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Christel van den Bergh

Cast · Known for Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie

Born and bred in Pretoria, I am an actress working in the industry for 17 years since 2003. Have done various theatre tv and film productions and am also apart time writer. I have featured in numerous TVCs, and I have written a film that has been produced.

Simon Heath

Executive Producer · Known for Vigil

Born and bred in Birmingham, Simon's career began in 1993 as script editor and writer on the BBC teen drama Byker Grove. He went on to create and write Ant & Dec's early series for the BBC and C4. Simon joined World Productions in 1997, where he became Head of Drama in 2002 and Creative Director and CEO in 2009.

Andy Smith

Born and bred in New York City, Andy is an actor, and a published author, and has also appeared in numerous film, TV, theatre productions and radio productions. He has made Canada his home since 1980 for well over 30 years and is also a doting father of three great children. In terms of his recently published novel, Zayde's Arcade, Andy spent many a summer in Coney Island in his formative youth. While there, he often visited his grandparents (his bubbie and zayde) at their nearby penny arcade. Andy has appeared in numerous film, television, radio production, and theatre productions

Bruce Faulk

Bruce was born and bred in the dirty soil of Chelsea New York. After graduating the original High School of Performing Arts and Carnegie Mellon he has been an actor, writer & director in film, TV and theater. Bruce is co founder of FBC Films which is committed to producing horror & sci fi with Asian & Black casts/crew. Their short film, "Memorable Minorities - No to Yesterday" was part of 2016 Boston Sci Fi festival. Through FBC he also produced, directed, wrote and acted in the web series' The Battle Below & the upcoming Legacy Breed. Bruce is a graduate of the original High School of Performing Arts in New York and Carnegie-Mellon.

Jamie Martin

Jamie was born and bred in Brighton and trained in London at The Central School of Speech & Drama. He has worked extensively in television, appearing in internationally renowned hits such as 'Luther' and '24: Live Another Day'.

Cameron Jack

Scottish actor Cameron Jack was born and bred into a working class shipbuilding family in Partick, Glasgow in 1972. In 1992 he received the Margaret Rutherford scholarship to study acting at Mountview theatre school in North London. Graduating in 1995, he set out on an eclectic career, appearing in everything from multiple West End musicals, low budget British film and Hollywood blockbusters. He first came to prominence on screen with television appearances in the mid to late 1990's, appearing in mainstream TV fare like 'Taggart', 'The Bill', 'The Vanishing Man' and 'Lucy Sullivan is getting married'. In 2011, he was cast in his first feature film role in the final part of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, 'The Dark Knight Rises', playing one of Bane's henchmen 'Sewer Thug 1'. In 2013 he worked on BBC drama 'Waterloo Road' and three brand new TV Sitcoms including 'Man Down'. 2014 saw him appear as Lewis Milton in 'Silent Witness' for the BBC. In 2015 he shot the The UK thriller 'Level Up' and the acclaimed Sci FI thriller 'What Happened To Monday' with Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close and Willem Dafoe. In 2016 he appeared in the feature films 'iBoy', 'Death Race: Beyond Anarchy', 'Perfect Skin' and 'Calibre' in which he appeared as Frank McClay. The film was a huge international hit and won the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best British Film in 2018 at The Edinburgh International Film Festival. 2017 saw him take roles in brand new BBC drama 'Trust Me', International hit 'Outlander' , and two BAFTA award winning dramas, 'Call The Midwife and 'Patrick Melrose'.

Dan Mast

Dan Mast is an American stuntman and was born and bred in California. He is a member of 5150 Action as well as the world renowned Tempest Freerunning. Tempest is a team of potent and innovative American Freerunners. He has doubled for actors such as Mark Wahlberg, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin and many more.

