BioGraph
Connecting Helen McCrory and Genghis Khan
Helen McCrory
English actress (1968–2021)
McCrory portrayed Cherie Blair in both '' The Queen'' (2006) and ''The Special Relationship'' (2010), alongside Michael Sheen who also portrayed husband and Prime Minister Tony Blair in both.
Michael Sheen
More recently, Sheen played an incarcerated serial killer surgeon in Fox's 2019 drama, ''Prodigal Son'' (2019), Aziraphale in the 2019 BBC/Amazon Studios miniseries of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's end of the world novel, ''Good Omens'', and appeared as Chris Tarrant in ''Quiz'', the 2020 screen adaptation of a theatrical production telling the tale of the coughing scandal which denied a top prize win on the British version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' in 2001.
In May 2019 Sheen starred alongside David Tennant in '' Good Omens'', based on the novel of the same name written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman and was cast as Chris Tarrant in the TV adaptation of James Graham's stage play '' Quiz''.
Terry Pratchett
Some characters are parodies of well-known characters: for example, Pratchett's character Cohen the Barbarian, also called Ghengiz Cohen, is a parody of Conan the Barbarian and Genghis Khan, and his character Leonard of Quirm is a parody of Leonardo da Vinci.
Helen McCrory
English actress (1968–2021)
She also portrayed Françoise in the film '' Charlotte Gray'' (2001), Narcissa Malfoy in the final three ''Harry Potter'' films (2009, 2010, 2011), Mama Jeanne in Martin Scorsese's family film '' Hugo'' (2011), Clair Dowar in the James Bond film '' Skyfall'' (2012), Polly Gray in '' Peaky Blinders'' (2013–2019), Emma Banville in ''Fearless'' (2017) and Kathryn Villiers in ''MotherFatherSon'' (2019).
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker
The film was first presented on television in both the United States (as part of the PBS '' American Masters'' series) and the United Kingdom (as part of the BBC Two '' Arena'' series) on September 26 to 27, 2005.
Elizabeth I
From her teenage years and throughout her life she translated works in Latin and Greek by numerous classical authors, including the ''Pro Marcello'' of Cicero, the ''De consolatione philosophiae'' of Boethius, a treatise by Plutarch, and the ''Annals'' of Tacitus.
Cicero
Cicero is portrayed as a hero in the novel ''A Pillar of Iron'' by Taylor Caldwell (1965). Robert Harris' novels '' Imperium'', ''Lustrum'' (published under the name ''Conspirata'' in the United States) and ''Dictator'' comprise a three-part series based on the life of Cicero.
Taylor Caldwell
American novelist
Taylor Caldwell's best-known works include ''Dynasty of Death'', ''Dear and Glorious Physician'' (about Saint Luke), ''Ceremony of the Innocent'', ''Pillar of Iron'' (about Cicero), ''The Earth is the Lord's'' (about Genghis Khan) and '' Captains and the Kings''.
In ''The Earth Is the Lord's'' (1941), she fictionalized Genghis Khan; in ''The Arm and the Darkness'' (1943), Cardinal Richelieu; in ''A Pillar of Iron'' (1965), the Roman senator and orator Cicero; and in ''Glory and the Lightning'' (1974), Aspasia, mistress of the Athenian leader Pericles.
Victor Frankenstein
* In 2011 the stage adaptation ''Frankenstein'' (by Nick Dear) directed by Oscar winner Danny Boyle premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, who swapped the roles of Frankenstein and his creature at his representation.
Benedict Cumberbatch
In films, Cumberbatch has played Khan in '' Star Trek Into Darkness'' (2013), and has appeared in the historical dramas '' Amazing Grace'' (2006), '' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013), ''1917'' (2019) and '' The Courier'' (2020).
In 2013, Cumberbatch appeared in J. J. Abrams' sequel, ''Star Trek Into Darkness'', as Khan, the film's antagonist.
Khan Noonien Singh
It is also revealed his birth name was Noonien Singh and that he adopted the title "Khan" out of admiration for Genghis Khan.
