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Sophie McShera was born on 17 May 1985 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Cinderella (2015), Downton Abbey (2010) and Galavant (2015).- Georgina Helen Henley was born July 9, 1995 in Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, the youngest of three daughters of Mike and Helen Henley. When she was young, she joined a local drama group called "Upstagers". It was there that she started her acting career, participating in stage performances such as "Babushka: A Christmas Story" and "The Pied Piper", prior to landing her first role in a film.
When Pippa Hall, casting director for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) came to Georgie's town in search of children to play the four Pevensies, she knew Georgie was perfect for the role of "Lucy" after only one audition. Finally, after 18 months of auditioning, Georgie was picked from thousands of girls to play "Lucy Pevensie" in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), which was her movie debut. She reprised her role in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). Georgie's promotion of the three Narnia films took her to New York, Orlando, Tokyo, Paris, and lots of other places around the world.
Georgie finished 6th form at Bradford Grammar School in 2012, and started at Cambridge University, in Autumn 2013, to study English. She is no longer a part of her drama club "Upstagers", but hopes to continue her acting career on the big screen, and has also done some theatre work at her school. In her free time, she enjoys watching films with her friends, and listening to and writing music. She says that if she doesn't keep acting in the future, she'd like to teach, or experiment with music or writing. - Actor
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Max Brown is a native of Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England but spent his childhood mostly in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. His love of acting was ignited at an early age when he performed at the Shrewsbury Music Hall. At the age of 20, the youthful face of Max Brown first appeared on television on the series Grange Hill in 2001. Since that time, Max has established himself with various television appearances, including Crossroads, Hollyoaks, Mistresses and most notably Showtime's The Tudors. His film work includes Daylight Robbery, Act of God, Flutter and more recently Love Tomorrow.- Vinette Robinson was born on 4 March 1982 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Sherlock (2010), The A Word (2016) and Vera Drake (2004).
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Peter Firth was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in 1953. His parents owned the Waterloo Inn pub in Pudsey, Leeds and he attended Hanson Grammar School in Bradford. Firth took weekend classes at the Bradford Playhouse near his Pudsey home and by his mid-teens was playing in "Camelot" at the Bradford Alhambra. Leaving school at 16, he became a major child star in television series such as "The Double Deckers," which was shot at a number of film studios in the UK. He made his film debut at the age of 18 in Franco Zeffirelli's Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972). In July 1973 he received his big break by winning the leading role of disturbed adolescent Alan Strang in Peter Shaffer's play "Equus," which was performed by the National Theatre at the Old Vic in London. In October 1974, the play opened on Broadway to sensational reviews, with Firth playing opposite Anthony Hopkins as the middle-aged Dr. Martin Dysart. Firth returned to the play at the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway with Richard Burton as Dysart, and then starred in several other plays by the National Theatre including versions of "Romeo and Juliet" (as Romeo) and "Spring Awakening." After taking leading roles in several films such as Aces High (1976) and Joseph Andrews (1977), Firth reprised the role of Alan Strang in the film version of Equus (1977), directed by Sidney Lumet and again co-starring with Burton. Receiving a Bafta Award and an Academy Award nomination, Firth next played Angel Clare in Roman Polanski's Tess (1979). In 1981, he replaced Simon Callow as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Peter Shaffer's play "Amadeus" on Broadway, co-starring with Sir Ian McKellen. He gave other notable performances as a Russian sailor in the kitchen sink drama Letter to Brezhnev (1985), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Shadowlands (1993) and as a sinister theatre manager in An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) with Hugh Grant. In 1994, he returned to British television with a major role in the hugely popular series Heartbeat (1992). He is married with four children and is good friends with his Equus (1977) co-star Jenny Agutter, who also starred with him in MI-5 (2002). He has continued to appear in major movies, including Amistad (1997) and Pearl Harbor (2001).- Actor
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Tory Kittles is an American actor, writer, and director who stars opposite Queen Latifah on CBS's hit series The Equalizer. Kittles also starred opposite Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies in the action-drama series, "Colony", and was seen in Dee Rees' HBO Emmy-winning film, "Bessie", with Queen Latifah. His other television credits include the first season of HBO's "True Detective"; BBC's "Intruders"; Lifetime's Emmy-nominated television remake of "Steel Magnolias"; FX's "Sons of Anarchy"; and "House M.D."
