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- Mackenzie Crook, one of British comedy's best-known faces, who collected Star Wars figurines as a child, is now immortalized in plastic as a six-inch-high pirate action figure. He was born Paul Mackenzie Crook on September 29, 1971, in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. His father worked for British Airways. His mother was a hospital manager. He went to grammar school in Dartford, and did his first plays there. In the summers, he spent time with his uncle in Zimbabwe.
Young Mackenzie Crook expressed his creativity through painting and even copied a pre-Raphaelite's painting on to the back of his biker's jacket. He also joined a local youth theater. At the age of 18, he failed to secure a place at art college and turned to writing comedy sketches. Crook ended up working at Pizza Hut, and at hospitals. However, the principal of the youth theater believed in his potential and became his manager, guiding Crook to a career as a stand-up comedian. In 1996, he made his film debut in The Man Who Fell in Love with a Traffic Cone! (1996). In 1997, Crook was scouted by Bob Mortimer at the Edinburgh Festival. Soon he made his debut on television as a stand-up comedian on The 11 O'Clock Show (1998), then worked on other TV shows playing grotesques and exaggerated characters.
He shot to fame as Gareth Keenan, a quirky geek with a funny haircut in a TV hit comedy, The Office (2001), and earned himself a British Comedy Award nomination. He also was a member of the main cast of the BBC show "TV to Go" (2001)_. After that, Crook shared the screen with Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice (2004), with Heath Ledger in The Brothers Grimm (2005), and with Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland (2004). Depp bonded with Crook during the making of 'Neverland' and it was Depp who recommended him for the part of Ragetti, his best-known role, in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). Crook is also billed as Ragetti in the third installment of the 'Pirates' franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).
After having spent about a decade on a stand-up comedian circuit, Crook made a perfect tool out of that character-actor face and added experience to his effortless style. It is in the 'Pirates' trilogy that Mackenzie Crook had showed his funniest and widest variety of emotions, effortlessly shifting his facial expression from a deep philosophical pensiveness to a grotesque excitement, and from a comically exaggerated fear to such a gleeful exuberance while removing his wooden eyeball. For that particular scene he was wearing two contact lenses sandwiched on top of each other.
In 2004, Crook appeared as Billy Bibbit opposite Christian Slater in the West End stage production of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," which initially opened at Gielgud Theatre and then was shown at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival. At the same time, Crook has been writing a script for his own future project; he describes it as a period production that is set in London around the same period as the 'Pirates' movies.
Mackenzie Crook has been enjoying a happy family life with his wife, Lindsay, a former advertising executive and club owner, and their son Jude (born in 2003). He is fond of gardening and is also focused on maintaining an organic way of life. He resides with his family in Peter Sellers' old art-deco house in Muswell Hill, North London, England. - Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig is an English actress, narrator, and comedian. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom Black Books, Dr. Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing, Beverly Lincoln in British-American sitcom Episodes, and Jackie Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy-drama series Love Soup, Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers, Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma, and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of Tamara Drewe. In 2020, Greig starred as Anne Trenchard in Julian Fellowes' ITV series Belgravia.
Greig is also an acclaimed stage actress; she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2007 for "Much Ado About Nothing", and was nominated again in 2011 and 2015 for her roles in "The Little Dog Laughed" and "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown". - Actress
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Georgina Campbell was born in Maidstone, Kent, England. Georgina is an actor and producer, known for Barbarian (2022), Black Mirror (2011) and Bird Box: Barcelona (2023).- Tom Riley born 5 April 1981 is an English actor, producer and director. Riley was born in Maidstone, Kent. He became involved in drama in his hometown at the age of four, and spent his school years writing and directing plays. He attended Maidstone Grammar School. He studied English literature and drama at the University of Birmingham, graduating in 2002 with first class honours.[He then set up a small theatre company before starting a three-year acting course at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art completing his studies in 2005.
- Guy Henry is a British stage and screen actor. He is best-known for his roles in Rome (2005) and John Adams (2008). He trained at RADA (1979-1981). He has done most of his work at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). He does work on stage, TV, radio and film.
