Stuart Laing is a British actor.

Career

TV and Film

Laing started his TV career with roles in

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and Minder (TV series) in 1993. In 1994, Laing played a lead role in the two part BBC drama, Blood and Peaches. That same year, he appeared in his first feature film, 3 Steps to Heaven for

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. Additionally, in 1995 Laing played the role of Lena Headey's Italian boyfriend in Devil's Advocate. In 1995, Laing played one of the leads in the TV drama ''Strike Force'', a show about RAF tornado pilots. In 1996, Laing played the part of another pilot in the

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feature '' Gaston's War'', opposite Olivia Williams playing the character Harry. Other notable TV roles in the late 1990s include two 10-part series: '' Berkeley Square'' as the character Jack Wickham and the BBC drama, '' In a Land of Plenty'', as the character Robert. Laing also appeared in the late 1990s in two Simon Rumley feature films, ''Strong Language'' and ''The Truth Game''. In 2001, Laing played one of the leads in the film '' South West 9''. In 2002, he played the role of David in the film ''The Lawless Heart'' and the lead role in the 2002 film '' Butterfly Man''. In 2003, Laing played Jack Hewitt in the four part BBC series '' Cambridge Spies''. TV roles followed in 2003–2005, playing an assassin in '' Spooks'', a semi regular in '' Holby City'', and the BBC series '' Burn It''. Laing also played a guest role in the

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'', '' Poirot'', the TV drama ''Every Time you Look at Me'', Francis Tuesday and

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's boyfriend in the date rape drama ''Sex & Lies''. Also in 2005, Laing appeared in ''

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'' and played the lead role in the

drama ''The Animator''. Laing played the guest lead in a one hour live episode of ''

'', playing a war veteran who takes hostages. In 2006, Laing became a regular on BBC's '' EastEnders'', playing over 86 episodes as Rob Minter, caught in a love triangle between May and Dawn. Other TV roles have included ''

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'', '' Silent Witness'', '' How TV Ruined Your Life'', ''

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'' and in 2019, Laing played a traumatised father who kills his stepson in the ITV Studios drama ''

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''.

Theatre

In 1993, Laing made his professional theatre debut in

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'' at the Thorndike Theatre. This was followed by the play ''Salt Lake Psycho'' and ''Bad Company'' at the Bush Theatre. Laing then appeared in two plays at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre, ''Over Hear'' and ''Kiss of the Spiderwoman'', playing the role of Molina. In 1998, Laing performed six short plays at the Soho Theatre called ''Food for Thought''. This was the first of several plays at the Soho Theatre, the most recent being ''Hundreds and Thousands'' in 2011. In 1999, he played opposite Andrew Lincoln in ''Hushabye Mountain'' at

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. Other theatre roles followed in ''Indian Country'' at Chapter Arts Centre, ''

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'' at Theatr Clwyd, ''Seasons Greetings'' at Liverpool Playhouse and another

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play '' Drowning on Dry Land'' at Salisbury Playhouse. In the

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, in 2008 Laing performed in the three hander Blowing Whistles at Leicester Square Theatre, followed by the premier of a Neil LaBute trilogy of plays that went on tour in the UK. In 2014, Laing played the title role in

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at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. In 2015, on tour in the UK, Laing played the role of Ed Boone in the

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's Olivier and

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winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play). Laing played the role again for five months at the

Piccadilly Theatre The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at 16 Denman Street, behind Piccadilly Circus and adjacent to the Regent Palace Hotel, in the City of Westminster, London, England. Early years Built by Bertie Crewe and Edward A. Stone ...

in 2019, after having also performed the play in China and Australia. Additionally in 2019, Laing performed in another production of

at Chichester Festival Theatre, this time playing Banquo to John Simm's Macbeth.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laing, Stuart English male soap opera actors Living people 20th-century male actors from Northern Ireland 21st-century male actors from Northern Ireland English male film actors Year of birth missing (living people)