Cadfael - Monk's Hood - 11:45 am Saturday, January 17 on ITV4

Derek Jacobi (Actor) .. Brother Cadfael

Born: October 22, 1938 in London

Best Known For: His classical roles.

Early-life: Derek George Jacobi was born on October 22, 1938, in Leytonstone, east London. His mother was a secretary and his father managed a department store. He is an only child. He became hooked on movies and dancing as a boy and played Hamlet at school, with the production later appearing at the Edinburgh Festival. During his time there, he was invited to meet an agent, who told him that, at 18, he was too young to become a star. Jacobi spent the next three years studying history at Cambridge, where he befriended Ian McKellen and Trevor Nunn.

Career: Following acclaimed performances at university, Jacobi joined Birmingham Rep. He was spotted by Laurence Olivier, who invited him to join the National Theatre Company. He made his film debut alongside Olivier in 1965's Othello. Since then, Jacobi has continued to make acclaimed appearances on stage and screen. Among his films are The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, Love Is the Devil, Gladiator, Gosford Park, The King's Speech and Hereafter. He inspired Kenneth Branagh to become an actor and worked alongside him in Henry V, Hamlet and Dead Again. Jacobi won a Bafta for I, Claudius in 1977, starred in the medieval-set series Cadfael, played The Master in Doctor Who, is the narrator of In the Night Garden and scored a surprise hit with Last Tango in Halifax.

Quote: "As an actor conscious that you are in a theatre, you still have to make it look as spontaneous as if you did not know that you are being watched by 1,000 pairs of eyes."

Trivia: He received a knighthood in 1994.

Sean Pertwee (Actor) .. Hugh Beringar

Born: June 04, 1964 in London

Best Known For: Being the son of Doctor Who.

Early-life: Born June 4, 1964, in London, the second child of actor Jon Pertwee and his German wife Ingeborg. He has an older sister called Dariel. He was raised in Barnes, south-west London, and Ibiza, and had a happy childhood, although he admits to having gone through a wild phase. On leaving school, Pertwee worked behind the scenes for Southern TV, which produced his father's Worzel Gummidge series, but turned to acting when the company folded.

Career: While awaiting his big break, Pertwee trained as an animator and designed album covers. He worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and made his film debut with a brief role in 1987's Prick Up Your Ears. His appearances in such projects as Blue Juice, Stiff Upper Lips, Cadfael, Cleopatra, Event Horizon, The 51st State and Dog Soldiers turned him into a heart-throb. He was co-owner of production company Natural Nylon with his friends Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Jude Law and Sadie Frost, until its demise in 2003. A prolific voice-over artist, he's also appeared in The Tudors and the Goal movies. His recent projects include UFO, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Elementary and Gotham.

Quote: "The whole movie star thing, I tell you, mate, it's just not for me."

Trivia: He has voiced characters in a number of video games.

Peter Copley (Actor) .. Abbot Herribert

Michael Culver (Actor) .. Prior Robert

Julian Firth (Actor) .. Brother Jerome

Bernard Gallagher (Actor) .. Gervase Bonel

Mary Miller (Actor) .. Richildis

Huw Garmon (Actor) .. Meurig

Sophie Lawrence (Actor) .. Aldith

Thomas Craig (Actor) .. Aelfric

Jonny Lee Miller (Actor) .. Edwin Gurney

Born: November 15, 1971 in Kingston, Surrey

Best Known For: Trainspotting and Elementary.

Early-life: Born November 15, 1971, in Kingston, Surrey, the son of actor Alan Miller, whose own father was Bernard Lee, best known for playing M in the early Bond films. As a teenager, his shyness didn't stop him becoming a member of the National Youth Music Theatre. He attended Tiffin School, a selective state grammar school for boys, where he acted in their plays. He left at 17 to pursue a showbusiness career.

Career: Made his TV debut in a 1983 adaptation of Mansfield Park. He then had small roles in Itch, Inspector Morse, Keeping Up Appearances, and Prime Suspect 3. He spent a year in EastEnders as Jonathan Hewitt, then made movies Hackers and Trainspotting, which introduced him to a wider audience. Although he hasn't enjoyed the same success as friends Jude Law and Ewan McGregor, Miller remains at the forefront of young British actors. His other credits include Regeneration, Plunkett and Macleane, Love, Honour and Obey, and Byron. Since 2012, he has had a lead role in the American drama Elementary.

Quote: "I never try to completely do a character, if you know what I mean. I always feel like I'm just being me, but in the character's situation."

Trivia: On the stage, he has starred in After Miss Julie, and Frankenstein.

Freddie Boardley (Actor) .. Brother Petrus

Sally Baxter (Actor) .. Sibil Bellecote

Aubrey Richards (Actor) .. Brother Rhys

Davyd Harries (Actor) .. Presiding Judge

Greg Saunders (Actor) .. Tom Bellecote

Tibor Gyukar (Actor) .. Brother Porter

Adam Suranyi (Actor) .. Brother Urien

Steven Beard (Actor) .. Brother Anselm

Graham Theakston (Director)

Russell Lewis (Writer)

Cadfael: Monk's Hood

11:45 am - 1:25 pm, Saturday, January 17 on ITV4 (26)

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