Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor, who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he demonstrated his versatility in films ranging from the popular children’s story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving. He is also known for his tour-de-force with Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek, as well as his roles in King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, and The Fixer, which gave him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1969, he starred in the Ken Russell film Women in Love with Oliver Reed and Glenda Jackson. Bates went on to star in The Go-Between, An Unmarried Woman, Nijinsky, and The Rose with Bette Midler, as well as playing varied roles in television drama, including The Mayor of Casterbridge, Harold Pinter's The Collection, A Voyage Round My Father, An Englishman Abroad (as Guy Burgess), and Pack of Lies. He also continued to appear on the stage, notably in the plays of Simon Gray, such as Butley and Otherwise Engaged. Alan Bates(1934년생, Allestree, Derbyshire, England) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 썸 오브 올 피어스, 모스맨, 희랍인 조르바가 있으며, 그 외에도 조니 카슨의 투나잇 쇼, Great Performances, Pebble Mill, Screen Two, The Wednesday Play, The Ray Bradbury Theater, Screen One, 고스포드 파크, Laurence Olivier Presents, Love in a Cold Climate, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Celebrity Naked Ambition 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2025년 Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders에서 Archive 역을 맡았다. 2020년 Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father에서 Major James Prentis (archival footage) 역을 맡았다. 2018년 여배우들의 티타임에 출연했다.