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Brett Fancy

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Brett Fancy
00.00 - 00.38 Kill Me Now 00.38 - 01.23 Strange Meeting 01.23 - 02.06 Augmented 02.06 - 02.40 Lost Christmas 02.40 - 03.15 'Untitled - The Film'

"He brings insight, originality and sensitivity to every persona that he portrays. A consummate professional" Polly Player
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Brett is the son of a dockyard worker and grew up in Portsmouth, England. When working on the stage crew at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and watching from the wings, the great Sir John Mills Brett decided he wanted to act and he applied for drama school. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the Barbican, City of London - Where he was awarded their Gold Medal for acting. He began his professional career by returned again to Chichester, this time to perform in the repertory company, where his first job was an exciting nightly fight sequence with Sir Donald Sinden in 'The Scarlet Pimpernel', directed by Nicholas Hytner

Brett has played diverse roles on stages all around England which has included the Royal National Theatre as Kevin in 'Single Spies' alongside Alan Bennett, Simon Callow and Prunella Scales; in 'Antony and Cleopatra' starring Alan Rickman,Helen Mirren and Samuel West; and as 'Eilif' opposite Diana Rigg and Lesley Sharp in 'Mother Courage'.

Brett's first breakthrough in television came with the support of the legendary producer, Leonard Lewis, on the police series Rockliffe's Babies (1987) where he played the racist rookie detective Steve Hood. He has played guest and leading characters in many British television series.

His first film role was a scene with Charlton Heston in Treasure Island (1990) with Pete Postlethwaite and a young Christian Bale. His first major film role came with the part of Taktarov, a battle-worn Russian mercenary in the horror film Outpost (2008) starring alongside Ray Stevenson, Julian Wadham and Richard Brake. He played the hero fireman Paul in Lost Christmas (2011), opposite Jason Flemyng starring Eddie Izzard directed by John Hay and In the horror comedy feature film Kill Me Now (2012) Brett plays the lead 'Driller Killer', a serial killer who seeks revenge against the idleness of the American teenager. He stars alongside Michael Swaim' Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett. Brett has since played roles ranging from a directors Agent "They'll take your body and soul - but they will pay for it" Untitled (A Film) (2017) opposite Mark Dymond to the Pedophile 'Bill Starling' in Six from Eight directed by Steve Crowhurst.
BornJanuary 4, 1964
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Driller Killer -Kill me now
Outpost
Last salute
Brett fancy - Paul - Lost Christmas
brett fancy. The leveller - Resort to Murder
George 'The Agent' in UNTITLED (a Film)
Outpost
The Leveller
Dave Nicholson -Silent Witness
New Tricks
George in Untitled (A Film)
Behind Caesar

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Zoë Tapper and Michael Socha in Big Boys Don't Cry (2020)
Big Boys Don't Cry
6.8
  • Bill Starling
  • 2020
Outpost (2008)
Outpost
5.8
  • Taktarov
  • 2008
Kill Me Now (2012)
Kill Me Now
5.2
  • Driller Killer
  • 2012
Lost Christmas (2011)
Lost Christmas
7.0
  • Paul
  • 2011

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  • Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes in To Olivia (2021)
    To Olivia
    • Reverend Roberts
    • 2021
  • Zoë Tapper and Michael Socha in Big Boys Don't Cry (2020)
    Big Boys Don't Cry
    • Bill Starling
    • 2020
  • Trickster (2020)
    Trickster
    • Jack Garrett
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Shermin Hassan in Arifa (2019)
    Arifa
    • Eddie
    • 2019
  • Untitled (A Film) (2017)
    Untitled (A Film)
    • George
    • 2017
  • Augmented (2016)
    Augmented
    • David
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Battlefield 1 (2016)
    Battlefield 1
    • (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2016
  • Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, and Dennis Waterman in New Tricks (2003)
    New Tricks
    • Andy 'Partridge' Mackintosh
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • The Order: 1886 (2015)
    The Order: 1886
    • Walla Crowd (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2015
  • Angela Lonsdale, Eva Alexander, and Tom Frederic in Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    • Benny Harrison
    • Steve Fletcher
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2014
  • Company of Heroes 2 (2013)
    Company of Heroes 2
    • (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2013
  • Kill Me Now (2012)
    Kill Me Now
    • Driller Killer
    • 2012
  • Lost Christmas (2011)
    Lost Christmas
    • Paul
    • 2011
  • Idris Elba in Luther (2010)
    Luther
    • Paul Hoby
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    • Bird
    • Tony
    • TV Series
    • 1992–2009
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    • January 4, 1964
    • Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
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    He acted in Noel Coward's play, "Cavalcade," in a Chichester Festival Production at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, West Sussex, England with Lewis Fiander, Joanna McCallum, Elizabeth Estensen, Berwick Kaler, Jane How, Julian Wadham, Simon Chandler, Janet Behan, Maria Friedman, Sally Cooper, Tom Fahy, Sophia Winter, Robert Demeger, Jane Salter, Shirley Stelfox, Jaye Griffiths, Jenny Michelmore, Simon Green, Michael Simkins (played Lord Chubby Martlett, Alex Jennings, Charmian Gradwell, Michael Grandage, and Jane Snowden in the cast. David Gilmore was director.

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    While attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Brett Fancy was awarded the prestigious Gold Medal for Acting in 1985.

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