Gregory Piper (actor)

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Gregory Piper
Born (1998-03-15) March 15, 1998 (age 27)
United Kingdom
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
Television Line of Duty

Gregory Tyler Piper (born 15 March 1998 [1] ) is a British actor best known for playing Ryan Pilkington in Line of Duty .

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Line of Duty

He was 13 years old when he first appeared in Line of Duty series 1 playing young criminal Ryan Pilkington.

Following complaints from some viewers, Ofcom found that the BBC had made a "serious lapse" in its duty of care for Piper by "failing to ensure that a child welfare counsellor or psychologist had considered the appropriateness or potential emotional risk to the boy of his involvement", given the violent nature of some of his scenes. [2] [3]

Piper reprised the role as a more prominent antagonist in series 5, [4] initially as a member of the Organised Crime Group (OCG) and latterly as a Central Police cadet. In series 6, Pilkington appears more extensively as an officer in the murder investigation team secretly working as a mole for the organised crime syndicate before being killed off in the fifth episode. [5]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012, 2019–2021 Line of Duty Ryan PilkingtonSeries 1, 5 & 6
2013 Frankie Richard PrestonSeries 1, Episode 3
2021Fixed (2021)Jimmy ClemanceThriller

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2012 Royal Television Society Midlands Awards Line of Duty (series 1) Best Acting NewcomerGregory PiperWon [6]

References

  1. ↑ "18th birthday Instagram post" . Instagram. 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Sherwin, Adam (17 December 2012). "Failure in Line of Duty: BBC guilty of 'serious lapse' in care of". The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Lillington, Catherine (30 December 2012). "BBC failed to care for Dudley child actor in violent Line Of Duty scene". BirminghamLive. BBC. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Parkes, Thomas (22 April 2019). "Dudley actor returns to action in Line of Duty". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Bley Griffiths, Eleanor. "Who is Ryan Pilkington in Line of Duty? Here's where we've seen him before". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Royal Television Society Awards 2012". Royal Television Society.


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