Mason Kayne (born James Mason; 11 June 1985) is an English actor. He was born in

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

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Career

Kayne is best known for his role in the British television series '' Ashes To Ashes'' as Young

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. He also appeared in a music video for the band

The Futureheads The Futureheads are an English post-punk band from Sunderland, formed in 2000. The band consists of Ross Millard (vocals and guitar), David "Jaff" Craig (vocals and bass guitar) and brothers Barry Hyde (vocals and guitar) and Dave Hyde (drums) ...

for their single "

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" from their third album ''

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''. In October 2011 Kayne made his theatre debut in the show ''

An Experiment with an Air Pump ''An Experiment with an Air Pump'' is a play by English playwright Shelagh Stephenson inspired by the painting ''An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'' by Joseph Wright. It shared the Peggy Ramsay Award for 1997, was first performed at the Roya ...

'' by

Shelagh Stephenson Shelagh Stephenson is an English playwright and actress. Background and education Stephenson was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland in 1955. She read drama at Manchester University. Career Acting Stephenson worked as an actress with the Royal ...

where he was cast in the

dual role A dual role (also known as a double role) refers to one actor playing two roles in a single production. Dual roles (or a larger number of roles for an actor) may be deliberately written into a script, or may instead be a choice made during produc ...

of Thomas Armstrong/Phil.Cast List for 'An Experiment With An Air Pump'

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kayne, Mason 1985 births Living people English male television actors Male actors from Darlington