Oliver Coleman

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Oliver Coleman
Born (1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 41)
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Spouse
(m. 2014)
Children2

Oliver Coleman (born 17 March 1983) is a British actor. He attended Bedales School in Petersfield, Hampshire. He has two brothers and a sister, Daisy Coleman.

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Biography

Coleman portrayed Toby in The Line of Beauty (2006) and Henry Percy in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), along with cameo appearances in Primeval and Ashes to Ashes .

Coleman played Jed in Vertigo Films' 2012 low-budget horror film The Facility (originally titled Guinea Pigs) directed by Ian Clark. [1]

In 2012 Coleman joined the cast of Casualty in the role of paediatric specialist Dr Tom Kent, making his first appearance on screen on 7 January. [2] He left the show on 14 December 2013 alongside his partner Charlotte Salt.

Oliver then went on to make an appearance in Endeavour which aired on Easter Sunday 2014.

Personal life

On 31 July 2014, Coleman married his Casualty co-star Charlotte Salt in Somerset. Salt gave birth to the couple's first child, a son, in 2017. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 The Line of Beauty Toby FeddenTV mini-series
– "The End of the Street"
– "To Whom Do You Beautifully Belong"
– "The Love Chord"
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl Henry Percy Movie
2008 Primeval EdSeason 2 Episode 6
2008 Ashes to Ashes City BoySeason 2 Episode 3
2009 The Bill Dean GibsonTV series
– "Rescue Me"
2012The FacilityJedFilm
2012–2013 Casualty Tom Kent 44 episodes
2014 Endeavour Henry PortmoreEpisode: "Neverland"

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