Matt Milne (born 1990) is an English actor and director.
Life and career
Milne was born in
Hereford, in the West-Midlands of England.
In 2010, he filmed
Steven Spielberg's ''
War Horse
The first evidence of horses in warfare dates from Eurasia between 4000 and 3000 BC. A Sumerian illustration of warfare from 2500 BC depicts some type of equine pulling wagons. By 1600 BC, improved harness and chariot designs ...
'' based on
the book of the same name by
Michael Morpurgo
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo ('' né'' Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as ''War Horse'' (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytell ...
playing a character not in the book: Andrew, a farm hand.
He graduated from the
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
with a
B.A.
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...
in 2011.
During Autumn 2011, Milne performed with the
National Youth Theatre in
James Dacre
James Charles Dacre (born May 1984) is a British theatre director. He has been artistic director of Royal & Derngate Theatres in Northampton since 2013.
Early years
James Dacre was born in 1984, the son of Paul Dacre, former editor of the '' ...
's reimagining of the ancient legend
Orpheus and Eurydice
The ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice (, ''Orpheus, Eurydikē'') concerns the fateful love of Orpheus of Thrace for the beautiful Eurydice. Orpheus was the son of Apollo and the muse Calliope. It may be a late addition to the Orpheus myths ...
at the
Old Vic Tunnels. He acted in the promenade piece and also played the
bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
in the band as the actors took turns to play the score written by
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
As ''
War Horse
The first evidence of horses in warfare dates from Eurasia between 4000 and 3000 BC. A Sumerian illustration of warfare from 2500 BC depicts some type of equine pulling wagons. By 1600 BC, improved harness and chariot designs ...
'' was released during late 2011 and early 2012, Milne joined
ITV period drama ''
Downton Abbey
''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States o ...
'' as the character of Alfred, a footman.
He made his first appearance on ''Downton Abbey'' on the first episode of Season 3 and continued to appear until the finale episode of Season 4 in 2013. He travelled to the
Bronx
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...
to film the
Chuck MacLean short film ''Marmalade'' for
Cameron Lawther in between.
Milne was part of the
Jon Brittain
Jon Brittain (born May 1987) is an Olivier Award-winning playwright, comedy writer and director who was born in Chester in the northwest of England and grew up in the Netherlands.
He graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BA in 200 ...
play ''Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Soho'' during 2014, and the
Michael Attenborough
Michael John Attenborough (born 13 February 1950) is an English theatre director.
Background
Attenborough was born on 13 February 1950 in London, the only son of actress Sheila Sim and actor-director Richard Attenborough. He is the nephew ...
directed play
Dangerous Corner
''Dangerous Corner'' was the first play by the English writer J. B. Priestley. It was premiered in May 1932 by Tyrone Guthrie at the Lyric Theatre, London, and filmed in 1934 by Phil Rosen.
Priestley had recently collaborated with Edward Kno ...
. Milne directed the documentary ''What's the craic?! The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival'' with Dublin-based filmmaking collective
Kino
Kino may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasters
* KINO, a radio station in Arizona, U.S.
* Kino FM (98.0 FM – Moscow), a Russian music radio station
* KinoTV, now Ruutu+ Leffat ja Sarjat, a Finnish TV channel
Fictional entiti ...
-Dublin, or 'KinoD'.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milne, Matt
1990 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of East Anglia
British actors
People from Hereford