Vasta Roy "Vas" Blackwood (born 19 October 1962) is a British actor from

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. Blackwood played

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's sidekick Winston Churchill in '' The Lenny Henry Show'' (1987) and David Sinclair in '' Casualty'' (1996–97). Since playing Rory Breaker in the hit film ''

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'' (1998) he has had a number of film roles, including '' Mean Machine'' (2001), '' 9 Dead Gay Guys'' (2002) and ''

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'' (2004). In 2005 he appeared in A Bear's Tail, a spin-off of '' Bo' Selecta!''. He also made an appearance as Lennox Gilbey in ''

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''. He also played main character Dexter in '' Spatz''. In 2008 he did voiceover work on the video game ''

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''. In 2013 he did voiceover work on a

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advertisement, this was launched and played on various different channels within the United Kingdom in the Summer period. Blackwood was founder of virtual online blog Vastaman.com, which is now defunct. His cousin is the media personality

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.(2006
"Interview With Vas Blackwood, Creator and Owner of Vastaman.com."
Jamaicans.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

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Vastaman Website
1962 births British people of Barbadian descent British male voice actors British male video game actors British male film actors British male television actors Black British male actors Male actors from London Living people {{UK-voice-actor-stub