Russell Geoffrey Banks is a British

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

Early life

Banks took up acting at a young age, after dealing with

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and leaving school at age 15.

Career

In 2017, he co-wrote and starred as the titular character in '' Who's Watching Oliver'' (2017), for which he won a Fright Night Film Fest Best Actor Award in 2017. He has had notable supporting roles in the films '' Ghost House'' (2017), the Indian film ''

Vishwaroopam II ''Vishwaroopam II'', is a 2018 Indian action spy film written and directed by Kamal Haasan and co-written by Atul Tiwari and Chakri Toleti. It is the sequel to ''Vishwaroopam'' (2013) and features Kamal Haasan alongside Rahul Bose, Shekhar Kapu ...

'' (2018), and '' Bambi: The Reckoning'' (2025).

Filmography

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