Marc Warren

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Marc Warren
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in Mad Dogs, 2011
Born (1967-03-20) 20 March 1967 (age 57)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
OccupationActor
Years active1986–present

Marc Warren (born 20 March 1967) [1] is an English actor, known for his British television roles. His roles have included Albert Blithe in Band of Brothers (2001), Danny Blue in Hustle (2003-2007), Dougie Raymond in The Vice , Dominic Foy in State of Play , Rick in Mad Dogs (2011-2013), the Comte de Rochefort in The Musketeers (2015), the Gentleman in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015), and Piet Van Der Valk in TV series Van Der Valk (2020). Other notable credits include Burn Up (2008), and Snatch (2017). Voices Puck in the video game "Nightingale" (2024).

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Early life and education

Marc Warren and his family moved from Northamptonshire to Farnborough, Hampshire, in 1979. He attended Cove Senior School for two years before moving back to Northampton in 1982. [2]

He studied drama at the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, but left without graduating after being asked to play "the colour orange". [3]

Career

Theatre

Warren made his professional debut in May 1986, when he appeared at The Northampton Theatre Royal in Stags and Hens . [3] He was a member of the National Youth Theatre, [3] and he played Billy Casper in Kes at the Birmingham Rep studio, and UK tour, directed by John Herriman for the Snap Theatre Company. [4] In 1991, he played the role of 'Lot' in a production of Kingdom of Earth at the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, Hampshire. [5] In November 1991, he played Jem, in To Kill a Mockingbird, at the York Theatre Royal. [5]

He starred in a revival of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman at Leicester's Curve Theatre in 2009, playing Katurian, for which he was nominated for a TMA award for 'Best performance in a Play'. [6] The same year, he starred as Ray Say in a West End revival of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice alongside Diana Vickers and Lesley Sharp. [4] To promote the play, he wrote a series of articles for The Guardian , titled "Marc Warren's Little Voice diary", [7] and appeared on The One Show . [8]

Warren returned to the theatre in September 2011, playing the charismatic rebel protagonist in Emma Reeves' new adaptation of Donn Pearce's novel Cool Hand Luke , at London's Aldwych Theatre. [9]

Film and television

Warren's first major film breakthrough was the 1992 BBC film An Ungentlemanly Act , in which he played Tony Hunt, alongside Ian Richardson. [4] He appeared in Grange Hill in the early 1990s as schoolboy Thomas Rankin. [10] He starred in the 1995 British drama film Boston Kickout , [4] and played immortal Morgan D'Estaing in the season four Highlander episode "Double Jeopardy" in 1996. [11] He played Police Constable Dougie Raymond in the British television series The Vice , [11] and Albert Blithe in HBO's 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers . [11]

In 2000, he was presented with a Royal Television Society award for his role as Monks in the ITV production of Oliver Twist. He appeared in the 2001 television drama Men Only as Mac, the husband of Katie (Esther Hall). In 2002, he played Dr. Ivo Steadman in No Night Is Too Long , a British film adapted from the novel of the same name. He played key supporting character Dominic Foy in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play . Between 2004 and 2007, he played Danny Blue (a main character) in the BBC TV series Hustle (series 1 to 4). [4]

In June 2006, Warren played the character Elton Pope in the Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters". [4] In December of that year, he appeared as the crazed assassin Mr. Teatime in Sky One's adaptation of Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. The same month, he played Count Dracula in a new adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel, produced by ITV Productions for BBC Wales. The TV film, which aired in December, received viewing figures of 5.23 million. [12]

In February 2007, he appeared as casino-operating villain Tony Crane in the second series of BBC drama Life on Mars . [13] In December of the same year, he played Mr. John Simpson in the BBC production of Ballet Shoes with Emilia Fox and Emma Watson. In January 2008, he starred in the Messiah series Messiah V: The Rapture , taking over the main role from Ken Stott. He played the Repairman, a member of The Fraternity, in the 2008 film Wanted . [4]

He won 'Overall Best Actor' at the 2009 Rome Fiction Festival, for his performance as Philip Crowley in Burn Up (2008). [14]

In May 2010, Warren played Steve Strange in Worried About the Boy , a BBC production about the life of Boy George. [15] The following year, he initiated and starred in a new Sky One production, Mad Dogs (alongside Max Beesley, Philip Glenister and John Simm), which eventually ran to fourteen episodes over four series. [16]

He reprised his role of Danny Blue for the final episode of Hustle (series 8) in 2012. That same year, he joined the cast of the American drama The Good Wife in the recurring role of Kalinda Sharma's estranged husband. [17] [2] He played Rochefort in the BBC drama The Musketeers , and appeared as The Gentleman in the BBC's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell alongside Eddie Marsan. [3] [2]

From 2020, Warren starred as the title character in the ITV reboot of the '70s detective series Van der Valk . [3] The fourth series went to air in August 2024. [18] [19]

