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Travis Oliver (born 18 March) is a British actor. He is possibly best known for his role as Oliver Ryan in the ITV series '' Footballers' Wives: Extra Time'' between 2005 and 2006. He's also made appearances in
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'' (2009).


Biography

He was born in
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, but grew up near
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, where he attended Frensham Heights School, at the same time as fellow actors
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. However, it wasn't until after gaining a degree in Economics from
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that he began to pursue acting, training at
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. His first television role was as Jake McQueen in the
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series ''
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''. He has since gone on to appear in programmes such as ''
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'', '' Footballers' Wives: Extra Time'', the BBC's 2004 adaptation of '' North & South'', and the ''
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Festival, he played the title character in the Fringe First nominated one-man show, Diamond Johnny Ray, by Cathianne Hall. 2009 saw his first appearance in a major feature film, playing the American actor
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in ''
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'', directed by
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. In 2015 he returned to the world of ''Doctor Who'' playing
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novel '' Damaged Goods''. He reprised the role for adaptations of ''
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Travis Living people English male television actors English male film actors English male stage actors Alumni of University College London Actors educated at Frensham Heights School Alumni of the Drama Studio London Year of birth missing (living people) People from Farnham Male actors from Surrey