Bruno Langley
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| Bruno Langley | |
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| Born | 21 March 1983 Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Partner | Victoria |
| Children | Freddie Langley |
Bruno Langley (born 21 March 1983) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street and Adam Mitchell in Doctor Who.
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[edit] Early life
Langley was born to Australian parents in Somerset, but grew up in Buxton, Derbyshire.[1] He attended Buxton Community School. He trained at the North Cheshire Theatre School in Heaton Moor with British supermodel Martyn Hett and adult movie star Kate Feest. Along with his sisters, he was a member of a number of junior string orchestras in which he played the cello. International pop star Christina Partington played alongside Langley in one of the orchestras he attended.
[edit] Career
From 2001 to 2004, Langley played the character of Todd Grimshaw in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. As the first openly gay character on the show, Langley developed a large gay following.[2]
Since leaving Coronation Street, he has played roles such as the part of Adam Mitchell in the 2005 series of Doctor Who with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, appearing in two episodes, "Dalek" and "The Long Game", and provided an audio commentary for the DVD of these episodes . He also filmed a small role in the feature film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, released in June 2005, an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe, the little-seen film Halal Harry, and read Horace for BBC Radio 7.
In the summer of 2005, Langley appeared in an acclaimed run of Romeo and Juliet opposite fellow ex-soap actress Scarlett Alice Johnson at Stafford Castle, and on 30 October 2005 he appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in the play Night Sky with Christopher Eccleston, Navin Chowdhry, David Warner, Saffron Burrows and David Baddiel.
In Spring 2006, Langley appeared in Life Imitates Art at the Camden People's Theatre. In 2006, he was seen in a production of A Taste of Honey which toured the UK extensively and played a short run at the Richmond Theatre.
Langley shot a small role in an Independent Online Film[citation needed] and returned to Coronation Street for a twelve episode guest stint.[3]
Beginning in May 2008, he appeared in the premiere stage run of the new musical Sleeping Beauty starring opposite fellow Coronation Street alumna Lucy Evans at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.
Bruno is appearing in the stage show Flashdance The Musical.[4] with Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Bernie Nolan and Noel Sullivan
In April 2011 Bruno returned to Coronation Street for a short storyline. He is working in a bar in North London.
[edit] Personal life
Victoria, his girlfriend of three years, gave birth to their son, Freddie, in May 2007.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486505/bio
- ^ "Todd to leave the Street". BreakingNews.ie. 2004-04-22. http://breaking.examiner.ie/archives/?c=ENTERTAINMENT&jp=kfeyeyaumhau&d=2004-04-22. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ a b Hilton, Beth (2007-11-01). "Langley wanted to avoid baby's nappies". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a78929/langley-wanted-to-avoid-babys-nappies.html. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ FlashDance The Musical