On the big screen, Kittles can be seen in Taylor Sheridan's upcoming action thriller "Those Who Wish Me Dead" with Angelina Jolie; alongside Siena Miller and Diego Luna in Sundance 2020's "Wander Darkly", and as Frederick Douglass in the Cynthia Erivo Academy Award nominated "Harriet". He also starred with Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn in S. Craig Zahler's "Dragged Across Concrete" (Venice Film Festival 2018). Other credits include "Man Down" (Venice Film Festival 2015), directed by Dito Montiel, Antoine Fuqua's "Olympus Has Fallen"; "The Sapphires" (Cannes Film Festival 2012); Spike Lee's "Miracle At St. Anna"; Kimberly Peirce's "Stop-Loss"; Jim Sheridan's "Get Rich Or Die Tryin"; Lee Tamahori's "Next"; and Joel Schumacher's "Tigerland".
Among a host of other theater credits, he mostly recently played Paul Robeson in the Sir Richard Eyre directed production of Nicholas Wright's 8 Hotels (2019 Chichester Festival), and Bolingbroke in Erica Schmidt's production of Shakespeare's Richard II (2018 The Old Globe).- Michelle Greenidge was born on 15 June 1970 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for It's a Sin (2021), Small Axe (2020) and I May Destroy You (2020).
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Adrian Edmondson was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He went to Manchester University to study drama. Whilst he was there he met Rik Mayall, and the pair began performing as 20th Century Coyote. The act continued after university when Adrian & Rik moved to London, and they became two of the leading lights in the new 'alternative comedy' scene, performing at the newly established Comedy Store, and setting up their own club, The Comic Strip, with Peter Richardson, Nigel Planer, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and Alexei Sayle. This spawned two 1980s TV series: The Young Ones (1982), and The Comic Strip Presents (1982) In the 1990's Ade & Rik continued their partnership with a new series called Bottom (1991), which ran for three seasons and became a major success on the live circuit. It was basically a live sitcom, liberally sprinkled with slapstick humour, and the pair did 5 long tours between 1993 and 2003. Simultaneously, Adrian established himself as an actor, doing to improvised TV films under the Screen One and Screen Two umbrella, with director Les Blair: Honest, Decent and True (1986), and News Hounds (1990) (winner of the BAFTA for best single drama). He was a regular in the hospital drama Holby City (1999) from 2005 - 2008. He took the lead in a drama documentary about the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in the series Surviving Disaster (2006), and appeared as Henry Austen in the TV movie Miss Austen Regrets (2007), the film Blood (2012), and the drama series Prey (2014). But his most notable dramatic role to date is that of Count Rostov in the BBC series War & Peace (2016). He has been married to Jennifer Saunders since 1985, and they have three children together.- Actor
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British actor Sam Riley rose to stardom as Joy Division's poetic lead singer Ian Curtis in the acclaimed film Control (2007), directed by Anton Coribjn, a great fan of the group and also their official photographer. Riley's talent was noticed not only to his striking resemblance to Curtis but also because he was able to sing rock songs, already being a frontman of a rock band in the early 2000's. The personification of Curtis earned him several breakthrough awards and nominations.
A former member of the National Youth Theatre, Riley was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Before his breakthrough in Control, he appeared in a handful of short and TV films while his band "10,000 Things" was producing their works. After the movie, where he also met his future wife Alexandra Maria Lara - they have a son together - Riley went on to appear in some minor films such as Franklyn (2008); 13 (2010); and the role of violent psychotic Pinkie in the remake of Brighton Rock (2010). But it all changed in 2012 when Riley had the opportunity in two acclaimed films with two outstanding directors: as Sol Paradise in Walter Salles' road movie adaptation from Jack Kerouac's best selling novel On the Road (2012); and under the direction of Neil Jordan in Byzantium (2012), which presented Riley to wider audiences and leading to Diaval role in Maleficent (2014) and its sequel.
