Vas Blackwood
| Vas Blackwood | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Vasta R. Blackwood 17 January 1962 St. Pancras, London, England |
| Occupation | actor |
Vasta R. Blackwood (born 17 January 1962, St. Pancras, London, England) is an English television and film actor.
Blackwood played Lenny Henry's sidekick Winston Churchill in The Lenny Henry Show (1987) and David Sinclair in Casualty (1996–97). Since playing Rory Breaker in the hit film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) he has had a number of film roles, including Mean Machine (2001), 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002) and Creep (2004). In 2005 he appeared in A Bear's Tail, a spin off of Bo' Selecta!. He also made an appearance as Lennox Gilbey in Only Fools and Horses.
In 2008 he did voiceover work on the video game Fable II.
In 2013 he did voiceover work on a Tesco advertisement, this was launched and played on various different channels within the United Kingdom in the Summer period.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Annika | Alan | Television miniseries |
| 1984 | Arthur's Hallowed Ground | Henry | Television film |
| 1986 | Only Fools and Horses | Lennox Gilbey | BBC comedy series (1 episode: "Series 5, Episode 3 - 'The Longest Night'") |
| 1987-88 | The Lenny Henry Show | Winston | Television series (12 episodes) |
| 1989 | In Sickness and in Health | Pele | Television series (4 episodes) |
| 1990-92 | Spatz | Dexter Williams | Television series (33 episodes) |
| 1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Rory Breaker | |
| 1998 | Babymother | Caeser | Television film |
| 2001 | Mean Machine | Massive | |
| 2002 | The Escapist | Vin | |
| 2002 | Fun at the Funeral Parlour | Coltrane Benz | |
| 2002 | 9 Dead Gay Guys | Donkey-Dick Dark | |
| 2003 | Trouble with Men and Women, TheThe Trouble with Men and Women | Travis | |
| 2003 | One Love | Scarface | |
| 2004 | Creep | George | |
| 2006 | Rollin' with the Nines | Finny | |
| 2007-08 | My Spy Family | Des | Television series (5 episodes) |
| 2008 | Daylight Robbery | Lucky | |
| 2011 | Mercenaries | Zac | Post-production |
| 2012 | Offender | Detective Boaz | |
| 2012 | All God's Children |