Actor
Christopher Saunders
27 films
Christopher Saunders is a British dancer. He trained at The Royal Ballet School. He entered the The Royal Ballet in 1983. He was promoted to Soloist in 1991 and to Principal Character Artist in 1997. He appointed Ballet Master in 2001 and Rehearsal Director in 2017.
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Best known for
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011 · Father / King of Hearts
The Sleeping Beauty
2006 · King Florestan XXIV
The Nutcracker
2016 · Dr Stahlbaum
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
2020 · King
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
2021 · Herr Drosselmeyer
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
2017 · Armand's Father
Filmography 26
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
2022 · Emperor Franz Joseph
A Month in the Country
2022 · Yslaev
The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet
2021 · Herr Drosselmeyer
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
2021 · Herr Drosselmeyer
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
2020 · King
Coppélia (The Royal Ballet, 2019)
2019 · The Burgomaster
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2019 · Edward Elgar
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
2019 · Don Quixote
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
2018 · Dr Stahlbaum
Anastasia
2017 · Tsar Nicholas II
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
2017 · Armand's Father
The Sleeping Beauty
2017 · King Florestan XXIV
The Nutcracker
2016 · Dr Stahlbaum
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
2015 · Lord Capulet
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
2015 · Thomas
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2014 · Father / The King of Hearts
Royal Ballet: Manon
2014 · Monsieur G. M.
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
2014 · Don Quixote
Giselle
2014 · The Duke
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
2013 · Lord Capulet
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011 · Father / King of Hearts
La Bayadère
2011 · Rajah
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
2010 · Self (Archive Footage)
Swan Lake
2009 · An Evil Spirit, later Von Rothbart