Marc Warren

Marc Warren (born 20 March 1967)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an English actor, known for his British television roles. His roles have included Albert Blithe in Band of Brothers (2001), Danny Blue in Hustle (2003-2007), Dougie Raymond in The Vice, Dominic Foy in State of Play, Rick in Mad Dogs (2011-2013), the Comte de Rochefort in The Musketeers (2015), the Gentleman in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015), and Piet Van Der Valk in TV series Van Der Valk (2020). Other notable credits include Burn Up (2008), and Snatch (2017).

Early life and education

Warren and his family moved from Northamptonshire to Farnborough, Hampshire in 1979. He attended Cove Senior School for two years before moving back to Northampton in 1982.<ref name =hampshire>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He studied drama at the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, but left without graduating after being asked to play "the colour orange".<ref name="inews">Template:Cite news</ref>

Career

Theatre

Warren made his professional debut in May 1986, when he appeared at The Northampton Theatre Royal in Stags and Hens.<ref name="inews"/> He was a member of the National Youth Theatre,<ref name="inews"/> and he played Billy Casper in Kes at the Birmingham Rep studio, and UK tour, directed by John Herriman for the Snap Theatre Company.<ref name="tap">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1991, he played the role of 'Lot' in a production of Kingdom of Earth at the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, Hampshire.<ref name="theatre">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November 1991, he played Jem, in To Kill a Mockingbird, at the York Theatre Royal.<ref name="theatre"/>

He starred in a revival of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman at Leicester's Curve Theatre in 2009, playing Katurian, for which he was nominated for a TMA award for 'Best performance in a Play'.<ref name="tma">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The same year, he starred as Ray Say in a West End revival of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice alongside Diana Vickers and Lesley Sharp.<ref name="tap"/> To promote the play, he wrote a series of articles for The Guardian, titled "Marc Warren's Little Voice diary",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and appeared on The One Show.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Warren returned to the theatre in September 2011, playing the charismatic rebel protagonist in Emma Reeves' new adaptation of Donn Pearce's novel Cool Hand Luke, at London's Aldwych Theatre.<ref name="stage">Template:Cite news</ref>

Film and television

Warren's first major film breakthrough was the 1992 BBC film An Ungentlemanly Act, in which he played Tony Hunt, alongside Ian Richardson.<ref name="tap"/> He appeared in Grange Hill in the early 1990s as schoolboy Thomas Rankin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He starred in the 1995 British drama film Boston Kickout,<ref name="tap"/> and played immortal Morgan D'Estaing in the season four Highlander episode "Double Jeopardy" in 1996.<ref name="tv"/> He played Police Constable Dougie Raymond in the British television series The Vice,<ref name="tv">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Albert Blithe in HBO's 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.<ref name="tv"/>

In 2000, he was presented with a Royal Television Society award for his role as Monks in the ITV production of Oliver Twist. He appeared in the 2001 television drama Men Only as Mac, the husband of Katie (Esther Hall). In 2002, he played Dr. Ivo Steadman in No Night Is Too Long, a British film adapted from the novel of the same name. He played key supporting character Dominic Foy in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play. Between 2004 and 2007, he played Danny Blue (a main character) in the BBC TV series Hustle (series 1 to 4).<ref name="tap"/>

In June 2006, Warren played the character Elton Pope in the Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters".<ref name="tap"/> In December of that year, he appeared as the crazed assassin Mr. Teatime in Sky One's adaptation of Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. The same month, he played Count Dracula in a new adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel, produced by ITV Productions for BBC Wales. The TV film, which aired in December, received viewing figures of 5.23 million.<ref>Profile Template:Webarchive, BARB.co.uk; accessed 30 November 2015.</ref>

In February 2007, he appeared as casino-operating villain Tony Crane in the second series of BBC drama Life on Mars.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In December of the same year, he played Mr. John Simpson in the BBC production of Ballet Shoes with Emilia Fox and Emma Watson. In January 2008, he starred in the Messiah series Messiah V: The Rapture, taking over the main role from Ken Stott. He played the Repairman, a member of The Fraternity, in the 2008 film Wanted.<ref name="tap"/>

He won 'Overall Best Actor' at the 2009 Rome Fiction Festival, for his performance as Philip Crowley in Burn Up (2008).<ref name="rome"/>

In May 2010, Warren played Steve Strange in Worried About the Boy, a BBC production about the life of Boy George.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The following year, he initiated and starred in a new Sky One production, Mad Dogs (alongside Max Beesley, Philip Glenister and John Simm), which eventually ran to fourteen episodes over four series.<ref name="mad">Template:Cite news</ref>

He reprised his role of Danny Blue for the final episode of Hustle (series 8) in 2012. That same year, he joined the cast of the American drama The Good Wife in the recurring role of Kalinda Sharma's estranged husband.<ref name="nyt">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name =hampshire/> He played Rochefort in the BBC drama The Musketeers, and appeared as The Gentleman in the BBC's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell alongside Eddie Marsan.<ref name="inews"/><ref name =hampshire/>

From 2020, Warren starred as the title character in the ITV reboot of the '70s detective series Van der Valk.<ref name="inews"/> The fourth series went to air in August 2024.<ref name="h633">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Advertising

