Law & Order: UK - Love and Loss - 11:00 pm Monday, June 15 on ITV3

Bradley Walsh (Actor) .. DS Ronnie Brooks

Born: June 04, 1960 in Watford

Best Known For: Coronation Street and Law & Order: UK

Early-life: Bradley John Walsh was born in Watford on June 4, 1960. He wanted to be a footballer and was playing for a county league team when he was offered a contract with Brentford FC. Sadly, his sporting career was brought to an abrupt end when he broke both his ankles. He then considered joining the police, but was told he was too short, so he followed his father into engineering. He eventually decided to try stand-up comedy, and made his first steps towards turning professional when he became an entertainer at a holiday camp near Morecambe.

Career: Walsh's big TV break came in 1993, when he appeared on the Royal Variety Show. It led to a stint presenting the National Lottery, and he also hosted the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose or Draw. After fearing his brand of light entertainment was becoming dated he moved into acting, taking parts in the TV version of Lock, Stock, the soap Night and Day and movie Mike Bassett: England Manager before Coronation Street's bosses created the role of Danny Baldwin for him in 2004. He stayed in Weatherfield for two years before leaving to pursue other projects. He's since appeared in Torn, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Law and Order: UK and SunTrap. He moved back into presenting in 2009 with ITV quiz show The Chase, and is a team captain on Play to the Whistle.

Quote: 'Professionally I saw the end of light entertainment galloping towards me. Oddly enough, it's coming back now thanks to all the reality shows.'

Trivia: Walsh is a supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Jamie Bamber (Actor) .. DS Matt Devlin

Harriet Walter (Actor) .. DI Natalie Chandler

Ben Daniels (Actor) .. James Steel

Born: June 10, 1964 in Nuneaton

Best Known For: Playing Finn in Cutting It.

Early-life: Born in Nuneaton on June 10, 1964. He's the son of a Rolls-Royce engineer-turned-grocer and the owner of a children's clothes shop. He claims to have been shy, but naughty as a child. School plays gave him the acting bug and he also credits David Lynch's The Elephant Man as a source of inspiration. He studied acting at Lamda before appearing in a series of repertory productions up and down the UK. He made his big-screen debut in 1987 Emily Lloyd vehicle Wish You Were Here, while his first TV appearance was in the 1989 drama The Paradise Club.

Career: Daniels claims his big break came when he landed a leading role in Alan Ayckbourn's Family Circles at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1986. He then played Mercutio in a made-for-TV version of Romeo and Juliet. Larger parts in the likes of Outside Edge and Silent Witness followed, while on the big screen, his film CV was boosted with appearances in Passion in the Desert, and Fanny and Elvis. In 2002, he won the role of Finn Bevan in the series Cutting It, becoming a household name in the process. After quitting in 2004, he has gone on to star in Spooks, The Virgin Queen, The State Within, Lark Rise to Candleford, The Paradise and Law & Order: UK.

Quote: 'Homophobia is still shockingly prevalent in film and TV. I know I've lost work because of being gay, and it is always an issue. I don't consider myself politically gay, but whenever I catch a whiff of that now, I'm on it like a ton of bricks.'

Trivia: Daniels was in the running to replace Matt Smith in Doctor Who before the role went to Peter Capaldi.

Freema Agyeman (Actor) .. Alesha Phillips

Born: March 20, 1979 in London

Best Known For: Being a Doctor Who assistant

Early-life: Born in 1979 in north London to Azar, an Iranian mother, and Osei, a Ghanaian father. She has an older sister and younger brother. She grew up on a council estate in Hackney and went to Our Lady's Convent in Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill. Freema studied drama at the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington and at Radford University in Virginia, USA. She graduated with a BA Honours in Performing Arts and Drama from Middlesex University in 2000.

Career: Agyeman made ends meet as a box-office assistant, before landing a regular role in the short-lived Crossroads revamp in 2002. After the soap folded, Freema went on to appear in Casualty@Holby City, Silent Witness and The Bill. She grabbed a part in the little-seen film Rulers and Dealers, before making her Doctor Who debut as ill-fated character Adeola in the 2006 episode Army of Ghosts. She was then recast as Adeola's cousin, Martha Jones, who became the Doctor's assistant following Rose's departure. Since quitting the show, Agyeman has featured in Little Dorrit, Survivors, Torchwood and Law & Order: UK.

Quote: 'I don't for any minute take any of this for granted, I'm fully aware of how lucky I am.'

Trivia: She was named Best Newcomer at the 2007 Glamour Women of the Year Awards.

Bill Paterson (Actor) .. George Castle

Born: June 03, 1945 in Glasgow

Best Known For: A number of small-screen TV roles.

