Elliot Barnes-Worrell
{{Short description|British actor (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Elliot Barnes-Worrell
| image = Elliot Barnes-Worrell (cropped).jpg
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth month and age|1991|3}}
| birth_place = London, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2008–present
| education =
| alma mater = BRIT School
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
| television = Jericho
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){{cite news |title=Meet the cast of Jericho, 28 January 2016 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01-28/meet-the-cast-of-jericho/ |accessdate=2 May 2020 |publisher=Radio Times}} and as Job Cloovers in the ITV crime drama series Van der Valk (2020).{{cite news |title=Meet the cast of ITV's Van Der Valk, 22 April 2020 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-04-22/van-der-valk-itv-cast-characters/ |accessdate=2 May 2020 |publisher=Radio Times}}{{cite news |title=Van Der Valk cast: who stars with Marc Warren in the cop series reboot - and when it's on ITV |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/van-der-valk-cast-marc-warren-itv-new-series-when-date-time-original-2548859 |accessdate=2 May 2020 |publisher=i}}
Early life
Barnes-Worrell grew up in Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark. His father is the West Indian author, director and composer Trix Worrell.{{cite news |title=The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, York Theatre Royal, September 14 to 29, 7 September 2012 |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/theatre/9916925.the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-runner-york-theatre-royal-september-14-to-29/ |accessdate=2 May 2020 |publisher=The Press}}
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
=Filmography=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| Dog Endz | Corey (as Elliot Barnes-Worrell) | TV movie |
| 2012
| Torch Bearer | |
| 2013
| Woodhouse | Nathaniel | |
| 2013
| Poirot | Etienne De Souza | Episode: Dead Man's Folly |
| 2016
| Jericho | Easter | |
| 2016
| The Works | Harry |
| 2016
| Bloke Fears | Performer | Short Film |
| 2018
| The Dark Heart Therapy | The Dark heart | Short Film |
| 2019
| Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle | Episode six: Malcolm and David |
| 2020
| Dolittle | Captain William Derrick | |
| 2020–2022
| Job Cloovers |TV series |
=Theatre=
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3471316}}
- {{twitter|ElliotBWords}}
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Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Category:Black British male actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Actors educated at the BRIT School
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Southwark
Category:Male actors from London
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