During a two year break from the BBC drama Holby City he learned to drive buses, sitting and passing the PCV test. He enjoys driving motor coaches when not acting. - Rudi has completed shooting the lead role in Wakefield, a new 8 part series for ABC, directed by Jocelyn Moorehouse for which he received an AACTA Best Leading Actor Nomination. He has also recently completed Role Play for Amazon, The Lazarus Project for Sky by Joe Barton, The Split season 3 by Abi Morgan and Great Expectations for Disney and BBC, produced by Ridley Scott and Tom Hardy. Most recently he completed The Collaborator playing the lead role of Kadian.
He grew up in Maidstone, Kent, attending Vinters Boys School and Invicta Grammar School. He then joined the National Youth Theatre. He was a former county table tennis player.
He has since performed in numerous productions at the National Theatre. In 2013 he played the male lead in David Greig's two-hander, The Events for the Young Vic. The Play won numerous awards and was voted The Guardian's best play of 2013.
He has since performed in plays at the Royal court and the Almeida Theatre. Notably Oresteia and Mary Stuart, the later of which was directed by Olivier Award winner Robert Icke. He played the male lead role of Mortimer alongside Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams. Both Oresteia and Mary Stuart both opened to huge critical acclaim.
He performed in the record breaking production of Hamlet at the Barbican in 2015 playing Guilderstern alongside Benedict Cumberbatch. - Actor
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Aaron Michael Sidwell (born 12 September 1988) is an English actor and singer. He is known for portraying the role of Steven Beale on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, originating the role of Michael Dork in Loserville in the West End and fronting his own pop group, The Boston Plan. He was also the first British actor to play Johnny in Green Day's American Idiot musical. Sidwell is a method actor, known for using the Stanislavski technique.- Actor
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Shaun Williamson was born on November 4, 1965 in Maidstone, Kent, England. He is an actor, known for EastEnders (1985), Scoop (2009) and The Invention of Lying (2009). He also starred alongside Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant in Extras (2005) and Life's Too Short (2011). He married Melanie in 1997 and they divorced in 2014. Shaun also has three children.- Actress
Liv Boeree was born on 18 July 1984 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Host (2020), FullTiltPoker.net Aussie Millions (2006) and A Jester's Tale (2006).- Noel Howlett was born on 22 December 1902 in Maidstone, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Please Sir! (1971) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). He died on 26 October 1984 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
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Andrew Clover was born in 1970 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Outlaw (2007), Ashes to Ashes (2008) and Woundings (1998).- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Chris Broad was born on 21 April 1990 in Maidstone, England. He is an editor and director, known for Natsuki: The Movie (2018), Journey Across Japan: Escape to Fuji (2020) and Abroad in Japan (2012).- Samantha Giles was born on 2 July 1971 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Where the Heart Is (1997) and Coronation Street (1960). She is married to Sean Pritchard. They have two children. She was previously married to Nick Moore.
- Anna Louise Mountford was born in Kent, UK, in 1973 to John Mountford a school teacher and head master and Joan Mountford. She is an only child.
Anna's first professional work was at age eighteen in the hit West End Musical "Starlight Express".
Her TV break through role came playing the lead (Suzanne Pryce) opposite Cockney bad boy Keith Allen in BBC prime time drama series Jack of Hearts (1999). This was followed by several years as a series regular on prime time hospital drama Holby City (1999).
She trained at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School where she graduated as Student of the Year and has worked regularly in TV, on Stage and in Film since then.
She has a son from her first marriage.
Anna is living and working in Los Angeles. - Production Manager
Carol McGiffin was born on 18 February 1960 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She is a production manager, known for Equinox (1986), Dispatches (1987) and Children in Need 2010 (2010). She has been married to Mark Cassidy since 8 February 2018. She was previously married to Chris Evans.- Steven Finch was born on 28 December 1961 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Worlds Beyond (1986), John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984) and Link (1986).
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Tony Hart was born on 15 October 1925 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The George Mitchell Choir: Around the World in Song (1962), Saturday Special (1951) and The Lenny the Lion Show (1957). He was married to Jean Hart. He died on 18 January 2009 in Shamley Green, Surrey, England, UK.- Olivia Lumley was born in 1981 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Outlaw (2007), Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006) and Private Moments (2005).
- Ian Gardiner began his life on the boards at Maidstone Grammar School during the Second World War, when as a member of the school's dramatic society he was called upon to play the lead in Henry V at the age of just 14. At that time, the young Ian, who was also vice-captain of the School's 1st XV, lived with his mother, Dr Anna Gardiner, a GP in Lenham.
