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Career

Aged 11, Dick won a scholarship to Elmhurst Ballet School and left home to train as a dancer. Three years later, he was talent-spotted by ITV scouts and cast as the titular anti-hero of 1990s cult classic ''The Life and Times of Henry Pratt''. Since graduating from

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(LAMDA) in 2000, he has worked on some of the best dramas on British television. In 2015 he was DI Mill in the BBC's ''

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'', based on the best-selling novel by John Lanchester, and Sir Richard Riche in '' Wolf Hall''. Early career highlights include '' White Teeth'', based on Zadie Smith's best-selling novel, in which he played Young Archie (old Archie was played by Phil Davis); ''

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'' in which he was David Tennant's cheeky sidekick DC Blythe; Simon Curtis's '' Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky'', based on the trilogy by Patrick Hamilton, in which he co-starred with Sally Hawkins; and ''The Long Firm'' with Mark Strong. Bryan also played Thomas Wyatt in '' The Virgin Queen'', which starred

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. He was dance teacher Prince Turveydrop in the multi-award-winning BBC version of Charles Dickens's '' Bleak House'' and Freddie Trent in '' The Old Curiosity Shop''. Other TV work includes the lead with Kris Marshall in the ITV comedy drama series, ''

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'' and ''Ordeal By Innocence'' in the

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'' Agatha Christie's Marple'' with Geraldine McEwan. In 2008 he appeared as Adam in an episode of the same name in the BBC's cult ''Doctor Who'' spin-off, '' Torchwood''. He also appeared in the popular television show '' Shameless'' and played teacher Ian Bateley in the BBC's critical hit school drama ''Excluded''. Dick has had several roles on the big screen, notably the role of Joseph Nagle with

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in Peter Weir's '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' (2003) and a werewolf in Katja von Garnier's '' Blood and Chocolate'' (2007). Other film work includes '' Brothers of the Head'' (2005) and ''

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'' (2006), in which he co-starred with John Malkovich. On stage he starred at the Hampstead Theatre in ''Seminar''. He has worked with many of the UK theatre's top directors, appearing three times at the Royal Court in ''Sliding With Suzanne'' for Max Stafford-Clark, ''Plasticine'', directed by Dominic Cooke, and ''Bone'', by John Donnelly. At the National Theatre he starred as Andrea Sarti in

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's ''

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'' and as Dapper in '' The Alchemist'', both for Nicholas Hytner. He played the title role in Peter Shaffer's '' Amadeus'', again at the Crucible Theatre, with Gerard Murphy as Salieri.Sheffield Theatres Education Resource
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's ''Lear'' at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and ''School Play'' at the Soho Theatre. In 2016 he played Willie Mossop in ''Hobson's Choice'' with Martin Shaw in London's West End.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre credits

Radio roles

* '' The Exorcist'', BBC Radio 4 (2009) - Dyer * ''Classic Serial
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', BBC Radio 4 (2014) - Simon Tappertit * '' The Great Gatsby'', BBC Radio 4 (2012) - Nick Carraway * ''Saturday Play: On the Ceiling'', BBC Radio 4 (2009) - Loti * ''Shattered'', BBC Radio 4 (2008) - Tyler * ''Ruth Rendell's The Fever Tree: The Dreadful Day of Judgement'', BBC Radio 4 (2006) - Gilly * ''Classic Serial: Kipps - the Story of a Simple Soul'', BBC Radio 4 (2006) - Arthur Kipps * ''The Wire: The Colony'', BBC Radio 3 (2005) - Vinnie * ''15 Minute Drama: CJ Sansom - Shardlake: Sovereign BBC Radio 4 (2015)''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dick, Bryan English male television actors English male stage actors Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art English male film actors English male radio actors People from Carlisle, Cumbria People educated at the Elmhurst School for Dance 1978 births Living people