Russell Geoffrey Banks

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Russell Geoffrey Banks
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Banks in 2017
Occupations
  • Film actor
  • screenwriter
Years active2010 – present
Awards2017 Best Actor at Fright Night Film Festival
Website russellgeoffreybanks.com

Russell Geoffrey Banks is a British actor and screenwriter. [1]

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Early life

Banks took up acting at a young age, after dealing with dyslexia and leaving school at age 15. [2]

Career

In 2017, he co-wrote and starred as the titular character in Who's Watching Oliver (2017), [3] [4] [5] for which he won a Fright Night Film Fest Best Actor Award in 2017. [6] He has had notable supporting roles in the films Ghost House (2017), [7] the Indian film Vishwaroopam II (2018), and Bambi: The Reckoning (2025). [8] [9]

Filmography

TitleYearRoleNotes
2010 Darling Child KidnapperIndian film
Virudhagiri Chief PoliceIndian film
2011 United Six News Reporter
Oba: The Last Samurai U.S Solder
2012 The Impossible Newly Wed
2013The Mark: RedemptionTechie
DragonwolfMarkus
2014 Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge Jimmy the Thief
Goodnight, GloriaClayton
Cam2Cam Russell Adkins
Pernicious Colin
2015 I Love NY Mike
2016I Love You TwoTerrence
A Man Will Rise Cowboy Gangster
2017 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Mordred
Ghost House Robert [7]
VishwaroopamII JimIndian film [9]
Loov: Là Où On VaBenFrench film
Who's Watching Oliver Oliveralso writer [3] [4] [5]
2025 Bambi: The Reckoning Andrew [8]

References

  1. Hutchison, Steve (23 February 2023). 31 Days of Terror (2019): The Halloween Horror Movie Dice Game. Tales of Terror. p. 243. ISBN   978-1-77887-027-9.
  2. Lawson, Karli (2017-06-27). "Interview With 'Who's Watching Oliver' Star Russell Geoffrey Banks!". PopHorror. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  3. 1 2 Swope, Michelle (25 July 2017). "Who's Watching Oliver: An Exclusive Interview with Russell Geoffrey Banks". Anatomy of a Scream. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 Posey, Aaron (6 July 2018). "Russell Geoffrey Banks of Who's Watching Oliver Drops By For A Chat". Wicked Horror. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 Kermode, Jennie. "In a dark place: Russell Geoffrey Banks on victims, monsters and Who's Watching Oliver?". Eye For Film. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. Posey, Aaron (9 July 2018). "Who's Watching Oliver is a Sobering Character Study". Wicked Horror. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. 1 2 Pollard, Andrew. "Ghost House". Starburst Magazine . Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. 1 2 Squires, John (August 6, 2024). "'Bambi: The Reckoning' Exclusive Poster – Bambi Becomes a Killing Machine in 2025". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  9. 1 2 Ramachandran, Mythily (8 August 2018). "Russel Geoffrey Banks on 'Vishwaroopam 2' journey". Gulf News . Retrieved 13 May 2023.