Elliot Barnes-Worrell

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Elliot Barnes-Worrell
BornMarch 1991 (age 33)
London, England
Alma materBRIT School
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present
TelevisionJericho
Van der Valk

Elliot Barnes-Worrell (born March 1991) is an English theatre and film actor known for his role as Easter in the ITV drama series Jericho (2016)[1] and as Job Cloovers in the ITV crime drama series Van der Valk (2020).[2][3]

Early life[edit]

Barnes-Worrell grew up in Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark. His father is the West Indian author, director and composer Trix Worrell.[4]

While Barnes-Worrell was artistically a rapper, he attended a Hamlet performance in the Ovalhouse, in which an actor with black skin color played Hamlet. He took an interest and became a regular theatre goer. He began training as an actor at the BRIT School and then moved to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where he graduated after winning the Sir John Gielgud Award. In 2012 he was awarded the Alan Bates Award by the Actors Center.

Career[edit]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Dog Endz Corey (as Elliot Barnes-Worrell) TV movie
2012 Doctor Who: Good as Gold Torch Bearer
2013 Woodhouse Nathaniel
2013 Poirot Etienne De Souza Episode: Dead Man's Folly
2016 Jericho Easter
2016 The Works Harry Producer [5]
2016 Bloke Fears Performer Short Film
2018 The Dark Heart Therapy The Dark heart Short Film
2019 Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle David[6] Episode six: Malcolm and David
2020 Dolittle Captain William Derrick
2020–2022 Van Der Valk Job Cloovers TV series

Theatre[edit]

Year Title Role Writer Director Venue
2012 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Colin Smith [7] Alan Sillitoe Roy Williams Theatre Royal York, York
2013 Richard II Prince John [8] William Shakespeare Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2014 Henry IV, Part I & Henry IV, Part II Prince John / Francis [9][10][11] William Shakespeare Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2014 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Prince John [12] William Shakespeare Simon Godwin Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2015 Man and Superman Henry Straker [13][14][15] George Bernard Shaw Julian Spooner Royal National Theatre, London
2017 Hamlet Horatio [16][17] William Shakespeare Robert Icke The Almeida Theatre, London

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Meet the cast of Jericho, 28 January 2016". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Meet the cast of ITV's Van Der Valk, 22 April 2020". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Van Der Valk cast: who stars with Marc Warren in the cop series reboot - and when it's on ITV". i. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. ^ "The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, York Theatre Royal, September 14 to 29, 7 September 2012". The Press. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. ^ "This is a film to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, 5 April 2016". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle, 19 February 2019". BBC. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. ^ "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner – review, 26 September 2012". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Richard II, 2014". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Henry IV, Part 1, 2014". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Meet the actors - Elliot Barnes-Worrell - Henry IV - Royal Shakespeare Company, 17 November 2014". You Tube. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Henry IV, Part 2, 2014". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  12. ^ "The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2014". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  13. ^ "London Theater Review: Ralph Fiennes in 'Man and Superman', 26 February 2015". Variety. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Man and Superman review – Ralph Fiennes towers as Shaw's Don Juan, 1 March 2015". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Modernising classic plays is a cheap and patronising trick, 3 March 2015". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Full cast announced for Hamlet, February 2017". The Almeida Theatre. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  17. ^ "A CurtainUp London Review Hamlet by Lizzie Loveridge, 2017". Curtain Up. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

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