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Hugo Alexander Speer (born 17 March 1968) is an English actor and director.


Early life and education

Hugo Speer was born in
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in the then West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at Harrogate Grammar School. He studied acting at the Arts Educational Schools, London.


Career


Acting

Speer began his acting career appearing in the TV series '' McCallum'', ''
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'', and '' Heartbeat''. He played a minor role in the film '' Bhaji on the Beach'' before his first notable appearance as Guy in the film ''
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''. Following this film's worldwide success he went on to appear in ''Swing'' (1999), '' Deathwatch'' and '' The Interpreter'' (playing
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's brother). However, most of his work has been on TV, including sitcom ''
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'', dramas ''
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'', '' The Last Detective'', '' Boudica'' (2003), and '' The Rotters' Club'' (2005), as well as the 2005
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adaptation of Dickens' ''
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''. In 2006, he appeared in the postal worker drama '' Sorted''. In 2008, he starred alongside
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in ''
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''. In 2011 he played a repairman whose repairs "come to life" in the supernatural drama '' Haven'', based on a Stephen King story. Speer also provides narration for ITV series, ''Cops with Cameras'', Channel 5's '' The Bachelor'',
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series '' 999: What's Your Emergency?'' and the
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series ''Seaside Rescue''. He appears as John Foster in the penultimate and final episodes of the fourth series of '' Skins''. Hugo Speer also narrated a factual programme on
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called ''Gold Divers'', and '' Alaska: The Last Frontier''. Since 2010 he has played the lead character of DCI John Stone in eight series of the
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police drama ''Stone''. From 2013 to 2014 he starred as Inspector Valentine in the new version of ''
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TV in the first series and the first episode of the second series. He made a return appearance in the 2020 episode 8.10 "The Tower of Lost Souls" Starting in 2014, Speer appeared as Captain Treville in '' The Musketeers''. The series concluded in 2016. Since 2018 he has played the character Lucius in the historical fantasy drama series ''
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'', which is produced by
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and Amazon Prime.


Directing

In 2010 Hugo Speer made his directorial début with the short film '' MAM'' starring
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, Paul Barber and Ronan Carter. The family drama about a 12-year-old boy was scripted by Vivienne Harvey. It was produced by Vigo Films and shot mostly in
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Personal life

On 19 February 2015, Speer married Glaswegian actress, writer and director Vivienne Harvey. In 2009, Speer was involved in a car accident that saw him crash his BMW into a traffic island while driving after drinking over the legal limit. He was returning from a wake. No one was hurt in the incident and Speer was banned from driving for eighteen months. Speer moved to London after his success in ''
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'' and lived there for fifteen years but moved back to his native North Yorkshire. His pastimes include falconry, walking and music. He is a supporter of
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. He is friends with fellow actor Andrew Scarborough, whom he worked with in the '' Hearts and Bones'' for two series. Speer and Scarborough have known each other since they were children. In July 2022, Speer was sacked from a planned follow-up television version of ''The Full Monty'' made by
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following allegations of "inappropriate conduct". A spokesperson for the actor said Speer denies the allegations and will challenge them.Hugo Speer sacked from Full Monty reboot over ‘inappropriate conduct’ claims
''
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'', 2 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

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