Arguably the best director of Shakespeare's dramas to come along in more than a generation, and one of the best young actors around today. His King Henry V was filmed when he was in his 20s and lots more people should go out and rent it. Also did a fine Much Ado About Nothing and a resonant Hamlet. Not confining himself to Shakespeare, he is also responsible for the underrated thriller Dead Again. Was married to Emma Thompson, who played a brilliant Beatrice to his Benedick.