Warren Brown (actor)

Warren Brown
Born	Warren Brown 11 May 1978 Warrington, England
Occupation	Actor, former Thai boxer
Years active	1994—present
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

Warren Brown (born 11 May 1978) is an English actor and former professional Thai boxer, well known for his roles as Andy Holt in teen soap opera Hollyoaks, Lee Hibbs in the three-part BBC drama series Occupation written by Peter Bowker and as DS Ripley in acclaimed BBC crime drama Luther.

Life and career

Brown was born in Warrington, England. After appearing in two episodes of the television series Shameless, Warren played the evil Andy Holt in Channel 4's teen soap opera Hollyoaks. Despite being 27 years old at the time, it was said his youthful good looks helped him win the role of the student. He also studied at Salford university. Brown was nominated for a number of awards for his performance in the show including Best Villain, Most Spectacular Scene and Best Exit at the 2006 British Soap Awards.^[1] Brown's character Holt met his demise in February 2006.

Brown has competed at World level at Muay Thai (Thai boxing) and also became 2 times World Champion

Brown won a role in the short lived ITV show Jane Hall in the summer of 2006. This was followed in March 2007 by his role as Tommo in ITV's Mobile. Also in 2007 he starred as Chris in one episode of Casualty. In September 2007 he starred in the second series of BBC Three's Grownups, playing barman, Alex Salade and has played the part since.^[2] In the 2009 Comic Relief Special of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, which was a crossover between Grownups, Two Pints and Coming of Age, he played Alex again.

In 2008 Brown performed the voiceover for the film trailer on the soon to be released Gomez: A True Story based on the life of boxer Michael Gomez and starring Emmerdale's Kelvin Fletcher.^[3]

In October 2008, Brown played the role of Marky in E4's zombie drama Dead Set.^[4]

In November 2008 he appeared in Casualty, but not playing the same character as he did in 2007. In 2009 Brown appeared in the three part BBC TV Iraq war drama Occupation, alongside James Nesbitt and Stephen Graham^[5] Brown has appeared in two episodes of The Bill playing Jake Clegg, who was a part of the operation of trafficking young girls illegally. These episodes were titled "The Forgotten Child".

From May 2010, he appeared as the regular character of DS Justin Ripley in the BBC TV drama Luther, a role that he reprised in June 2011 in the second series of Luther.

Brown appears in the deadmau5 music video for the song "I Remember", also starring Stephen Graham, Aston Kelly (Graham's brother), Greg Walsh and ex-Coronation Street actress Emma Edmondson.

In October 2010, Brown appeared in the BBC drama Single Father, as Matt. In February 2012, he played one of the main characters in the BBC drama series Inside Men. He appeared as a member of Bane's Mercenary Security in The Dark Knight Rises, the third instalment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.

First broadcast in August 2012, Brown starred as PC John-Paul Rocksavage in the 4-part BBC police drama Good Cop.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Gomez: A True Story	Voice over
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Mercenary Security 1
2012	Byzantium	Gareth
2012	Borrowed Time	Nigel
2012	Up There	Slab Boy Joey
2014	Get Some	Hunter
2014	The Great Englishman	Captain Matthew Webb
2015	Kicking Off	Wigsy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004–2005	Shameless	Donny Maguire	2 episodes
2005–2006	Hollyoaks	Andy Holt	20 episodes
2006	Jane Hall	Policeman 2	2 episodes
2007–2009	Grownups	Alex	12 episodes
2007	Casualty	John Fullman	Episode: "The Line of Fire"
2007	Mobile	Tommo	2 episodes
2008	Casualty	Chris Ryder	Episode: "Life's Too Short"
2008	Coming Up	Campbell	Episode: "And Kill Them"
2008	Spooks: Code 9	Luke Blackwell	Episode: "1.4"
2008	Dead Set	Marky	5 episodes
2008	The Bill	Jake Clegg	2 episodes
2009	Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps	Alex	Episode: "Comic Relief Special: When Janet Met Michelle"
2009	Occupation	Lee Hibbs	3 episodes
2009	Criminal Justice	PO Paul Gibby	3 episode
2010	Single Father	Matt	4 episodes
2010	Accused	David Wade	Episode: "Alison's Story"
2010–2013	Luther	DS Justin Ripley	14 episodes Nominated—Crime Thriller Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
2011	Walk Like a Panther	Ricky Rickson	Episode: "1.1"
2011	Moving On	Frank	Episode: "Donor"
2012	Inside Men	Marcus	4 episodes
2012	Homefront	Joe Mancetta	6 episodes
2012	Good Cop	John Paul Rocksavage	4 episodes
2013	Agatha Christie's Marple	Arthur Jackson	Episode: "A Caribbean Mystery"
2013	By Any Means	Jack Quinn	6 episodes
2015	X Company	Neil Mackay	Main cast

References

1. "British Soap Awards Nominees 2006". Community.channel4.com. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
2. "Grownups Cast List at BBC3"
3. "Gomez Movie"
4. Dead Set at the Internet Movie Database
5. "BBC Press Office 'Occupation'". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

External links

• Warren Brown at the Internet Movie Database
• Warren Brown Interview at Best British TV