Oliver Milburn

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Oliver Milburn
Born (1973-02-25) 25 February 1973 (age 51) [1]
Dorset, England
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Spouse
(m. 2004)
Children2

Oliver Milburn (born 25 February 1973), occasionally known by the name Oz Milburn, [1] is an English actor.

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Early life

Born in Dorset, Milburn was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, and then Eton College.[ citation needed ]

Career

Milburn played Matthew Bannerman in Families [2] and Liam in Green Wing . He has also been in Me Without You , The Browning Version (1994 film) , The Bill , Backup , Tess of the D'Urbervilles , David Copperfield (as James Steerforth), Sweet Medicine , Byron , Born and Bred , The Forsyte Saga: To Let, Paul in The Descent, and Bodies . [1] [3] Milburn also joined the cast of Mistresses in 2009. In 2011, he played the role of Edgar Linton in the film adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights . In 2013, he provided the voices of the characters Bartholomew Roberts and John in the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag .

Milburn was a regular on the first two series of The Royals playing the head of royal security.

Other ventures

As of 2020, Milburn was a restaurateur and co-owns the London restaurants Kitty Fisher's and Cora Pearl. [4]

Personal life

Milburn is married to the BBC News Newsnight reporter and presenter Katie Razzall, [5] daughter of Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall. They have a daughter and a son. [6] The Milburns were honeymooning in Sri Lanka when the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami struck; Katie went on to file news reports on the events. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "BBC Drama Faces – Oliver Milburn". February 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  2. Oliver Milburn at IMDb
  3. The Friendship Trap [ dead link ] Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post, (13 September 2002). He played Action Man in the 2005 direct to video film, Action Man: X Missions-The Movie.
  4. Milburn, Oliver. "Oliver Milburn: the last days of Kitty Fisher's and Cora Pearl". The Times . Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. Sweney, Mark (20 January 2014). "Newsnight hires Channel 4 reporter Katie Razzal". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. "Oliver Milburn | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  7. "Relative Values Tim Razzall and his daughter Katie". The Times. London. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2010.