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Torchwood

2006

DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

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Charlene Lovings

Charlene Lovings is an Actress known for Torchwood (2006), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) and Side Order of Life (2007).

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Rhodri Lewis

Cast · Known for Torchwood

Rhodri Lewis is an Actor known for Torchwood (2006), Being Human (2008) and Line of Duty (2012).

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Heather Ann Smith

Heather Ann Smith is an Actress and Writer known for Torchwood (2006), Mad Cow: The Fall of the ZDA (2009) and Crowne Royale Street King (2010).

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Ian Gelder

Ian Gelder was a British actor best known as Mr Dekker in Torchwood: Children of Earth and Kevan Lannister in Game of Thrones.

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Luke Perry

Luke Perry is a former actor, known for Torchwood (2006), An Act of Kindness (2017) and Doctor Who (2005). Currently he works in Volvo Cars Cardiff as Sales Executive. Not to be confused with American actor of Beverly Hills 90210 fame.

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Kristi Swensson

Kristi Swensson-Burdsall is an American actress known for her work on the TV show "Torchwood" on STARZ, as well as in the shows "I (Almost) Got Away With it", "Wives with Knives" and "Love Kills" on the Investigation Discovery Channel. Kristi is the voice of global travel corporation, BCD Travel. In 2016 Kristi founded The Bay to LA Actors Network, an organization that helps San Francisco Bay Area actors expand into the LA market through classes with LA-based casting directors and acting teachers (www.baytolaactorsnetwork.com). She loves helping actors on any part of their creative journey and seeks to create a loving, supportive environment where everyone can learn, grow and thrive.

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Noriko Aida

Noriko Aida is known for The Legend of 1900 (1998), Torchwood (2006) and The Buddha of Suburbia (1993).

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Burn Gorman

Cast · Known for Torchwood, Digger, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Burn Hugh Gorman (born 1 September 1974) is an English actor and musician. He is known for his television roles as Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood (2006–2008), Karl Tanner in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2013–14), Major Edmund Hewlett in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–2017), 'The Marshal' in the Prime Video series The Man in the High Castle (2015), and Adolphus Murtry in Prime Video series The Expanse (2019). His film roles include Phillip Stryver in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Hermann Gottlieb in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim (2013) and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Commander Hoff in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Father Damien in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Burn Gorman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Bari Hochwald

Bari Hochwald was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is known for Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Torchwood (2006).

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Naoko Mori

Cast · Known for Torchwood

Naoko Mori (森 尚子, Mori Naoko) (born 29 November 1971) is a Japanese actress based in the United Kingdom. She is known for her roles as Toshiko Sato in Doctor Who and Torchwood, Yasuko Namba in Everest, Sarah in Absolutely Fabulous, Nicola in Spice World, and Betsy Braddock/Psylocke in X-Men '97. Description above from the Wikipedia article Naoko Mori, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Robert Barton

Cast · Known for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Robert Barton is known for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island (1999) and Torchwood (2006).

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Freema Agyeman

Cast · Known for New Amsterdam, Doctor Who

Freema Agyeman (born 20 March 1979) is an English actress who is known for playing Martha Jones and Adeola Oshodi in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who and reprising the role of Jones in its spin-off series Torchwood, Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8, and Dr Helen Sharpe in the NBC medical procedural series New Amsterdam. She held a starring role as Alesha Phillips in the crime procedural drama Law & Order: UK between 2009 and 2012. In 2013, she made her US television debut on The CW's teen drama The Carrie Diaries as Larissa Loughlin, a style editor at Interview magazine. Other television appearances include Old Jack's Boat, Silent Witness, and Survivors. She also appeared as Penny in the 2015 film North v South. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Freema Agyeman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Gareth David-Lloyd

Cast · Known for Torchwood

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gareth David-Lloyd (born 28 March 1981) is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Ianto Jones in the British science fiction television programme Torchwood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gareth David-Lloyd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Brian Treitler

Brian Treitler was born on 29 May 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Brutally Normal (2000), Big Love (2006) and Torchwood (2006).

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Amy Manson

Amy Manson (born c. 1985) is a Scottish actress, known for portraying Alice Guppy in Torchwood, Abby Evans in Casualty and Lizzie Siddal in Desperate Romantics.

