Ray Fearon

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Ray Fearon (born, 1967 in London, England) is a British actor. He was one of eight children, and was a junior professional tennis player in his early teens. He has played roles in Coronation Street (as Nathan Harding) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (as Firenze the centaur). He was taught drama by Janet Amsden and at Rose Bruford College. Fearon is currently dating Australian supermodel Elle McPherson.

He appeared in the 2006 series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Camilla Dallerup, but was voted out in Week 6, and has been linked with a villianous role in an episode of the third 'new' series of Doctor Who.

[edit] Theatre Work

He made his reputation as a great stage actor, working at: Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Manchester Contact Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, Oxford Playhouse, Barn Theatre, Kent, The Almeida, The Crucible Sheffield, The Donmar Warehouse, The Royal Shakespeare Theatres in Stratford and the National Theatre. He has also toured in the United States and Europe.

His early stage roles included: Othello in Othello in Liverpool at the age of 24, Charles Surface in The School for Scandal, Betty/Martin in Cloud Nine, Longaville in Love's Labour's Lost, Ferdinand in The Tempest, Pete in Blues for Mr Charlie.

His early theatre work in London included, Hugo/Frederick in Ring Round the Moon at the Lilian Baylis Theatre, the title role in The Invisible Man at the Bridewell Theatre - his one-man show, Pierre in Venice Preserv'd at the Almeida.

He has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company in their Stratford and London theatres and on tour, appearing as the First Knight and First Tempter in Murder in the Cathedral (1993), Stubb in Moby Dick (1993), the Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice (1994), Brachiano in The White Devil (1994), Paris in Troilus and Cressida (1996), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1997), Othello in Othello (1999), the Marquis of Posa in Don Carlos (1999) and Pericles in Pericles (2002).

In 2003 he made a notable Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. In 2004 he appeared in as Jean Kiyabe in World Music by Steve Waters at the Donmar Warehouse and in the same year at the National Theatre as Mark in Sing Yer Hearts Out for the Lads by Roy Williams.

[edit] Selected Film & TV

Film	Year	Notes
Hamlet	1996
A Christmas Carol	2000
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	2001
Outside the Rules	2002
The As If Series	2002	T.V episode
Walking on Water	2003	T.V episode
Alpha Male	2003	T.V episode
Coronation Street	2005	T.V episode
Doctor Who (Rumoured)	2007	T.V episode