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Jason Done (born 5 April 1973) is an English actor who appeared as
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in the 1998 TV miniseries ''
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'', opposite
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. He is best known for his role as Stephen Snow in ITV drama '' Where The Heart Is'' from 1999 to 2001 and Tom Clarkson in the
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school-based drama series, '' Waterloo Road'', from 2006 to 2013.


Career


''Where The Heart Is''

Done appeared as Stephen Snow in the ITV drama series '' Where The Heart Is'', taking over the part in series 3 from William Ash, in 1999. Stephen Snow was the son of Peggy Snow (
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) and Vic Snow (
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). Done portrayed Stephen throughout Series 3, Series 4 and part of Series 5, during which the character left the fictional town of Skelthwaite.


''Waterloo Road''

On 9 March 2006, Done began appearing as English teacher, Tom Clarkson, in the successful
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school-based drama series, '' Waterloo Road''. On 10 April 2013, it was announced that Done would be leaving his role as Tom after seven years and eight series. Tom left the series in the final episode of the eighth series, on 4 July 2013, in a shock twist which saw Tom fall from the school roof after helping troubled pupil, Kyle Stack (
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), from committing suicide. Done is the second longest serving cast member.


Theatre

Done later appeared in a travelling production of ''
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'', which was held at the
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, in Manchester.


Television

In May 2014, Done appeared as Andrew Wendell in '' Casualty'' and in October 2014 as Paul Brightway in the story "The Lions of Nemea", part of series 8 of the ITV drama series ''
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''. He also started in ''Closets'', a short film. On 7 February 2016, Done appeared in the TV series ''
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''. In 2016, he appeared in the ITV/
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series '' Paranoid''.
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2017


Narration

Done narrated the
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documentary series '' Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands'', its 2014 spin-off ''
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'', the BBC TV series ''
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'', the BBC series ''Emergency Rescue Down Under'' and the Channel 5 documentaries '' Can't Pay We'll Take It Away'', ''Inside Kings Cross: The Railway'' and Paddington Station 24/7'' along with '' Ice Lake Rebels'' & the UK narration to '' Monsters Inside Me''.


Filmography


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Done, Jason 1973 births English male television actors Living people People from Walkden Alumni of the University of Salford People educated at Walkden High School 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Male actors from Salford