Steven Waddington
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Birth Place: Leeds, Yorkshire, England Eye Color: Brown Height: 6'1" (1.85 m) Family: Son of a Steelworker Education: He attended Intake High School in Leeds and <a class="external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_15_Acting_School" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="East 15 Acting School">East 15 Acting School</a> in Loughton Actor Bio: At age 18, British-born Steven Waddington earned a place at London's East 15 Acting School and three years later joined the esteemed Royal Shakespeare Company. The actor spent a two-year season with the RSC, appearing in such plays as All's Well That Ends Well, Coriolanus and Pericles, before being cast as the lead in <a class="external" href="http://www.filmbug.com/db/24740" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derek Jarman</a>'s controversial art-house feature, Edward II. With no prior film experience, the actor found the transition from stage to screen an easy one, following his screen debut with a starring role in <a class="external" href="http://www.filmbug.com/db/22406" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Mann</a>'s epic, The Last of the Mohicans. His other feature credits include 1492: Conquest of Paradise, the BBC's professional boxing drama Seconds Out, Don't Get Me Started, Carrington (opposite <a class="external" href="http://www.filmbug.com/db/1234" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emma Thompson</a> and <a class="external" href="http://www.filmbug.com/db/4115" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Pryce</a>) and <a class="external" href="http://www.filmbug.com/db/36486" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Antonia Bird</a>'s Face with <a class="external" href="http://www.filmbug.com/db/4352" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Carlyle</a>. He also portrayed the hero of BBC 1's critically acclaimed mini-series, Ivanhoe. At the moment (2010) playing Adam Fleet in BBC1's school drama Waterloo Road.
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Non-acting careers: Movies: Sleepy Hollow, Edward II, Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space; Largo Winch, The Last of the Mohicans, Warrior Queen, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, The one that got away, The Hole, The Parole Officer, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Face TV Shows: The Tudors, Carrington, Seconds out, Don't get me started, Ivanhoe, Waterloo Road Stage: Big break: Best known for: Awards: Upcoming projects:
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As the Hero Duncan in | Sleepy Hollow as King Prasutagus in Boudica (Warrior Queen) (2003) |
as King Richard in the double feature A Good Day to Die / We Are Robin Hood. | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe in Ivanhoe (1997) (mini) TV mini-series |
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