He moved on to more risky and world cinema projects such as the strange western The Dark Valley (2014), an Austrian film that received great reviews and it was a chance for the actor to play something out of his league; the ensemble war film Suite Française (2014); as Pierre Curin in Radioactive (2019) and the upcoming remake of Rebecca (2020).
Sam Riley might not be so much in the spotlight as many young actors tend to get but he feels comfortable with the projects he's doing and the success he's having.- Actor
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Andrew was born on 29 October 1979 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK to dad Alan and mum Susan. He has a sister, Sarah-Jane, who is also an actor. He studied at Leeds Performing Arts School and started out in musical theatre. He is now a veteran TV actor and has been in a catalogue of all that is best in British television.- Actor
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A versatile British actor noted for his great power and command on the classical stage and in several other mediums including radio, film and television, Timothy West was born on October 20, 1934 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, the son of actors (Harry) Lockwood West and his wife Olive (Carleton-Crowe). Educated at John Lyon School and the Polytechnic, he first appeared on the stage in 1956 at the Wimbledon Theatre in a production of "Summertime". He then spent several seasons in repertory at such venues as Wimbledon, Newquay, Hull, Northampton, Worthing and Salisbury. He made his London debut at the Piccadilly Theatre in the comical farce "Caught Napping" in 1959.
For the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Aldwych (in 1964), he appeared in "Afore Night Come" and "The Marat-Sade", in addition to building up his Shakespeare repertoire with roles in "The Merry Wives of Windsor", "Love's Labour's Lost", "The Merchant of Venice", "The Comedy of Errors" and "Timon of Athens". For the Prospect Theatre Company, he appeared he took on the Shakespearean roles of Prospero ("The Tempest"), Claudius ("Hamlet"), Bolingbroke ("Richard II") and Mortimer ("Edward II"), among others. He also played the noted historical figure Samuel Johnson in two plays.
Along with definitive portrayals of Lear, Macbeth, Falstaff and Shylock, he became well-respected as a stage director. More recently, he directed a touring production of "H.M.S. Pinafore" while delightfully grandstanding in the role of Sir Joseph Porter. Other recent performances at age 70+ include "National Hero" and the title role in "The Life of Galileo".
Cutting a grand and imposing Wellesian figure, his acclaimed work on television has included recreating a number of his classical characters. He has played kingly roles, such as his superb Edward VII in the epic miniseries Edward the King (1975), and essayed a number of notable historical figures such as Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII (1979), Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbechev in Breakthrough at Reykjavik (1987) and Martin Luther (2002). He has portrayed Winston Churchill a number of times in such master productions as Churchill and the Generals (1979), The Last Bastion (1984) and Hiroshima (1995), while his extended gallery of greats have gone on to include Sir Thomas Beecham and Joseph Stalin.
Although his star shines less bright on film, he has nevertheless contributed greatly over the years with marvelously stern and scowling character roles in such prestigious/box office fare as Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), The Day of the Jackal (1973), Hedda (1975) (as Judge Brack), Agatha (1979), Cry Freedom (1987), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), 102 Dalmatians (2000), Iris (2001), Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (1990), Endgame (2009), Run for Your Wife (2012) and Delirium (2017).
