Delroy Atkinson | |
|---|---|
 Atkinson in 2022 | |
| Born | Delroy Hugh Atkinson 30 September 1975 Surrey, England |
| Alma mater | Guildford School of Acting |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Delroy Hugh Atkinson (born 30 September 1975) is an English actor. He has appeared in an array of productions on both stage and screen, and since 2021, he has portrayed the role of Howie Danes on the BBC soap opera EastEnders .
Delroy Hugh Atkinson was born on 30 September 1975 in Surrey, England to parents of Nigerian and West Indian descent. [1] [2] He embarked on a three-year BA Acting course at Guildford School of Acting. [1] He then made his acting debut as Jason in the 1998 comedy film Still Crazy , and subsequently ventured into television roles, the first being Nathan Joseph in an episode of The Bill in 2000. [3] He went on to appear in several stage productions including Treasure Island , The Tempest and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . [3] [4] Over the next decade, he portrayed guest roles in Moonmonkeys (2007), After You've Gone (2008), Small Island (2009) and My Family (2010). [5] In 2017, Atkinson portrayed Pike in the 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge . [6] In 2019, he appeared in Luther and A Christmas Carol for the BBC. In 2021, Atkinson appeared in an episode of Death in Paradise [7] and four episodes of Holby City as terminally ill patient Delroy Jones. [6] Later in 2021, he was cast in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Howie Danes. [8] His character was introduced as part of a story exploring the disappearance of established character Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood) and later becomes a love interest for Kim Fox (Tameka Empson). [9] [10] [11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Still Crazy | Jason | Film | [12] |
| 2000 | The Bill | Nathan Joseph | Episode: "Carnival" | [5] |
| 2007 | Moonmonkeys | Policeman #2 | Television film | [5] |
| 2008 | No Heroics | Newspaper vendor | Episode: "Supergroupie" | [5] |
| 2008 | After You've Gone | Man in queue | Episode: "The Lure of the Rings" | [13] |
| 2009 | Small Island | Fulton | Television miniseries | [13] |
| 2010 | My Family | Karaoke D.J. | Episode: "Ben Behaving Badly" | [13] |
| 2011 | Driver: San Francisco | Additional voices | Video game | [5] |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge | Pike | Film | [13] |
| 2017 | Fighter | Len | Short film | [5] |
| 2018 | Star Cops | Charles Hardin | Main role | [5] |
| 2019 | Luther | Derek Hayes | 2 episodes | [13] |
| 2019 | Circus Act | Unknown | Short film | [5] |
| 2019 | A Christmas Carol | Mr Thwaites | Television miniseries | [13] |
| 2020 | Enola Holmes | Porter | Film | [13] |
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit | Reverend Green | Film | [12] |
| 2021 | It's a Sin | Mr. Ibisu | 2 episodes | [13] |
| 2021 | Death in Paradise | Godrell James | Episode: "Fake or Fortune" | [13] |
| 2021 | King Gary | Lenny | 1 episode | [5] |
| 2021 | Holby City | Delroy Jones | Recurring role | [6] |
| 2021 | Getting Better - The Fight for the NHS | Teddy Laburn | Podcast series | [5] |
| 2021 | For Love | Andy | Short film | [5] |
| 2021–present | EastEnders | Howie Danes | Regular role | [14] |
| 2022 | Screw | Kyrel Mackenzie | 1 episode | [13] |
| 2022 | Dodger | Smuggler | Episode: "Mudlarks" | [13] |
| 2022 | The Last Bus | Bethan's Dad | 1 episode | [13] |
| 2022 | Choose or Die | Officer Carpenter | Film role | [5] |
| 2022 | The Kimfluencer | Howie Danes | Television miniseries | [15] |
| 2022 | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Chandler | Film role | [13] |
| 2022 | Whitstable Pearl | Lawyer | Episode: "Night Terrors" | [13] |
| 2022 | Slow Horses | Bus Driver | Episode: "Last Stop" | [5] |
| 2022 | Riches | Pastor | Episode: "What Needs To Be Done" | [5] |
| 2023 | Silo | Apartment Custodian | Episode: "The Relic" | [5] |
Blackadder is a series of four period British sitcoms, plus several one-off instalments, which originally aired on BBC1 from 1983 to 1989. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the antihero Edmund Blackadder and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, e.g., Melchett, Lord Percy Percy / Captain Darling and George.
