Craig Roberts

Craig Roberts
Born 21 January 1991 (1991-01-21) (age 21)
Maesycwmmer, Wales, UK
Occupation actor

Craig Roberts (born 21 January 1991) is a Welsh actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of Oliver Tate in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film Submarine, and for playing the character Rio in The Story of Tracy Beaker.

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Life and Career

Roberts was born in Maesycwmmer, Wales.

He has appeared in Young Dracula, Care and Casualty.

Roberts appeared in the pantomime 'Snow White' in Worthing, where he played the evil queen's sidekick 'Drax' in January 2009. In 2008 he worked with Y Touring Theatre Company where he played the part of 'Ryan' in a UK national tour of 'Full Time'[1] which was a play that explores issues of racism, sexism and homophobia in football. He also appeared in the BBC Three television show Being Human and the online spin-off series Becoming Human as Adam.

Roberts starred in the 2010 film Submarine[2] which also stars Paddy Considine and Yasmin Paige.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2000 Care Craig, Pauline's Child TV movie
2003 Little Pudding TV movie
2004 The Story of Tracy Beaker Rio TV series (2 series 2004-2006)
2005 Kiddo Jay TV movie
Casualty Darren Smith/Jordan Philpot TV series (2 episodes: 2005-2008)
2006 Scratching Mike short
Young Dracula Robin Branagh TV series (27 episodes: 2006-2008)
2010 Submarine Oliver Tate
2011 Being Human Adam TV series (1 episode: "Adam's Family")
Becoming Human Adam TV series
Jane Eyre John Reed
2012 Red Lights post-production
The First Time Arthur Goldberg pre-production
Comes A Bright Day Sam Smith post-production

References

  1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Touring_Theatre_Company
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440292/

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