Long married to second wife actress/comedienne Prunella Scales, the couple have appeared together on stage over the years in such productions as "When We Are Married", "A Long Day's Journey Into Night", "The Birthday Party" and "The External". They have two sons, Joseph West (Joe) and Samuel West, the latter also an actor of note. Timothy's daughter Juliet is from his first marriage. A gifted raconteur, he is the author of several books, including "I'm Here I Think, Where are You?", a collection of letters written while on tour, his autobiography "A Moment Towards the End of the Play," and, his most recent, "So You Want to Be an Actor?" co-written with wife Prunella. In 1984, he was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the profession and has received honorary doctorates from six different universities.- Actress
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Clare Higgins was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, the second of five children of Paula Cecilia (Murphy) and James Stephen Higgins, who were both teachers, and nursed acting ambitions from childhood. She was sent to a convent school, from which she was expelled, and ran away from home at age seventeen. At nineteen, she gave birth to a son whom she gave up for adoption, but was pleased to be reunited with him in 1995. At 23, she fulfilled her childhood ambition of acting, graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Clare honed her craft at the Manchester and the Royal Exchange Theatre, where, among her credits, she had leading roles in the plays "The Deep Man", "Measure For Measure" and "A Streetcar Named Desire", in which she played Stella. At the same time, she was busily carving a niche for herself in numerous television plays which include Pride and Prejudice (1980), Unity (1981), Hideaway (1986), Byron: A Personal Tour (1981) and the ten-part The Citadel (1983) by the BBC, along with Cover Her Face (1985) by ITV. She was also a featured regular on the Channel 4 comedy series Up Line (1987). In 1984, she made her feature film debut in Horton Foote's Nineteen Nineteen (1985). She is also known for her roles in the Clive Barker horror films Hellraiser (1987) and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988).
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, she consolidated her reputation as a dynamic stage actress, both in London and on Broadway, winning three Olivier awards. In the mid-1990s she also trained, successfully, to become a massage therapist and a psychotherapist.
She's played regular characters in Rogue (2013) by DirecTV, The Syndicate (2012), Parade's End (2012), EastEnders (1985) and The Worst Witch (2017) by the BBC, along with Homefront (2012) by ITV.- Actor
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Christian Louis Cooke was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He began his acting career at the age of 10 when he appeared in a production of Bedazzled at the Bingley Arts Centre. His first television appearance was in a commercial for Birds Eye beef burgers. His career has progressed from there.
He has guest starred in 'Doctors', 'The Royal', 'Casualty' and 'George Gently'. He starred in one episode of the BBC's 'Robin Hood' as Will Scarlett's younger brother, Luke Scarlett. He also guest starred in the 2008 Doctor Who episodes "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky", playing UNIT soldier Ross Jenkins, who dies in the latter episode.
In 2010 Christian played the lead role of Freddie in Ricky Gervais' 'Cemetery Junction'. He also starred in the critically acclaimed Channel 4 four-part drama 'The Promise', directed by Peter Kosminsky. He recently starred in the new 1950s Miami-set drama series, Magic City.- Actress
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Jessica is an actress, writer and comedian born on the 28th of November 1984, in Bingley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. She attended Woodhouse Grove school in Apperley Bridge, Bradford, West Yorkshire, then read English and drama at the University of Manchester in Manchester, Greater Manchester. She then had several casual promotional jobs, dressing as mobile phones or giant fruit to hand out fliers, an experience that she would put into her sitcom [Drifters (2013)]. In 2005 Jessica co-formed Lady Garden, a female comedy group, who performed to some acclaim at the Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. In 2011 she played the holiday romance of Neil in [The Inbetweeners (2011)], the big screen comedy about a bunch of sixth form misfits, as a result of which she was approached to pen her own comedy show, which became 'Drifters', first airing in 2013, and ending in 2016 after its fourth series.- Actor
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The British actor Michael Rennie worked as a car salesman and factory manager before he turned to acting. A meeting with a Gaumont-British Studios casting director led to Rennie's first acting job - that of stand-in for Robert Young in Secret Agent (1936) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He put his film career on hold for a few years to get some acting experience on the stage, working in repertory in York and Windsor. Afterwards, he returned to films and achieved star status in I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945). Brought to Hollywood in 1950 and signed to a contract by studio head Darryl F. Zanuck, Rennie was cast in arguably his most popular role as Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), when director Robert Wise's first choice, Claude Rains, was unavailable. After that he worked as a supporting actor for eight years until his return to England in 1959. At that time, he took the lead role of Harry Lime in the television series The Third Man (1959). Throughout his career, he made numerous guest appearances on television, particularly on American programs.- Actor
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John Hollingworth was born on 21 August 1981 in Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Queen's Gambit (2020), Rebecca (2020) and 1917 (2019).- Actor
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Enzo Cilenti was born on 8 August 1974 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Free Fire (2016), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and In the Loop (2009). He has been married to Sienna Guillory since 17 August 2002. They have two children.- Actor
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Zayn Malik was born in Bradford, England, to Tricia (Brannan) and Yaser Malik, and is of Pakistani (father) and English-Irish (mother) descent. He had an early love for singing and performing, and at the age of 17 he competed in the television competition The X Factor. After judges Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell grouped him with fellow competitors Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson to form a new act, One Direction became one of the most popular finalists in their season of The X Factor.
