Eddie Marsan | |
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Born | Edward Maurice Charles Marsan 9 June 1968
Stepney, London, England |
Alma mater | Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse |
Janine Schneider
(
m. 2002) |
Children | 4 |
Edward Maurice Charles Marsan (born 9 June 1968) is an English actor. He won the London Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).
He has featured in films such as Gangster No. 1 (2000), V for Vendetta (2006), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Sixty Six (2006), Hancock (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), War Horse (2011), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), The Best of Men (2012), The World's End (2013), Still Life (2013), The Exception (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Vice (2018). His major TV credits include his role as Terry in Showtime's Ray Donovan (2013–2020), as Mr Norrell in the BBC drama Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015) and Ultimate Force (2002).
Marsan was born on 9 June 1968 [1] in the Stepney district of London, to a working-class family; his father was a lorry driver and his mother was a school dinner lady and teacher's assistant. [2] [3] He was brought up in Bethnal Green and attended Raine's Foundation School. [4] He left school at 16 and initially served an apprenticeship as a printer before beginning his career in theatre. [3]
He trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating in 1991, [5] and went on to study under Sam Kogan [6] at the Kogan Academy of Dramatic Arts, [7] now known as The School of the Science of Acting, [7] of which Marsan is now a patron. [8]
Marsan's first television appearance was in 1992, as a " yob" in the London Weekend Television series The Piglet Files. One of his more significant early television appearances was in the popular mid-1990s BBC sitcom Game On as an escaped convict who was an old flame of Mandy's. Marsan went on to have roles in Casualty, The Bill, Grass, Kavanagh QC, Grange Hill, Silent Witness, Ultimate Force, Southcliffe, [9] and more. He also voiced the Manticore in the Merlin episode " Love in the Time of Dragons". [10]
In 2012, he portrayed Terry Donovan, brother to the lead character in 7 series and 82 episodes of Showtime's drama series Ray Donovan. [9] The same year he played Ludwig Guttmann in the television film The Best of Men. In May 2015, Marsan appeared as the practical magician Gilbert Norrell in the BBC period drama Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. [11]
Marsan has appeared in numerous and varied film roles. His roles include the main villain in the 2008 superhero film Hancock alongside Will Smith and as Inspector Lestrade in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. His other films include Sixty Six, Gangs of New York, [9] 21 Grams, The Illusionist, [9] V for Vendetta, Gangster No. 1, Miami Vice, Mission: Impossible III, I Want Candy, Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky, [9] Filth, Tyrannosaur [9] and Heartless. [12]
In 2021, Marsan appeared as anti-Fascist activist Soly Malinovsky in the television adaptation of the novel Ridley Road. [13] In 2022, Marsan played the real-life role of John Darwin, in The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe.
In January 2023, it was announced that Marsan was added to the cast of the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black and would be playing Winehouse's father Mitch Winehouse. [14]
Marsan married make-up artist Janine Schneider in 2002. They have four children. [15] Marsan is a humanist and was appointed a patron of Humanists UK in 2015. [16]
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992–1996 | The Bill | Martin Price/Roy Kilby/Dean Stacey/Gary Vaughan | 4 episodes |
1992 | The Piglet Files | Yob | Episode: "Sex, Spies and Videotape" |
1996 | Casualty | Rick Grant | Episode: "Chain Reactions" |
1996 | EastEnders | Roddy | 1 episode |
1996 | Game On | Stoat | Episode: "Heavy Bondage & Custard Creams" |
1996–1998 | Grange Hill | Andy Sutcliffe/Eddie Sutcliffe | 3 episodes |
1997 | Get Well Soon | Brian Clapton | Main cast, 6 episodes |
1997 | Kavanagh QC | Ian Vincent | Episode: "The Ties That Bind" |
1999 | The Vice | Rhys | 2 episodes |
2000 | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Ronald Quincy | Episode: "The Worsted Viper" |
2001 | The Monkey King | Pigsy | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
2002 | Ultimate Force | Badger | Episode: "The Killing House" |
2002 | Judge John Deed | Ed Hay | Episode: "Nobody's Fool" |
2003 | Grass | Sunshine | 3 episodes |
2003 | Charles II: The Power and the Passion | Titus Oates | Episode #1.4 |
2004 | Coming Up | Martin | Episode: "The Baader Meinhoff Gang Show" |
2004 | Quite Ugly One Morning | Stephen Lime | Television film |
2004 | Silent Witness | Derek Portnoy | 2 episodes |
2006 | Friends and Crocodiles | Martin Butterworth | Television film |
2008 | God on Trial | Lieble | Television film |
2008 | Little Dorrit | Pancks | Miniseries, 12 episodes |
2008 | The 39 Steps | Scudder | Television film |
2009 | Criminal Justice | Saul | Main cast, 5 episodes |
2009–2010 | Law & Order: UK | Jason Peters | 2 episodes |
2010 | Merlin | The Manticore (voice) | Episode: "Love in the Time of Dragons" |
2010 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Mr White | 2 episodes |
2011 | Moby Dick | Stubb | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
2012 | Playhouse Presents | The Intruder | Episode: "Walking the Dogs" |
2012 | The Best of Men | Ludwig Guttmann | Television film |
2013–2020 | Ray Donovan | Terry Donovan | Main cast, 80 episodes |
2013 | Southcliffe | Andrew Salter | 4 episodes |
2015 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Gilbert Norrell | Miniseries, 7 episodes |
2015 | River | Thomas Neill Cream | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
2015 | Hunted | Narrator (voice) | Reality television series |
2016 | Galavant | Death | Episode: "Love and Death" |
2017 | Urban Myths | Bob Dylan | Episode: "Bob Dylan: Knockin' on Dave's Door" |
2018 | Indian Summer School | Narrator (voice) | Reality television series, 3 episodes |
2021 | The Pact | Arwel Evans | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
2021 | Deceit | Paul Britton | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
2021 | Ridley Road | Soly Malinovsky | 4 episodes |
2022 | Ray Donovan: The Movie | Terry Donovan | Television film |
2022 | The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe | John Darwin | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
2023 | The Power | Bernie Monke | Main role |
2023 | The Winter King | Uther Pendragon | Season 1, episodes 1 and 2 |
2024 | Franklin † | John Adams | Upcoming miniseries |
TBA | Lockerbie† | Filming [20] |
Year | Title | Role |
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2020 | Deathtrap Dungeon | Narrator |