George Rainsford (born 31 July 1982) is a British actor, best known for his portrayal of Jimmy Wilson in the

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'' and

Ethan Hardy Ethan Hardy is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', played by actor George Rainsford. He first appeared in the series twenty-eight episode "Bad Timing", broadcast on 11 January 2014. Rainsford's casting was announced ...

in ''

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'', for which he has been nominated for a Best Actor award in the 2017

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, West Yorkshire. He attended

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, Derbyshire, where he became interested in drama. Whilst reading for a

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in drama at the

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, he was involved with the student theatre. He joined the

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in June 2003 and won a

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scholarship to the

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. After graduating in 2006, he appeared in ''

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'' as D'Artagnan at

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Career

He appeared in the first two series of the medical drama ''Call The Midwife'', as Jimmy Wilson. In September 2013, it was announced that Rainsford would join the main cast of ''

'' as Dr

. He took part in an audition in London and a

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in Cardiff with

Richard Winsor Richard Winsor (born 4 January 1982) is a British actor and dancer. He is best known for his role as Caleb Knight in the long-running BBC television medical drama series's ''Casualty'' from January 2014 until April 2017, when his character wa ...

. In November 2022, it was confirmed in a Metro Soaps interview with Casualty executive producer, Jon Sen, that Rainsford had exited his role as Ethan Hardy on after nine years on the program, however, the door would be left open for Rainsford to return in the future, with Sen confirming that it wouldn't be a permanent exit from the program for Rainsford.

Personal life

In November 2009, Rainsford was treated at

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for a gashed fist and damaged tendon after accidentally punching

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during a stage fight in the

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production ''Days of Significance''. In the summer of 2014, Rainsford took three episodes of ''Casualty'' off due to paternity leave. His last episode of 2014 was aired on 29 November, and he returned at the start of 2015. He married actress Jaimi Barbakoff in 2012 and they have two boys. They met at the National Theatre.

Filmography

Video games

Stage

References

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George Rainsford
on Bertram {{DEFAULTSORT:Rainsford, George 1982 births Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Alumni of the University of Manchester English male film actors English male soap opera actors Living people Male actors from Huddersfield National Youth Theatre members People educated at Repton School