Milton Johns

Milton Johns (born 13 May 1938) is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Johns was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire. He was in Coronation Street as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedalling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in Poldark, Born and Bred, Ever Decreasing Circles, Home to Roost, Dempsey and Makepeace, Murder Most English, Shoestring, Yes Minister, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Softly, Softly, Going Straight, The Good Life, Don't Wait Up, Butterflies, Campion and Z-Cars. He played the landlord in The Basil Brush Show (2002–07). Johns also played jobsworth Mr Cassidy in Murphy's Mob, an ITV children's television drama series (1982–85). His character helped to manage the building used by the junior supporters' of the football club, Dunmore United. Johns has appeared in Doctor Who on several occasions: as Theodore Benik in The Enemy of the World; Guy Crayford in The Android Invasion; and Castellan Kelner in The Invasion of Time. In 1972 he starred in the children's Sunday evening series The Intruder and in 1977, appeared in another children's series, Midnight Is A Place. Johns also appeared as an Imperial Officer (Captain Bewil) in the 1980 Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. He played Perker in the 1985 adaptation of The Pickwick Papers. In the 1986 television series War and Remembrance, Johns took the role of the senior Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann.

Jane Perry

Cast · Known for World War Z

Jane is of Irish/English descent, born and bred in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is classically trained and has worked on stage in both the UK and Canada, including 5 years at the prestigious Shaw Festival in Ontario, Canada. She appears regularly in film and TV. Her humble beginnings include the honour of playing a character of historical import: Dorothy Bahnsen, an FBI secretary with a creative filing system and the one we can thank for the "X-Files" being called the "X-Files". Jane also works as a motion capture artist and is engaged in on-going voice over work for a number of computer games, including the HiTMAN series, where she is known for voicing Diana Burnwood since 2012. She is based in London, England.

Kate Lonergan

Born in Barton-upon-Irwell in 1962, Helen Catherine Lonergan is a former actress who went by the stage name of Kate Lonergan and took the title role of Maid Marian in Tony Robinson's revisionist children's BBC comedy series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men from 1989 to 1994. Her other work included roles in the film The Tall Guy, and the TV series Terry and Julian. She has also guest starred in long running shows such as Casualty, The Bill, Heartbeat, Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Born and Bred, and Doctors. Since 2011, Lonergan has retired from acting to focus specifically on her work as a gardener. She is the co-founder of The Blackheath Window Box Company, a bespoke containerised gardening company.

Peter Gunn

Cast · Known for Born and Bred

East Lancashire born Peter Gunn is best known for the films Twelfth Night, Brassed Off, Blue Juice and 24 Hour Party People and for his regular appearances in TV shows such as Coronation Street and Born and Bred.

Maggie Steed

Cast · Known for Born and Bred, Silent Witness

Maggie Steed (born Margaret Baker; 1 December 1946) is an English actress and comedian. She has worked on the stage, and has performed with the Royal National Theater and Royal Shakespeare Company and as a comedian. Her first major television role was playing Rita Moon in the series Shine on Harvey Moon. She played Margaret Crabbe in Pie in the Sky and Phyllis Woolf in Born and Bred. Her television credits include appearances on Fox, Minder, Sensitive Skin and Jam and Jerusalem. [From Wikipedia]

Stacey Sampson

Stacey Sampson is an actor, writer and facilitator born and bred in Rotherham. She has worked in theatre, film and television for twenty years, and is known for her role as Jennifer in Channel 4’s This Is England series (’88 and ’90). Stacey is an Associate Artist with Third Angel and several other companies and her plays have toured nationally to theatres and non-traditional spaces. She also specialises in collaborative writing and regularly works with schools, libraries, young offender programmes, mental health and homelessness organisations to create bespoke scripts and performances. Her children’s fiction has won the Mslexia Novel Competition, a Northern Writers’ Award and the Arvon Award.

