.rada.ac.uk|language=en-gb}}</ref>
==Career== Vibert had a long career in theatre, radio, television and film.
Vibert appeared in episodes of ''Lovejoy'', ''Chandler & Co'', ''Between the Lines'' and the BBC's ''The Buccaneers'', in ITV's ''Cadfael'', ''Inspector Lewis'' and in ''Van der Valk''. He appeared in ''Jeeves and Wooster'' as Wilmot, Lord Pershore ('Motty').<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9e49364 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315044045/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9e49364 | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 March 2019 | title=Ronan Vibert }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895812/ | title=Ronan Vibert | website=IMDb }}</ref>
Stage credits included plays at the Bush Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, The Gate, Manchester Royal Exchange, Bristol Old Vic, The Barbican for the RSC, The Almeida and The Savoy West End. In 1996, Vibert appeared at the National Theatre for the third time, as Prince Andre in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's ''War and Peace''. He played Maximilien Robespierre in the BBC's adaptation of ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' with Richard E. Grant.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9e49364 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315044045/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9e49364 | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 March 2019 | title=Ronan Vibert }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895812/ | title=Ronan Vibert | website=IMDb }}</ref>
Vibert appeared in the ''Midsomer Murders'' episode "Death in Chorus". He also appeared in episodes of ''Waking The Dead'' and ''The Mrs Bradley Mysteries''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9e49364 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315044045/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9e49364 | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 March 2019 | title=Ronan Vibert }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895812/ | title=Ronan Vibert | website=IMDb }}</ref>
He also appeared in such TV series as ''Rome'', ITV's ''Poirot'', ''The Borgias'', Emmy award winning miniseries ''Hatfields and McCoys'' with Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, ''Penny Dreadful'', ''The Lizzie Borden Chronicles'', ''NCIS LA'', ''Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'' and ''Carnival Row''.<ref name="deadline"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895812/ | title=Ronan Vibert | website=IMDb }}</ref>
Among his many films are ''Shadow of the Vampire'' with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, ''The Cat's Meow'' directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-winning ''The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski, ''Tomb Raider 2'', ''Tristan and Isolde'', ''The Snowman'' with Michael Fassbender and ''Saving Mr Banks'' with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, portraying the literary agent Diarmuid Russell.<ref name="deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/ronan-vibert-dead-actor-saving-mr-banks-and-the-pianist-at-58-obituary-1235206041|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224000405/https://deadline.com/2022/12/ronan-vibert-dead-actor-saving-mr-banks-and-the-pianist-at-58-obituary-1235206041/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2022|title=Ronan Vibert Dies: Actor In 'Saving Mr. Banks' And 'The Snowman' Was 58|date=September 2019}}</ref> He also appeared in ''The Grass Arena'' with Mark Rylance.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895812/ | title=Ronan Vibert | website=IMDb }}</ref>