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Liz May Brice

Elizabeth May Brice (born 8 September 1975) is an English actress. She is known for roles such as the convicted murderess, Pat Kerrigan, on ITV1's Bad Girls, and Agent Johnson in Torchwood: Children of Earth. Brice was born in Redhill, Surrey. She studied English at Cambridge University. Her early acting roles included a schoolgirl witch in the 1986 adaptation of Jill Murphy's novel, The Worst Witch and a part in children's sitcom News at Twelve (1988) (for both these roles she was credited as "Lisa" Brice). She joined the cast of prison drama Bad Girls in Series 7, in 2005 as Pat Kerrigan, who is serving life in prison for the murder of her ex-boyfriend. Her character would become the final 'Top Dog' of the show. Brice has appeared in episodes of BBC's Hustle and played the role of Medic in the film version of Resident Evil. She had a cameo in another horror film, AVP: Alien vs Predator. Her CV also includes the film sequel Fortress 2 with Christopher Lambert and the US mini-series The 10th Kingdom. Brice also appeared in the popular Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show in 2007. In the same year, she played the role of Susannah bat Jonah in Roman Mysteries, the CBBC children's drama based on the Roman Mysteries books by Caroline Lawrence, alongside Nicholas Farrell, whom she would later work alongside in Torchwood's Children of Earth. In 2008 she played the role of Herrena in the TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic. She has also starred in her former partner Charlie Brooker's zombie horror Dead Set, and appears as Government assassin Agent Johnson in Torchwood's Children of Earth, aired in July 2009. She has also starred in The Bill as anti-terrorism officer, Karen Lacy. In April 2010 she appeared in the episode "Loves Me, Loves Me Not" of BBC serial drama Casualty, playing the part of Lyn (mother of two of the child patients). She becomes involved with Dr. Adam Trueman when he realises she is a single mother. In the 2012 crime thriller movie Hard Boiled Sweets, Brice portrayed the role of Jenna. In 2013, Brice played a character called Tara - the new love interest for Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) - in the soap opera EastEnders. She appeared in the soap from 26–30 August. Brice's character also made a rival out of the local B&B owner, Kim Fox (Tameka Empson). She then appeared as Tina in Misfits. In 2014, Brice voiced Licia of Lindeldt & Milibeth in Dark Souls II, and later portrayed Gainsborough in the Black Mirror holiday special titled "White Christmas".

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Matt Rippy

Matt Rippy, is an American actor, born in Houston, Texas. He is most known for his role as the 'real' Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood in 2006. He also appears in the films Day of the Dead and Boogeyman 3. In 1994, Rippy moved to England and was a member of the theatre group the Reduced Shakespeare Company. In a recent television appearance, Rippy portrayed the namesake of Jack Harkness of Torchwood in the first series' twelfth episode Captain Jack Harkness. In the episode, Captain Jack (Rippy) was a young American volunteer serving as an RAF Group Captain stationed in Cardiff. He was in a heterosexual relationship, and was eventually revealed to be attracted to Torchwood's Jack, who after an unfortunate "temporal shift", landed in 1941 during the height of the Cardiff blitz. Matt Rippy also starred in the fourth series of Ultimate Force, in the final episode, "Slow Bomb". He appeared in an episode of the BBC's Bonekickers on 29 July 2008. He appeared in episode 4, "The Cradle of Civilisation" as an illegal looter of Babylonian artefacts. In 2008 Rippy appeared in The Dark Knight, as the first mate aboard a hostage ship of convicts, as a newscaster in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and in a brief cameo role in Penelope starring Christina Ricci. In 2010, he appeared as a Punter named "Jesse", in the premiere of the third season of Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Rippy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Penny Bunton

Penny Bunton was born in 1961 in Cambridge, England, UK. She is an actress, known for RED 2 (2013), Torchwood (2006) and The Dark Room (1999).

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Erin Chenoweth

Erin Chenoweth was born on February 24, 1980 in San Diego, California, USA as Erin Christine Chenoweth. She is an actress, known for Torchwood (2006), You're Not You (2014) and Txt.

