Marc Warren

Marc Warren (born 20 March 1967) is an English actor, probably best known for his British television role as Danny Blue in Hustle and Elton Pope in the 2006 Doctor Who series episode "Love & Monsters".

Career

Warren has worked in film, television, theatre and radio. He is a former member of the National Youth Theatre and trained at the East 15 acting school (although he didn't graduate). He began his career with a role in a 1988 production of Godspell which he won by writing to the producers, and went unrepresented until the following year.

Warren can also be heard on numerous television and radio adverts throughout the UK. Though some reports state otherwise who?, Warren does not provide the voice for the animated gecko in the Geico insurance company commercials, which is in fact voiced by British actor Jake Wood.

Warren helped in the production of digital storyboards (as a stand-in for Ewan McGregor) in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

He is also known for playing Dougie Raymond in the hard hitting British television series The Vice and Albert Blithe in HBO's blockbuster mini-series Band of Brothers. His first television role was in the long-running British television series Grange Hill. In 1996, Warren played Immortal Morgan D'Estaing in the season four Highlander: The Series episode "Double Jeopardy". In 2001 he appeared in the award winning television drama Men Only as Mac, the husband of Katie (Esther Hall). He played key supporting character Dominic Foy in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play.

He is probably most well known for his role as Danny Blue (a main character) in BBC TV Series Hustle from series 1-4.

In June 2006 he played the character Elton Pope in an episode of Doctor Who titled "Love & Monsters". This was a return to the show for Warren, as one of his earliest TV roles was as an uncredited extra in the 1989 Doctor Who story "Battlefield". In December 2006 he appeared as the crazed assassin Mr. Teatime in Sky1'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 movie, which aired in December, received viewing figures of 5.23 million.^[1] In 2007 he appeared as casino-operating villain Tony Crane in the second series of BBC drama Life on Mars. In December 2007, he played Mr. John Simpson in the BBC production of Ballet Shoes with Emilia Fox and Emma Watson.

In January 2008 Warren starred in the Messiah series (Messiah V: The Rapture) taking over the main role from Ken Stott. He played a small role as member of The Fraternity "the repairman" in the 2008 U.S. film Wanted.

In 2009 he will star in a revival of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman at the Curve Theatre in Leicester.

On 23 July 2008 it was revealed, on the Richard & Judy talk show, that Warren had been dating television personality and actress Abi Titmuss.

Warren joined Alexander Armstrong in lending his voice for the launch advertisements for Zurich Connect from July 2009.

X Factor Finalist and fourth runner-up from 2008 Diana Vickers was seen on This Morning on 5 October 2009 talking about her lead role on The Rise and Fall of Little Voice in which Warren will co-star. It will open in theatres in late 2009.

Partial filmography

• Captain Rymer – Sharpe's Company
• Ivo Steadman – No Night Is Too Long, (British/Danish/Canadian television production)
• Supervacuo – Revengers Tragedy
• Jimmy – Al's Lads
• Mr Johnathan Teatime – Terry Pratchett's Hogfather
• Dominic Foy – State of Play
• Billy – Principles of Lust
• Dr. Chris Singleton – Reversals
• Joey – Hellraiser: Deader
• Gary de Silva – Vincent (Episode one)
• Steve Dunham – Green Street
• Danny Blue – Hustle (2004-2007, 2010)
• Elton Pope – Doctor Who (episode "Love & Monsters")
• Pvt. Albert Blithe – Band of Brothers (Episode 1 "Currahee" & Episode 3 "Carentan")
• Count Dracula – Dracula
• The Red Baron – The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
• Meredith Blake – Poirot (season 11 episode 1 "Five little pigs")
• Tony Crane – Life on Mars ("Helpless")
• Edward Leaford – Oliver Twist (starring with Robert Lindsay and Keira Knightley)
• Tweedle-Dee – Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
• Mr Simpson – Ballet Shoes
• DCI Joseph Walker – Messiah V: The Rapture
• Philip Crowley – Burn Up
• The Repairman – Wanted (2008)
• Martin Grantham – Mutual Friends (2008)
• Simon – Intercom (2008)

References

External links

• Marc Warren at the Internet Movie Database