Joey Phillips was born on 1 June 1992 in the UK and trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama before building a career across British theatre and television, including performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company and television roles in Doctors, Casualty and Holby City. In 2023, Joey joined Outlander as Dr Denzell Hunter,…
Andrew Gower was born on 8 November 1989 in Aintree, near Liverpool, and graduated from the Oxford School of Drama in 2010, winning the prestigious Spotlight Prize for Best Actor that same year. He made his British television debut in ITV’s Monroe in 2011, and went on to play vampire solicitor Nick Cutler in BBC…
Alexander Vlahos was born on 30 July 1988 in Swansea, South Wales, to a Greek father and Welsh mother, and grew up speaking Welsh as his first language. He trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, graduating in 2009, and made his screen debut in the BBC Wales drama Crash…
Steven Cree was born on 29 February 1980 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) after a year at Langside College in Glasgow. He built an early career across British theatre, television and film, including a recurring role in the…
Tommy Knight was born on 22 January 1993 in Chatham, Kent, and began his career in West End theatre, appearing in productions including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Snowman and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Macbeth. He made his television debut in 2002 before going on to appear in Casualty, Doctors and The Bill. Tommy is…
Vernon Dobtcheff was born on 14 August 1934 in Nîmes, France, to a British mother and a father of Bulgarian descent, and was educated at Ascham Preparatory School in Eastbourne, Sussex. Across a six-decade career encompassing more than 300 film, television and stage productions, Vernon shared the screen with an extraordinary roster of acting legends…
Gary Erskine was born in 1968 in Paisley, near Glasgow, Scotland, and broke into the comics industry in 1988 after sending samples of his work to Marvel UK, who hired him to draw Knights of Pendragon. He went on to work for nearly every major comics publisher across a career spanning more than three decades,…
Carole Ashby was born on 24 March 1955 in Cannock, Staffordshire, and was named “Britain’s most glamorous schoolgirl” in 1972 before training in drama and securing a distinction in Spoken English. She is perhaps best remembered for her recurring role as Louise, a member of the French Resistance, in the beloved BBC sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo!,…
Wendy Leech was born on 30 November 1949 in Buckinghamshire, the daughter of celebrated stuntman and coordinator George Leech, and grew up immersed in the film industry before beginning her own stunt career in the mid-1970s. Across her career she doubled for some of cinema’s most recognisable leading ladies, including Margot Kidder, Karen Allen, Kate…
