Sean Rigby (born 15 August 1989) is an English stage and television actor.

Early life

Rigby is from

Preston, Lancashire Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding distri ...

in England. He graduated from the

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. LAMDA's Principal is ...

in 2012."The Endeavour Interview: Sean Rigby"
Damian Michael Barcroft, 6 April 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2019

Career

Rigby is best known for his role as Police Constable, later Police Sergeant and Detective Sergeant Jim Strange in '' Endeavour'', the prequel series to ''

Inspector Morse Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, GM, is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series ''Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000), ...

'', from its inception in 2012 to 2023.Nolan, Emma
"Endeavour season 5 release date, cast, plot, trailer: When does the new series air on ITV?"

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, 9 February 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018 A

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reviewer said Rigby's interpretation of Strange "brings a vulpine grace" to the character. In the 2017-aired British

historical drama A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure f ...

television mini-series, ''

Gunpowder Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, carbon (in the form of charcoal) and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). ...

'', Rigby played

William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle William Parker, 13th Baron Morley, 4th Baron Monteagle (15751 July 1622), was an English peer, best known for his role in the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot. In 1605 Parker was due to attend the opening of Parliament. He was a member of the Hou ...

, who received a letter, maybe or maybe not self-penned, warning of the

Gunpowder Plot The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who sought ...

. In 2015, Rigby played the

security guard A security guard (also known as a security inspector, security officer, or protective agent) is a person employed by a government or private party to protect the employing party's assets (property, people, equipment, money, etc.) from a variety ...

Moe in a production of

Alistair McDowall Alistair McDowall is an English playwright who grew up in Great Broughton, North Yorkshire, Great Broughton in North Yorkshire. His play ''Brilliant Adventures'' was awarded a Bruntwood Prize in 2011. His plays include ''The Glow'', ''all of it'' ...

's '' Pomona'' at the National Theatre, Temporary Theatre, which had previously opened at the

Orange Tree Theatre The Orange Tree Theatre is a 180-seat theatre at 1 Clarence Street, Richmond in south-west London, which was built specifically as a theatre in the round. It is housed within a disused 1867 primary school, built in Victorian Gothic style. Th ...

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

in 2014. The show, which included Rigby as a security guard's "troubled accomplice", was reviewed in ''

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'' by Michael Billington, who gave the production three stars.

Henry Hitchings Henry Hitchings (born 11 December 1974) is an author, reviewer and critic, specializing in narrative non-fiction, with a particular emphasis on language and cultural history. The second of his books, ''The Secret Life of Words: How English Beca ...

of the ''

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'' felt Rigby's character was "especially unsettling".Hitchings, Henry
"Pomona, Orange Tree - theatre review: 'this dark new play from Alistair McDowall has the power to suck us in'"
''Evening Standard'', 17 November 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2018 In 2015, Rigby appeared as Henry in a 13-minute short drama ''Isabella''. In 2017, he starred as the only character in the four-minute

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

, ''Crossing Seas''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rigby, Sean 1989 births Living people Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Actors from Preston, Lancashire English male stage actors English male television actors English male film actors 21st-century English male actors