Spencer Leigh (actor)

Spencer Leigh
Born c. 1963 (age 54–55)
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Occupation Actor
Years active 1983–1992, 2012–

Spencer Leigh (born circa 1963)[1] is an English TV and film actor.

Born and raised in Liverpool, Lancashire, he became interested in the theatre and joined the Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre soon after it opened in Liverpool. Fellow theatre student David Morrissey and he were chosen by Yorkshire Television to play as two poverty-stricken kids in the drama miniseries One Summer.[1]

He has since appeared in various TV and film roles, including in several films directed by Derek Jarman, and in the premiere episode of the TV detective drama Inspector Morse, wherein he played as a university student involved in a murder investigation.[2] In the 1980s, he was considered one of the "Brit Pack".[3] He moved to the United States in the early 1990s, where he worked with music video producer Jake Scott, then directing TV commercials.[4] Currently, he is working with Criterion on documentary material for the Merchant Ivory Collection.[4]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1983One SummerIcky HigsonTV series (all 5 episodes)
1986CaravaggioJerusaleme
Smart MoneyLeon
1987Inspector MorseNed MurdochTV series ("The Dead of Jericho")
Prick Up Your EarsConstable
First SightColinTV series ("Leaving Home")
AriaYoung Man(segment "Depuis le jour")
Knights of GodBrother WilsonTV series
1988L'ispirazioneUnnamed RoleShort film by Derek Jarman
The Last of EnglandSoldier and various other roles
Young ToscaniniHeckler(known in Italian as Il giovane Toscanini)
1989War RequiemSoldier 1
HannayVermilion ThorpeTV series ("That Rough Music")
StraplessHus
1990The GardenMary Magdalene / Adam
CasualtyGarry SalterTV series (Series 5, "Street Life")
BoonIan GoranTV series ("Thicker Than Water")
1992Between the LinesDave PotterTV series ("Nothing Personal")
2012HitchcockNunzio

References

  1. 1 2 "Publicity release". One Summer fansite. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Spencer Leigh on IMDb
  3. ↑ "Interview - The Brit Pack". The Face Magazine. January 1987. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Main Cast". One Summer fansite. Retrieved 30 December 2011.


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