Marc Antolin

Marc Antolin (born 22 March 1987) is a Welsh actor. He was nominated for Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors and Leo Bloom in The Producers.

Early life Antolin is from Port Talbot, Wales. He began acting in school after a knee injury prevented him from playing sports for 18 months, during which time he joined the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre.

Career Antolin studied musical theatre at Arts Educational Schools, London and performed in, among others, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.

Antolin starred as the Jewish painter Marc Chagall in The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, a stage adaptation of the life of Bella Chagall and Marc Chagall, first in 2016, and later in 2020. The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk was filmed as a live broadcast during the Covid-19 pandemic. Antolin considers this performance to be a turning point in his career.

In 2018, Antolin played Seymour Krelborn in the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's production of Little Shop of Horrors and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. reprised the role when the show transferred to the Garrick Theatre, and was nominated for his second Olivier Award.

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