George Russo

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George Russo
Born1980 (age 4344)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter, producer
Years active2007–present

George Russo is a British actor, screenwriter and producer. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Russo was born and raised in London. Russo trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington. In 2005, he took time away from acting to concentrate on a degree at Central St Martins College of Art and Design. [3]

Career

In 2020, Russo appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Jason Ridlash. [4] In 2021, Russo won the British Urban Film Festival Best Actor Award for Baby Boy, a short film he co-wrote alongside director Greg Hall. [5] [6] A year later, he was cast as Eric Mitchell for an episode of the BBC soap opera EastEnders . [7]

The film 'Villain' (2020) also written with Greg Hall and directed by Philip Barantini was the number one film on Netflix UK, Australia and New Zealand and was the New York Times critics pick.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Me, You and Him SimonEpisode: "Off His Trolley"
1993 Oasis Johnny Mandell7 episodes
1994 Casualty Billy FaradayEpisode: "Tippers"
1994 Little Napoleons GrahamEpisode: "The Godfathers of Education"
1996 Accused Billy MurrayEpisode: "Billy"
1997 Kavanagh QC Graham FosterEpisode: "The Ties That Bind"
1997 Bramwell Lab AssistantEpisode: "The Vaccination Experiment"
1992–1998 The Bill Various7 episodes
1998The Things You Do For Love: I Still BelieveSimonTelevision film
1999 Maisie Raine Stuart FarrelEpisode: "To Sleep..."
1999 Daylight Robbery JoyriderEpisode: #1.2
2000 Urban Gothic MaccaEpisode: "The Boy's Club"
2003 Manchild Drug DealerEpisode: #2.2
2010 Doctor Who Philip2 episodes
1999–2014 Silent Witness Danny

Mark Bond

4 episodes
2015 Call the Midwife Frank RobbinsEpisode: #4.4
2010–2018 Holby City Jules O'Hanlon

Paul Clarke

2 episodes
2020 Doctors Jason Ridlash Episode: "Firewalks"
1991–2022 EastEnders Jason Warren

Eric Mitchell (1979)
Youth 3

4 episodes
2023 The Gold Young Policeman Jack2 episodes
2023 The Nevers Simon4 episodes
2023 Wolf D.I. RichardsEpisode: "Watching"

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Point DumeCalvin Watkins
2001Skin DeepSkeggsShort film
2005TonyMackeyShort film
2008Zebra CrossingBlakey
2009 Tony Mackey
2010ShitkickerRonnieShort film
2011 Turnout GeorgeAlso writer
2012Next ExitPeterShort film
2014 I Am Soldier JJ
2014 Top Dog Graham Hawkins
2015A Stranger KindDickyShort film
2016 Trespass Against Us Armed Policeman
2016WonderkidManagerShort film
2017Bonded by Blood 2Damon Alvin
2017 My Name Is Lenny Frank Warren
2017London HeistMason
2017The ComposerPolicemanShort film
2018 The Marine 6: Close Quarters Detective
2018Trigger Finger!GavinShort film
2019Smack EddEddShort film; also writer
2019 The Corrupted DI Frank Walsh
2020 Villain Sean FranksAlso writer and executive producer [8] [9] [10]
2021Baby BoyNicky Reed aka Skinny NickyShort film; also writer
2021 Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins Joey Waller
2022The Turn of the ScrewDanny ArthurShort film
2023 Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance Joey Waller
2023WussNickShort film
202313 SecondsCutterShort film
TBAThirteen CarsLennyPost-production

Music videos

YearTitleRole
2004 The Streets: "Blinded by the Lights"Wedding guest
2012 Devlin feat. Ed Sheeran: "Watchtower"Devlin's Brother

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References

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  2. "BritFlicks Talks With British Actor George Russo". Brit Flicks. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. "George Russo". IMDb . Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. "Firewalks". BBC . Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  5. "Great night at @buffconnects last night, was amazing to have 2 films screen at the festival and for one of our lead actors to win an award. beyond proud well done @gmrusso1". 11 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  6. Tabbara, Mona (22 November 2021). "'Navy', 'Unintentionhell' lead UK's Buff 2021 nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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