question: What English actor played more than 50 cinema roles and was believed to be the predecessor to an actor in Britain's Royal National Theatre?
answer: Laurence Olivier
context: Title: Rory Kinnear
  Passage: Rory Michael Kinnear (born 17 February 1978) is an English actor and playwright who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre.  In 2014, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Shakespeare's villain Iago in the National Theatre production of "Othello".
  Title: Laurence Olivier
  Passage: Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.  He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles.  Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles.
  Title: Robert Stephens
  Passage: Sir Robert Graham Stephens (14 July 193112 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of Britain's Royal National Theatre.  He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier.
  Title: List of Benedict Cumberbatch performances
  Passage: The English actor Benedict Cumberbatch has performed in many films, television shows, theatre productions, and recorded lines for various radio programs, narrations, and video games.  He first performed for The New Shakespeare Company at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park for two seasons.  He later portrayed George Tesman in Richard Eyre's revival of "Hedda Gabler" in 2005 and since then has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions "After the Dance" (2010) and "Frankenstein" (2011).  In 2015, he played William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" at the Barbican Theatre.
  Title: Inua Ellams
  Passage: Inua Ellams (born Jos, Nigeria in 1984) is a UK-based poet, playwright and performer.  Ellams has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre and the BBC.  His one-man show "The 14th Tale" was the awarded a Edinburgh Fringe First at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2009 and later transferred to the Royal National Theatre.  "Barber Shop Chroncles", his play produced by the National Theatre and Fuel Theatre, was longlisted the Alfred Fagon Award in 2017.
citations: Laurence Olivier Robert Stephens