Following the band's massive success, Malik left the group in 2015 to pursue a solo career. ZAYN signed with RCA Records and moved to Los Angeles, where he began working on his solo effort with James "Malay" Ho (Frank Ocean, Big Boi). His debut single, "Pillowtalk," was released in late January 2016 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and his full-length debut album Mind of Mine was released on March 25, 2016.
ZAYN entered the fashion world in 2016 with his shoe collaboration with Giuseppe Zanotti and began working on his Versus Versace link (to be released May 2017). In August of 2016, Malik also signed on to executive produce the new television series BOYS with Law & Order creator Dick Wolf and Universal Pictures. The series is set to follow a boy band as they go through the waves of huge success similar to that of One Direction.
In late 2016, ZAYN re-entered the music world with the Taylor Swift assisted single, "I Don't Want To Live Forever" from the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack. The song dominated debuted at #1 on the Digital Songs chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Malik followed the single up in March of 2017 with "Still Got Time" featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR which is the first official single off ZAYN's upcoming sophomore album.- Actress
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Sarah-Jane Potts was born on 30 August 1976 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Magician. (2022), Kinky Boots (2005) and Sugar Rush (2005). She has been married to Joseph Millson since 31 December 2013. She was previously married to Tony Denman.- Actress
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Natalie Anderson was born on 24 October 1981 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Fool Me Once (2024), Memory (2022) and Happy Valley (2014). She has been married to James Shepherd since 6 June 2008. They have one child.- Actor
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Steven Hartley is one of the best known faces and voices on British TV, film and radio. Born in Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, Steven has become internationally known for his film, TV and theatre work. Steven trained at LAMDA between 1981-1984 and has worked constantly ever since, becoming a regular in leading roles on British television, and working in film and theatre in many diverse and acclaimed roles in the UK and US. Steven lives in London with his wife Abby Francis , and daughter Tess.- Actress
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Best remembered as 'Mrs. Slocombe' on the British comedy "Are You Being Served?" Mollie Sugden was born in Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. She attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Her first television role came in 1962 with the series "Hugh and I," which ran for four seasons. In 1972, she won the role of the head of the ladies department at Grace Brothers Department Store, 'Mrs. Betty Slocombe,' on "Are You Being Served." Her character was known for her change in hair color, as well as her affection for her cat. The series ran between 1972 and 1985. She reprised the role in the 1990s for the short live revival, "Grace & Favour." After the initial run of "Are You Being Served" ended in 1985 she continued to work on television including the series "My Husband and I," in which she starred with real-life husband, William Moore. In 2002, she was honoured on her 80th birthday with the "Celebrating Mollie Sugden: An Are You Being Served? Special" Mollie Sugden died after a long illness at age 86, just months after her "Are You Being Served? co-star Wendy Richard.- Writer
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Michael Hirst was born on 21 September 1952 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Vikings (2013), Elizabeth (1998) and The Tudors (2007).- Director
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The son of a Shipley chemist he was initially connected with the stage first with the post war Shipley Young Theatre then with the Bradford Civic Theatre where he came into contact with the Bradford born author J B Priestley who recognising his potential commissioned him to write a TV documentary. from where it was a short step to directing films. His close association with another novelist, John Osborne resulted in him directing Look Back in Ange in 1959 and The Entertainer in 1960 where the location scenes were shot in Morecambe where his parents had made their home in retirement. Following the great success of Tom Jones, particularly in America and his marriage to Vanessa Redgrave having ended he moved there and co wrote the film Dead Cert. The last film he made was The Hotel New Hampshire.