Travis Oliver

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| birth_date = 18 March

| birth_place = Belgium

| occupation = Actor

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Travis Oliver (born 18 March){{cite tweet|user=coremgmtuk|author=Core MGMT|number=446440533104537600|date=20 March 2014|title=Gosh, it's birthday week here at Core! Travis Oliver yesterday, @MatthewLeitch today and Belle McLaren tomorrow! BIG FAT HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!}} is a British actor. He is possibly best known for his role as Oliver Ryan in the ITV series Footballers' Wives: Extra Time between 2005 and 2006. He's also made appearances in BBC's Doctor Who (2007) and the film Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009).

Biography

He was born in Belgium, but grew up near Farnham, Surrey,[http://www.footballerswives.tv/extratime/interviews/int-s1-to.html Interviews: Travis Oliver (series 1)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003248/http://www.footballerswives.tv/extratime/interviews/int-s1-to.html |date=4 March 2016 }} ITV. Retrieved on 29 December 2010 where he attended Frensham Heights School, at the same time as fellow actors Hattie Morahan, Tobias Menzies, Rufus Hound and Jim Sturgess. However, it wasn't until after gaining a degree in Economics from University College London that he began to pursue acting, training at Drama Studio London.

His first television role was as Jake McQueen in the BBC series Doctors. He has since gone on to appear in programmes such as Holby City, Footballers' Wives: Extra Time, the BBC's 2004 adaptation of North & South, and the Doctor Who episode "Gridlock" as Milo.

At the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, he played the title character in the Fringe First nominated one-man show, Diamond Johnny Ray, by Cathianne Hall.

2009 saw his first appearance in a major feature film, playing the American actor John Hoyt in Me and Orson Welles, directed by Richard Linklater.

In 2015 he returned to the world of Doctor Who playing Chris Cwej, companion of the Seventh Doctor, in the Big Finish adaptation of Russell T Davies' Virgin New Adventures novel Damaged Goods.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-meet-companions-chris-cwej-and-roz-forrester|title=Doctor Who: Meet Companions Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester - News - Big Finish}} He reprised the role for adaptations of Original Sin and Cold Fusion.

Filmography

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Year ! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2003 \| Unbelievably British \| Hugh \| Short film
2003– 2004 \| Doctors \| Jake McQueen \|
2004 \| Soldiers: Heroes of World War II \| American soldier \| Video game
2004 \| North & South \| Capt. Maxwell Lennox \| 3 episodes
2004 \| Holby City \| Martin Kerman \| 1 episode: "Playing with Fire"
2005– 2006 \| Footballers' Wives: Extra Time \| Oliver Ryan \| Series regular
2007 \| Everything to Dance For \| Mark \|
2007 \| Doctor Who \| Milo \| 1 episode: "Gridlock"
2008 \| The Last Enemy \| Eleanor's Husband \| TV mini-series
2008 \| Hotel Babylon \| Giles Hamilton \| Episode 3.2
2008 \| Me and Orson Welles \| John Hoyt \|
2009 \| Lesbian Vampire Killers \| Steve \|
2009 \| Enid \| Army officer \| TV film
2009 \| Comedy Showcase \| Frank \| 1 episode: "The Amazing Dermot"
2010 \| Casualty \| James Molloy \| 3 episodes
2010 \| Don't Call Back \| Wilson \| Completed
2011 \| Threesome \| Ben \| 2 episodes
2012 \| Cardinal Burns \| Nate \| 1 episode
2015 \| A Doll's House \| \| Pre-production
2017 \| For the Love of George \| David \| Post-production
2017 \| Het Tweede Gelaat \| Cody \| Filming

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Year

! Film

! Role

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2003

| Unbelievably British

| Hugh

| Short film

2003–
2004

| Doctors

| Jake McQueen