Rollo Percival Loring Weeks (born 20 March 1987) is a British businessman and former

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. He is best known for his titular roles in the films '' The Little Vampire'' (2000) and ''

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'' (2006).

Early life

Weeks was born in Chichester, England, the son of Robin and Susan Weeks, and the younger brother of British actresses Honeysuckle Weeks and

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. He attended the

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and

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Career

Weeks' first screen appearance was, according to his sister Honeysuckle, who told the story when appearing on ''

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'' in 2014, for a Devon Custard advertisement, aged 6, which ended abruptly when Rollo was sick whilst eating the sponsors product. Weeks' debut film, as a child actor, was playing vampire Rudolph Sackville-Bagg in '' The Little Vampire'' (2000), directed by Uli Edel, which earned Weeks a Young Artist Award nomination. He also appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's ''

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'' (filmed 2002, released 2003) as the young George, Duke of Kent, in a film about the disabled Prince John. This was followed by roles in '' Girl With a Pearl Earring'' (2003) and '' The Queen of Sheba's Pearls'' (2004). His second turn as a title character came as Scipio in ''

'' (2006), a movie based on Cornelia Funke's novel ''

'' and directed by Richard Claus. Weeks has also appeared in two television shows: ''

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'' (1998) as Lord Louis Wilton and '' Goggle Eyes'' (1993) as Joseph. In 2009 he appeared in the second part of the '' Shark Week'' special ''Blood in the Water'' and played the character Guido in ''

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''. In 2010, he played Jacob in '' Booked Out'', about the lives of characters within an aging block of flats. In 2016, Weeks was reported to be one of "a dynamic trio of young hospitality industry insiders" opening a new fast food outlet called Fancy Funkin Chicken in

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. The restaurant closed permanently in 2020.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weeks, Rollo 1987 births Living people English male film actors English male television actors People educated at Stowe School People from Chichester 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors English male child actors