Fine Time Fontayne

Who is Fine Time Fontayne?

Ian Crossley, stage name 'Fine Time Fontayne' is an English character actor and stage director, including a successful production of Sleeping Beauty at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, Essex, UK, in December 2007 and January 2008.

Fontayne has played a variety of roles in many long-running British TV series such as All Creatures Great and Small, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, is a frequent voice in BBC Radio drama as well as a stage actor and director, and has appeared in films including 24 Hour Party People and Butterfly Kiss.

During 2011 he played the role of Claudius in the touring Northern Broadsides production of Hamlet. He also appears in the 2002 radio series "The Little World of Don Camillo".

He has frequently appeared in pantomime at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, dominating the stage with his magnificent presence and his splendid voice.