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Jeremy Crutchley is an international actor, musician and songwriter with over 40 years’ experience on stage and screen. He has performed in London’s West-End, for the Royal Shakespeare Company and On Broadway. Born, raised and educated in the U.K., he has lived & worked for many years in South Africa and is based in the U.S.A. His early work with the renowned Market Theatre Company, ranging from Slim in Cowboy Mouth to Pentheus in The Bacchae, helped build a reputation for creating interesting, offbeat characters leading to rôles such as Alan Strang in Equus and Bessmertny The Immortal in Sarcophagus, gaining recognition as one of S.A.’s most versatile and acclaimed leading actors. He has received many of its highest awards for such performances as Shylock in The Merchant Of Venice and as Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf in Doug Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winner I Am My Own Wife. His unique solo show of Sacred Elephant as The Other, never performed before, received public & critical acclaim in Cape Town, Los Angeles and in New York Off-Broadway at The 1st Floor, La Mama. He has appeared in the West End in ‘The Dice House’ and made his Broadway debut in 2022 in Martin McDonagh’s ‘Hangmen’. His extensive Film credits include: Skin; A Good Man in Africa; Stephen King’s The Mangler (M-Net Award Best Supporting Actor); Flytrap (London Int’l Awards); Lord Of War; Forgiveness; Retribution (SAFTA Golden Horn Award, Best Actor Nomination); the indie short film Demus (2017) as lead actor, co‑writer & producer, also contributing original soundtrack music. TV Series in the UK & USA includes: City Central; DirtyWork; The Blacklist; MacGyver; Law & Order; Salem; Black Sails; Evil; and American Gods. Please see IMDB Pro. For full TV & Film performance credits. |
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Crutchley’s path as a musician may be less well known, travelling a more ‘underground’ route yet it has remained deeply connected in artistic spirit from the outset to the present.
A self-taught guitarist, he created an experimental Rock-Theatre work titled Bloodbreath Anaesthetic (1978). His breakout performance as Slim in Sam Shepard’s ‘Cowboy Mouth’ (1981) also drew attention to his two numbers wielding an electric guitar. He went on to create music & lyrics for an edgy, bi-lingual collaboration called SLOPER - The Demolisher (’82/’83) and in 1984 he was invited to play Tom Howe plus compose all-original music for a unique rock-theatre production of Brian Aldiss’ Brothers Of The Head, the first time a license had been granted. He later played rhythm guitar on ‘Jabulani’ for the P.J.Powers & The Prophets Of The City version. He notably led the original cast of The Rocky Horror Show as (a blonde) Dr Frank’n’Furter when it finally hit South Africa in the 90’s. More recently, for the short film Demus, he also contributed music and a song to the soundtrack.
His first studio album is titled RELEASE by Jeremy Crutchley & The Standing Wave, a collection of 12 self-penned songs and for which he also conceived & directed his first music video.
An experienced Voice Artist, his proven track record in advertising covers a vast range of deliveries for clients, notably many character voices for RED BULL. In the world of Animation, diverse roles include Lord Darlington in PRIMAL, Merlin in UNICORN:Warriors Eternal and One-One in INFINITY TRAIN. Video games include; GAME Of THRONES: Kingsroad as King Marrok Tyre and CALL OF DUTY: Black Ops 6 as the voice of Oskar Strauss. As a wild card, Jeremy delivered an epic 96 episodes as the Narrator for the cult comedy Sci-Fi podcast MISSION to ZYXX, culminating in an uproarious live broadcast from The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.
A self-taught guitarist, he created an experimental Rock-Theatre work titled Bloodbreath Anaesthetic (1978). His breakout performance as Slim in Sam Shepard’s ‘Cowboy Mouth’ (1981) also drew attention to his two numbers wielding an electric guitar. He went on to create music & lyrics for an edgy, bi-lingual collaboration called SLOPER - The Demolisher (’82/’83) and in 1984 he was invited to play Tom Howe plus compose all-original music for a unique rock-theatre production of Brian Aldiss’ Brothers Of The Head, the first time a license had been granted. He later played rhythm guitar on ‘Jabulani’ for the P.J.Powers & The Prophets Of The City version. He notably led the original cast of The Rocky Horror Show as (a blonde) Dr Frank’n’Furter when it finally hit South Africa in the 90’s. More recently, for the short film Demus, he also contributed music and a song to the soundtrack.
His first studio album is titled RELEASE by Jeremy Crutchley & The Standing Wave, a collection of 12 self-penned songs and for which he also conceived & directed his first music video.
An experienced Voice Artist, his proven track record in advertising covers a vast range of deliveries for clients, notably many character voices for RED BULL. In the world of Animation, diverse roles include Lord Darlington in PRIMAL, Merlin in UNICORN:Warriors Eternal and One-One in INFINITY TRAIN. Video games include; GAME Of THRONES: Kingsroad as King Marrok Tyre and CALL OF DUTY: Black Ops 6 as the voice of Oskar Strauss. As a wild card, Jeremy delivered an epic 96 episodes as the Narrator for the cult comedy Sci-Fi podcast MISSION to ZYXX, culminating in an uproarious live broadcast from The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.
