Oliver Coleman (born 17 March 1983), is a British actor. He attended
Bedales School
Bedales School is a co-educational, boarding and day independent school in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of conventio ...
in Petersfield, Hampshire. He has two brothers and a sister, Daisy Coleman.
Biography
Coleman portrayed Toby in ''
The Line of Beauty
''The Line of Beauty'' is a 2004 Man Booker Prize-winning novel by Alan Hollinghurst.
Plot
The novel is set in Britain in three parts, taking place in 1983, 1986 and 1987. The story surrounds the young gay protagonist, Nick Guest. Nick is midd ...
'' (2006) and
Henry Percy in ''
The Other Boleyn Girl
''The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2001) is a historical novel written by British author Philippa Gregory, loosely based on the life of 16th-century aristocrat Mary Boleyn (the sister of Anne Boleyn) of whom little is known. Inspired by Mary's life s ...
'' (2008), along with cameo appearances in ''
Primeval
Primeval may refer to:
* Primeval forest, an area of forest that has attained great age
* Primeval number, a positive integer satisfying certain conditions
* Primeval history, name given by biblical scholars to the first eleven chapters of the Bo ...
'' and ''
Ashes to Ashes''.
Coleman played Jed in
Vertigo Films
Vertigo Films is a British television and film production company based in London, England. Vertigo Films has been responsible for the production and distribution of ''Bronson (film), Bronson'', ''StreetDance 3D'', and ''Monsters (2010 film), ...
' 2012 low-budget horror film ''The Facility'' (originally titled ''Guinea Pigs'') directed by
Ian Clark.
In 2012 Coleman joined the cast of ''
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:
*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
'' in the role of paediatric specialist Dr
Tom Kent
Tom Kent (born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina), is an American radio personality and author. As the head of the ''Tom Kent Radio Network (TKRN)'', Tom hosts and produces syndicated daily, weekend and 24/7 programming each week on approximately ...
, making his first appearance on screen on 7 January. He left the show on 14 December 2013 alongside his partner Charlotte Salt.
Oliver then went on to make an appearance in ''
Endeavour'' which aired on Easter Sunday 2014.
Personal life
On 31 July 2014, Coleman married his ''Casualty'' co-star
Charlotte Salt
Charlotte Salt (born 12 August 1985) is an English actress best known for her many characters in British and US television series such as ''Casualty'', '' Bedlam'' and ''The Musketeers'', also in many films, including '' Beneath Still Waters'' i ...
in Somerset. Salt gave birth to the couple's first child, a son, in 2017.
Filmography
References
External links
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British male television actors
Living people
1983 births
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