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- Jack O'Connell was born in Alvaston, Derby, England, to Alison J. (Gutteridge) and John Patrick O'Connell. His mother is English, and worked at British Midland, and his father was Irish (from County Kerry), and worked on the railways for Bombardier. Jack went to Saint Benedict Catholic School, and began acting professionally playing Connor Yates in a 2005 episode of the television series Doctors (2000). His subsequent TV roles included 4 episodes of The Bill (1984), 6 of The Runaway (2010), and 18 of the popular teen drama Skins (2007).
He made his film debut playing Pukey Nicholls in 2006's This Is England (2006), later co-starring in Eden Lake (2008), Harry Brown (2009), Private Peaceful (2012) and The Somnambulists (2011), before receiving critical acclaim for his lead roles as a jailed teenager in Starred Up (2013) and a British soldier in Belfast in '71 (2014).
O'Connell made his Hollywood debut as Greek soldier Calisto in the graphic novel-based action-war film 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), and then played Olympic distance runner and World War II POW Louis Zamperini in the Angelina Jolie-directed war drama Unbroken (2014). His upcoming roles include The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) and Money Monster (2016), the latter with George Clooney and Julia Roberts. - Ewan Robert Mitchell is an English actor (born in Derby). He is known for his roles in the ITV period drama The Halcyon (2017), the medieval drama The Last Kingdom (2017-2022), the BBC World War II series World on Fire (2019-) and the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon (2022-). Mitchell began his acting career in 2015, starring in the short films Stereotype and Fire. He later starred in the films Just Charlie (2017) by Rebekah Fortune, High Life by Claire Denis (2018) and the series Trigger Point (2022). In 2022, he was attached to star in the Amazon Prime Video original film by Emerald Fennell Saltburn. On television, Mitchell made his debut in the 2017 ITV period drama The Halcyon as Billy Taylor. He had his breakout role in the BBC Two and Netflix historical drama The Last Kingdom as Osferth, a role he would play from the second to fifth series. In 2019, he starred as Tom Bennett in the BBC One World War II drama World on Fire. In 2022, he appeared in the crime drama Trigger Point. Later that year, Mitchell began playing Prince Aemond Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon, a Game of Thrones prequel and adaptation of George R. R. Martin's companion book Fire and Blood. His performance in the series has received critical acclaim.
- Michael Robert Socha is an actor, known for his role as Tom in Being Human (2008).
He was born December 13, 1987, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, to Kathleen (Lyons) and Robert Socha, and has Polish, English, Irish, and Italian ancestry. Socha was a rebellious pupil who often skipped school. At the age of 11, he unsuccessfully auditioned for the lead role in a school musical play, but won the lead role of Bugsy Malone in another play years later. - Patricia Paz Maria Medina was born on July 19, 1919 in Liverpool, England to a Spanish father and an English mother. She began acting as a teenager in the late 1930s and worked her way up to leading roles in the mid-1940s, then left for Hollywood. Medina teamed up with British actor Louis Hayward and they appeared together in Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950), The Lady and the Bandit (1951), Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) and Captain Pirate (1952). Voluptuous and exotic-looking, Medina was often typecast in period melodramas such as The Black Knight (1954). Two of her more notable films were William Witney's Stranger at My Door (1956) and Orson Welles's Confidential Report (1955), a follow-up of The Third Man (1949), based on the radio series "The Lives of Harry Lime". Although prolific during the early 1950s, her film career faded away by the end of the decade, leading to stage and television roles.
Medina appeared as Margarita Cortazar in four episodes of Walt Disney's Zorro (1957), and as Diana Coulter in two episodes of Richard Boone's Have Gun - Will Travel (1957). She returned to the screen in Robert Aldrich's adaptation of the lesbian-themed drama The Killing of Sister George (1968). She and her husband, American actor Joseph Cotten, toured together in several plays and on Broadway in the murder mystery, "Calculated Risk". Her appearances on television include episodes of Bonanza (1959) titled "The Spanish Grant" and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) titled "See the Monkey Dance". She played Harriet Balfour in an episode of Perry Mason (1957) titled "The Case of the Lucky Loser", and as Lucia Belmont in an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) titled "The Foxes and Hounds Affair".
Patricia Medina retired from acting in 1978 after 40 years in the motion picture industry. She died at age 92 of natural causes on April 28, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. She was interred at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia, alongside Cotten. - Lauren Marie Socha is an actress, known for her role in Misfits (2009).
