Rollo Weeks
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| Rollo Weeks | |
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| Born | Rollo Percival Loring Weeks 20 March 1987 Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
Rollo Weeks (born 20 March 1987 in Chichester, West Sussex) is a British actor, the son of Robin and Susan Weeks, and the brother of Honeysuckle Weeks and Perdita Weeks, both actresses. His name means "famous wolf".[1]
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[edit] Acting
He has been acting since the age of 2 and attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School and Stowe School. His debut film was The Little Vampire (2000), which was directed by Ulrich Edel and earned Weeks a Young Artist Award nomination. Soon followed were roles in Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003) and The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004). His second turn as a title character came as Scipio in The Thief Lord (2006), a movie based on Cornelia Funke's novel The Thief Lord and directed by Richard Claus.[2] Weeks has also appeared in two TV shows - Berkeley Square (1998) as Lord Louis Wilton and Goggle Eyes (1993) as Joseph. In 2009 Rollo acted in the second part of the Shark Week special, Blood in the Water. In 2010, he got the part as Jacob in Booked Out , about the lives of characters within an aging block of flats He also appeared early on in Stephen Poliakoff's 'the Lost Prince' as the young George, Duke of Kent, in a film about his hidden epileptic and disabled younger brother, John.
[edit] Filmography
Booked Out ....... (2012) Jacob
Blood in the Water: 2 ....... (2009) Albert O'Hara
Cheri ....... (2008) Guido
The Thief Lord ....... (2006) Scipio
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls ..... (2004) Jack
George and the Dragon ........ (2004) Wryn
Girl with a Pearl Earring ...... (2003) Frans
The Lost Prince ......... (2003) George
Attila....... (2001) Young Attilla
The Little Vampire ........ (2000) Rudolph
Berkeley Square ........ (1998) Lord Louis Wilton
Braveheart....(1995) Child in crowd (when Wallace has been executed)
Goggle Eyes ........ (1993) Joseph
[edit] References
- ^ BabyNamesPedia http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Rollo
- ^ The Thief Lord (2006) at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] External links
- Rollo Weeks at the Internet Movie Database
- Rollo Weeks on Twitter