In 2009, Warren voiced "Orange" in a UK advertising campaign for Zurich Insurance Group alongside Alexander Armstrong.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2011, Warren fronted an ad campaign for Virgin Media's TiVo set-top boxes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Warren is interested in magic, sleight of hand, and mentalism, and has spent some time studying the art of mind reading.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In his spare time, he likes to meditate, and play the guitar.<ref name="inews"/> From 2007 to 2009, Warren was in a relationship with Abi Titmuss.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Boston Kickout	Robert
1996	Shine	Ray
1997	Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis	Clint
1998	B. Monkey	Terence
	Dad Savage	Vic
2000	Free Spirits	Cokehead
2002	Al's Lads	Jimmy	Released in US as Capone's Boys
	Revengers Tragedy	Supervacuo
2003	The Principles of Lust	Billy
	Song for a Raggy Boy	Brother Mac
2005	Green Street	Steve Dunham
	Hellraiser: Deader	Joey
2006	Colour Me Kubrick	Hud
	Land of the Blind	Pool
	The Lives of the Saints	Father Daniel
2008	Intercom	Simon	short
	Wanted	The Repairman
2010	Do Elephants Pray?	Marrlen
	Worried About the Boy	Steve Strange	BBC television film
2012	Wild Bill	Drunk dad

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987-1995	The Bill	Various	4 episodes
1991	Casualty	Nick	Episode: "Humpty Dumpty"
	Gawain and the Green Knight	King Arthur	TV Film
1992	An Ungentlemanly Act	Tony Hunt
	Grange Hill	Thomas Rankin	4 episodes
	Between the Lines	PC Underwood	Episode: "Out of the Game"
	Sam Saturday	DC Colin Fennel	Episode: "A Chemical Reaction"
1993	Heartbeat	Rupert Ashfordly	Episode: "Secrets"
1994	Sharpe	Captain Rymer	Episode: Sharpe's Company
1995	Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen	Manfred von Richthofen	TV Film
	Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness	DC Andy Dyson	Series 4, Episode 3
	The Ghostbusters of East Finchley	Butch	3 episodes
1996	A Touch of Frost	Graham McArdy	Episode: "Paying the Price"
	Hidden in Silence	Lubic	Film dramatisation
1997	Highlander	Morgan D'Estaing	Episode: "Double Jeopardy"
	Wycliffe	DC Arnie Swarland	Episode: "Dance of the Scorpions"
1998	How Do You Want Me?	Mark Piggott	Episode: "Woof"
1999	Oliver Twist	Monks	4 episodes
1999–2000	The Vice	Dougie Raymond	10 episodes
2000	Black Cab	Stuart	Episode: "Work"
2001	Band of Brothers	Pvt. Albert Blithe	3 episodes: "Currahee", "Day of Days" and "Carentan"
	The Bombmaker	Quinn	TV Film
	Men Only	Mac	Two-part drama
	Big Bad World	Russell	Series 3, Episode 4
2002	NCS: Manhunt	Laurence Bright	Episode: "Tinderbox"
	Clocking Off	PC Jason Woods	Episode: "Franny's Story"
	No Night Is Too Long	Dr. Ivo Steadman	BBC television film
2003	State of Play	Dominic Foy	2 episodes
	Reversals	Dr. Chris Singleton	TV Film
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Meredith Blake	Episode: "Five Little Pigs"
2004	Pretending to Be Judith	Hugo	TV Film
	Agatha Christie's Miss Marple	Captain Ainsworth	Episode: "The Murder at the Vicarage"
2004–2007; 2012	Hustle	Danny Blue	Regular in series 1–4; guest appearance in series finale
2005	Vincent	Gary de Silva	Series 1, Episode 1
	Twisted Tales	Alex Wright
2006	Doctor Who	Elton Pope	Episode: "Love & Monsters"
	Terry Pratchett's Hogfather	Mr Jonathan Teatime
	Dracula	Count Dracula	TV Film
2007	Life on Mars	Tony Crane	Episode: "Helpless"
	Ballet Shoes	Mr. Simpson	BBC television film
2008	Messiah V: The Rapture	DCI Joseph Walker
	Burn Up	Philip Crowley
	Mutual Friends	Martin Grantham
2010	Touched By Frost: Goodbye Jack	Narrator	TV Film
	Ben Hur	David
	Worried About the Boy	Steve Strange
	Accused	Kenny Armstrong	Series 1, Episode 5
2011–2013	Mad Dogs	Rick	14 episodes
2011	Without You	Greg	TV Mini Series 2011–2012; 3 episodes
2012	The Good Wife	Nick Saverese	8 episodes
2015	The Musketeers	Rochefort	9 episodes
	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell	The Gentleman with the Thistle-down Hair	7 episodes
2017	Snatch	Bob Fink	10 episodes
2018	Safe	Pete	8 episodes
2019	Flack	Tom	6 episodes
	Porters	Graham Post	Episode: "Halloween"
	Beecham House	Samuel Parker	Series 1, 6 episodes
2020–present	Van der Valk	Piet Van der Valk	Lead role, 12 episodes
2023	Big Boys	Dennis King	3 Episodes
2024	The Red King	Dr Ian Prideaux	5 Episodes
2025	Missing You	Monte Leburne	3 Episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2009	Rome Fiction Festival	Overall Best Actor	Burn Up	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	National Film Awards UK	Best Breakthrough Performance	Snatch (TV series)	Template:Nom	<ref name="nfa">Template:Cite news</ref>

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