Welsh actor and director Roger Rees arrives for the 66th Annual Tony Awards Meet the Nominees Press Reception at the Millenium Broadway Times Square Hotel in New York City on May 2, 2012. He was nominated as co-director with Alex Timbers of `Peter and the Starcatcher.` Rees received both the Olivier and Tony Awards for his lead role in `The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.` Rees died from a brain tumor in New York City on July 10, 2015 at 71.