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Oliver Dimsdale

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, he was brought up in Hertfordshire. Dimsdale is the son of aSwiss mother. He has a sister, Anna. He developed a stammer at age six which he has since partially brought under control through speech therapy. Dimsdale attended the Dragon School and then Eton College, and went on to study French and Economics at university. He trained atGuildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1999. Dimsdale began his performing career at the age of thirteen in a radio play for the BBC. He has lent his voice to the radio productions In The Company of Men and Sharp Focus. His film credits include RocknRolla (2008), Cosi (2010) and the short film Pest. On television, he played the lead roles of Louis Trevelyan in the 2004 adaptation of He Knew He Was Right, and Dr Felix Quinn in the 2008 ITV1 medical drama Harley Street. He has also made guest appearances in Doctors, Casualty and Lark Rise to Candleford. Dimsdale is the co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Filter Theatre. His theatre work includes Great Expectations, The Changeling, Five Finger Exercise and The Tempest. Dimsdale married actress Zoe Tapper on 30 December 2008. In April 2011, she gave birth to their daughter, Ava. Dimsdale won Best Fringe Performer in the 2002 Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, for theRoyal Exchange performance of Paul Herzberg’s The Dead Wait.


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Born:
Oct 28, 1972
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the movie Byron 2003-09-27
Latest Project:
Series The Last Czars 2019-07-03
Known For
Poster of The Fold
Poster of Ambassadors
Poster of Law & Order: UK
Poster of Nostradamus
Filmography
Series The Last Czars Pierre 2019-07-03
Movie Zoo Radio Voice 2018-10-05
Movie Journey's End Adjutant 2017-12-14
Movie The Fold Daniel 2014-03-28
Movie Good People Superintendent Ray Martin 2014-08-12
Series Utopia Greg Ashby 2013-01-15
Series Count Arthur Strong Simon 2013-07-08
Series Ambassadors French Ambassador 2013-10-23
Movie First Night Phillip 2010-10-13
Movie Breaking the Mould Ernst Chain 2009-07-29
Series Law & Order: UK Unknown 2009-02-23
Series Harley Street 2008-07-17
Series Lark Rise to Candleford Unknown 2008-01-13
Movie RocknRolla Posh Man In Shorts 2008-09-04
Series Fallen Angel Michael 2007-03-11
Movie Nostradamus Michel Nostradamus 2006-05-17
Series He Knew He Was Right Louis Trevelyan 2004-04-18
Movie Byron Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003-09-27