Pip Torrens

Son of the Rev. Robert Harrington Torrens, MA, and descendant of the lawyer and colonial official Henry Whitelock Torrens,The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998, University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 793The Territorial Air Force 1925-1927- Officer Recruitment and Class, appendix 2, Frances L. Wilkinson, Univ. of Wolverhampton, 2017, p. 19 Torrens was born in Bromley, Kent, and educated at Bloxham School. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1981, MA 1987),The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998, University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 793 and subsequently studied acting at Drama Studio London.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Scvu1-8ad6Q Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170406161332/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scvu1-8ad6Q Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scvu1-8ad6Q |title=Pip Torrens - A Full and Mixed Career |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Torrens's television appearances include Consenting Adults, two episodes of Jeeves and Wooster, two episodes of Doctor Who ("Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood"),{{cite web|author1=Gavin Fuller|author2=Catherine Gee|author3=Ben Lawrence|title=10 best modern-era Doctor Who episodes|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/11495607/10-best-modern-era-Doctor-Who-episodes.html|website=The Telegraph|date=19 September 2015}} The Brittas Empire, Green Wing, Silk, The Government Inspector (as John Scarlett), The Last Detective and DI Spencer for a few episodes in The Bill in 2001. He has also appeared in a 2008 series of British television advertisements for First Direct, with Matthew King. He appeared alongside Michael Gambon in a 1992 episode of Maigret.{{cite web |title=Pip Torrens Credits |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pip-torrens/credits/3000181150/ |website=tvguide.com |access-date=5 October 2022}}

In 2011, Torrens appeared in both episodes of an Outnumbered two-part special. In 2012, he appeared in the first episode of series 8 of Hustle, as Heinz Zimmermann and also presented new gameshow The Devil's Dinner Party. Torrens briefly appeared in an episode of Death in Paradise in 2013, as a museum guide. His film appearances include Tomorrow Never Dies, as the captain of the fictional HMS Bedford, the 2001 film To End All Wars, and voicework for Valiant.

In 2013, Torrens appeared in "The Waldo Moment", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. In November 2014, Torrens played the part of Richard Grenville in the BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers. In 2017, he began a starring role on American television series Preacher, on which he appeared in 33 episodes as Herr Klaus Helmut Starr.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311133013/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4cce96c Pip Torrens profile], bfi.org; accessed 19 April 2016.

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