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Native Northern   Based Manchester / London   Height 6' 1"   Hair Dark Brown   Eyes Grey

Accents
Northern / Standard / RP / Manchester / Lancashire / Liverpool / Yorkshire / Irish / Scottish
Cockney / Birmingham / Australian / American - general + South / Scandinavian / Russian
South African / German / French / Spanish / Italian.  EXCELLENT EAR

Languages
German (FLUENT)

Skills
Drives + Motorbike / Sings - high Baritone/Tenor (chorus) Improvising / Devising / Workshops
BADC Stage Combat / Stage Movement / Fencing / Football / Horse Riding / Running / Sailing
Swimming / Scuba Diving / Shooting / Skiing / Mountaineering / Rock Climbing
Ex-Army Captain (Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst - 1994-2000) Physical Training / Combat Instruction
VOICE-OVER / NARRATING / PRESENTING / DRAMA TEACHER

Training
Manchester Metropolitan University

Television
BBC Three:  SPOOKS: CODE 9 - Cop
BBC:  AUSCHWITZ - Captain Bill Cross
BBC:  IN A SPIN - Claudius Vanderberg
Granada:  CORONATION STREET - Dr Friar
Granada:  ISLAND AT WAR - Landser

Theatre
Salford Studio:  LOVE ME TENDER - Hughie
Gasworth Hall Festival:  AN IDEAL HUSBAND - Viscomte de Nanjac
Capitol Theatre:  GORKI'S SUMMERFOLK - Dvoetochie  PLAYHOUSE CREATURES - Earl of Rochester
DANCING AT LUGHNASA - Father Jack

Drama School productions
ARABIAN NIGHTS - Shahrayar
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - Egeus / Philostrate / Starveling
MEASURE FOR MEASURE - Angelo
TWELFTH NIGHT - Malvolio

Feature Film
Film 18:  O JERUSALEM - Harry
Low Fat Films:  DIARY - Simon  POSTE HASTE - Big Al

Short Film
Pylon Pictures:  HEARTLESS - Franz
Pablo Productions:  MOUNTING TRIXIE - Patrick
Millhouse Productions:  LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR - Constable Jones-

TV Presenting
Channel M:  BREAKFAST SHOW
ITV:  GRANADA REPORTS
Channel M:  DAILY TV NEWS (5pm / 9pm)

Radio Presenting
BBC Radio 5 Live:  NICKY CAMPBELL BREAKFAST SHOW / FIFA WORLD CUP
Key 103 Manchester / Radio Wave Blackpool / Tower FM Bolton:  DAILY NEWS

Directors include
Keiran Flynn / Mat Whitecross / Tim O'Mara / Peter Lydon / Detlef Siebert / Craig Castell / Nicole Barber Lane
Alan Clements / Elie Chouraqui / Ben Hilton / Hywel Evans / Liam Fox / David Whitney / Vanessa Baldwin
Helena Kaut-Howsen / Chris Honer / Roger Haines / Renny Krupinski / Peter Lichtenfels / David Shirley / Martin Nestor