Roy Dotrice
as Hallyne
Character Overview: Hallyne, also known as Hallyne the Pyromancer, is the head of the Alchemists’ Guild. The Alchemists’ Guild is an ancient society of learned men, sometimes called pyromancers, who have claimed many magical and arcane abilities through the years. – Wiki of Ice & Fire
Actor Bio: Roy Dotrice was born on the Island of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands that are part of the United Kingdom. His first taste for the theater took root in a in a prisoner of war camp during World War II. At the end of the war, he decided to follow his instincts and pursue an acting career. In 1957, Dotrice joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (later to become the Royal Shakespeare Company) and for the next nine years performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays while working with the world’s greatest actors and directors. The training he received was to lead him into radio, film, television, and a multitude of theater productions staged throughout the world. Dotrice notably played the part of John Aubrey in Brief Lives, whose runs combined with extensive international touring earned Dotrice a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the greatest number of solo performances (1,782). He is arguably best known to North American audiences for playing the role of Father in the 1980s hit TV series Beauty and the Beast, where George R.R. Martin was a writer and producer. Roy Dotrice is also the reader for the A Song of Ice and Fire series audiobooks. Among many other things, Dotrice played Leopold Mozart in the 1984 film Amadeus. In 1998, he appeared in three episodes of the cult television show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Zeus, King of the Greek gods and father of Hercules. Roy Dotrice took part in ten Broadway productions and received a Tony award for his outstanding performance in A Moon for the Misbegotten. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2008. – RoyDotrice.com & Wikipedia
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