She born June 9, 1990, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, to Kathleen (Lyons) and Robert Socha, and has Polish, English, Irish, and Italian ancestry. In 2010, Socha starred alongside Tim McInnerny in the short film Missing. She also had a minor role in the television mini-series Five Daughters. - Actress
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Gwen Taylor was born on 19 February 1939 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Life of Brian (1979), The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) and A Bit of a Do (1989). She has been married to Graham Reid since 1996. She was previously married to Frederick Blount.- Rosamund Hanson (daughter of clothes designer Daniel Hanson) was born in Derby. She attended 'The Television Workshop' and grew up with her parents in their family home in Nottingham. In 2005 she starred in her first major film role 'This is England' which picked up a number of awards across the globe. Following the success of the film, Rosamund then went on to play a reprisal of the character 'Smell' in the hit series 'This is England 86'. 2011 sees Rosamund starring in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's latest sitcom 'Life's too short' on HBO.
- Robyn Addison was born on 17 January 1985 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014), Doc Martin (2004) and Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser (2015). She has been married to Shane Zaza since 14 August 2016.
- David Dixon was born on 28 October 1947 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) and Lillie (1978).
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Louis Greatorex was born on 30 December 1996 in Derby, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Masters of the Air (2024), Last Tango in Halifax (2012) and Layla (2024).- Actor
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Ukweli was born in 1986. Brought up in Woolwich by an English mother and Guyanese father - his name Ukweli means 'Truth' in Swahili, he applied for a law course at University but turned it down in favour of acceptance by London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from where he graduated in 2009, almost simultaneously playing 'Tybalt' in the Globe Theatre's production of 'Romeo And Juliet'. Since childhood he has been a fan of dance, particularly admiring the American Nicholas Brothers and is an accomplished street dancer, being the Artistic Director of dance company Birdgang, touring with the Blaze international Hiphop dance show and appearing in pop videos with the likes of Mariah Carey and Kylie Minogue. He also starred in the cinema film 'Streetdance 3D' but came to a wider audience with his first big TV role playing Tom Greening, a lawyer who also happens to be an angel in drama series 'Eternal Law'.- Lisa Hayley Ambalavanar is an English actress of mixed race heritage. She was born on February 19 in Derby, England. In 2022 she was cast as Jinx in DC's Titans. She is also known for her roles playing Mia in The A List (2018 - 2021) and Alia in Doctors (2018 - 2019).
- Eric Lutz is an American Film and Television actor who started perfecting his craft in theatre and eventually made the transition into Film and Television. His huge stage presence transitioned flawlessly onto the screen, and he strives to become 'A force to be reckoned with' and 'a household name' in the future. He sees comedy as his strong suit, stating that he 'always knew how to settle differences with laughter' but has seen a ton of growth in every area of acting thanks to his constant drive to better himself. Hailing from the Midwest, Eric has tons of charisma and never backs down from a challenge. Eric lives in Los Angeles, California.
- English actor Leslie Banks' film career would be negligible compared to his prestigious theatrical one if it were not for four exceptions. Hitchcock, for one, gave him the occasion to shine in two of his films, in a sympathetic role in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934) and in an outright unsympathetic one in "Jamaica Inn" (1938) - a telltale illustration, by the way, of the extent of his talent. The actor is also remembered for "Henry V" (1944), Laurence Olivier's masterful adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy. It is fun to hear Banks roll his r's (hey! The year is 1600 after all!) while he introduces and comments the play to the audience of the Globe Theatre. But oddly enough, the thespian never made a bigger impression than in his first screen appearance, way back in 1932. Who indeed has forgotten the ruthless, ferocious, evil Count Zaroff, specializing in human game hunting, from Cooper and Schoedsack's horror classic "The Most Dangerous Game"? Banks' other movies, consisting mostly of B movies and World War II propaganda fare, did not leave a comparable impact. Maybe because Leslie Banks, always more interested in the theatre of which he was a big name, was not demanding enough in the choice of his films. On the boards, that is where he got great parts in great plays: Captain Hook in "Peter Pan", Petruchio in "The Taming of the Shrew", Mr. Chipping in "Goodbye Mr. Chips", James Jarvis in the Kurt Weill musical "Lost in the Stars", and many many others. Born in 1890 in West Derby near Liverpool, he studied at Keble College, Oxford. First wanting to be a parson, he became an actor instead, making his debut in 1911. His reputation rapidly rose, and Banks never stopped working until his untimely death, not only in England but also in the USA where he toured as early as 1912. With only one interruption, though a big one, due to World War I. Banks, who served with the Essex Regiment then, was wounded in the face, one side remaining permanently paralyzed. Which did not prevent him from quickly resuming his activities, at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre first, then in London, New York and Hollywood. Unfortunately, if the delightfully threatening figure of Zaroff will rest forever in our minds, Leslie Banks physically disappeared in 1952, only aged 61, hit by a sudden stroke. He has been missed since.