Early-life: Bill Paterson was born on June 3, 1945, in Glasgow. He spent three years as a quantity surveyor before doing a teaching course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He was about to accept an educational role when he was offered a place with the Citizen's Theatre. His big break came at the Edinburgh Festival in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show, a satire by Billy Connolly about striking shipbuilders.

Career: Paterson's TV debut came in 1977's Bafta-winning Licking Hitler. A year later he appeared in The Vanishing Army and Smiley's People. He went on to feature in such films as The Killing Fields, A Private Function, Defence of the Realm, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Chaplin, Bright Young Things and Truly, Madly, Deeply. Other TV projects include The Singing Detective, Traffik, The Crow Road, Doctor Zhivago, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and Law & Order: UK. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Bertolt Brecht's Schwekyk in the Second World War in 1982 and has done extensive voiceover work on TV and radio.

Quote: 'I don't think acting has ever been my passion, but it's a very nice way of making a living.'

Trivia: Paterson turned down one of the leads in Alien.

Eddie Marsan (Actor) .. Jason Peters

Born: June 09, 1968 in Stepney, London

Best Known For: Being an acclaimed character actor.

Early-life: Edward Maurice Charles Marsan was born in Stepney, London, on June 9, 1968. Eddie landed a job in a men's clothes shop on his 16th birthday and the shop's owner, Mr Bennett, would go on to change his life when he clubbed together with Marsan's mum to pay for acting lessons. Eddie went on to study acting at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, and the Academy of the Science of Acting & Directing.

Career: Marsan's first TV credit was as a yob in a 1992 episode of ITV sitcom The Piglet Files. He went on to have roles in a number of TV shows such as EastEnders, Casualty, Game On, Grange Hill, Kavanagh QC and The Bill. He made his big-screen debut in 1997's Get Well Soon and since then he has appeared in a number of low-budget British movies and big Hollywood blockbusters, including Gangs of New York (2002), 21 Grams (2003), Vera Drake (2004), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), V for Vendetta (2005), Hancock (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009) and its 2011 sequel, War Horse (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), and The World's End (2013). More recently, he returned to TV in American crime drama Ray Donovan, and British drama Southcliffe.

Quote: 'I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.'

Trivia: He is a patron for the School of the Science of Acting and Kazzum, a children's theatre company.

Mark Lewis Jones (Actor) .. Mark Powell

Shaun Dooley (Actor) .. Jack Gilmore

Best Known For: A string of roles.

Early-life: Shaun was born in Barnsley in 1974 to Ann and Denis and went on to study at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. He made his acting debut in the 1997 short film Groove on a Stanley Knife. In the same year, he had a recurring role on Coronation Street and guest appearances followed in Casualty, Dalziel and Pascoe, Peak Practice and the TV movies Warriors and Shackleton.

Career: Between 2001 and 2004, Dooley played the Rev Tom Stuart in EastEnders. Heavily in demand since then, he has made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including Foyle's War, Holby City, New Tricks, Murphy's Law, Rosemary & Thyme, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Red Riding, Hustle, Great Expectations, and South Riding. He has had recurring roles in Five Days, Married Single Other, Exile, Sugartown, Misfits, The Game, and Broadchurch. More recently, he has appeared in Ordinary Lies, This is England '90, and Cuffs. His film credits include Eden Lake (2008), The Awakening (2011) and The Woman in Black (2012).

Quote: 'I don't believe anybody is inherently evil or anything like that. I think we're all made up of our circumstances and the paths that we've taken.'

Trivia: Dooley attends all of Barnsley FC's home games.

Orla Fitzgerald (Actor) .. Una McGladdery

Elizabeth Crarer (Actor) .. Kirsty Wallace

Anjli Mohindra (Actor) .. Sophie Martin

Jessica Gunning (Actor) .. Angela

Billie North (Actor) .. Debbie Powell

Lourdes Faberes (Actor) .. Dr Julia Lam

Freya Copeland (Actor) .. Susan Powell

Eugene Washington (Actor) .. Andy Valente

Doug Allen (Actor) .. Gerry Craig

Jenny Howe (Actor) .. Iris Robinson

Claire-Louise Cordwell (Actor) .. Gemma McCann

Hugo Cox (Actor) .. Court clerk

Roy Holder (Actor) .. Caretaker

Dick Wolf (Executive producer)

Jane Featherstone (Executive producer)

Andrew Woodhead (Executive producer)

Chris Chibnall (Executive producer)

Stephen Garrett (Executive producer)

Richard Stokes (Producer)

Mark Everest (Director)

Terry Cafolla (Writer)

Nathan Cockerill (Writer)

Law & Order: UK: Love and Loss

11:00 pm - 11:50 pm, Monday, June 15 on ITV3 (10)

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Love and Loss
Season 2, Episode 5

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