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Awkward teenagers Simon, Will, Jay and Neil plan a holiday to the Greek island of Crete after they finish their exams, hoping to experience drink, sex and debauchery beyond their wildest dreams. However, things do not quite work out as planned. Comedy based on the TV series, with Joe Thomas, Simon Bird, James Buckley and Blake Harrison
2011
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Comedy
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Cast & Crew
Joe Thomas
(Actor)
.. Simon Cooper
Simon Bird
(Actor)
.. Will McKenzie
James Buckley
(Actor)
.. Jay Cartwright
Blake Harrison
(Actor)
.. Neil Sutherland
Emily Head
(Actor)
.. Carli D'Amato
Anthony Head
(Actor)
.. Will's dad
Lydia Rose Bewley
(Actor)
.. Jane
Laura Haddock
(Actor)
.. Alison
Greg Davies
(Actor)
.. Mr Gilbert
Ben Palmer
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Joe Thomas
(Actor)
.. Simon Cooper
Born:
October 28, 1983
in
Chelmsford, Essex
Best Known For:
The Inbetweeners and Fresh Meat.
Early-life:
Joseph Thomas was born in Chelmsford, Essex, on October 28, 1983. He read history at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and it was here that he was a member of the Footlights with his Inbetweeners co-star Simon Bird. He performed with the Footlights at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in All's Well That Ends Well.
Career:
Thomas's big break came in 2008 when he began playing Simon Cooper in hugely popular E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners. It ran for three series until 2010 and The Inbetweeners Movie was a big box-office success in 2011. More recently, Joe has played Kingsley in E4 comedy drama Fresh Meat and George in Sky1 comedy Chickens, which Joe writes with co-stars Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet. The Inbetweeners 2 was released in cinemas in August 2014.
Quote:
"I did have dreams of becoming a pipe-smoking professor who bumbled around and drank real ale."
Trivia:
He can play the guitar and the violin.
Simon Bird
(Actor)
.. Will McKenzie
Born:
August 19, 1984
in
Guildford, Surrey
Best Known For:
The Inbetweeners.
Early-life:
Simon Antony Bird was born in Guildford, Surrey, in 1984. He attended the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, where he became an accomplished violinist and took part in a variety of orchestras. He then moved on to study English at Queens' College, Cambridge. Alongside his studies, he got involved with the illustrious Footlights drama group, eventually being elected as its chairman in 2005.
Career:
After leaving Cambridge, Bird set up the sketch comedy group The House of Windsor with Inbetweeners co-star Joe Thomas. They performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007 and 2008, receiving favourable coverage in the national press. His breakthrough came in 2008 when he was cast as Will McKenzie in the delightfully crude high-school sitcom The Inbetweeners. He was named Best Actor at the 2009 British Comedy Awards. Three series of The Inbetweeners was followed by a hugely successful movie version. The movie sequel was released in August 2014. He has also hosted comedy panel show The King is Dead and starred in Friday Night Dinner and Chickens.
Quote:
"I'm pretty geeky I think. I don't really have to act that much! Hopefully I'm not quite as officious as Will, but yeah I've definitely got some geeky tendencies."
James Buckley
(Actor)
.. Jay Cartwright
Born:
August 14, 1987
in
Croydon
Best Known For:
Playing Jay Cartwright in The Inbetweeners and a young Del Boy Trotter in Rock & Chips.
Early-life:
James Patrick Buckley was born in Croydon on August 14, 1987. At the age of two, he moved with his family to Dagenham. He began going to a stage school at weekends from the age of seven. At the age of 11, he landed his first professional acting jobs in West End shows Whistle Down the Wind and Les Miserables.
Career:
Buckley's big break came in 2008 when he was cast in the role of Jay Cartwright in E4 comedy The Inbetweeners alongside Simon Bird, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas. Three series were followed by two hugely successful spin-off movies. He has also played a young Del Boy Trotter in BBC comedy drama Rock & Chips, and Mr Norris in the TV movie The Boy in the Dress.
Quote:
On The Inbetweeners: "As soon as we're all together we're juvenile."
Trivia:
He is heavily in demand as a voiceover artist for commercials. In 2012, he made his directorial debut when he directed a music video for Essex band The Milk.
Blake Harrison
(Actor)
.. Neil Sutherland
Born:
July 22, 1985
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Neil Sutherland in The Inbetweeners.
Early-life:
Born Blake Harrison Keenan in London on July 22, 1985, he went on to attend the Brit School and the East 15 Acting School.
Career:
Harrison's big break as an actor came in 2008 when he was cast in the role of Neil Sutherland in E4 comedy The Inbetweeners alongside Simon Bird, James Buckley and Joe Thomas. Three series were followed by two hugely successful spin-off movies. His other TV credits include Him & Her, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, White Van Man, Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Big Bad World and Edge of Heaven.