Personal life

Warren is interested in magic, sleight of hand, and mentalism, and has spent some time studying the art of mind reading. [20] In his spare time, he likes to meditate, and play the guitar. [3] From 2007 to 2009, Warren was in a relationship with Abi Titmuss. [21] [22]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Boston Kickout Robert
1996 Shine Ray
1996Hidden in SilenceLubicTV film dramatisation
1997 Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis Clint
1998 B. Monkey Terence
1998 Dad Savage Vic
2000Free SpiritsCokehead
2001Men OnlyMacTV film dramatisation
2002 Al's Lads JimmyReleased in US as Capone's Boys
2002 No Night Is Too Long Dr. Ivo SteadmanBBC television film
2002 Revengers Tragedy Supervacuo
2003 The Principles of Lust Billy
2003 Song for a Raggy Boy Brother Mac
2005 Green Street Steve Dunham
2005 Hellraiser: Deader Joey
2006 Colour Me Kubrick Hud
2006 Land of the Blind Pool
2006The Lives of the SaintsFather Daniel
2007 Ballet Shoes Mr. SimpsonBBC television film
2008IntercomSimonshort
2008 Wanted The Repairman
2010Do Elephants Pray?Marrlen
2010 Worried About the Boy Steve StrangeBBC television film
2012 Wild Bill Drunk dad

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 The Bill Man in pubSeries 3, Episode 3
1991 Casualty NickSeries 6, Episode 1
1991Gawain and the Green KnightKing Arthur
1992 An Ungentlemanly Act Tony Hunt
1992 Grange Hill Thomas Rankin4 episodes
1992 Between the Lines PC UnderwoodSeries 1, Episode 2
1992Sam SaturdayDC Colin FennelSeries 1, Episode 6
1993 Heartbeat Rupert AshfordlySeries 2, Episode 1
1994 Sharpe's Company Captain Rymer
1995 Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen Manfred von Richthofen
1995 Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness DC Andy DysonSeries 4, Episode 3
1995 The Ghostbusters of East Finchley Butch3 episodes
1995 The Bill Darren HuttonSeries 11, Episode 144
1996 A Touch of Frost Graham McArdySeries 4, Episode 1
1996Hidden in SilenceLubicFilm dramatisation
1997 Highlander Morgan D'EstaingSeries 4, Episode 19
1997 Wycliffe DC Arnie SwarlandChristmas Special
1998 How Do You Want Me? Mark PiggottSeries 1, Episode 4
1999 Oliver Twist Monks 4 episodes
1999–2000 The Vice Dougie Raymond10 episodes
2000Black CabStuart
2001 Band of Brothers Pvt. Albert Blithe 3 episodes: "Currahee", "Day of Days" and "Carentan"
2001The BombmakerQuinn
2001Men OnlyMacTwo-part drama
2001Big Bad WorldRussellSeries 3, Episode 4
2002 NCS: Manhunt Laurence Bright2 episodes
2002 Clocking Off PC Jason WoodsSeries 3, Episode 1
2003 State of Play Dominic Foy2 episodes
2003ReversalsDr. Chris Singleton
2003 Agatha Christie's Poirot Meredith BlakeSeries 9, Episode 1: "Five Little Pigs"
2004Pretending to Be JudithHugo
2004 Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Captain AinsworthSeries 1, Episode 2: "The Murder at the Vicarage"
2004–2007; 2012 Hustle Danny Blue Regular in series 1–4; guest appearance in series finale
2005 Vincent Gary de SilvaSeries 1, Episode 1
2005 Twisted Tales Alex Wright
2006 Doctor Who Elton PopeEpisode: "Love & Monsters"
2006 Terry Pratchett's Hogfather Mr Jonathan Teatime
2007 Life on Mars Tony CraneSeries 2, Episode 1: "Helpless"
2008 Messiah V: The Rapture DCI Joseph Walker
2008 Burn Up Philip Crowley
2008 Mutual Friends Martin Grantham
2010Touched By FrostNarrator
2010 Ben Hur David
2010 Worried About the Boy Steve Strange
2010 Accused Kenny ArmstrongSeries 1, Episode 5
2011–2013 Mad Dogs Rick14 episodes
2011Without YouGreg
2012 The Good Wife Nick Saverese8 episodes
2015 The Musketeers Rochefort 9 episodes
2015 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell The Gentleman with the Thistle-down Hair7 episodes
2017 Snatch Bob Fink10 episodes
2018 Safe Pete8 episodes
2019 Flack Tom6 episodes
2019 Porters Graham PostSeries 2, Episode 3: "Halloween"
2019 Beecham House Samuel ParkerSeries 1, 6 episodes
2020–present Van der Valk Piet Van der ValkLead role, 12 episodes
2023 Big Boys Dennis KingSeries 2, Episode 3
2024 The Red King Dr Ian PrideauxMain role [23]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2009Rome Fiction FestivalOverall Best Actor Burn Up Won [14]
2018 National Film Awards UK Best Breakthrough Performance Snatch (TV series) Nominated [24]

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