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Austin Haynes (actor)
Austin Haynes (born 3 July 2008) is a British child actor. He is best known for playing Thomas in ''The Railway Children Return'' (2022). Early life Austin Haynes was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Career Austin Haynes is a British actor who started acting at the age of seven. Austin landed his first cast TV role within a year of taking up acting, in popular BBC1 drama ''The A Word'', where he plays the role of Olly Chapman. Since then, Austin has worked consistently in film and television. Austin is a keen guitarist and his first breakthrough role was busking on the streets in the iconic Co-op advert for Christmas in 2020 to Oasis' Round Are Way with younger brother, Rocco. He has filmed an array of different TV roles in many well known productions such as ''Gentleman Jack'', ''Dodger''''Andy and the Band'' ''Ted's Top Ten'', ''All Creatures Great And Small'', and Channel 4's '' Somewhere Boy'', BAFTA nominated for best drama. His films include comedy heist ''The Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Haynes
Austin Haynes (born March 5, 1997) is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 32nd district. He served from 2020 to 2022. Background Haynes was born and raised in Beckley, West Virginia Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It was founded on April 4, 1838. This city is the home of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology or West Virginia University, Beckley Campus. ... and graduated from Oak Hill High School. After graduating, Haynes became a licensed insurance agent. He was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in November 2020 and assumed office on December 1, 2020. In 2022, Haynes was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment. Later that year, he was defeated by David Pritt for election to the 50th district. Electoral history References 1997 births Living people Politicians from Beckley, West V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bradley (English Actor)
John Bradley West (born 15 September 1988) is an English actor, best known for his role as Samwell Tarly in the HBO fantasy TV series ''Game of Thrones''. Early life Bradley was born in September 1988. He grew up as a Catholic in the Wythenshawe district of south Manchester and attended St Paul's Roman Catholic High School. He has a sister who is 13 years older than he is. In 2005, he began attending Loreto College in the Hulme area of Manchester, where he studied Drama and Theatre Studies. He graduated from Loreto in 2007. He received a BA in acting at the Manchester School of Theatre, graduating in 2010. Career Three months after he graduated from drama school, in his first audition Bradley won the part of Samwell Tarly in the 2011 HBO fantasy TV series ''Game of Thrones'', whom he would play for all 8 seasons of the show. His character is a friend of Kit Harington's Jon Snow and provides occasional comic relief, especially in season 1. As the series progressed, Bradley's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Responder
''The Responder'' is a British police drama series set in Liverpool, written by former Merseyside Police officer Tony Schumacher, with Tim Mielants as leading director and starring Martin Freeman, Adelayo Adedayo, Ian Hart, and MyAnna Buring. It aired on BBC One on 24 January 2022. Schumacher has said that the character has "a lot to do" with him and the struggles he faced as a police officer, but that the storyline is fictional. In late March 2022, the series was renewed for a second season. Synopsis Chris Carson is a police officer in a fictional constabulary covering Liverpool, who has been demoted from his position as an inspector and undertakes a series of night shifts in the city centre. Shots of him working are interspersed with scenes at therapy, at home, and with his mother in a nursing lodge. His partner is Rachel Hargreaves, an inexperienced and still idealistic officer who wants to play by the rules. Carl Sweeney is a mid-level drug dealer whose stash of cocaine has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downton Abbey (film)
''Downton Abbey'' is a 2019 British historical drama film written by Julian Fellowes, series creator and writer of the television series of the same name, and directed by Michael Engler. The film is produced by Carnival Films and Perfect World Pictures, and it continues the storyline from the series, with much of the original cast returning. The film, set in 1927, depicts a royal visit to the Crawley family's stately home in Yorkshire. As royal staff members descend on Downton, an assassin has also arrived and attempts to kill the monarch. The Crawleys and their servants are pitted against the royal entourage, including the queen's lady-in-waiting, who has fallen out with the Crawley family, especially the Dowager Countess, over an inheritance issue. Gareth Neame and Fellowes started planning a feature adaptation in 2016, shortly after the series ended. It was officially confirmed in July 2018 and filming began later that month, lasting through to November. The film was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali & Ava
''Ali & Ava'' is a 2021 British drama film written and directed by Clio Barnard. The film stars Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook in the lead roles. ''Ali & Ava'' had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight section on 11 July 2021 and was released in the United Kingdom on 4 March 2022. Synopsis The film is set in Bradford, a working-class, predominantly white housing estate of Holme Wood, noted in both reality around 2016 and in the film for racist anti-social behaviour towards taxi drivers. Ali, a man of Pakistani descent, lives with his soon-to-be ex-wife, Runa, who still mourns the loss of their unborn child. Ava lives in Holme Wood near her adult children, some of whom have children of their own. Ali and Ava meet one day at the school where Ava works when Ali drops off his tenant's daughter. A friendship, built on a mutual love of music, gradually develops between the two, and deepens into something more as the couple struggles to overco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Freeman
Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Freeman's most notable roles are that of Tim Canterbury in the mockumentary series ''The Office'' (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series '' Sherlock'' (2010–2017), young Bilbo Baggins in ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy (2012–2014), and Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series ''Fargo'' (2014). He has also appeared in films including the romantic comedy ''Love Actually'' (2003), the horror comedy ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), the sci-fi comedy ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005), the action comedy ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), the semi-improvised comedy ''Nativity!'' (2009), the sci-fi comedy '' The World's End'' (2013), and as Everett K. Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Responder