Alexander Pineiro

Alexander G. Piñeiro is an American Actor and Director born and bred in New York City. Raised by artists of Puerto Rican descent, He is the first in his family to build a career in performing arts, his versatility and dedication to his craft have earned him a loyal following and critical acclaim. He is the first in his family to build a career in performing arts. Alex plays "Sol" a major recurring character in the 2023 AppleTV+ series City on Fire. This show is a coming-of-age drama set in 2003 New York City that revolves around the unsolved shooting of a student in Central Park. It weaves together mysterious citywide fires, the downtown music scene, and a wealthy uptown real estate family fraying under the strain of the secrets they keep. From Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the Executive Producers of Gossip Girl and The O.C. His self-directed short film, Retribution, was nominated for multiple festival awards such as the Orlando Film Festival. From that moment on Alex knew he had a hidden talent to craft stories and direct them. His following film, Rebellious 8 has been nominated for Best Film in festivals such as the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (2023), Philadelphia Indie Film Festival (2023), and Latino Film Market Festival (2023) Alex caught the bug for the arts while teaching as a camp counselor at an after-school program where he taught students the basics of video production and screenwriting. Eventually co-directing theatrical productions starring the camp students thus discovering his passion for the arts. He then decided to study for his BA in Production. Alex landed his first major TV role in the Discovery series, Street Justice: The Bronx. Other recent credits for Alex include the long-running show Law and Order: SVU and Dr. Death.

Joe Dempsie

Cast · Known for Skins

Joseph Maxwell Dempsie (born 22 June 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins (2007–2008) and Gendry Baratheon in Game of Thrones (2011–2013; 2017–2019). Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas Peak Practice (2000), Doctors (2001–2003), and Sweet Medicine (2003), as well as the films One for the Road and Heartlands (2003). He also appeared in This is England '86 (2010) and This is England '90 (2015), Born and Bred, a BBC documentary-drama about Tony Martin, and as the villainous John in The Fades (2011).

Kelly Harrison

Kelly Harrison (born 1980) is a British actress, educated at Hungerhill School, Edenthorpe, Doncaster.. Harrison was a model for four years but was soon cast in BBC's Saturday night programme, Casualty, as paramedic Nikki Marshall. Nikki soon became one of the show's most loved characters Harrison has also appeared in Born and Bred, Waking the Dead, Dalziel and Pascoe, Paddington Green, Where the Heart Is, and in ITV's chilling drama Marian, Again, in which Harrison had the title role. She is a supporter of Sheffield Wednesday F.C..

Nancy Truman

Nancy Truman is known for her work on Handy Manny (2006), Halloween (2007) and Happy Feet 2 (2011). Nancy is a born and bred, native Angeleno. She has been a Voice Actor in Film and TV since the 1990s, and is honored to have been credited in countless blockbuster Films and TV shows along side the best Actors, Directors, and Engineers of the day. Whether in a drama, comedy or action genre, Nancy's distinctive voice always provides her unique qualities to the benefit of every project.

John Henshaw

Cast · Known for Born and Bred

John Henshaw is a British actor famed for his roles as Ken the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops. Henshaw was born one of 12 children. He grew up in Ancoats, Manchester's "Little Italy" community. He was a refuse collector for ten years before deciding to become an actor at the age of 40. His first big break in acting was as a minder to Robert Lindsay's character Michael Murray in the acclaimed Channel 4 series, G.B.H. Other TV credits include The Royle Family, The Visit, Life on Mars, whilst film credits include the Steve Coogan comedy The Parole Officer, the Bert Trautmann biopic The Keeper, and the Ken Loach films Looking For Eric and The Angels' Share. Henshaw is chairman of the 24:7 Theatre Festival, an annual festival of new writing for theatre based in Manchester.

Naomi Radcliffe

Cast · Known for Born and Bred

Northern character actress famous for her roles as Alison Wakefield in Coronation Street from 1998 to 2000, Jean Bradshaw in BBC1 period drama Born and Bred from 2002 to 2005, and Bev in the 2007 BBC3 sitcom The Visit.

