Russell Boulter (born 7 April 1963 in Liverpool) is an English actor and documentary narrator. He is a communications coach.

Career

As a teenager he was one of the original members of the Concrete Theatre Company which toured several theatre productions across the North West of England in pubs, schools and theatres. He played the Kid in ''Gimme Shelter'', Mark in ''Kennedy's Children'', and starred in ''Sam o Shanker'', ''The Puny Little Life Show'', ''Steve Vortex and the Land Beyond Time'', ''So You Think You're Supposed to Win?'', the 1984 ''Minus 2 Show'' and ''The Fosdyke Saga''. With Happenstance Theatre Company he played the Doc in ''Doc Hickory's Spell Binding Adventures''. Boulter trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), gaining a BA in theatre arts & graduating in 1984 playing the title role in ''

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''. Boulter began his professional career at the

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in January 1985. He stayed with the company for two years starring in six productions. During this time, he played small roles and understudied 40 characters as well as mounting several fringe shows at The Other Place and

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. His first lead role was as Angel Clare in ''Tess'' at Farnham Repertory theatre. He appeared at the

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several times in the 1980s, eventually producing the ACG venue at St Paul's and St George's which included the UK premier of

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's play '' Vassa Zheleznova''. In 1990, he worked in the West End playing Mickey in ''Blood Brothers'' at the

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& the

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. He played the male lead in

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's ''Star Quality'' at the

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and ''The Madness of George Dubba'' at the

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. He played the titles roles in ''

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'' at the

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, Pal Joey'' at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre and ''

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'' at the Stafford Festival Theatre. As well as a lead role in ''Air Guitar'' at the Bristol Old Vic Studio, Boulter played Michael Brennan in

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's drama series ''

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'' from October 1987 to July 1989. He has appeared in numerous Radio 4 drama productions. He played Chris, Malcolm's assistant in series four of the

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sitcom '' Watching'' from December 1989 to January 1990. He also appeared in three episodes of ''The Darling Buds of May'' as the character Roger McGarry, and in five episodes of '' Heartbeat'' as Inspector Crossley during 1993 and 1994. He played DS John Boulton in ITV's ''

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'' for five years during which time he set up the production company The 4 Amigos with fellow cast members. His production of ''Lone Star'' opened at

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, north London, and went on to tour Australia and played at the

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. He also produced and starred in a short film called ''Crush''. Boulter was a regular in ''

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'' for a year, and appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Waking the Dead'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also starred in ''Murder in Suburbia'' and ''Where the Heart Is''. He played Mark in the West End touring production of ''Art'', and directed the play ''They Came to a City'' at the Hen and Chickens Theatre in London's fringe. He has worked extensively as a documentary narrator for the

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Career

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