Cockney Actors
by bradwallactor | created - 04 Jan 2013 | updated - 22 Feb 2014 | Public
1. Brad Wall
Actor | Stagger
The East London born Cinematic actor known best for his natural realistic approach to acting. Born in Bethnal Green, East London, into a criminal family. Brad is a true Cockney and supports the old East End Ways.
Brad was diagnosed with Leukaemia which as you could imagine was a big blow for him. ...
2. Danny Dyer
Actor | The Football Factory
Danny Dyer was born in the Custom House area of east London, England, on 24th July 1977. Danny was spotted at a Sunday Drama School for underprivileged kids, in Kentish Town, by the agent Charlotte Kelly who got him an audition for the part of Martin Fletcher in the Granada Television series Prime ...
3. Michael Caine
Actor | The Dark Knight
Michael Caine was born as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen (née Burchell), a cook, and Maurice Micklewhite Sr., a fish-market porter. He had a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell. He left school at age 15 and took a series of ...
4. Ray Winstone
Actor | The Departed
Ray Winstone was born on February 19, 1957, in Hackney Hospital in London, England, to Margaret (Richardson) and Raymond J. Winstone. He moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his parents had a fruit and vegetable business. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing ...
5. Martin Kemp
Director | Stalker
Martin Kemp was born on October 10, 1961 in Islington, London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Stalker (2010), EastEnders (1985) and The Krays (1990). He has been married to Shirlie Kemp since November 14, 1988. They have two children.
6. Bob Hoskins
Actor | The Long Good Friday
Bob Hoskins was described by the director John Mackenzie as "an actor from the British tradition but with an almost American approach, an instinctive approach to acting and knowing how to work with the camera". He was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where his mother was ...
7. Alan Ford
Actor | Snatch
Alan Ford was born on February 23, 1938 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Snatch (2000), An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Cockneys vs Zombies (2012).
8. Billy Murray
Actor | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Billy Murray has entertained British Television audiences for over thirty years.
He is perhaps best known for his role as DS Don Beech in ITV series The Bill (1984), and has also appeared in EastEnders (1985) as the crime boss "Johnnie Allen".
His on-screen presence is very much underrated and thanks...
9. Neil Maskell
Actor | Hijack
Neil Maskell was born in 1976. From the age of eleven he attended the Anna Scher acting school in Islington in his native London and later studied at the Miskin Theatre at the North West Kent College,subsequently returning there as a director. He began acting as a teenager,making his television ...
10. Jim Ford
Director | Cold Roads
Jim Ford is a writer actor and director. Graduate of The Camberwell School of Art with a background that includes The Fire Service He Grew up the only son of a Telephonist from Shepherds Bush and a Bookmaker from Holborn. His Fathers family were Old Covent Garden people Theatrical scene shifters at...
11. Gary Kemp
Actor | The Bodyguard
Gary Kemp was born in Islington, London in October 1959. On his 10th birthday, he got his first guitar from his parents. In the 70s, he and his younger brother, Martin Kemp, went to learn drama at Anna Scher's acting school. Then, in 1978, Gary Kemp formed "The Makers". After Richard Miller left, ...
12. Jamie Foreman
Actor | Layer Cake
Jamie Foreman was born on May 25, 1958 in Bermondsey, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Layer Cake (2004), Oliver Twist (2005) and Inkheart (2008).
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