Ronald Pickup: Ronald Pickup. Actor: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Ronald Alfred Pickup was a highly respected, incisive, classically trained character actor who specialized in the portrayal of prominent historical authority figures or crusty academics. He was born in Chester, England, to English and French language lecturer Eric Pickup and his wife Daisy (née Williams). Ronald received his education at Leeds University and then studied at RADA on a scholarship before making...
Known For: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Norman Cousins), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (King Sharaman), Darkest Hour (Neville Chamberlain), The Mission (Hontar)