Callum Woodhouse

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Callum Woodhouse
Born (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 30)
Education Stockton Sixth Form College
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
Television Cold Feet
The Durrells
All Creatures Great and Small

Callum Woodhouse (born 7 January 1994) [1] is a British actor. [2]

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Career

He is best known for his portrayal of Leslie Durrell in all four seasons of ITV comedy-drama series The Durrells . [3]

Woodhouse is also known for playing the character of Josh Marsden in ITV comedy-drama series Cold Feet . [3] [4] [5]

He also appeared as Randall Jones [3] [6] in "The Skylark Scandal", a Series 7 episode of BBC One's detective period drama Father Brown .

In the Channel 5/PBS production All Creatures Great and Small about James Herriot, Woodhouse plays Tristan Farnon, the younger brother of the senior partner, Siegfried Farnon. [7] The programme was renewed for a second series, also of six episodes plus a Christmas special, which aired in September 2021. [8] A third series was broadcast in 2022. On 23 February 2024, PBS announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth and sixth series, and that Callum Woodhouse would return as Tristan Farnon. [9] .

Woodhouse is also one of nine presidents for Better Planet Education. [10]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Room 17The GroomShort Film
2017B&BPaul
2018The HoistCallumShort Film
2016, 2019 Cold Feet Josh MarsdenSeries 6 Episode 8 and Series 8 Episode 1
2016–2019 The Durrells Leslie DurrellMain Cast
2019 Father Brown Randall JonesSeries 7 Episode 9
2019Damaged but InterestingArt JensonShort Film
2020–2022, 2024–present All Creatures Great and Small Tristan Farnon [11] Main Cast
2022Raven's HallowWill TaylorFilm
2023Paper CutsJohnShort Film
2024Big CatWarrenShort Film

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References

  1. According to biogs.com, "Callum Woodhouse was born on 7 January 1994 and heralds from Stockton-on-Tees. His father Kevin was managing director of an oil company and his mother Gail was a nurse. Callum attended Ian Ramsey School and studied A Levels in English language, media studies and theatre studies at Stockton Sixth Form College." Retrieved 17 Jan 2021
  2. Newton, David (14 April 2019) The Wylde Interview: Callum Woodhouse, Wylde. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Bond, Kimberly (12 May 2019) Meet the cast of The Durrells series four, Radio Times . Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. Gibb, Bill (29 April 2018) He was hot stuff in The Durrells but now Callum Woodhouse has Cold Feet, The Sunday Post . Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. (15 January 2019) Cold Feet 2019 cast - Who is Josh Marsden on Cold Feet?, Who is actor Callum Woodhouse?, Daily Express . Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  6. (17 January 2019) Credits: The Skylark Scandal, Father Brown (Series 7; Episode 9), BBC One. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  7. "Callum Woodhouse Interview: The Joys of Playing Tristan Farnon | PBS". PBS .
  8. "All Creatures Great and Small season 2 release date: cast, plot, and latest news". Radio Times. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021. Hopefully, that means it'll air on Channel 5 in the UK towards the end of 2021.
  9. "All Creatures Great and Small Seasons 5 and 6 Coming to MASTERPIECE on PBS". PBS .
  10. "Callum Woodhouse". Better Planet Education .
  11. "Meet the cast of All Creatures Great and Small, 1 September 2020". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 September 2020.