Michael Kitchen

About

Michael Roy Kitchen (born 31 October 1948) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle in the ITV drama Foyle’s War, which ran for nine series between 2002 and 2015. He also played the role of Bill Tanner in two James Bond films opposite Pierce Brosnan, and that of John Farrow in BBC Four’s comedy series Brian Pern.

Michael Roy Kitchen was born in Leicester, to parents Arthur and Betty Kitchen. He attended the City of Leicester Boys’ Grammar School, where he appeared on stage in a production of Cymbeline.
He is the firstborn son. His brother, Jeffrey, was born three years later in 1951. He grew up at 102 Wilberforce Rd, west of the current De Montfort campus. He was a senior scout in the 57th Leicester Scout group. At age 15, he was selected to attend several weeks’ training at the National Youth Theatre. After school, he completed a year at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry.
An opportunity arose when Leicester City Council offered him a grant to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. He gratefully accepted, and graduated in 1969 with an Acting (RADA Diploma)….