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Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Initially running for eight episodes, a two-part follow up was shown in 2000. It was written by Russell T Davies and produced by Red Production Company for Channel 4.
Bruno Langley is an English musician and former actor. He is known for his roles as Darren Michaels and Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street and Adam Mitchell in Doctor Who (2005).
Roger William Allam is a British actor, who has performed on stage, in film, on television and radio. He is the narrator father figure in children’s televisions Sarah and Duck.
Marcus Richard Lloyd Owen is a British actor. Despite being born in London, he considers himself Welsh due to both his parents being from Wales and only having moved to London for purposes of professional progression. Trained at the National Youth Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, he is known for portraying Indiana Jones's father Professor Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles between 1992 and 1993 and Paul Bowman-MacDonald in the BBC Scotland series Monarch of the Glen from 2002 to 2005. He starred as solicitor William Heelis in the film Miss Potter (2006) and commander Nathan Walker in Apollo 18 (2011). He plays the role of Elendil in the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022).
Raymond Fearon is an English actor. He played garage mechanic Nathan Harding on ITV's long-running soap opera Coronation Street and voiced the centaur Firenze in the Wizarding World film series Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts.
Andrea Lowe is an English actress.
Anton Lesser is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Thomas More in Wolf Hall, Harold Macmillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom, Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour, and Major Partagaz in Star Wars: Andor. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television.
Peter Ellis is an English actor. Ellis has worked extensively in theatre and television both as an actor and director. He spent four seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as spending five years at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, and three years with the Old Vic Company which included playing Benvolio in Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1 and later Rosencrantz in a world tour of Hamlet starring Derek Jacobi. He also played Guildenstern in Hamlet on the site of the new Globe Theatre,
Peter Gill OBE, is a Welsh theatre director, playwright, and actor. He was born in Cardiff to George John and Margaret Mary Gill, and educated at St Illtyd's College, Cardiff.
Denise Black is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in Coronation Street and Emmerdale and guest starring as Jessie Devlin Denny Blood's mother in ITV drama series Bad Girls.
Susan Cookson is an English actress. She has appeared in various television series, and is known for roles including Tanya in Early Doors, Janice Piper in Clocking Off, Maggie Coldwell in the BBC medical drama Casualty and Wendy Posner in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
Colin George was a Welsh actor and director, who was the founding Artistic Director of the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield (1971).
The Ian Charleson Awards are theatrical awards that reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors under age 30. The awards are named in memory of the renowned British actor Ian Charleson, and are run by the Sunday Times newspaper and the National Theatre. The awards were established in 1990 after Charleson's death, and have been awarded annually since then. Sunday Times theatre critic John Peter (1938–2020) initiated the creation of the awards, particularly in memory of Charleson's extraordinary Hamlet, which he had performed shortly before his death. Recipients receive a cash prize, as do runners-up and third-place winners.
Geoffrey Streatfeild is an English actor in film, television, stage and radio.
Helen Schlesinger is a British stage and television actress. She was born in London, and raised near Windsor, Berkshire, UK. In film and on television, she has appeared in 24 Hour Party People (2002), Rose and Maloney (2004),Sex Traffic and Dirty War (2004), Sensitive Skin (2005), Trial & Retribution (2006), Merlin (2012), The Hour (2013), and Lewis (2015).
Marlene Sidaway is a British television, film and theatre actress best known for playing Brenda Taylor in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street.
The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards recognise outstanding achievements in Irish theatre.
Jonjo O'Neill is an actor from Northern Ireland known for his stage and television work.
Christopher William Harper is an actor and director who played Nathan Curtis in ITV soap Coronation Street in a high profile teenage grooming and exploitation storyline.
Liam Gerrard is a British-Irish film, television and theatre actor. He is also an acclaimed voice-over artist and audiobook narrator. He is best known for his BAFTA-nominated work: Walter Tull: Britain's First Black Officer, Peterloo and Coronation Street. To date he has narrated over 100 audiobooks.
