Bruno Langley

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Bruno Langley
as Adam Mitchell in Doctor Who
Born	March 21, 1983 (age 24)
Notable roles	Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street

Bruno Langley (born March 21, 1983) is a British actor from Buxton, England.

Langley is originally from Derbyshire, his father is a native of New Zealand. His younger sister Edith (Edie) also wishes to pursue a career in acting.

From 2001 to 2004, Langley played the character of Todd Grimshaw in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. As the first openly gay character on the show, Langley developed a large gay following.

After leaving Coronation Street, he has gone on to play other roles, such as the part of Adam Mitchell in the 2005 series of Doctor Who with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, appearing in two episodes, Dalek and The Long Game. He also filmed a small role in the feature film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, released in June 2005, an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe, the little seen film Halal Harry, read Horace for BBC Radio 7 and provided an audio commentary for the Doctor Who episodes Dalek and The Long Game.

In the summer of 2005, Langley appeared in an acclaimed run of Romeo and Juliet opposite fellow Soap opera alumna Scarlett Johnson at Stafford Castle and on 30 October 2005 he appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in the play Night Sky alongside Christopher Eccleston, Navin Chowdhry, David Warner, Saffron Burrows and David Baddiel.

In Spring 2006, Langley appeared in Life imitates Art at the Camden Peoples Theatre. In 2006, Langley was seen in a production of A Taste of Honey which toured the UK extensively and played a short run at the Richmond Theatre. At present (April 2007) he is working as a barman in Manchester between acting jobs.