Quote:
"I've never had a plan B."
Trivia:
In 2014, Harrison began voicing the character Scoop in a revamped version of Bob the Builder. He supports Millwall FC.
Emily Head
(Actor)
.. Carli D'Amato
Born:
December 15, 1988
in
Fulham, London
Best Known For:
Playing Carli D'Amato in The Inbetweeners.
Early-life:
Emily Rose Head was born on December 15, 1988 in Fulham, London. She is the oldest daughter of actor Anthony Head. Emily studied for a BTEC in acting at the BRIT School in Croydon.
Career:
Head's earliest TV roles were in Trial and Retribution and Doc Martin. She also appeared alongside her father in The Invisibles. Her breakthrough role was in The Inbetweeners, where she played Carli D'Amato, the love interest of Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas). She reprised this role for The Inbetweeners Movie (2011). Since then, she has appeared in Doctors and the TV movie Rita (2013). In 2016, she joined the cast of Emmerdale as Rebecca White.
Quote:
On being Anthony Head's daughter and an actor: "My dad knows how difficult it can be, there have been a few conversations with him about when you don't get the part you have been thinking about for the past six months."
Trivia:
She went to the same school as Katy B and Adele.
Anthony Head
(Actor)
.. Will's dad
Born:
February 20, 1954
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Early-life:
Anthony Stewart Head was born in Camden, north London, on February 20, 1954. His father, Seafield Head, was a documentary film-maker and his mother, Helen Shingler, was an actress. His older brother, Murray, is an actor and singer best known for his role in the film Sunday Bloody Sunday and stage hit Chess. Anthony caught the acting bug at the age of six, when he first appeared in a school play, and went on to join the London Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career:
Head's big break came when he was offered the role of Jesus in a West End production of Godspell. More musical stage work followed, as did roles in Secret Army, Bergerac, The Mallens, Love in a Cold Climate, and Accident. The Gold Blend ads in the late 1980s, in which he co-starred with Sharon Maughan, were hugely popular and made him a household name. They even went down well in America, paving the way for his successful run in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Since then, Head has returned to the UK, appearing in such projects as Little Britain, Doctor Who, Manchild, Sold, The Invisibles and Merlin.
Quote:
"Go outside the zone of confidence and find out what's on the other side."
Trivia:
Head played the lead role in Radio 4 comedy Bleak Expectations between 2007 and 2012.
Lydia Rose Bewley
(Actor)
.. Jane
Laura Haddock
(Actor)
.. Alison
Born:
August 21, 1985
in
London
Best Known For:
The Inbetweeners Movie and Da Vinci's Demons.
Early-life:
Laura Jane Haddock was born in London on August 21, 1985. She trained at the Arts Educational School in Chiswick. She made her TV debut in a Comedy Showcase pilot called Plus One.
Career:
Haddock's TV credits include Honest, The Palace, The Colour of Magic, Agatha Christie's Marple, Monday Monday and How Not to Live Your Life. She raised her profile in 2011 when she starred in The Inbetweeners Movie. Since then, she has starred in Upstairs Downstairs, Missing, Dancing on the Edge, Da Vinci's Demons and Luther. Her film credits also include Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).
Quote:
"I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over."
Trivia:
Haddock was nominated in the Best Female Newcomer category at the 2012 Empire Awards for her role in The Inbetweeners Movie.
Greg Davies
(Actor)
.. Mr Gilbert
Born:
May 14, 1968
in
St Asaph, Wales
Best Known For:
The Inbetweeners, Man Down and his stand-up tours.
Early-life:
Greg was born in St Asaph, Wales, on May 14, 1968 but his parents moved to Wem in Shropshire soon after his birth. Before embarking on a career in showbiz, Greg taught drama and English for 13 years at Sandhurst School in Berkshire and Orleans Park School in Twickenham.
Career:
Davies started to get noticed for his comedy as one third of sketch comedy group We Are Klang. His big break came in 2008 when he began playing schoolteacher Mr Gilbert in E4's hugely popular sitcom The Inbetweeners. In 2010, Davies's debut solo stand-up show, Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog, was nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award, which led to a sell-out nationwide tour. His second solo tour, The Back of My Mum's Head, was another sell-out national tour. He plays the lead role in popular Channel 4 sitcom Man Down, a series he also co-writes.
Quote:
"I think people find this schoolteacher thing hilarious," he says, "I always get asked if I was actually any good. Well, how do I answer that?"
Trivia:
At 6ft 8, it is difficult for Davies to blend into a crowd.
Ben Palmer
(Director)