''The Responder'' is a British police drama series set in Liverpool, written by former Merseyside Police officer Tony Schumacher, with as leading director and starring Martin Freeman, Adelayo Adedayo, Ian Hart, and MyAnna Buring. It aired on BBC One on 24 January 2022. Schumacher has said that the character has "a lot to do" with him and the struggles he faced as a police officer, but that the storyline is fictional. In late March 2022, the series was renewed for a second season. Synopsis Chris Carson is a police officer in a fictional constabulary covering Liverpool, who has been demoted from his position as an inspector and undertakes a series of night shifts in the city centre. Shots of him working are interspersed with scenes at therapy, at home, and with his mother in a nursing lodge. His partner is Rachel Hargreaves, an inexperienced and still idealistic officer who wants to play by the rules. Carl Sweeney is a mid-level drug dealer whose stash of cocaine has been sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sian Gibson
Siân Gibson (née Foulkes; born 30 July 1976) is a Welsh comedy actress and television writer. She has collaborated with Peter Kay, including starring in and co-writing the comedy series ''Peter Kay's Car Share'', for which she won the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Scripted Comedy and the National Television Award for Best Comedy. Gibson has also appeared as Gemma in the Gold original film series ''Murder on the Blackpool Express'' which was followed by, ''Death on the Tyne'', '' Dial M for Middlesbrough'' and the three-part series '' Murder They Hope'' (2017–2022). Early life Gibson was born and raised in Mold, Wales. Her father was a builder and her mother a housewife. She joined the local youth theatre in Theatr Clwyd. She studied performing arts at Salford University where she met fellow students Peter Kay and Steve Edge. Gibson also performed stand-up comedy early in her career. Her subjects of choice include impressions. Her comic influences include Victoria Wood, Juli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Costigan
George J. Costigan (born 8 August 1947) is an English actor who is best known for portraying Bob in the 1987 film ''Rita, Sue and Bob Too'' and for roles in TV series such as '' Happy Valley'' and ''So Haunt Me''. Early life Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Costigan grew up in Salford, Greater Manchester. After attending St Augustine's C of E Primary School on Bolton Road in Pendlebury, he went to Wardley Grammar School on Mardale Avenue in Wardley near Swinton. Career Costigan has appeared regularly on television since 1978. He played Tom Towers in the 1982 series of ''The Barchester Chronicles'', an adaption of the novels by Anthony Trollope, and in the same year starred as Tom Hannaway in a BBC adaptation of '' Fame is the Spur''. In 1984, he appeared as lead guest actor playing Wilson Kemp in The Greek Interpreter, an episode of the successful Granada TV series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and, in the same year, also played Philip the Bastard in the BBC Television S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conleth Hill
Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill (born 24 November 1964) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has performed on stage in productions in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the United States. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards and received two Tony Award nominations. He is best known for his role as Varys in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019). Early life Conleth Hill was born in Ballycastle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He has an older brother who works as a cameraman, a sister who is a producer, and a younger brother, Ronan, who is a sound engineer who has won four Emmy Awards for his sound mixing on ''Game of Thrones''. Hill attended St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama's (Clothworkers Company Scholar) acting programme in 1989. Career Hill made his Broadway debut in Marie Jones' '' Stones in His Pockets''. For his work in the Canadian production of the play he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award. He pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power Of Parker
''The Power of Parker'' is a 2023 British comedy series. Created and written by Sian Gibson and Paul Coleman, and starring Conleth Hill as businessman Martin Parker in Stockport in 1990, trying to juggle his debts, his wife, and his mistress. Gibson also stars, along with Rosie Cavaliero. The series aired weekly on BBC One from 28 July 2023, with all six episodes released on the same day on BBC iPlayer. Synopsis In Stockport, 1990, Martin Parker (Hill) has a complicated life with personal issues and business debts but things could get worse if his mistress Kath (Gibson) and wife Diane (Cavaliero) team up to bring him down. Cast * Conleth Hill as Martin * Sian Gibson as Kath * Sheila Reid as Gladys * Rosie Cavaliero as Diane * Steve Pemberton as Sandy * George Costigan as Dougie * Rhiannon Clements as Bev *Austin Haynes as Ryan Production The series is written by Paul Coleman and Sian Gibson. Coleman came up with the idea and asked Gibson to write with him. It is set i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen (born 24 October 1986) is an English actor and model. He is best known for his role as Adrian Griffin in the 2020 adaptation of ''The Invisible Man'' and for his roles as Luke Crain and Peter Quint in the Netflix television programmes ''The Haunting of Hill House'' (2018) and ''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020) respectively. He also had a recurring role in the 2013 television series '' Dracula''. Early life Jackson-Cohen was born in Westminster, London. His mother, Betty Jackson, is a fashion designer, and his late father, David Cohen, was also his mother's business partner. His mother is English and from a Protestant background. His father was from an Orthodox Jewish family that moved to France in the 1950s; Jackson-Cohen has stated they were of Egyptian Jewish and Tunisian Jewish descent. Jackson-Cohen attended a French-language school, and says he has a slight French accent. He attended the Youngblood Theatre Company during weekends, then be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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