- Stephanie Turner was inspired to become an actress by seeing pantomime as a child. She graduated from Manchester University with a drama degree and performed in repertory in Worcester. Television roles followed, including a recurring character in Z Cars (1962), WPC Howarth. She auditioned unsuccessfully for DI Maggie Forbes in The Gentle Touch (1980) but soon won the starring role of Inspector Jean Darblay in Juliet Bravo (1980). The series attracted 17 million viewers but she left after three series because she feared typecasting. Occasional television roles followed but she retired from acting in 2010. In later years she became a partner in an antiques shop and has volunteered for Interact Reading Service, a charity which supports stroke patients. Turner has also been a director of drama students.
- Samuel Bottomley was born on 14 June 2001 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Ghost Stories (2017), Tyrannosaur (2011) and How to Have Sex (2023).
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Tall, dignified-looking Bernard Hepton enjoyed a six-decade-long career on both stage and screen during which he particularly excelled at subtle, self-effacing, or introspective roles. An electrician's son, Hepton grew up in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford. Due to poor eyesight, he missed out on wartime service and instead trained as an aircraft engineer and draughtsman. A teenage 'fire watcher' during the war, he found his boredom relieved by a chance introduction to one-act amateur plays. Immediately fascinated by theatre, he joined the Bradford Civic Playhouse where he became a protégé of the director Esme Church. He then acted on stage in York for two years (in his own words tackling "anything from Agatha Christie to Shakespeare"), subsequently graduating as artistic director at the prestigious Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Liverpool Playhouse. In 1964, Hepton joined the fledgling BBC2 hoping to produce and direct. Before long, however, he ended up in front of the cameras. Specialising in the classics (especially period drama) his many diverse faces over the years included those of kindly clerk Wemmick in Great Expectations (1967), Pallas in I, Claudius (1976) , Hungarian émigré Toby Esterhase, head of the 'Circus' surveillance section, in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) and Smiley's People (1982), Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls (1982) (whose author, J.B. Priestley, incidentally grew up in the same street as Hepton), Sir Thomas Bertram in Mansfield Park (1983), and Mr. Woodhouse in Jane Austen's Emma (1996). In addition to numerous one-off guest spots, Hepton also had two notable leading roles in the 1970s: as the humane kommandant in Colditz (1972) and as the Belgian cafe owner/resistance fighter Albert Foriet, aiding the escape of downed Allied airmen from occupied territory in Secret Army (1977).- Actress
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Heather Peace was born on 16 June 1975 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for London's Burning (1988), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Lip Service (2010). She has been married to Eleanor Dickinson since 13 December 2014. They have three children.- Actress
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Natalie Gavin was born on 27 July 1988 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Line of Duty (2012), Red Rose (2022) and Ackley Bridge (2017).- Actor
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Bradford-born Shaun Thomas' first experience as a professional actor was the co-lead role of Swifty in Clio Barnard's acclaimed Cannes-winning sophomore feature THE SELFISH GIANT (Film4/BFI), for which he received the Best British Newcomer Award at the London Film Festival and was nominated for both Most Promising Newcomer (BIFA) and Young British Performer of the Year (London Critics Circle Film Awards). Shaun most recently won Best Supporting Actor (BIFA) as Badger in Molly Manning Walker's Un Certain Regard-winning and BAFTA -nominated debut HOW TO HAVE SEX (FILM4/BFI). His feature work includes Callum in Clio Barnard's pitch-perfect romance ALI & AVA (BBC Film/BFI/ Screen Yorkshire); Tim Burton's MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN and Louis Leterrier's GRIMSBY (for Working Title - playing Sacha Baron Cohen's on screen son). His most recent work on the small screen is the multi-BAFTA nominated mini-series The Long Shadow (ITV) directed by Lewis Arnold. Previous TV credits include all three series' of ensemble comedy drama Ladhood (BBC); Four Lives playing opposite Sheridan Smith (BBC); The Barking Murders (BBC) and Emmerdale (ITV).- Polly Hemingway was born on 4 December 1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Airline (1982), Ain't Misbehavin (1994) and Wallander (2008). She was previously married to Roy Marsden.
