| Biography | Peter Straker (born 7 November 1943) is a Jamaican born singer and actor, best known for appearances in Doctor Who (in the 1979 serial Destiny of the Daleks) and the 1985 ITV series Connie. He also had a long-standing professional and personal relationship with Freddie Mercury.
He first shot to fame in 1968 when he starred as Hud in the original London production of 'Hair. Straker has starred in countless West End productions since, including Pete Townsend's 'Tommy', Ken Hill's 'The Original Phantom of the Opera', 'Hot Stuff', 'Blues in the Night', 'The Rocky Horror Show', 'The Rat Pack', ' One Love' and 'Holding On'; both with Ruby Turner. His classical roles include Cassius in 'Julius Caesar', at Bristol Old Vic, and Lucio in 'Measure for Measure' at the National Theatre.
Straker created the title role of Nosferatu in the British premiere production of Bernard J. Taylor's musical at the Eastbourne Hippodrome in 1995, which also starred Christopher Biggins.
Recently he reprised his role in 'The Wiz' with Birmingham Rep, and starred in The Hackney Empire's 'Cinderella', The Landor Theatre's 'The Glorious One's' and returned to the Edinburgh Festival with a brand new show, 'Peter Straker's Brel'. Lately Straker has performed in The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in a concert performance of 'Piaf' with The Matthew Jones Orchestra, and his critically acclaimed one man show 'Peter Straker's Brel' is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 after sold out performances earlier this year at the St James Theatre in London. |