Matt Milne (born 1990) is an English actor and director.

Life and career

Milne was born in Hereford, in the West-Midlands of England. In 2010, he filmed Steven Spielberg's ''

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'' based on the book of the same name by

Michael Morpurgo Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo ('' né'' Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as ''War Horse'' (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytell ...

playing a character not in the book: Andrew, a farm hand. He graduated from the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

with a

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in 2011. During Autumn 2011, Milne performed with the National Youth Theatre in

James Dacre James Charles Dacre (born May 1984) is a British theatre director. He has been artistic director of Royal & Derngate Theatres in Northampton since 2013. Early years James Dacre was born in 1984, the son of Paul Dacre, former editor of the '' ...

's reimagining of the ancient legend

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at the Old Vic Tunnels. He acted in the promenade piece and also played the

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

in the band as the actors took turns to play the score written by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. As ''

'' was released during late 2011 and early 2012, Milne joined ITV period drama ''

Downton Abbey ''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States o ...

'' as the character of Alfred, a footman. He made his first appearance on ''Downton Abbey'' on the first episode of Season 3 and continued to appear until the finale episode of Season 4 in 2013. He travelled to the

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to film the Chuck MacLean short film ''Marmalade'' for Cameron Lawther in between. Milne was part of the

Jon Brittain Jon Brittain (born May 1987) is an Olivier Award-winning playwright, comedy writer and director who was born in Chester in the northwest of England and grew up in the Netherlands. He graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BA in 200 ...

play ''Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Soho'' during 2014, and the

Michael Attenborough Michael John Attenborough (born 13 February 1950) is an English theatre director. Background Attenborough was born on 13 February 1950 in London, the only son of actress Sheila Sim and actor-director Richard Attenborough. He is the nephew ...

directed play

Dangerous Corner ''Dangerous Corner'' was the first play by the English writer J. B. Priestley. It was premiered in May 1932 by Tyrone Guthrie at the Lyric Theatre, London, and filmed in 1934 by Phil Rosen. Priestley had recently collaborated with Edward Kno ...

. Milne directed the documentary ''What's the craic?! The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival'' with Dublin-based filmmaking collective

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-Dublin, or 'KinoD'.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Milne, Matt 1990 births Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia British actors People from Hereford