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Vincent Franklin was born on 3 November 1966 in Haworth, Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Bourne Identity (2002), From Hell (2001) and Bright Star (2009). He is married to Hilary Greatorex. They have two children.- Matilda Firth is a British actress from Yorkshire. In 2022, Matilda filmed the role of Young Carole in Sky Studio's Christmas movie 'Christmas Carole'. This was followed by roles in Disney's Disenchanted and Vampire Academy.
In early 2023 she completed filming of a feature film, the second season of UK comedy sitcom Hullraisers and the second season of the acclaimed BBC show 'Time'. - Joe Duttine was born on 30 June 1970 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Life on Mars (2006) and Seaforth (1994). He has been married to Sally Carman since 15 July 2022.
- Simon Rouse was born on 24 June 1951 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Bill (1984), Operation Mincemeat (2021) and Doctor Who (1963). He has been married to Ann Holloway since 24 June 1979. They have two children. He was previously married to Anne ?.
- Chris Fountain was born on 3 September 1987 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Hollyoaks (1995), Coronation Street (1960) and Hollyoaks Later (2008).
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Elliot Levey was born on 6 December 1973 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Coriolanus (2014), National Theatre Live: Saint Joan (2017) and National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well (2009).- Actress
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Rachel Leskovac was born on 5 June 1976 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Shameless (2004) and WPC 56 (2013). She has been married to David Tench since January 2005. They have one child.- Nicky Evans was born on 20 April 1979 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Shameless (2004) and Emmerdale: Revenge (1998).
- Danny Cunningham was born on 29 May 1969 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), 24 Hour Party People (2002) and The Secret Life of Words (2005).
- Duncan Preston is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in television productions written by Victoria Wood, including his roles of Clifford in the soap opera parody sketches Acorn Antiques, and Stan in the sitcom Dinnerladies (1998-2000). He reprised his role of Clifford in Acorn Antiques The Musical in 2005. His other television roles include Jonathan Haslam in the sitcom Surgical Spirit (1989-95); playing Kevin's dad in Harry Enfield and Chums (1994), and Douglas Potts in the soap opera Emmerdale (2007-11, 2014-present).
Preston has also made many guest appearances in various TV series, including (Hunters Walk) (1970's police series) Secret Army, The Professionals, All Creatures Great and Small, Robin of Sherwood, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Press Gang, Chalk, Boon, Casualty, Heartbeat, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Holby City, Peak Practice, Midsomer Murders, Dalziel and Pascoe and My Family.
He was also a regular cast member in the sitcom Surgical Spirit and appeared as Dennis Stokes in Coronation Street in 2004. Preston played Doug Potts in Emmerdale for a number of years, (the father of Laurel Thomas). He has also appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
Preston married actress Susan Penhaligon, who played Jean Hope in Emmerdale, in 1986. They divorced in 1992 but subsequently reconciled in 1997, though they have not remarried.
A renowned Shakespearean actor, Preston has performed in many productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including playing Angus in Trevor Nunn's version of Macbeth (stage 1976, television 1978), starring Ian McKellen and Judi Dench. Other theatre work, includes a 2007 production of To Kill A Mockingbird.