- Diane Fletcher was born on 17 April 1944 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), House of Cards (1990) and Macbeth (1971).
- Ian Lindsay was born on 21 October 1939 in Repton, Derby, England, UK. He is an actor, known for British Men Behaving Badly (1992), The Invitation (2022) and Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001).
- Michael Knowles was born on 26 April 1937 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for You Rang, M'Lord? (1988), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974) and Are You Being Served? (1972). He has been married to Linda James since 1964. They have two children.
- Patric Doonan was born on 19 April 1926 in Alvaston, Derby, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Project M7 (1953), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) and Crest of the Wave (1954). He was married to Aud Johansen. He died on 10 March 1958 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- James Burrows was born on 7 July 1991 in Derby, England, UK. He is an actor, known for This Is England (2006), Fighting with My Family (2019) and Robin Hood (2010).
- Joan Rice was born on 3 February 1930 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) and I Promised to Pay (1961). She was married to Ken McKenzie and David Green. She died on 1 January 1997 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Frank Conroy was born on 14 October 1890 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), The Snake Pit (1948) and The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942). He was married to Helen Robbins. He died on 24 February 1964 in Paramus, New Jersey, USA.
- Short, stocky, balding character actor who found fame on British TV in The Bill (1984) but became an alcoholic and died in a clinic attempting to dry out less than a week after being dismissed from the series. He had 8 children, one adopted and another who died while still a baby. Did a lot of UK stage work in the 1970s including "What The Butler Saw" by Joe Orton.
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Jason Riddington was born on 19 November 1968 in Derby, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Wuthering Heights (1992), Casualty (1986) and The Five Wives & Lives of Melvyn Pfferberg (2016).- Granville Saxton was born in 1948 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). He has been married to Joanna Monro since 2001.
- Hilary Crane was born in 1933 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985), Outside Edge (1994) and Eldorado (1992). She was married to Richard Harris and Harry Landis. She died on 13 July 2009 in London, England, UK.
- Julia Watson was born on 13 September 1953 in Derby, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Casualty (1986), Never the Twain (1981) and Dempsey and Makepeace (1985). She has been married to David Harsent since July 1989. They have one child.
- Danielle Watson was born on 7 April 1990 in Derby, England, UK. She is an actress, known for This Is England (2006), This Is England '88 (2011) and This Is England '86 (2010).
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Danielle Ferland was born on 31 January 1971 in Derby, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Radio Days (1987) and Wonder Wheel (2017). She has been married to Michael Goldstein since 2002. They have two children.- Everlyn Lee Marie Sampi was born Oct 6th, 1988 in Derby as the 4th child among three older brothers and one younger sister following.
She belongs to the indigenous Bardi tribe, but her paternal grandfather comes from Glasgow, Scotland (UK). Her mother works as a director in a bigger aboriginal corporation, her uncle is the well-known AFL (Australian Football Legue) player Ashley Sampi.
During her childhood she relocated frequently with her family within the Kimberley Region including Darwin and Broome, until they settled for a longer time in Djarindjin, a small aboriginal town nearby the Dampier Peninsula.
When famous Australian director Phillip Noyce and casting director Christine King looked in Summer 1999 for aboriginal children to play the main actresses in Rabbit Proof Fence, Everlyn was brought to their attention by a friend of her mother. She quickly stood out between all competitors and got the leading role as "Molly", the lead character.
For her great performance she won the Australian Annual Lexus IF Award for Best Actress on Nov 6th, 2002, and afterward returned back to schooling at John Septimus RoeAnglican Community High, spending only holidays with her family in Djarindjin.
After graduating at the Broome Senior High School in 2006, she spent time as a child welfare worker, entered several regional modeling competitions (Kimberley Girl, Miss Roebuck) as a role model for young indigenous women, and today is considering to intensify acting.
She lives together with her family in Broome, Western Australia, and became mother of two children (2014, 2019).
