Rory Jennings

Rory Jennings
Born (1983-07-20) 20 July 1983
London, United Kingdom
Occupation Actor

Rory Jennings (born 20 July 1983)[1] is a British actor. He played Craig Dixon in the BBC soap opera EastEnders appearing on screen between 27 July and 7 September 2007.

Early life

Jennings was born in London, England. He has been acting since the age of ten. As a child actor he trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School;, he took a break from acting in 2001 to study Politics at the University of Liverpool.[2]

Career

Since his graduation in 2004, he has been acting regularly on screen, radio and in theatre, often in roles far below his actual age due to his youthful appearance.

Theatre

His theatre credits include: Transgression (National Theatre), Gong Donkeys (Bush Theatre)[3][4][5] and Heaven Eyes (Edinburgh Festival).

Television

Jennings' drama credits includes: Urban Gothic (Urban Gothic Prods), Randall and Hopkirk (Ghost Productions), The Wings of Angels (BBC), The Affair (Anglia/HBO),[6] Watch (Spelthorne Prod/BBC), Casualty (BBC), The Fast Show (BBC), Tom's Midnight Garden (BBC), All About George (ITV), Brief Encounters (BBC), Jericho (ITV), Doctor Who (BBC) The Idiots Lantern and The Good Housekeeping Guide (BBC). Eastenders (BBC), The Bill (ITV)[7] and in September 2008, he appears in "Harry and Paul" (BBC).

Film

Jennings' film credits include: The People's Princess (Parma Pictures),[8] Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Columbia Tristar) and Fatherland (HBO).[9][10]

Commercials

'The People's Post Office' advert for the Post Office, directed by Armando Iannucci.[11]

Radio

His radio and audio credits include: Just Prose (BBC Radio 3), Feelings Under Siege (BBC Northern Ireland) and I, Davros (Big Finish Productions), in which he played the iconic Doctor Who villain Davros during his youth.

Music video

He appears as a teenage boy on a drug influenced trip in the Chemical Brothers' music video for "The Salmon Dance".

YouTube

Jennings is a supporter of Chelsea Football Club. He appeared regularly as a presenter on the 'ChelseaFansChannel' on YouTube which was a channel created in January 2014. He is now a presenter of a similar channel called 'CFC FANTV'.[12]

References

  1. "Rory Jennings". Tya-talented.tripod.com. 1983-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  2. 17:50, 2 SEP 2015Updated17:54, 2 SEP 2015 (2015-09-02). "Liverpool universities' famous students". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  3. Wolf, Matt (2004-11-24). "A puzzle of sexual obsession". The New York Times.
  4. "Hilarity edged by horror". London: Telegraph. 2004-11-09. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  5. Aleks Sierz (2004-11-08). "The Stage / Reviews / Gong Donkeys". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  6. "The-Affair - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  7. "The Bill | Ep631 First Strike Wk41 - ITV Press Centre". Itv.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  8. "The Telegraph-Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  9. "Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  10. O'Connor, John J. (1994-11-25). "TV WEEKEND; Awkward Questions After the Nazis Won - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  11. Mark Sweney (2007-10-12). "Joan Collins stars in Post Office ad | Media". London: MediaGuardian. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  12. "Chelsea fan releases impassioned response to Paris Metro racism video - Independent.ie".


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