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Sharpe's Battle
Season 3, Episode 2
General Wellesley receives unwanted reinforcements from the King of Spain in the form of the Royal Irish Company and Sharpe is charged with transforming them into an effective fighting unit. When Kiely learns his wife is pregnant, he sends her away out of harm's way, but she is captured. With Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Hugh Fraser
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Cast & Crew
Sean Bean
(Actor)
.. Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley
(Actor)
.. Patrick Harper
Hugh Fraser
(Actor)
.. Lord Wellington
Hugh Ross
(Actor)
.. Mungo Munro
John Tams
(Actor)
.. Hagman
Jason Salkey
(Actor)
.. Harris
Lyndon Davies
(Actor)
.. Perkins
Jason Durr
(Actor)
.. Lord Kiely
Allie Byrne
(Actor)
.. Lady Kiely
Ian McNeice
(Actor)
.. Runciman
Oliver Cotton
(Actor)
.. Loup
Tom Clegg
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Sean Bean
(Actor)
.. Sharpe
Born:
April 17, 1959
in
Sheffield
Best Known For:
Blunt-talking soldier Sharpe.
Early-life:
Born Shaun Mark Bean in Sheffield on April 17, 1959, the elder of two children. A fanatical Sheffield United supporter with "100% Blade" tattooed on his shoulder, he left school at 16 with two O-Levels. His first job was working for his father's welding firm, and while he was doing a day-release course at college he stumbled on an acting class. He was later accepted into Rada and made his professional stage debut in 1983 as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.
Career:
Sean worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company before making his TV debut in a 1984 episode of The Bill. Roles in The Fifteen Streets, Stormy Monday and Patriot Games followed before Lady Chatterley and the first Sharpe TV movies made him a household name in 1993. Other work includes A Woman's Guide to Adultery, Bravo Two Zero, GoldenEye, Ronin, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Equilibrium, Troy, National Treasure and HBO TV series Game of Thrones. He is one of Hollywood's most sought-after character actors and always has a number of productions in the pipeline.
Quote:
"I don't have any problems with women seeing me as their ideal bit of 'rough'. Why would I?"
Trivia:
He has voiced characters in a number of video games.
Daragh O'Malley
(Actor)
.. Patrick Harper
Hugh Fraser
(Actor)
.. Lord Wellington
Hugh Ross
(Actor)
.. Mungo Munro
John Tams
(Actor)
.. Hagman
Jason Salkey
(Actor)
.. Harris
Lyndon Davies
(Actor)
.. Perkins
Jason Durr
(Actor)
.. Lord Kiely
Born:
December 02, 1967
in
Singapore
Best Known For:
Playing Mike Bradley in Heartbeat and David Hide in Casualty.
Early-life:
Born on December 2, 1967 in Singapore and raised in Hong Kong. Jason trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before attending the Royal Shakespeare Company. Here, he worked with director Trevor Nunn in Measure for Measure and The Blue Angel and with director Adrian Noble in Macbeth.
Career:
Since his days with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Durr has made a number of TV appearances in such shows as Inspector Morse and A Dark Adapted Eye and in television films like Gawain and the Green Knight (1991) and Sharpe's Battle (1995). He landed the role of policeman Mike Bradley in the TV series Heartbeat in 1997 and played the character until 2003. His other TV credits include Above Suspicion, Lewis and New Tricks. Durr also played the lead role in Down Dog (2014). More recently, he has played David Hide in Casualty.
Quote:
"I have lived all over the world but my heart now lies in the English countryside - if only it didn't rain quite so much."
Trivia:
He enjoys rock climbing.
Allie Byrne
(Actor)
.. Lady Kiely
Ian McNeice
(Actor)
.. Runciman
Born:
October 02, 1950
in
Basingstoke
Best Known For:
Doc Martin.
Early-life:
McNeice was born in Basingstoke in Hampshire in 1950. His acting training started at the Taunton School in Somerset, followed by two years at the Salisbury Playhouse. His childhood was hard, as the shy youngster struggled with a stammer, and he lost his older brother in a car accident. Determined to overcome his shyness, he stuck at acting and spent years in theatre, including a four-year career with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and a production of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway.
Career:
McNeice's TV breakthrough was in the drama series Edge of Darkness. He has also appeared in a number of films, including 84 Charing Cross Road, Day of the Dead, No Escape, From Hell and The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. His breakthrough into American films occurred when he played opposite Jim Carrey as Fulton Greenwall in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995). Other notable credits include Conspiracy (2001), Valkyrie (2009) and the HBO hit series Rome. Since 2004, he has played Bert Large in Doc Martin.
Quote:
"In a funny kind of way, the problems that my weight and stammer created were also the foundations of my career as an entertainer."
Trivia:
McNeice has played Winston Churchill in a number of projects, including Doctor Who and the stage version of The King's Speech.
Oliver Cotton
(Actor)
.. Loup
Tom Clegg
(Director)
