About the Cast


LIAM CUNNINGHAM plays Agravaine, one of King Arthur's key Knights of the Round Table.  

In the mid-'80s, Cunningham decided to change his life.  After working as an electrician his entire life, Cunningham saw an ad for a drama school.  With the support of his wife, he decided to give it a try.

Since then, he hasn't looked back, juggling offers from both sides of the Atlantic, in television, theater and film.  A month after leaving his day job he won the lead in a new Irish play, and followed that with a United States tour starring in another Irish play.  He subsequently joined a theater company called The Passion Machine, and soon found himself performing in London's prestigious Royal Court Theater.

Working on back-to-back projects, Cunningham has appeared in the British TV series "Roughnecks," as well as the David Puttnam film "War of the Buttons" and "The Little Princess."


RALPH INESON, who plays Ralf, the sidekick of the evil Malagant, attended Lancaster University where he received a BA in Theater Studies.  He gained further acting experience in the English provinces and has appeared in some of English television's most successful series, including "The Bill and Spender."  His films include "How High the Moon."

Over the past two years, Ineson has concentrated on television and film media playing one of the leading roles in the Catherine Cookson TV mini-series "Cinder Path" and the Oscar-nominated short "Syrup."  He also appeared in the American production "Royce," and plays the character of  Dix in the controversial British film "Shopping."


CHRISTOPHER VILLIERS, who plays Sir Kay, one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, comes from a show-business family.  His father is a director, his mother an actress; his older sister, Catlin, produced "Before the Rain," which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.  His younger brother is also an actor.  

Villiers's career began when he joined the National Youth Theatre at his mothers insistence.  Later, he went to work with Sir Bernard Miles at the Mermaid Theatre first as a ticket taker, then as an understudy.    After considerable repertory experience, Villiers added much television to his credit, as well as such movies as "Top Secret!," "The Scarlet Pimpernel," and "Hazard of Hearts."


VALENTINE PELKA, who plays Sir Patrise, one of the Knights of the Round Table, has been fascinated by the legend of King Arthur since childhood.

A familiar figure on British television and the stage, he has appeared in "Nanou," "If Tomorrow Comes," "Hold the Dream" and "William Tell."  While at the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, Pelka has played leading roles in "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Woman Killed With Kindness."

His film credits have seen him starring opposite Albert Finney in "John-Paul II," Jason Robards and Glenda Jackson in "Sakharov," Sir Alec Guiness in Graham Greene's "Monsignor Quixote," and as the poet Shelley opposite Hugh Grant in the award-winning "Rowing With the Wind."  Pelka has previously worked with co-star Gere when he played his brother in "King David."

A talented artist, Pelka will exhibit a one-man show in London later this year.


JEAN MARIE COFFEY plays Petronella, one of Guinevere's hand maidens.  

Born in Dundee, Scotland, on December 6, 1969, Coffee was brought up by her mother after her father died when she was two.  After attending the prestigious Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts, Coffey has worked with a new company in a fringe Theater in London.  Her film credits include "Shallow Grave."


JANE ROBBINS plays Elise, one of Guinevere's hand maidens.  

Born in West Middlesex on September 26, 1967, Robbins enjoyed a career as a dancer until a back injury forced her to quit.  Since graduating from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Robbins has appeared in Alan Ayckbourn's Theater in Scarborough in "My Very Own Story," and "This Is Where We Came In."  She has appeared in a number of television series, as well as "Hooked," a film for television directed by Jim O'Brien based on a notorious real-life incident in which a soldier's mistress murdered his wife.