page_title: Jos Vantyler
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Jos Vantyler / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Jos Vantyler in Propchecy 2008
context_page_description: Jos Vantyler is an award-winning Irish actor who is known mainly for his work in classical drama.
context_section_description: In 2005, Vantyler won The NYC Star Best Newcomer Award for his portrayal of Rodolfo in Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge. In the same year, he was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor by The NYC Review for his portrayal of Oswald in Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen.
  In 2006, he played Anselmus in The Second Maiden's Tragedy at the newly refurbished Hackney Empire for which he received high critical praise. In 2007, he played King Phillip of France in The Lion in Winter for Fairbanks Theaters with Chicago director Don Morrelli.
  In 2008, he played the lead role of Lord Fancourt Babberley in Charley's Aunt at The New Wimbledon Theatre. BAFTA winning director David Giles cast him that year in Underfoot In Show Business which was Charles Leipart's comic stage adaptation based on the early life memoir of Helene Hanff, opposite Felicity Dean.
  In 2008, Vantyler appeared in the controversial play Prophecy by New York City playwright Karen Malpede. Although certain press branded the play as a disturbing piece, Vantyler's portrayal of a young soldier suffering from extreme PTSD received high acclaim and resulted in Vantyler being nominated for a Critics Choice Award – Best Actor for his performance. The press described Vantyler as "a young exciting actor with distinctive looks and a powerful presence". In preparation for the role, Vantyler researched the condition at a military hospital in Scotland. It had transferred from New York to London and later back to Broadway. Vantyler did not resume his role in the new revised Broadway production nor was it well received by the New York critics.
  In 2009, he played Billy in the Tom Stoppard play The Real Thing, directed by Hanna Berrigan. Giles cast Vantyler as Pietro in Swimming At The Ritz in 2009, a play about the last day in the life of Pamela Harriman, which starred Felicity Dean.
  In 2009, he took the lead opposite Academy Award Nominee Susannah York in The Tennessee Williams Season for The Hampstead New End Theatre. Due to sell-out audiences from its opening night and rave reviews from the press, the show transferred to another sellout run at the Hackney Empire in December 2009. Vantyler and York went on to become close friends.
  In 2010, he played Tom Sawyer in the National Tour in James Graham's play Huck, a stage adaptation of the Mark Twain classic, Huckleberry Finn.  He garnered critical praise and was named "The Mercurial Jos Vantyler" by Time Out and was nominated for Best Male Performance Award of 2010 by The Offwestend Awards.
  Harold Brighouse wrote The Game in 1914, and it was performed that same year; it was not performed again until 2010 by Northern Broadsides.  Directed by and starring Barrie Rutter.  Vantyler played Rutter's son, Leo Whitworth.  Both he and the production received high critical praise.
caption: Vantyler in Prophecy, 2008
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