==Illness and death== Vibert died at a Florida hospital on 22 December 2022, aged 58, following a brief illness.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gajewski |first1=Ryan |title=Ronan Vibert, 'Saving Mr. Banks' and 'The Borgias' Actor, Dies at 58 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ronan-vibert-dead-saving-mr-banks-1235287233/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64097159|title=Ronan Vibert: Stars' tributes after death of actor, 58|date=27 December 2022|website=BBC News Wales|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-08 |title=Ronan Vibert obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/08/ronan-vibert-obituary |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film and television=== {| class="wikitable" |- align="center" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | rowspan="1"|1987 | ''On the Black Hill'' | Jim Watkins | |- | rowspan="1"|1989 | ''Traffik'' | Lee | |- | rowspan="1"|1990 | ''Birds of a Feather'' | Martin | Episode: "Love on the Run" |- | rowspan="1"|1991 | ''Van der Valk'' | Martin Lepweg | Episode: "Dangerous Games" |- | rowspan="1"|1992 | ''Jeeves and Wooster'' | Wilmot, Lord Pershore ('Motty') | "Bertie Sets Sail" |- | rowspan="1"|1993 | ''Lovejoy'' | Lindsey Parry Davies | "Second Fiddle" |- | rowspan="2"|1995 | ''Cadfael'' | Le Gaucher | Episode: "The Virgin in the Ice" |- | ''The Buccaneers'' | Lord Richard Marabel | |- | rowspan="1"|1996 | ''Tales from the Crypt'' | | Episode: "Horror in the Night" |- | rowspan="2"|1998 | ''Tale of the Mummy'' | Young | |- | ''Big Women'' | Bull |- | rowspan="2"|1999 | ''Gimme Gimme Gimme'' | Vince | Episode: "I Do, I Do, I Do" |- | ''Highlander: The Raven'' | Sir Trevor Benton | "The Frame" |- | rowspan="1"|1999–2000 | ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' | Maximilien Robespierre | |- | rowspan="2"|2000 | ''The Mrs Bradley Mysteries'' | Douglas | Episode: "Laurels Are Poison" |- | ''Shadow of the Vampire'' | Muller | |- | rowspan="1"|2001 | ''The Cat's Meow'' | Joseph Willicombe | |- | rowspan="1"|2002 | ''Shearing'' | Stewart | short film |- | rowspan="1"|2002 | ''The Pianist'' | Janina's Husband | |- | rowspan="1"|2002 | ''The Princess and the Pea'' | Laird | |- | rowspan="2"|2003 | ''Keen Eddie'' | Craig Booth | "The Amazing Larry Dunn" |- | ''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'' | MI6 Agent Calloway | |- | rowspan="2"|2004 | ''London'' | Joseph Conrad | |- | ''Gladiatress'' | Caesar | |- | rowspan="2"|2005 | ''Hex'' | Mephistopheles | |- | ''Waking The Dead'' | Dr Jonathan Lynch | "Subterraneans" |- | rowspan="1"|2006 | ''Ultimate Force'' | Griffin | "Violent Solutions" |- | rowspan="1"|2006 | ''Midsomer Murders'' | Giles Armitage | "Death in Chorus" |- | rowspan="2"|2007 | ''Taggart'' | James Forsyth | Episode: "Users and Losers" |- | ''Rome'' | Lepidus | Episode: "Philippi" |- | rowspan="1"|2008 | ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' | Professor Skinner | ''The Last Sontaran'' |- | rowspan="2"|2009 | ''The Bill'' | Curtis Jensen | |- | ''Lewis'' | Simon Monkford | "The Quality of Mercy" |- | rowspan="3"|2010 | ''The Last Seven'' | Isaac | |- | ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' | Captain Dacres | "Three Act Tragedy" |- | ''1066'' | Sweyn | |- | rowspan="2"|2011 | ''The Borgias'' | Giovanni Sforza | |- | ''The Man Who Crossed Hitler'' | Walther Stennes | |- | rowspan="1"|2012 | ''Hatfields & McCoys'' | Perry Cline | |- | rowspan="1"|2013 | ''Saving Mr. Banks'' | Diarmuid Russell | |- | rowspan="1"|2013 | ''New Tricks'' | Ray Barlow | "Roots" |- | rowspan="1"| 2014 | ''Dracula Untold'' | Simion "The Wise" | |- | rowspan="1"| 2015 | ''Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'' | The Duke of Wellington | |- | rowspan="1"| 2015 | ''Penny Dreadful'' | Sir Geoffrey Hawkes | Episodes: "The Nightcomers", "Little Scorpion" |- | rowspan="1"| 2015 | ''The Coroner'' | Gavin Drake | Series 1 Episode 3 "That's The Way To Do It" |- | rowspan="1"| 2017 | ''The Snowman'' | DCI Gunnar Hagen | |- | rowspan="1"| 2017 | ''Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'' | Chief Judge | Episode: "Human Is" |- |}
===Radio=== {| class="wikitable" |- align="center" ! Year ! Play ! Role ! Notes |- | rowspan="1"|2008 | ''A Dance to the Music of Time'' | Peter Templer | BBC Radio 4 |- |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0895812}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20190315044045/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9e49364 Ronan Vibert] at the British Film Institute *{{discogs artist|Ronan Vibert}}
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