Steven Blakeley (born 26 February 1982) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as PC Geoff Younger in the British police drama ''

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'', guest roles in various other television programmes and multiple theatre roles.

Early life

Steven Blakeley was born in

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, Derbyshire in 1982 and was brought up in the Derbyshire mining town of Bolsover. He attended the Bolsover School, and was initially interested in pursuing a medical career, before turning his attentions to performing.

Career

Blakeley started his career as a member of the

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Community and Youth Theatre companies, before going on to work professionally at Derby Playhouse. He trained as an actor at the

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in Glasgow and at the Athanor Academy in Germany. His theatre credits include national tours of Peter Shaffer's ''The Private Ear and The Public Eye'', ''Dry Rot'' and ''Funny Peculiar'', ''Diary of a Nobody'' at the

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, '' Boeing-Boeing'', ''Selling the Sizzle'', ''Bare Words'', ''

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'', '' Peter Pan'', ''

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'', ''Soap'' and ''Cold Turkey''. As well as appearing in four series of

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's ''

'', he has made guest appearances in ITV's '' Emmerdale'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' (the latter two both for the BBC). Blakeley has performed in radio plays for the BBC, as well as providing narration for animation films and poetry recordings. In 2006, he was a nominee in the category of Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards, and in 2016 a nominee in the category of Best Supporting Male Performer at the

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for his portrayal of Comrade Staggles in J. B. Priestley's ''The Roundabout'' at the Park Theatre, London. He played the same role when the production transferred to

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in 2017. Blakeley played Puck in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and Verges in '' Much Ado About Nothing'' with the

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on their 2009 tour of the United Kingdom, Dublin, Norway and Prague. Blakeley has also worked as a writer and theatre director. Since 2009, he has appeared in, written and directed several pantomimes at the

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, playing the pantomime dame in ''Cinderella'', ''Sleeping Beauty'', ''Aladdin'' and ''Jack and the Beanstalk''. In 2010, he was acting at

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/ref> Blakeley appeared in ITV's ''

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'' and the BBC's ''Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley'' in 2018. In 2020, he appeared in the '' All Creatures Great and Small'' episode "All's Fair" as Mr. Foyle.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blakeley, Steven Living people English male television actors People from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Pantomime dames 1982 births