Thus, by chance, she appeared between 2007 and 2010 in several guest roles as character "Leonie" in the Australian TV series "The Circuit", what is shot in that region. - Ian Fairbairn was born on 17 September 1931 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Big Spender (1965), Doctor Who (1963) and Garry Halliday (1959). He died on 2 December 2014 in Chiswick, London, England, UK.
- Richard Felix was born on 23 February 1949 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He has been married to Julie Felix since 1984.
- Rex Robinson was born on 16 February 1926 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), The Big Pull (1962) and Doctor Who (1963). He was married to Patricia Prior. He died on 13 April 2015 in Addlestone, Surrey, England, UK.
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Stuart Orme was born on 7 February 1942 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Jack Taylor (2010), William and Mary (2003) and The Waiting Time (1999). He has been married to Ruth Orme since 1966. They have two children.- Jane had amateur acting experience before joining The Archers, a Monday to Friday radio serial, as Monica Downs, then moved to repertory theatre at Sheffield and York. She then did various tours and television work before getting a regular role as Nurse Ford in the television serial, Emergency Ward 10; then as Jill Harvey, the daughter of the owner of the motel, in Crossroads. She was educated at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School and the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. She was first married to television director Tim Jones then to chartered surveyor David Dunger by whom she had a daughter Sorrel and a son Harry
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Carla Lane was born on 5 August 1928 in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She was a writer and producer, known for Bread (1986), The Liver Birds (1969) and The Last Song (1981). She was married to Arthur Hollins. She died on 31 May 2016 in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.- Writer
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Norman Vaughan was born on 10 April 1923 in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [now in Merseyside], England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for London Affair (1970), Bullseye (1981) and Come Play with Me (1977). He was married to Bernice. He died on 17 May 2002 in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK.- Stunts
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Luke Gomes was born on 3 May 1986 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Wonder Woman (2017), Morbius (2022) and Wrath of Man (2021).- June Kidd was born on 1 May 1915 in West Derby, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972), Terry and June (1979) and The Coal Hole Club (1973). She was married to James Henry Haggerty and William Lappin. She died on 6 July 2010 in London, England, UK.
- Michael Kavanagh was born on 11 March 1970 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Tourist (2022), Can You Hear Me? and Bodyguards (1996).
- Aubrey Mallalieu was born on 8 June 1873 in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Chamber of Horrors (1940), Haunted Honeymoon (1940) and The Stars Look Down (1940). He was married to Winifred A. Chadwick. He died on 28 May 1948 in Ealing, London, England, UK.
- Robert Locke was born on 19 July 1956 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Poirot (1989), '68 (1988) and Roger Doesn't Live Here Any More (1981). He died on 15 July 1992 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK.
- Timothy Kightley was born in 1945 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982) and Theatre Night (1985).
- Debbie Shore was born in Derby, England, UK. She is known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Heartbeat (1992) and Peak Practice (1993). She is married to Garie. They have three children.
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Lewis James is a British film producer, actor, composer, and musician. He was born in Derby on the 15th of January 1984 and grew up with a strong passion for music, drama, and film. During his mid-20s, Lewis began the transition into the film industry by working on numerous musical scores for short and feature films while also attending many reputable acting workshops around the UK which led to various acting roles in film and television. Lewis has also worked behind the scenes on many projects, holding various crew positions, and has sought funding and helped secure budgets for many short and feature films on an international level.- Bethany Unwin was born on 1 August 1998 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. Bethany is an actor, known for Locked Away (2021).
- Bill Carter was born on 20 December 1918 in West Derby, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Battle of the Worlds (1961), I've Always Loved You (1946) and My Kingdom for a Cook (1943). He was married to Elaine Stewart and Nancy Wakeman. He died on 30 October 1995 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
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John Dexter was born on 2 August 1925 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970), The Virgin Soldiers (1969) and I Want What I Want (1972). He died on 23 March 1990 in London, England, UK.- Production Designer
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Geoffrey Kirkland was born on 7 October 1939 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He is a production designer and producer, known for Children of Men (2006), The Right Stuff (1983) and WarGames (1983).- Irene Bradshaw was born on 15 March 1940 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971), The Avengers (1961) and United! (1965).
- Dick Francis was born on 8 June 1890 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Waltz Time (1945), The Brown Wallet (1936) and Poor Old Bill (1931). He died on 11 April 1949 in Edgware, London, England, UK.