Cadfael - The Leper of St Giles - 07:10 am Sunday, January 11 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 Cadman (Actor) .. Maurice Fitzalan

Julian Firth (Actor) .. Brother Jerome

John Bennett (Actor) .. Lazarus the Leper

Sarah Badel (Actor) .. Avice of Thornbury

Tara Fitzgerald (Actor) .. Iveta de Massard

Susan Fleetwood (Actor) .. Agnes Piccard

Jonathan Hyde (Actor) .. Godfrid Piccard

Jonathan Firth (Actor) .. Joscelyn

Jamie Glover (Actor) .. Simon

Adrian Ross Magenty (Actor) .. Guy

Norman Eshley (Actor) .. Baron Huon de Domville

Albie Woodington (Actor) .. Sergeant Warden

Gabor Urmai (Actor) .. Jehan

Mark Charnock (Actor) .. Brother Oswin

Born: March 23, 1968 in Bolton

Best Known For: Playing Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale.

Early-life: Born in Bolton, Lancashire, on March 23, 1968, Mark was educated at Canon Slade School. He won a place at Hull University, but gave up his degree to pursue a career in acting, going on to join the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career: Mark's first screen role was in an episode of 2point4 Children, and he had a bit part in Coronation Street before he found fame in Emmerdale. Prior to landing the role of Marlon, he starred alongside Derek Jacobi as the bumbling Brother Oswin in Cadfael. He first appeared in the Yorkshire-based soap in 1996 and has since gone on to become one of its most popular characters. He won a British Soap Award in 2004.

Quote: "I'm lucky really. I play a character than gets a lot of comedy and I also, every now and then, get some great drama. So my artistic thirst is quenched by the show. But I never plan beyond the next contract. It's presumptuous."

Trivia: Mark and actor Dale Meeks appeared as the Blues Brothers in Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes and they won.

Stanley Kowalski (Actor) .. Brother Mark

Paul Broughton (Actor) .. Baron's Steward

Danny Dyer (Actor) .. Bran

Born: July 24, 1977 in London

Best Known For: Playing Mick Carter in EastEnders.

Early-life: Danny Dyer was born in Canning Town, London, on July 24, 1977 to Antony and Christine. He began a lifelong love of football as a boy and is an ardent West Ham United supporter. After being spotted by an agent while still at school he made his TV acting debut at the age of 16 in Prime Suspect 3. He went on to appear in episodes of Cadfael, A Touch of Frost, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, The Bill and Soldier Soldier.

Career: Dyer's first film was 1999's Human Traffic and he followed this up with roles in a number of low-budget movies, including Borstal Boy (2000), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), Mean Machine (2001), The Football Factory (2004), Adulthood (2008) and Vendetta (2013). Dyer had a lead role in Run for Your Wife (2013), which was savaged by film critics and only took £602 during its opening weekend. He has also appeared in a number of stage productions, including Celebration and No Man's Land, and has presented documentaries about football and hardmen. In 2013, he joined the cast of EastEnders as Mick Carter.

Quote: His views on film critic Mark Kermode, who has made disparaging remarks about Dyer's work: "If I see him I don't know how I'm going to react. I'll probably just put the nut on him."

Trivia: In 2007, Dyer became the chairman of non-league football team Greenwich Borough.

Marta Bako (Actor) .. Madlen

Raymond Llewellyn (Actor) .. Madog

Graham Theakston (Director)

Paul Pender (Writer)

Cadfael: The Leper of St Giles

07:10 am - 08:50 am, Sunday, January 11 on ITV4 (26)

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