Brian Vernel | |
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| Alma mater | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Known for | Dunkirk (2017) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) The Last Kingdom (2015) |
Brian Vernel is a Scottish actor best known for his film role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and as the character Odda the Younger in the TV series The Last Kingdom and Billy Wallace in Gangs of London . [1]
A native of Glasgow, Vernel attended St Mungo's Academy [2] in Gallowgate before training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) after a one-year general arts foundation course at Glasgow University. [3]
He played the role of Bala-Tik in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Vernel's character spoke in a Glaswegian accent. [4]
Vernel played the main role of Billy Wallace, junkie brother of London drug cartel boss Sean Wallace, played by Joe Cole, and working alongside Michelle Fairley, who played his mother, in Gangs of London , between 2020-2022. [5]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Offender | Genghis |
| 2014 | Let Us Prey | Caesar Sargison |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Bala-Tik |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Highlander 1 |
| 2017 | Papillon | Guittou |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Field of Blood | Darren Naismith / Kevin McCorkhill | 3 Episodes |
| 2014 | Prey | Dale Lomax | 3 Episodes |
| 2014 | Grantchester | Tam | 3 Episodes |
| 2015 | The Casual Vacancy | Stuart 'Fats' Wall | Mini-series |
| 2015 | The Last Kingdom | Odda the Younger | 7 Episodes |
| 2016 | The Missing | Young Adam Gettrick | 1 Episode |
| 2017 | Doctor Who | Lucius | S10 Episode 10: "The Eaters of Light" |
| 2017 | The Tunnel | Anton Stokes | 5 Episodes |
| 2018 | Collateral | Mikey Gowans | 3 episodes |
| 2020-22 | Gangs of London | Billy Wallace | 16 episodes |
| 2022 | Slow Horses | Curly | 5 episodes |
| 2024 | Shardlake | Brother Mortimus | 4 episodes |