Levi Brown (actor)

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Levi Brown
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OccupationActor
Years active2022–present
Television This Town

Levi Brown is a British television actor and musician.

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Early life

Brown is from Halesowen in the West Midlands and attended Windsor High School. [1] [2] By 2018, he had moved to London, [3] and graduated in 2021 from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. [4]

Career

In 2022, he had a role in Channel 4 comedy series I Hate You , written by Robert Popper and featuring Tanya Reynolds, Melissa Saint and Shaquille Ali-Yebuah. [5]

Brown had a role in Apple TV+ series Invasion . [6] He played Jason Perry in ITV thriller series Payback in 2023. [7]

Brown has the lead role as Dante Williams in 2024 Steven Knight series This Town for BBC One , premiering in the United Kingdom in March 2024. [8] [9] [10] He received praise for his performance with Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph that he imbued his character with "with a solemn, soulful quality...an impressive performance for a young actor". [11]

He has appeared as a guest on the Craig Charles show for BBC 6 Music . [12]

Personal life

Brown plays the ukulele and learnt how to play the guitar too for the role of Dante, in the 2024 series This Town. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 I Hate You Two Time
2023 Invasion Soldier
2023PaybackJason Perry
2024 This Town Dante WilliamsLead role

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  2. High School, Windsor [@Windsor_tweete] (March 20, 2024). "Mrs McAlinden was privileged to attend the Birmingham premiere of This Town featuring our very own Alumni Levi Brown! We are so proud of Levi who is hugely talented and has stayed connected to his Black Country and Windsor roots!" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 March 2024 via Twitter.
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