Lewis - Entry Wounds - Part One - 11:50 pm Monday, May 11 on ITV3

Kevin Whately (Actor) .. DI Lewis

Born: February 06, 1951 in Newcastle upon Tyne

Best Known For: Playing John Thaw's right-hand man Lewis in Inspector Morse.

Early-life: Kevin George Edward Whately was born on February 6, 1951, in Hexham, and grew up in the remote Northumberland countryside. His father was in the Navy, and Whately only saw him two or three times a year. He began acting at the age of four and it remained a passion throughout school, alongside a short-lived desire to be a doctor. When his careers teacher advised against acting, he went into accountancy for three years. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer.

Career: Whately's TV debut came in a 1979 episode of Shoestring. Two years later he had a six-week stint on Coronation Street. His big break came in 1983, when he landed the role of Neville in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In 1987, he made his first appearance as Sgt Lewis in Morse, and has since appeared in Peak Practice, the TV dramas Trip Trap, Gobble, and The Broker's Man, as well as Oscar-winning drama The English Patient. Other projects include Paranoid, Silent Cry, Murder in Mind, Purely Belter, Promoted to Glory and The Children. He's now the star of hit Morse spin-off Lewis.

Quote: On John Thaw: 'John had a wonderful sense of humour which is belied sometimes by journalists' impression of him as irascible. He was a wonderful mimic, particularly of people on the set rather than famous people.'

Trivia: Married to actress Madeleine Newton, who appeared alongside him in both Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Inspector Morse. They have two children, Kieran and Kitty. His daughter is an acclaimed opera singer.

Laurence Fox (Actor) .. DI Hathaway

Born: May 26, 1978 in Yorkshire

Best Known For: Lewis.

Early-life: Laurence Paul Fox was born in Yorkshire on May 26, 1978. Born into a theatrical family, he is the son of actor James Fox and the nephew of actor Edward Fox and theatre and film producer Robert Fox. Acting relatives also include his brother Jack and sister Lydia, and cousins Emilia Fox and Freddie Fox. Two years after leaving Harrow, Laurence developed a love of acting and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada). During his time there, he appeared in a number of stage productions.

Career: Fox was still studying at Rada when he landed a role in his first feature film, 2001 horror-thriller The Hole. He went on to star in Gosford Park (2001), TV miniseries Island at War and TV movie Colditz. His big break came in 2006 when he was cast alongside Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis. Other credits include Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Becoming Jane (2007), W.E. (2011) and TV movie Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me. Fox has also featured in a number of stage productions, including Strangers on a Train at London's Gielgud Theatre.

Quote: 'Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working.'

Trivia: Wed fellow actress Billie Piper in 2007.

Clare Holman (Actor) .. Dr Laura Hobson

Rebecca Front (Actor) .. Ch Supt Innocent

Born: May 16, 1964 in Stoke Newington

Best Known For: The Thick of It.

Early-life: Rebecca Louise Front was born in Stoke Newington on May 16, 1964. She comes from an artistic family - her father is an artist, her mother writes children's stories and her brother Jeremy writes (he and Rebecca often write together, most notably Radio 4's Incredible Women). Rebecca knew she wanted to act from the age of six or seven. After leaving school, she studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she began performing with the Oxford Theatre Group.

Career: Front's comedy career took off with the Radio 4 show The Bobo Girls, the second series of which was produced by Armando Iannucci, with whom she's worked with numerous times since, most notably on The Thick of It. Other comedy projects include On the Hour, The Day Today, Absolute Power, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, The Spa and various Alan Partridge projects. Front has also dabbled in drama, with roles in The Rotters' Club, Kavanagh QC, Lewis, Jonathan Creek, and Humans.

Quote: 'I'd love a role in Sherlock. Or maybe I could play a Doctor Who monster or something. That'd be brilliant.'

Trivia: Front's father, Charles Front, designed the title logo for The Beatles album Rubber Soul.

Angela Griffin (Actor) .. DS Lizzie Maddox

Born: July 19, 1976 in Leeds

Best Known For: Coronation Street and Cutting It.

Early-life: Angela Mellissa Griffin was born in Leeds on July 19, 1976. She was brought up by her mum and stepfather on a council estate after her bus conductor father left home when the actress was four. She has two brothers. Angela began acting in youth groups while in her teens, where she was spotted by a talent scout. She had early roles in children's series Under the Bedclothes and Just Us. She was academic at school and had been expected to continue with her education, but after gaining nine GCSEs, decided to concentrate on acting.

Career: Following a brief appearance in Emmerdale as a holiday village guest, Griffin landed the role of hairdresser Fiona Middleton in Coronation Street in 1992. She stayed with the soap for six years. She went on to join the cast of Holby City, which she quit after three years. Other acclaimed roles have come in BBC drama Babyfather, Cutting It and Down to Earth. She has also made a guest appearance in gritty crime drama Waking The Dead and presented The Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards. Other work includes two stints in Waterloo Road, her own chat show and Sky's Mount Pleasant. She joined the cast of Lewis in 2014. She has also set up her own production company.

Quote: 'I have still got so much to learn. I want to do new plays, where I get to cry a lot or shout a lot or be insane.'

Trivia: Griffin voices Amy the vet in children's TV show Postman Pat.

Thusitha Jayasundera (Actor) .. Ayesha Nooran

Ace Bhatti (Actor) .. Rizwan Nooran

Best Known For: Playing Yusef Khan in EastEnders.

Early-life: Ahsen Rafiq Bhatti was born on September 13, 1969 in Nottingham. He started his acting career at age 14, appearing in the children's series Dramarama. Ace trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career: In the 1990s, Bhatti's career started to take off. He got roles in such TV series as Family Pride, Band of Gold, Cardiac Arrest and Holding On. In 2002, he made an appearance in the film Bend It Like Beckham. The next year, he had the lead part in the TV dark comedy Grease Monkeys. He went on to appear in New Street Law, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and The Sarah Jane Adventures before landing the role of Yusef Khan in EastEnders in 2010. Bhatti departed from the soap opera in 2011 and, since then, he has made appearances in a number of TV series, including Black Work, Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, DCI Banks and Three Girls.

Quote: 'In my career, I've played quite a few dysfunctional people! But what I've learned is that you also have to find empathy in any character and there's reasons why people are a certain way.'

Trivia: He used to be part of a lifeboat crew.

Jonny Phillips (Actor) .. Alistair Stoke

Kara Tointon (Actor) .. Erica Stoke

Aden Gillett (Actor) .. Tom Marston

Elizabeth Rider (Actor) .. Lorraine Fernsby

Anna Carteret (Actor) .. Gillian Fernsby

Leo Staar (Actor) .. Simon Eastwood

Michael Peavoy (Actor) .. Chris Fernsby

Francesca Zoutewelle (Actor) .. Jess Tallison

Robert Macpherson (Actor) .. Jake

Danielle Flett (Actor) .. Kim

Michael Karim (Actor) .. Nabeel Nooran

Phil Rowson (Actor) .. Ian

Richard Huw (Actor) .. Solicitor

Jack Helsby (Actor) .. Student

Helen Jenkins (Writer)

Nicholas Renton (Director)

Chris Burt (Producer)

Michele Buck (Executive producer)

Lewis: Entry Wounds - Part One

11:50 pm - 01:50 am, Monday, May 11 on ITV3 (10)

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