His career has seen a steady rise from a bit part actor in TV series Z Cars to Oscar-nominated actor for his roles in 1978's Midnight Express and 1980's The Elephant Man. He was recently seen on the small screen in Doctor Who as the mysterious "War Doctor".
Others in the Honors list are actress and writer Joan Collins – she has been made a dame. She is best known for her role as Alexis Carrington in the 1980s US soap Dynasty and she has been honored for her services to charity.
She is a 81-year-old and is involved with a number of charities including the NSPCC, National Centre for Learning Disabilities, Action for Sick Children and The Shooting Star Children's Hospice.
She had got an OBE sometime earlier for services to drama and now this new feather in her cap for philanthropic work. Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, TV presenter Esther Rantzen, actress Kristin Scott Thomas and fashion designer Mary Quant have also been made Dames.
In the men’s group, actors James Corden and Sheridan Smith become OBEs for services to drama. Corden rose to fame in Alan Bennett's History Boys. His reaction was one of ecstasy – he said that he was "thrilled, overwhelmed and honored to be recognized in such a way".
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