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Jessica Mathews

Jessica was born in Florida. She graduated from The University of Florida with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, and Dual Minors in Economics. Her credits are in both features and television, including appearances on: Torchwood, Las Vegas, Method and Red, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Wild On E!, Art Mann Presents, and Street Stars, along with the features BorderLords II, Change Your Life, and Triangle. Jessica has had the pleasure of working alongside actors such as Lisa Ann Walter, Gary Busey, Gene Simmons, Mike Genovese and John Cothran. For a decade, Jessica has produced television shows, pilots, feature films, feature trailers, commercials, music videos, web series and live theatre. Television credits include: Intervention (A&E), Toddlers and Tiaras (TLC), Second Chance Retreat (HBO Max), Stung (GSN), Intervention: The Heroin Triangle (A&E), Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell (Food Network), Atomic Mom (Lifetime), Uncomfortable Conversations with Celebrities (A&E), Undiagnosed (A&E), Test Dummies (MTV), Walk of Shame Shuttle (VH1), and Gonzalez Twins (Freeform). Commercials include Toyota and the LA Lakers. Jessica loves indie films and her projects have an extensive award list. They include the Award Winning features Marfa Girl (Marcus Aurelius Award for Best Film, Rome Film Festival/Dir: Larry Clark), Triangle (Two Africa Movie Academy Awards/Dir: Theodros Teshome), and Holding Back (Best Feature, Angeleno Film Festival). Additional features include the Dances with Films-Nominee The Last Treasure Hunt (Multiple Official Selections/Dir: Patrick Biesemans) and Vanished (Official Selection LA Indie Film Fest/Dir: Adrian Donaldson). In addition, she has produced nine more Award Winning shorts: Notes on Lying, Guitar Party Nightmare, In Silence, Man vs. Survival, The Proposition, I Am Neda, Pull Down the Moon, The Big Meet, and Warehouse. Her awards list on the indie film circuit includes: Best Film at Poppy Jasper, Spirit of Moondance Award at the Moondance Int'l Film Festival, People's Choice Award at London Shorts, Award of Merit at AOF Film Festival, Best Narrative Short at the Virginia Film Festival, Best Comedy at the Angeleno Film Festival, Special Jury Award at the Scary or Die Film Festival, 4th Place at the Atom Tournament Film Festival, Best Comedy at the Dam Short Film Festival, Audience Choice Award at the Virginia Film Festival, Honorable Mention Los Angeles Movie Awards, Best Feature Film at the Angeleno Film Festival, Winner Platinum Remi Special Jury Award WorldFest Houston Int'l Film Festival, Finalist American Pavilion at Cannes, Winner Best Int'l Short at Burbank Int'l Film Festival, Winner Best Drama Short at AOF Film Fest, Winner Best Short Film Under 30 Minutes at the World Music and Independent Film Festival, Winner Honorable Mention at the Hollywood & Vine Film Festival, Nominated Best Short Film at the Moondance Int'l Film Festival, Top 25 in the 24-Hour LA Film Fest, LA Reels Film Festival Honorable Mention Award, The Earth Award at Cinerockom Film Festival, Best Short Film at Frogtown Film Festival and Best Music Video at the Garden State Film Festival.

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Ben Foster

Composer · Known for Torchwood

Ben Foster (born 1977) is a BAFTA award-winning British composer, best known for his work on the BBC series Torchwood and as an orchestrator for Murray Gold on Doctor Who and for Marc Streitenfeld on Prometheus and The Grey. He is also known for his work as the conductor for Peter Gabriel's Scratch My Back world tour and albums, and for the BBC Proms Doctor Who events.

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Bear McCausland

Cast · Known for Torchwood

Bear McCausland was born on November 4, 1998. He is an actor, known for Torchwood (2006) and Mutual Friends (2008).

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Paul Tomalin

Paul Tomalin is a British television screenwriter. Tomalin served as story editor on Shameless in 2009 on the sixth series, as well as wrote an episode. He wrote the Torchwood episode "They Keep Killing Suzie" (2006), with Dan McCulloch. With Paul Abbott, he contributed to police procedural drama No Offence, and then wrote for the second series of the period crime drama series The Frankenstein Chronicles designed as a re-imagining of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.