Will Sharpe
Will Sharpe | |
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Born |
William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe 22 September 1986 Camden, London |
Occupation | Actor, Writer, Director |
Years active | 1998-present |
Will Sharpe (born William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe; 22 September 1986) is a British-Japanese actor, writer and director:
Background
Sharpe read Classics at the University of Cambridge, where he was the president of the Footlights Revue. He graduated in 2008 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for their 2008/2009 season. Sharpe spent a year at the RSC and appeared in such plays as The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice and The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes, in which he played a young Isaac Newton. He played the character of Yuki Reid in BBC medical drama Casualty.
In 2009, he directed and co-wrote, along with his friend Tom Kingsley, a short film Cockroach. The pair's first feature-length film, Black Pond, starring Chris Langham, was shown at The Prince Charles Cinema from November 2011.[1][2]
in 2011, he starred in the adverts for LOVEFiLM as the negotiator.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Dirk Gently | David Cho | TV series - Episode 2 |
2011 | Sherlock | Lyons | The Hounds of Baskerville |
2011 | Black Pond | Tim | Feature Film |
2011 | Sirens | Student | Channel 4 Comedy Drama |
2009 | Casualty | Yuki Reid | 2009-2011 |
Cockroach | Kiyoshi | Writer, director | |
2008 | The Wrong Door | Various | Three episodes |
2008 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | — | Writer |
References
- ↑ Macnab, Geoffrey (2011-10-03). "First Night: Black Pond, Raindance Festival, London". The Independent. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ↑ Aitkenhead, Decca (2011-09-26). "Chris Langham: 'Everyone wants to see me working again, but nobody wants to hire me'". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2011.