Oliver Dimsdale (born 28 October 1972)[1] is an English actor, known for portraying Louis Trevelyan in the BBC TV serial He Knew He Was Right and Daniel Marlowe in Grantchester.
Oliver Dimsdale | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 October 1972 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse | Zoë Tapper (2008–present) |
| Children | 1 |
Early life and education
editBorn in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, he was brought up in Hertfordshire. Dimsdale is the son of a Swiss mother.[2] He has a sister, Anna.[3] He developed a stammer at the age of six, which he has since partially brought under control through speech therapy.[2] Dimsdale attended the Dragon School and then Eton College,[4] and went on to study French and Economics at university.[2] He trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1999.[5]
Career
editDimsdale began his performing career at the age of thirteen in a radio play for the BBC.[2] He has lent his voice to the radio productions In The Company of Men and Sharp Focus.[6] 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. Since 2016, he has played Daniel Marlowe in Grantchester.
Dimsdale is the co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Filter Theatre.[6] His theatre work includes Great Expectations, The Changeling, Five Finger Exercise and The Tempest.[6]
Personal life
editDimsdale married actress Zoë Tapper on 30 December 2008.[7] In April 2011, she gave birth to their daughter.
Awards
editDimsdale won Best Fringe Performer in the 2002 Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, for the Royal Exchange performance of Paul Herzberg's The Dead Wait.[6][8]
Filmography
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Doctors | James Byford | 1 episode: Thin Ice |
| 2003 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Mark Penellin | 1 episode: "A Suitable Vengeance" |
| 2003 | Byron | Percy Bysshe Shelley | TV film |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Louis Trevelyan | |
| 2005 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Danny Latimer | 2 episodes: "Dead Meat", (Parts One and Two) |
| 2005 | Casualty | Michael Mallins | 1 episode: "And On That Farm" |
| 2006 | Nostradamus | Michael Nostradamus | TV film |
| 2007 | Fallen Angel | Michael Appleton | |
| 2008 | Harley Street | Dr Felix Quinn | |
| 2009 | Lark Rise to Candleford | George Ellison | 1 episode: Episode 2.4 |
| 2009 | Breaking the Mould | Ernst Chain | TV film |
| 2013 | Ambassadors | French Ambassador | TV series |
| 2013 | Downton Abbey (Christmas episode) | The Prince of Wales | TV series |
| 2016 | Father Brown | Ned Le Broc | Episode 4.7 "The Missing Man" |
| 2016 | Mr Selfridge | Mr. Keen | Episodes 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10 |
| 2016 - present | Grantchester | Daniel Marlowe | Recurring |
| 2019 | The Last Czars | Pierre Gilliard | 6 Episodes - Netflix docu-drama[9] |
Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Pest | Jonathan Kitcher | Short film |
| 2008 | RocknRolla | Posh Man in Shorts | |
| 2010 | Cosi | Phillip | |
| 2011 | What You Will | Sir Toby Belch | Mockumentary |
| 2014 | Good People | Supt Ray Martin |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | Stephen Appleton | Voice role |
Theatre
edit- Water, Lyric Hammersmith, October - November 2007[10]
- Pravda, Chichester Festival Theatre, September 2006 (playing Andrew May)[10]
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Cottesloe Theatre, March - April 2006, (playing Fat Prince)[10]
- Twelfth Night, Tricycle Theatre, September 2008 (playing Toby Belch)[10]
References
edit- ^ Debrett's People of Today, Oliver Dimsdale, Esq Profile Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-03-25.
- ^ a b c d "He Knew He Was Right" press pack: Oliver Dimsdale - Louis Trevelyan BBC Press Office. 2004-03-30.
- ^ "Introducing Great Expectations" (PDF). Royal Exchange Theatre. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ Eton College – Famous Old Etonians – Drama See relevant listing.
- ^ Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Acting graduates include… Archived 27 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine See relevant listing.
- ^ a b c d Chichester Festival Theatre: What’s On: Oliver Dimsdale
- ^ Didcock, Barry. "Free spirit: Zoe Tapper". Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ Nominations for the M.E.N Theatre Awards 2002-11-15. Retrieved on 2009-06-29.
- ^ Power, Ed (3 July 2019) "The Last Czars, Netflix review: no bad wigs here – this Romanovs docu-drama has a Crown-sized budget". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2020
- ^ a b c d Oliver Dimsdale | London Theatre Database