Tim Paley

am a North West based actor, living close to Manchester. Originally born and bred in Bradford, West Yorkshire, I moved across the border for the love of a good woman. Although a late entrant to the acting profession, I am an accomplished actor with experience on stage, in film and in television. I recently completed filming a small role of a new TV series for Disney+, The Full Monty, and I am sure this project will bring back some memories for many of us of a certain age. Previosly I was honoured to be part of the smash hit Sky comedy, Brassic (S4). Other recent roles include playing a funeral director in Coronation Street and a taxi driver in Emmerdale. A little earlier I was pleased to be asked to the Mascot for Joe Wilkinson on '8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown'. Other TV credits include, Boy Meets Girl, Heartbeat and Phoenix Nights. Feature film credits include a part in the BAFTA nominated feature, The Selfish Giant, directed by Clio Barnard. Other films include Lock In, Diary of a Bad Lad, Lookin' for Lucky, Tash Force and Bar Stewards.

Toby Sawyer

Toby Sawyer is an English actor. He has appeared in a number of British television dramas, including the role of Aiden Lester in Coronation Street, Born and Bred, Crossroads, Rosemary and Thyme, Casualty, Keen Eddie, The Royal, Elizabeth and for three years was original, main cast in teen drama Hollyoaks, playing the part of Bazil McCourtey. He also appeared in BBC3 comedy Honky Sausages. Description above from the Wikipedia article Toby Sawyer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Kate Williams

British actress best known for the 1970s sitcom, Love Thy Neighbour, the Lynda La Plante serials Widows, Widows 2 and She's Out (alongside the lead Ann MItchell, Williams was the only other cast member to appear in all three instalments), and the 90s sitcom May to December, as well as the films Poor Cow, Melody and Quadrophenia. Guest roles on TV include Dixon of Dock Green, On the Buses, Please Sir!, Minder, The Gentle Touch, Just Good Friends, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Only Fools and Horses, May to December, Murder Most Horrid, Lovejoy,Doctor At Large, Born and Bred, and The Bill. She also starred as a regular in two soaps; Family Affairs and EastEnders. Williams is currently a teacher and director on the Acting degree course at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham.

Martin Wimbush

Martin Wimbush (15 June 1949 — 1 December 2024) was a British actor known for his roles in film, television, and theatre. His television appearances include Upstairs, Downstairs (1975), The Glittering Prizes (1976), Happy Ever After (1976), Agony (1981), Educating Marmalade (1982), No Problem! (1983), Terry and June (1983), Boon (1986), Lovejoy (1993), Hale and Pace (1993), Then Churchill Said to Me (1993), The Old Curiosity Shop (1995), A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Vanity Fair (1998), Randall and Hopkirk (2000), Micawber (2001), The Iron Duke (2002), The Lost Prince (2003), Born and Bred (2003), Cape Wrath (2007), Garrow's Law (2009), EastEnders (2010), and Hustle (2012). Wimbush appeared in the films Orlando (1992), Gangster No. 1 (2000), Mean Machine (2001), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Ali G Indahouse (2002), Wimbledon (2004), The Iron Lady (2012), and Scar Tissue (2012). His stage appearances include The Rev. Mr. Crisparkle in Drood at the Savoy Theatre (1987), Dr Mandril in City of Angels at the Prince of Wales Theatre (1993), Parchester in Me and My Girl at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (2001), Alderman Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington at the Civic Theatre in Aylesbury (2002), Baron Hardup in Cinderella at the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington Spa (2004), Brassett in Charley's Aunt at the Northcott Theatre (2004), and Rupert Matthew in Moonshadow at Jerwood Space (2005)

Clive Swift

Cast · Known for Born and Bred

Clive Swift was a British actor known to millions as Hyacinth Bucket's hen-pecked husband Richard in BBC One's 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before breaking into television, also acted in such series as Peak Practice, Born and Bred and The Old Guys.