---
name: "Quentin Crisp"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/quentin-crisp"
fi1m_id: "quentin-crisp"
imdb_id: "nm0187998"
tmdb_id: 57459
wikidata_id: "Q920513"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 December 1908"
died: "21 November 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:53:25.474740+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Quentin Crisp

## Identity

Quentin Crisp

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/quentin-crisp
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** quentin-crisp
- **IMDb ID:** nm0187998
- **TMDB ID:** 57459
- **Wikidata ID:** Q920513
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Crisp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q920513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57459

Actor. Born 25 December 1908 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK. Died 21 November 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 December 1908, Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 21 November 1999
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Crisp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q920513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57459

## Biography

Quentin Crisp was an English writer, raconteur and actor. Born Denis Pratt on 25 December 1908 in Sutton, Surrey, he published the autobiography *The Naked Civil Servant* in 1968. A 1975 television adaptation starred John Hurt as Crisp.

Crisp moved to New York in 1977. His film roles include Polonius in *Hamlet* (1976), Dr Zahlus in *The Bride* (1985) and Queen Elizabeth I in Sally Potter's *Orlando* (1992). He also appeared in *Philadelphia* (1993) and *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar* (1995). Crisp died on 21 November 1999 in Manchester.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Queen Elizabeth I — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Philadelphia* (1993), Fi1m 76, as Guest at Party (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/philadelphia.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia* (2023), Actor
- *Queerama* (2017), as Narrator (archive footage)
- *Uncle Denis?* (2010), Actor
- *Barriers* (1999), as Nathan
- *The Electric Urn* (1998), as Simon
- *Homo Heights* (1998), as Malcolm
- *Little Red Riding Hood* (1997), as Narrator (voice)
- *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar* (1995), as NY Pageant Judge
- *Red Ribbons* (1994), Actor
- *Camp Christmas* (1993), Actor
- *Philadelphia* (1993), as Guest at Party (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/philadelphia.md)
- *Orlando* (1992), as Queen Elizabeth I — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *Kojak: Flowers For Matty* (1990), as Mr. Isabella
- *Romeo.Juliet* (1990), as Benvolio (voice)
- *The Ballad of Reading Gaol* (1988), as Narrator
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Ernie Frick
- *The Bride* (1985), as Dr Zahlus
- *Hamlet* (1976), as Polonius
- *The Naked Civil Servant* (1975), Writer
- *Value for Money* (1970), Actor
- *Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways* (1967), as Stationmaster

## Gallery

- ![Quentin Crisp](https://film.one/media/person/81505/gallery-2a9742f88424.jpg) Quentin Crisp — Ross B. Lewis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/QuentinCrisp-RossBennettLewisPHOTO.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Quentin Crisp's the One Man Show. Birmingham c1982](https://film.one/media/person/81505/gallery-a8ca17156eaa.jpg) Quentin Crisp's the One Man Show. Birmingham c1982 — GrahamColm, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Crisp_1982.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Portrait of Quentin Crisp, photographed in New York City in 1985 by Mary Motley Kalergis for The Guardian (UK). Copyright was retained by the photographer.](https://film.one/media/person/81505/gallery-bb799add48bd.jpg) Portrait of Quentin Crisp, photographed in New York City in 1985 by Mary Motley Kalergis for The Guardian (UK). Copyright was retained by the photographer. — MaryMotleyKalergisPhotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Portrait_of_Quentin_Crisp.jpg/1280px-Portrait_of_Quentin_Crisp.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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