William Francis Thorp (born 21 June 1977) is an English actor.

Early life

Thorp attended

St Augustine's Catholic College St. Augustine's Catholic College is a Catholic academy secondary school in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, with a sixth form for years 12 and 13. The school opened on its current site in the western suburbs of Trowbridge in 1967. Formerly a vo ...

Trowbridge Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England; situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset. The town lies south-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, south-west of Swindon and south-east of Brist ...

. He studied at Bath College and joined Musical Youth Theatre Company. Thorp was also a member of the

National Youth Theatre The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) is a youth theatre and charity in London, created with the aim of developing young people's artistic skills via theatrical productions and other creative endeavours. Founded in 1956 as the world ...

for 6 years before training at the

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre. BOVTS was an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance a ...

for three years.

Career

Television credits includes;

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, Paul "Woody" Joiner in ''

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'', Toby Zed in the 2006 series of ''

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'' in the episodes "

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" and "

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". 2008, 'Hughie Green, Most Sincerely', '' Law and Order: UK'', and in 2009 Thorp was cast as Chris Gray in ''

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''. Other appearances include

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, In The Club and "Unhallowed Ground" and

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in NBC's " A.D. The Bible Continues". Theatre credits include: "Home Delivery" New Vic Basement, "Cork and Spark" New Vic Studio, "The Lost Dragon" Chester Gateway Theatre, "High Society" UK Tour, Don John and Dogberry in ''

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'' (2004), Teddy in Robbers and Sam (Sambo) in Fire Down Under! in 2002, In 2006 Thorp played the leading role in a national UK tour of the play ''Strangers on a Train''. In 2008 he played the leading role in David Hare's play '' The Blue Room'' which opened at the Haymarket Theatre,

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. 2013 "

Love and Money (play) The original production of ''Love and Money'' by Dennis Kelly played at the Royal Exchange, Manchester before it transferred to the newly opened Young Vic Maria studio in 2006 and was directed by Matthew Dunster. An examination of how love i ...

" UK Tour. In 2005 he appeared on the third series of the

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's ''

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'', reaching seventh place with his partner Hanna Haarala. He guest-starred in the ''Doctor Who'' audio play ''

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''. He has narrated a series of

novels; '' Forever Autumn'', '' Sick Building'', '' Peacemaker'' and '' The Krillitane Storm'', all produced by BBC Audiobooks. Other audiobooks read by Thorp include '' The Knife That Killed Me'', ''Hyperpsychoreality Syndrome'', ''Baboon'', ''Buy-ology'', ''The Kill Call'', '' Click'', ''Who Runs Britain?'' and '' The Spook's Curse'', "The David Bowie Treasures", "Inverting the Pyramid", "Anatomy of England" and "The Dynamite Room".

Credits

References

External links

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Watch: BBC webTV interview with Will Thorp
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