William Houston (born 19 July 1968), sometimes credited as Will Houston, is an English actor.

Early life and career

Born in Sussex, he grew up in Northern Ireland. Trained at the

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, Houston has played many leading classical stage roles, including Troilus in ''

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'', Prince Hal in both parts of ''

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IV'' and the title roles in ''

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'' (for which he was nominated for an

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Theatre Award for Best Actor),

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's ''

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'', and ''

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'', all for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Pentheus/Agave in Sir Peter Hall's production of

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' '' Bacchai'' at the National Theatre. He replaced

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in the lead role in '' Fortune's Fool'' at the Old Vic from January 2014. Between May and July 2014 he played Titus in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus directed by

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. In April 2009, he appeared in " Cause and Effect", the second episode of the third series of ''Robin Hood''. He also played the character of Boucher in the BBC's adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 'North and South' with Daniela Denby-Ashe and Richard Armitage. He appears in the BBC series of Casualty 1909 and 1907, as Dr. Millias Culpin. He played Constable 'Clarky' Clarke in the 2009 film '' Sherlock Holmes'' alongside Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, directed by

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(credited as William Houston), and reprised the role in the 2011 sequel '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''. He worked with From Software to voice cast as Marvellous Chester in the DLC for 2011's ''

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'', ''King Vendrick'' in 2014's ''

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'' and its rerelease ''Scholar of the First Sin''. He also voiced NPCs Retired Hunter Djura and the Gatekeeper in ''

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'' in 2015, and the optional boss enemy ''Oceiros, the Consumed King'' in ''

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'' in 2016. In 2020, he played Ted Daszkiewicz in the BBC drama ''

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''.

Filmography

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'' (1997, TV Series) - Anticlus *'' The Gambler'' (1997) - Pasha *''

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'' (2004) - Boucher *''

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'' (2007) - Tucker *'' Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' (2007) - Don Guerau De Spes *''

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'' (2007) - Dr Milais Culpin *''

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'' (2008) - Ray *'' Sherlock Holmes'' (2009) - Constable Clark *'' Casualty 1909'' (2009) - Dr Milais Culpin *'' Clash of the Titans'' (2010) - Ammon *'' Age of Heroes'' (2011) - Mac *'' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'' (2011) - Constable Clark *''Lord of Darkness'' (2012) - Charlie McGuire *''

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'' (2013) - Moses *'' Son of God'' (2014) - Moses *''

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'' (2014) - Cazan *''Shakespeare's Globe: Titus Andronicus'' (2015) - Titus Andronicus *'' The Dancer'' (2016) - Rud *''Level Up'' (2016) - The Businessman *'' Brimstone'' (2016) - Eli *'' Will'' (2017, TV series) -

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'' (2020, TV series) - Ted Daszkiewicz *''

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'' (2022, TV series) - King Aldrich, The Core (voice) *''

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'' (2022, TV series) - Joseph Crackstone

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Houston, Will 1968 births Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Male stage actors from Northern Ireland Living people Royal Shakespeare Company members English male stage actors