He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Bradford on 4 December 2002 "for his contributions as an actor". - Actor
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Jason Croot's Acting career started back in 2000. He completed an N.C.F.E. in performing arts in his native home, County Yorkshire. Jason moved to London in 2002 to pursue his acting career, training at the Poor School. He also completed a Drama Diploma at Birkbeck, University of London. His early stage performances included Demetrius in Midsummer's Night's Dream, Edmund Tyrone in Long Days Journey into Night, Biff in Death of a Salesman & Jerry in Pinter's Betrayal. 2003 saw his Film career take off. Since then, he has acted in over 35 Short Films, one of which was made at The New York Film Academy, The Neighbour (2004) directed by Stathis Athanasiou, an Avantgarde filmmaker, the film swept awards in Paris, Barcelona and Athens. The role of a Paranoid Schizophrenic was also shown in Berlin, where it took 3rd place at the Berlinale. He has also acted in 22 feature films. He finished shooting on Freight (2010), where he took on the role of Iosef a Romanian Criminal playing alongside Andrew Tiernan; in the same year Jason played Gilles De Rais in The Death of Love Cradle of Filth Music Video, Jason also appears alongside Tamzin Outhwaite as Bulgarian Hitman Popov in the ITV production The Fixer (2008) directed by the highly acclaimed Sam Miller, Jason was Screen Tested for Barry Levinson (2008). 2011 saw Croot appear as The Good Shepherd in the digital media production Nativity, directed by Bafta-winning Martha Fiennes. In 2009, Jason moved into directing his Feature Film directorial debut, Le Fear (2010), which received some excellent film reviews. Croot waited a few years to make a Follow-up Le Sequel (2016), which attracted interest from HBO and the writer of Seinfeld (1989) and director of Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) Larry Charles. Croot has been appearing in film cameo roles and focusing on filmmaking in recent years. In 2024, Croot will release his book titled - My Ego Screwed My Acting Career, based on his life and acting career. Croot spent two years writing it, working night and day. Croot aims to make a documentary film based on his life with the same title My Ego Screwed My Acting Career- Actor
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Edward Petherbridge was born on 3 August 1936 in West Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Guardians (1971), The River Flows East (1962) and American Playhouse (1980). He has been married to Emily Richard since 1981. They have two children. He was previously married to Louise Petherbridge.- Actor
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George Layton was born on 2 March 1943 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974), Doctor at the Top (1991) and Doctor in Charge (1972). He has been married to Moya Smylie since 19 March 1977. They have four children.- Actor
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Bramwell Fletcher was born on 20 February 1904 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Mummy (1932), Daughter of the Dragon (1931) and Raffles (1930). He was married to Lael Wertenbaker, Susan Agathe Robinson, Diana Barrymore and Helen Chandler. He died on 22 June 1988 in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, USA.- Richard Hawley was born on 13 August 1955 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Family Affairs (1997), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) and Love Actually (2003).
- John Sharp was born on 5 August 1920 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972), The Wicker Man (1973) and Barry Lyndon (1975). He died on 26 November 1992 in London, England, UK.
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Rodney Bewes was a chubby-cheeked British comedy actor, famed in his own country as one half of TV's The Likely Lads (1964). During the second half of his career, with screen roles sharply diminishing in number, he was active mostly in the theatre, including notably a one-man adaptation of "Three Men in a Boat".- Actor
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Derek Benfield was born on 11 March 1926 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Lifeforce (1985), The Brothers (1972) and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996). He was married to Susan Lyall Grant. He died on 10 March 2009 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.- Writer
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Born in Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire. He attended Malsis School in Cross Hills Ermysted's Grammar School at Skipton, later he attended Sedbergh School in Cumbria.
He has read English at St Peter's College, Oxford and graduated from the Arts Institute at Bournemouth.
In 2009 he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire, also winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award.