René Zagger

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René Zagger
Zagger as PC Nick Klein
Birth name	René Zagger
Born	1 June 1973 Leytonstone, London England
Other name(s)	Rene Zagger
Notable roles	PC Nick Klein (The Bill)

René Zagger (b. 1 June 1973) in London. He is a British actor who is probably most well known for playing PC Nick Klein in The Bill from 1999 to 2004 and he has guest starred in Casualty, and Wycliffe.

[edit] Background

He is an avid football fan, supporting both Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient FC. His father is of Russian-Polish ancestry and his mother is of Spanish-Portuguese ancestry^[1]. Zagger was raised a practising Jew by his parents but now considers himself to be more traditionalist^[2]. While attending school his interest in acting began affecting his attendance, so the headmaster suggested that he move to an acting school. he left his school and enrolled at Italia Conti School of Performing Arts.

[edit] Career

Zagger's first professional acting role was portraying a young Marti Pellow in the Wet Wet Wet music video I remember^[3]. Other roles soon followed, from 1990-1991 Zagger played Mike Bentley in the children's TV drama Grange Hill, and later in 1991 he played the role of Razors in the Granada Television series Up the Garden Path. He also had several guest roles in Minder, Casualty, Wycliffe, Dangerous Lady and The Bill.

In 1999 Zagger auditioned for the role of Dale Smith in The Bill. He was unsuccessful in winning the role but the character of PC Nick Klein was created for him. Zagger remained in the role of Nick Klein for five years. Zagger left the series and took the role of Antipholus of Syracuse in the Stafford festival's production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

In 2006, Zagger filmed the historical drama, O Jerusalem, and vampire-horror film Night Junkies with Giles Alderson and Katia Winter. O Jerusalem is scheduled to premiere in France on October 18, and Night Junkies is scheduled for December release.