Elliot Barnes-Worrell (born March 1991) is an English theatre and film actor known for his role as Easter in the

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'' (2016) and as Job Cloovers in the

crime drama series '' Van der Valk'' (2020).

Early life

Barnes-Worrell grew up in Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark. His father is the West Indian author, director and composer Trix Worrell. While Barnes-Worrell was artistically a rapper, he attended a Hamlet performance in the Ovalhouse, in which an actor with black skin color played '' Hamlet''. He took an interest and became a regular theatre goer. He began training as an actor at the BRIT School and then moved to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where he graduated after winning the Sir John Gielgud Award. In 2012 he was awarded the Alan Bates Award by the Actors Center.

Career

Filmography

Theatre

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* * 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Black British male actors English male stage actors English male film actors English male television actors People educated at the BRIT School Living people 1991 births {{UK-tv-actor-1990s-stub