Mr Gardiner, doubtless hoping his career might continue to parallel another young actor just making his name in the same role - one Larry Olivier - determined on a life in the theatre. His lucky break came in 1954 when he secured the juvenile lead in a West End production called The Love Match, where he played the son of Thora Hird and Arthur Askey. The title of the play proved rather prophetic, as it was there he met and married the female understudy, Janet Davies, whose own career later included playing the role of Pike's mother in Dad's Army.
He continued to work until 2000 when osteoarthritis and a knee replacement operation forced his retirement. - Robert Wyndham was born on 18 September 1905 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Champagne Charlie (1944), Dead of Night (1945) and Against the Wind (1948). He died on 19 August 1947 in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, England, UK.
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Adrian Getley was born on 30 April 1967 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Event Horizon (1997) and Resident Evil (2002).- Composer
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- Soundtrack
Mike Ratledge was born in April 1943 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is a composer, known for Crystal Gazing (1982), Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) and About Time (1985). He has been married to Marsha A. Hunt since 15 April 1967.- David Cromarty was born on 15 March 1981 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Day That Broke (2017), Kiss of the Moon (2009) and Gallifrey (2004).
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Nigel G Honey was born on 27 August 1976 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an editor, known for Distant Shadow (2000), Devil's Gate (2004) and Spinning Candyfloss (2000).- Andy Townsend was born on 23 July 1963 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Brothers Grimsby (2016), FIFA 15 (2014) and FIFA 13 (2012).
- Kenneth Mcreddie was born on 28 February 1941 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965), Love Story (1963) and The Power Game (1965). He was married to Rosemary Elliott. He died on 1 April 2020 in the UK.
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- Composer
Guy Fletcher was born on 24 May 1960 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Polar (2019), Away We Go (2009) and The Princess Bride (1987).- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Michael Croucher was born on 17 January 1930 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. Michael was a producer and director, known for Leap in the Dark (1973), Ten Years On (1973) and The Group (1965). Michael was married to Anne Adamson and Rosalind Croucher. Michael died on 26 May 2006 in Bristol, England, UK.- Phoebe Hawthorne was born on 15 September 1979 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Children of Men (2006) and Global Young People's Convocation 2010 (2010). She is married to Robin Stout.
- Robert Fisk was born on 12 July 1946 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He was a writer, known for This Is Not a Movie (2019), From Beirut to Bosnia (1993) and Notes to Eternity (2016). He was married to Lara Marlowe and Nelofer Pazira. He died on 30 October 2020 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Dexter Clift was born on 8 April 1998 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK.
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Andrew is an Olivier Nominated & award winning classically trained composer, producer & arranger. He is also the co-founder alongside Garry Hughes of the popular electronica/world music act Bombay Dub Orchestra.
In 2019 he scored the award-winning stage play adaption of 'Life of Pi' for The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, UK - Directed by Max Webster. The play adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti opened on Broadway in March 2023 after a successful run in London's West-End at the Wyndham Theatre. The filmed version by NT Live released in cinemas in March 2023. He also scored 'Henry V' starring Kit Harington at the Donmar also directed by Max Webster. The film version by National Theatre Live released in April 2022.
His music often fuses orchestral with folk and traditional elements of music from the film's region. His most recent films are multiple National Award-winning 'Hamid' by Aijaz Khan, the Marathi feature 'Raakshas' by Dnyanesh Zoting, 'The Music Teacher' by Sarthak Das Gupta as well as 'Long Live Brij Mohan' by Nikhil Bhat. Andrew also scored Sturla Gunnarsson's feature doc 'Monsoon' which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2014 and won the Peoples Choice Award for the best Canadian Film of 2014. In 2015 he scored Katherine Kingland's feature documentary 'In Rajasthan' which has gone on to win awards around the festival circuit.
His debut feature score for the film 'Little Box Of Sweets' by writer/director Meneka Das won the Grand Jury Award for Best Music at The South Asian International Film Festival of New York in 2008. He has also produced several films including the award winning short 'La Lune Folle' distributed by Shorts TV and streaming on Prime in the UK & US and 2022's 'We've Only Just Begun'' also by Meneka Das and as a producer is developing a slate of feature projects.
His company Bohemia Junction Ltd exclusively represents Abbey Road Studios for India, the Grand Philharmonic Orchestra (London) as well as the FAME'S Skopje Studio Orchestra and has recorded the scores for dozen's of Indian films over the last nine years from all regions of India including scores by the likes of AR Rahman and Santhosh Narayanan among many others.
