Portrait of Christopher Saunders

Acting

Christopher Saunders

Career

Active from 2006 to 2022, busiest in 2014 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
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Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Classical Ballet 7
  • Ballet Performance 4
  • Dance 3
  • Royal Ballet 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Classical Music 3
  • World Immersion 2
  • Visually Stunning 2
  • Grand Spectacle 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Romantic Fantasy 2
  • Family-Friendly 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
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Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Minkus: Don Quixote - Royal Opera House
Minkus: Don Quixote - Royal Opera House

as Don Quixote

2020s

6 titles
Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet
Don Quixote from Birmingham Royal Ballet (2023)

Stage Director

The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling (2022)

as Emperor Franz Joseph

A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country (2022)

as Yslaev

ROH Live: The Nutcracker
ROH Live: The Nutcracker (2021)

as Herr Drosselmeyer

The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet (2021)

as Herr Drosselmeyer

Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty (2020)

as King

2010s

20 titles · average score 64
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) (2019)

as Edward Elgar

Royal Opera House: Coppélia
Royal Opera House: Coppélia (2017)

as The Burgomaster

The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty (2017)

as King Florestan XXIV

The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand (2017)

as Armand's Father

The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker (2016)

as Dr Stahlbaum

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (2015)

as Lord Capulet

La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet) (2015)

as Thomas

Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet) (2014)

as Don Quixote

Royal Ballet: Manon
Royal Ballet: Manon (2014)

as Monsieur G. M.

666 Park Avenue
666 Park Avenue (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Jones

Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2011)

as Father / King of Hearts

La Bayadère
La Bayadère (2011)

as Rajah

2000s

3 titles
Swan Lake
Swan Lake (2009)

as An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart

The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty (2006)

as King Florestan XXIV

Coppélia (The Royal Ballet)
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet) (2000)

as The Duke