Keith Graham Warwick (born 17 May 1975) is a Scottish actor and musician. Warwick received his master's degree in Classical and Contemporary Text from the

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in 2015. He is best known for the role of Trent Clements in the

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award-winning series ''

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''. He has toured the world as a musician and has lived in both Paris and New York.

Early career

Warwick was born in

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, in the Southside of

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. In his last year at Govan High School, he joined STG (Strathclyde University Theatre Group) performing in ''

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'' by

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, this led to a small role in the BBC drama ''Knowing The Score'' with Andrew Keir in 1986. As a musician he has toured Japan and Europe with The Kaisers and combined his love for acting and music when he formed The Scottish Sex Pistols, playing the part of

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. The band teamed up with

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to promote the release of '' Kiss This''.

Television and film

TV roles include two series as Cockney bad boy Nigel Jenkins in '' High Road'', a Scottish situational drama; as Ben Capstone in ''

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'' and as Trent Clements in six series of ''

''. He played Donald Dee in Robin Hardy's follow up to ''

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'', ''

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'' with

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, released in 2011. He played Malcolm, a malevolent ticket inspector opposite

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in Gilles MacKinnon's '' The Last Bus'' in 2020 and in ''Schemers'', directed by Dave McLean, he was

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, the man who brought

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to Scotland. His short film work includes Lilith in ''

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'' directed by Marco Williamson. Bothy Cat in '' The Fall of Shug McCracken'' directed by Dave Ward. Billy in '' Dancing, Some Days'' directed by Katrina McPherson and Alan in ''

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'' directed by Mike Kelly.

Theatre

Warwick has worked in Scottish theatre within a variety of genres including

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– as Feste in ''

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''; as Puck in ''

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'' both directed by David Mark Thomson, Lord Lancaster in ''

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'' directed by Gordon Barr, ''

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'' at Shakespeare's

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directed by Nick Hutchison, Count De Guise in ''

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'' directed by Laura Vingoe-Cram at Shakespeare's

, Sando in '' The Gun'' Citizens Theatre directed by

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, Sammy Brennan in '' Celtic the Musical'' UK and ROI touring production directed by

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. Les in ''

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'' Assembly Rooms directed by

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; and performing in and producing the anti-bigotry drama ''Damaged Goods'' by Martin McCardie at the

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. He has also performed in ten commercial pantomime productions, in which he portrays the 'Wishee Washee'/'Buttons' characters.

Music

As a musician, he began busking with skiffle trio Wray Gunn & The Rockets, appearing on many TV shows including ''The Funny Farm'' (STV), ''Pebble Mill'' (BBC), ''Halfway to Paradise'' (Channel 4) and ''FSD'' (BBC). He formed The Scottish Sex Pistols touring the world before leaving to return to theatre. He later toured Europe and Japan with The Kaisers and was a co-founder of The New Piccadillys releasing one album, ''Introducing The New Piccadillys'' on Soundflat Records. He recorded the folk noir EP ''Based on Actual Events'' on SFR with his (then) wife Simone Welsh. Warwick has scored three short films (''To a Mouse'', ''The Creatures'' and ''Dead Man's Fall'') as well as a one-hour TV screenplay (''Lap of the Gods'' – ESP).

Writing

His writing credits include ''Lap of the Gods'' (ESP); ''The Creatures'' (Black Box Films); ''Dead Man's Fall'' (Black Box Films), ''The Honest Men'' (Roughcast Productions). With Sandy Nelson, Warwick wrote "Bite the Bullet" for Oran Mor's ''A Play, a Pie and a Pint''. Joyce McMillan wrote in ''The Scotsman'' "as well as some terrific comic dialogue, rich in cultural wisdom; and, as an added bonus, there are a couple of seriously fine songs, to remind us that amid all the celebrity nonsense of the rock scene, great music sometimes gets made, roaring out the truth of our time." He is currently finishing his first novel ''Halfway To Paris''.

References

External links

Joycemcmillan.wordpress.com
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