He is the Director of India's first ever Composers Lab which started in 2013 as part Mumbai Film Festival in association with Abbey Road, PRS for Music UK and supported by BMI. He also co-curates Song Writing Camps in India and the UK working alongside the likes of BMI and APRA.- Producer
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Yvonne Littlewood was the first female producer and director for BBC Light Entertainment. Her first major work was as director of the only Eurovision Song Contest to be broadcast from BBC Television Centre in 1963.
Yvonne worked extensively with Petula Clark ,producing her BBC TV series "This is Petula Clark"(1966,1967), and "Sound of Petula" (1973,1974) as well as all of her BBC TV specials from 1967 to 1983. In addition ,Petula asked her to co-produce her NBC TV specials in the USA "Petula" (1968) and "Portrait of Petula" (1969).
Yvonne produced all of Nana Mouskouri's BBC TV series and specials from the late 60's to the early 80's which established Nana as a major star in the UK.
Yvonne is probably best known for producing the annual BBC TV Saturday night Val Doonican Shows for nearly 20 years ending in 1986.
In 1977 Yvonne produced "Perry Como's Olde English Christmas" produced by the BBC at the BBC TV Theatre in London for American Television also starring Petula Clark and Leo Sayer.
In 1986 ,Yvonne produced a Christmas show for James Galway called "Christmas Carol"- Roger Croucher was born in 1936 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Buddenbrooks (1965), BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960) and The Spread of the Eagle (1963). He died on 23 May 2022.
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- Producer
Janet Radenkovic was born in 1951 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She is a production manager and producer, known for The Woman in White (1982), P.O.V. (2000) and Pride and Prejudice (1995).- Jimmy Godden was born on 11 August 1879 in Maidstone, England, UK. He was an actor, known for My Wife''s Family (1931), Someone at the Door (1936) and My Song Goes Round the World (1934). He died on 5 March 1955 in Balham, London, England, UK.
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Lynnette Cummin was born on 22 October 1947 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She is a costume designer, known for Robin Hood (1984), Dick Turpin (1979) and Out of the Darkness (1985). She has been married to David Stephen Cummin since 1973.- Max Oddball was born on 30 May 1960 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Lovejoy (1986).
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- Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Naylor was born on 15 March 1973 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Planet of the Apes (2001), Berkeley (2005) and Reflections of Evil (2002).- Producer
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Robert Street was born on 19 May 1990 in Maidstone, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Treespiracy and Christspiracy (2024).- A.B. Facey was born on 31 August 1894 in Maidstone, Victoria, Australia. A.B. was a writer, known for A Fortunate Life and A Fortunate Life (1986). A.B. was married to Evelyn Mary Gibson. A.B. died on 11 February 1982 in Midland, Western Australia, Australia.
- Rachel Ellen Brewer was born in Maidstone, Kent, England in 1991. She grew up in Maidstone with her twin brother and her parents. Rachel began working in the insurance industry at the age of 19 but always loved to write. In 2012 she made the decision to attend Central Film School London. It was here where her love of screenwriting intensified. After completing her Diploma in Screenwriting, Rachel returned to full time employment in insurance. Finally, in 2019, her first short script was optioned.
Along with a love of screenwriting, Rachel plays football for a women's team and is a keen football follower in general. - Camera and Electrical Department
Albert Cowlard was born in 1923 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is known for Dragonslayer (1981), Paranoiac (1963) and Up the Junction (1968).- David Parker was born on 28 May 1940 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He died on 2 February 2013 in London, England, UK.
- Alessia Russo was born on 8 February 1999 in Maidstone, England.
- Sheila Douglas-Pennant was born on 11 January 1918 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Bob's Your Uncle (1949), Cabaret (1936) and Re-View (1937). She died on 30 March 1982 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
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- Actor
Andrew Michael Jolley was born on 23 January 1983 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Gangster No. 1 (2000), Essex Boys (2000) and Maybe Baby (2000).- Lucy Leech was born on 12 November 1994 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Love Online (2020).
- Camera and Electrical Department
Neil Tomlin was born on 10 April 1978 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. He is known for Inception (2010), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014).- Script and Continuity Department
Jo Joy was born on 13 November 1984 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. She is known for The Tape (2005).