Luke Roskell (born 4 February 1997) is an English actor. He is known for playing Sean Spencer in the soap opera ''

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'' (2011–2014), and for his role as Pepper Sharrow in the 2017 historical drama '' Jamestown''.

Personal life

Born in Knowsley,

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in 1997 and raised in nearby

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. He studied at Broomfields Junior School and Bridgewater High School. Luke is the second of four children, as his mother, Andrea, has three other children, including one older brother and two younger twin siblings.

Career

Roskell had his first acting role in the

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'' in 2007; the following year, he was part of the main cast of TV series ''

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'', broadcast by

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and the

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; he played the role of Aaron Pryce, a friend of main character Alistair Fury (played by Jonathan Mason). In 2010, Roskell branched out into theatre following a successful audition for the musical ''Her Benny'', adapted from the eponymous Victorian novel (1879) about Liverpool street children by

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. Roskell played Perks, one of the street children, over the show's October run at the Theatre Royal in St Helens. From 2011 to 2014, Roskell portrayed Sean Spencer in the long-running soap opera ''

'', appearing in a total of 264 episodes. After leaving the show, he returned to the stage in 2015 to take on the role of Carl Jackson, the lead in Gareth Farr's play ''Britannia Waves The Rules'', touring with the

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through several locations in

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. In 2016, he portrayed Dan in the autism TV drama ''

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'' in three episodes of its first series. He was later cast in the historical drama '' Jamestown'' as Pepper Sharrow, the youngest of three brothers living as first settlers of the Colony of Jamestown in the early 17th century.

Filmography

Theatrical performances

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roskell, Luke 1997 births Living people English male actors English male child actors English male soap opera actors English male stage actors Male actors from Merseyside Male actors from Warrington