John Simm
(Actor)
.. Det Supt Roy Grace
Born:
July 10, 1970
in
Leeds
Best Known For:
Playing Sam Tyler in Life on Mars
Early-life:
Born John Ronald Simm on July 10, 1970, in Leeds. He was raised in Nelson, Lancashire, and attended Edge End High School. He's the eldest of three children. His father Ronald, a local musician, taught him how to play the guitar and together they toured the region's working men's clubs. In 1986, aged 16, John enrolled at Blackpool Drama College, and two years later moved to London to study Stanislavsky's acting methods at London's Drama Centre.
Career:
Simm made his TV debut in a 1992 episode of Rumpole of the Bailey. He also appeared in Heartbeat, TV movie Meat, Dalziel and Pascoe's first drama A Pinch of Snuff, Cracker and the film Boston Kickout. Simm became a familiar face thanks to acclaimed series The Lakes. He went on to appear in such projects as Human Traffic, 24 Hour Party People, Spaced, White Teeth, State of Play and Sex Traffic. Simm's performance as troubled cop Sam Tyler in BBC hit Life on Mars made him a household name. Since then he's appeared in Doctor Who, Mad Dogs, The Village, Mad Dogs and Prey. While continuing his work as an actor, during the 1990s he was also a founder member of the rock band Magic Alex.
Quote:
On why he chose to make Life on Mars: "The mad twist at the start appealed to me. I thought, if I can make that believable I can make anything believable."
Trivia:
He's also played alongside his friend, Echo and the Bunnymen star Ian McCulloch, on albums and live on stage.
Richie Campbell
(Actor)
.. DS Glenn Branson
Laura Elphinstone
(Actor)
.. DS Bella Moy
Brad Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Nick Nicholl
Alex Cobb
(Actor)
.. Kevin Spinella
Zoe Tapper
(Actor)
.. Cleo Morey
Born:
October 26, 1981
in
Bromley, Kent
Best Known For:
Roles in a string of stage and screen hits.
Early-life:
Zoe Tapper was born on October 26, 1981, in Bromley, Kent. She trained at the Academy Drama School and at the Central School of Speech and Drama, from which she graduated in the spring of 2003, days before taking on her first film role. She first came to prominence playing Nell Gwynne in Richard Eyre's award-winning film Stage Beauty in 2004 and has since notched up a steady string of stage and screen credits.
Career:
Starring roles on TV include playing Mary Collins in A Harlot's Progress for Channel 4, Jane in Oliver Parker's The Private Life of Samuel Pepys alongside Steve Coogan, Gemma in the first series of the Sky One UK TV series Hex, Hermia in the 2005 BBC TV adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jenny Maple in the BBC miniseries Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Sheila Steafel in the 2008 BBC TV play The Curse of Steptoe and Anya Raczynski in the action-packed BBC remake of Survivors. She also took the lead role in the small-screen version of the Gothic ghost story Affinity.
Quote:
"I did a stunt with Mackenzie Crook where I had to kick him and grab him by the throat and it was great fun."
Trivia:
On stage, she has appeared in Epitaph For George Dillon in the West End, and Othello at Shakespeare's Globe.
Sam Hoare
(Actor)
.. Cassian Pewe
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. Sandy
Rob Jarvis
(Actor)
.. DI Sid Barrow
Claudia Jolly
(Actor)
.. Pippa Starling
Joanna Brooks
(Actor)
.. Maggie
Ben Wiggins
(Actor)
.. Oliver Starling
Craig Parkinson
(Actor)
.. DS Norman Potting
Rakie Ayola
(Actor)
.. ACC Vosper
Heather Ann Foster
(Actor)
.. Rachel Ryan
Thomas Coombes
(Actor)
.. Johnny Kerridge
Boni Adeliyi
(Actor)
.. Mimi Taylor
Luke Norris
(Actor)
.. Rollo Mercer
Best Known For:
Playing Dr Dwight Enys in Poldark.
Early-life:
Born in September 1985 in Romford and raised by his mother. Luke joined the National Youth Theatre after a local drama school teacher funded his audition. He then attended the Central School of Speech and Drama and began to build up a number of stage credits after he graduated.
Career:
Norris' earliest TV role was in an episode of The Inbetweeners. He made his feature film debut in the same year in The Duchess (2008). Following this, he appeared in episodes of Skins, Titanic and Our World War. He also appeared in National Theatre productions of The Kitchen and A View from the Bridge. Norris plays Dr Dwight Enys in Poldark.
Quote:
"A lot of actors are actors because they prefer to hide behind a character. It's a way of doing self-expression without exposing yourself, because it's somebody else's words, staging, camera or whatever. In my experience, a lot of actors are actually quite introverted."
Trivia:
He has written plays since his teen years in case acting didn't work out. Some of his plays have been performed at the Royal Exchange in Manchester, Sheffield Crucible and as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Max Krupski
(Actor)
.. Miles Hawthorn
Jay Oliver Yip
(Actor)
.. Freddie Punt
Andy Apollo
(Actor)
.. Caspar Barclay
Charlotte Workman
(Actor)
.. SOIT officer
Jack Pierce
(Actor)
.. DCI Jack Skerritt
Jo Herbert
(Actor)
.. Anna
Charlotte Christof
(Actor)
.. Roxy Harris
Ernest Gromov
(Actor)
.. Det Marcel Kullen
Kiera Lester
(Actor)
.. Sasha
Nicholas Tizzard
(Actor)
.. Dominic Pope
Rebecca Scroggs
(Actor)
.. Ari Branson
Molly Harris
(Actor)
.. Jesse
Tyler-Jo Richardson
(Actor)
.. Ryan
Darcy Collins
(Actor)
.. Girl
Elliot Cable
(Actor)
.. Barman
Robert Hands
(Actor)
.. Pete Winnicks
Henry Miller
(Actor)
.. Dr Theobold
Darragh Hand
(Actor)
.. Leo
Lizzie Back
(Actor)
.. Daisy
Sibylla Meienberg
(Actor)
.. Margarete
Camilla Strom Henriksen
(Director)
Kiaran Murray-Smith
(Series producer)
Andrew O'Connor
(Executive producer)
Paul Sandler
(Executive producer)
Patrick Schweitzer
(Executive producer)
Peter James
(Executive producer)