Wayne Morris (British Actor)
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Adam Morris (also known as Wayne Morris) is a British stage and screen actor whose most notable roles have been
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(or Robin of Kensington) in the television comedy series ''
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'', and more recently, Philip Norton in ''
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''. Trained at London's
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, his stage appearances include Bri in ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' and Gordon in ''The Throne'' for the New Vic, and he appeared for one week in ''
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'' at the
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, London, opposite
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was indisposed. He has regularly appeared on television, for example, as Fran's boyfriend in an episode of ''
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,'' and in ''
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'' (19 Management/BBC) in 2004 as Patrick. In 2011, he was voted the "top buzzer" award for his services to children's TV. In 2015, he was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Short Film at the 7th International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema for his performance in ''Four Tails'', a movie shot on Hampstead Heath in the summer of 2013.


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Adam Morris's website.
British male television actors Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama British male stage actors 1964 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-screen-actor-stub