Born in Paisley, Scotland[?], Conti is mostly known for his stage work. He won the Tony Award in 1979 for Whose Life is it Anyway?[?]. But he is also an accomplished film and television actor. Besides taking the leading role in the 1978 TV version of Alan Ayckbourn's Norman Conquests[?], he played opposite Nigel Hawthorne in a long-running series of car advertisements.
He has appeared in such films as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence[?], Reuben, Reuben (nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor), American Dreamer[?], Shirley Valentine[?] and Saving Grace.
He is married to Scottish actress, Kara Wilson.
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