Reuben Johnson is an English actor and writer. He is known for portraying Sean in the BBC series ''

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'', Wee Man in the feature film '' Weekender'' and Ashley in the feature film ''

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'', which he also wrote and directed. He grew up in

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Career

Johnson's theatre credits include ''Voxpop'' (Nabokov/Soho Theatre), ''

'' (Pleasance Theatre, UK Tour) and ''The Meeting'' (Pleasance Theatre, UK Tour). His film credits include ''Territory'' (Fiddy West Productions) and Weekender, (Momentum Pictures). He is soon to shoot British independent feature films 'Halcyon Heights' and 'Wrecked'. Television credits include

, Tiger Aspect/BBC,

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and

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Writing

Reuben Johnson was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award in 2009 for his play ''

''. ''Territory'' went on to win the

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and Methuen Drama Award for Emerging Artists, Best Ensemble and Best Producer for

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. In 2010 Reuben Johnson returned to the

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with his second play ''The Meeting'' and ''Territory'' running in rep. ''Territory'' was favorably reviewed and later transferred to the Lowry Studio Salford Quays. In 2011 Reuben was commissioned by

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to write a 15-minute response to Mike Bartlett's ''Love Love Love'' at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. This resulted in Johnson's third play ''The Proposal'' which opened as a full-length play at the Lowry Studio before transferring to Theatre503 in London. Johnson also developed a screenplay for a feature film of ''Territory'' which filmed in 2012 and was released on Vimeo On Demand on 8 October 2014. In 2012 Johnson was chosen to be part of The Big Room project with

. His 4th play Wrecked was a co-production between Fiddy West Productions and the Lowry Studio. The play opened at the Edinburgh Festival 2012 before transferring to the Lowry Studio where it enjoyed a sell out run and Johnson received a nomination for Best Studio Performance from the Manchester Theatre Awards 2012 Johnson has recently written a series of comedy sketches alongside

which are released weekly on Fiddy West Productions YouTube Channel, ''Fiddy Sketch''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Reuben Living people Male actors from Salford 21st-century English male actors English male television actors English male film actors Year of birth missing (living people)