Rollo Percival Loring Weeks (born 20 March 1987) is a

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businessman and former

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. He is best known for his titular roles in the films '' The Little Vampire'' (2000) and ''

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'' (2006).

Early life

Weeks was born in Chichester, England, the son of Robin and Susan Weeks, and the younger brother of British actresses

Honeysuckle Weeks Honeysuckle Susan Weeks (born 1 August 1979) is a British actress best known for her role as Samantha Stewart (later Wainwright) in the ITV (TV channel), ITV wartime drama series ''Foyle's War''. Early life Weeks was born in Cardiff, Wales, to ...

and

Perdita Weeks Perdita Rose Weeks (born 25 December 1985) is a British actress who plays Juliet Higgins in the CBS-turned-NBC reboot series ''Magnum P.I.'' Life and education Weeks was born in South Glamorgan, to Robin and Susan (née Wade) Weeks, was educat ...

. He attended the

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and

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Career

Weeks' first screen appearance was, according to his sister Honeysuckle, who told the story when appearing on ''

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'' in 2014, for a Devon Custard advertisement, aged 6, which ended abruptly when Rollo was sick whilst eating the sponsors product. Weeks' debut film, as a child actor, was playing vampire Rudolph Sackville-Bagg in '' The Little Vampire'' (2000), directed by Uli Edel, which earned Weeks a Young Artist Award nomination. He also appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's ''

The Lost Prince ''The Lost Prince'' is a British television drama about the life of Prince John – youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary – who died at the age of 13 in 1919. A Talkback Thames production written and directed by Stephen ...

'' (filmed 2002, released 2003) as the young George, Duke of Kent, in a film about the disabled Prince John. This was followed by roles in '' Girl With a Pearl Earring'' (2003) and ''

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls ''The Queen of Sheba's Pearls'' is a 2004 Swedish-British drama film set in England post-WWII. Helena Bergström plays Nancy Ackerman who mysteriously arrives on the Pretty family's doorstep. Ackerman looks eerily similar to Jack Bradley's (Jame ...

'' (2004). His second turn as a title character came as Scipio in ''

'' (2006), a movie based on

Cornelia Funke Cornelia Maria Funke () (born 10 December 1958) is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a book illustrator. She began writing novels in the late 19 ...

's novel ''

'' and directed by Richard Claus. Weeks has also appeared in two television shows: ''

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'' (1998) as Lord Louis Wilton and ''

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'' (1993) as Joseph. In 2009 he appeared in the second part of the ''

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'' special ''Blood in the Water'' and played the character Guido in '' Chéri''. In 2010, he played Jacob in ''

Booked Out ''Booked Out'' is a 2012 comedy-drama film starring Mirren Burke, Rollo Weeks (in his final film role before his retirement from acting in 2012), Claire Garvey, and Sylvia Syms. It is the first film of writer and director Bryan O'Neil and prem ...

'', about the lives of characters within an aging block of flats. In 2016, Weeks was reported to be one of "a dynamic trio of young hospitality industry insiders" opening a new fast food outlet called Fancy Funkin Chicken in

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. The restaurant closed permanently in 2020.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weeks, Rollo 1987 births Living people English male film actors English male television actors People educated at Stowe School People from Chichester 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors English male child actors