Delroy George Lindo is an English-American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as a NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Within eight months of the show's original launch, it had reached the number one spot in BARB's television ratings, and has consistently remained among the top-rated series in Britain. Four EastEnders episodes are listed in the all-time top 10 most-watched programmes in the UK, including the number one spot, when over 30 million watched the 1986 Christmas Day episode. EastEnders has been important in the history of British television drama, tackling many subjects that are considered to be controversial or taboo in British culture, and portraying a social life previously unseen on UK mainstream television.
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his versatile work spanning over four decades of screen and stage, Washington has been regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, with The New York Times naming him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020. Washington has received a number of honors, including two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Cecil B. DeMille Award and AFI Life Achievement Award, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
James Hugh Calum Laurie is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He first gained recognition for his work as one half of the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry. The two acted together in a number of projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including the BBC sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation Jeeves and Wooster. From 1986 to 1989 he appeared in three series of the period comedy Blackadder, first as a guest star in the last two episodes of Blackadder II, before joining the main cast in Blackadder the Third, and going on to appear in Blackadder Goes Forth and many specials.
Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress. Prolific in film and television since her teens, she is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2012, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Hugh Michael Horace Dancy is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Kurt Schmid in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Prince Charmont in Ella Enchanted (2004). Other film roles include Joe Conner in Shooting Dogs (2005), Grigg Harris in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Luke Brandon in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Adam Raki in Adam (2009) and Ted in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011). On television, he portrayed criminal profiler Will Graham in the NBC television series Hannibal (2013–2015), Cal Roberts in the Hulu original series The Path (2016–2018) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in the Channel 4 miniseries Elizabeth I (2005); the latter role earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Dancy currently portrays Senior Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price on NBC's revival of the original Law & Order (2022–present).
Ryan Rodney Reynolds is a Canadian and American actor, producer, and businessman. He began his career starring in the Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993) and had minor roles before landing the lead role on the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl between 1998 and 2001. Reynolds then starred in a range of films, including comedies such as National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Waiting... (2005), and The Proposal (2009). He also performed in dramatic roles in Buried (2010), Woman in Gold (2015), and Life (2017). He has starred in action films such as Blade: Trinity (2004), Green Lantern (2011), 6 Underground (2019), Free Guy (2021), and The Adam Project (2022) and provided voice acting in the animated features The Croods film series (2013–2020), Turbo (2013), and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019).
David Matthew Macfadyen is an English actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained prominence for his role as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice (2005). He rose to international fame for his role as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), for which he received two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Mark Williams is an English actor, comedian, presenter and screenwriter. He first achieved widespread recognition as one of the central performers in the popular BBC sketch show The Fast Show. His film roles include Horace in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and Arthur Weasley in seven of the Harry Potter films. He made recurring appearances as Brian Williams in the BBC television series Doctor Who and as Olaf Petersen in Red Dwarf. Since 2013, Williams has portrayed the title character in the long-running BBC series loosely based on the Father Brown short stories by G. K. Chesterton.
Hugh Richard Bonniwell Williams, known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey from 2010 to 2015. His performance on the show earned him a nomination at the Golden Globes and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, as well as three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He reprised his role in the feature films, Downton Abbey (2019), and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). He also appeared in the films Notting Hill (1999), Iris (2001), The Monuments Men (2014), and the Paddington films (2014–present).
Maureen L Bass, better known by her stage name Laila Morse, is an English actress. After making her acting debut as Janet in the drama film Nil by Mouth (1997), she went on to join the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Mo Harris, a role she has played periodically since 2000.
Mark Margolis was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the character Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and Better Call Saul (2016–2022). His performance in Breaking Bad was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2012.
Graham McTavish is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Dwalin in The Hobbit film trilogy, The Saint of Killers in the AMC series Preacher, and Dougal MacKenzie and William Buccleigh MacKenzie in the Starz series Outlander. He is also known for his roles in the video game franchise Uncharted as the main antagonist Zoran Lazarević in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Charlie Cutter in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.
Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane is a British actor, narrator and voice actor. He is known for his roles in film and television including Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy and Ulysses in the STARZ television drama series Outlander. McFarlane's voice roles include JJ in Bob the Builder, Bulgy in Thomas & Friends and PC Malcolm Williams in Fireman Sam. He was the voice of The Cube in the ITV game show.
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is an English actor, comedian and writer. He played the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995), and in the film series Johnny English (2003–2018). Atkinson first came to prominence on the BBC sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), receiving the 1981 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance.