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Pertwee's recent dramatic work for [[BBC Radio 4]] includes playing the actor [[Oliver Reed]] in the play ''Burning Both Ends'' by Matthew Broughton.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017x3pl|accessdate=29 December 2014|work=BBC|title=Burning Both Ends: When Oliver Reed Met Keith Moon}}</ref>
Pertwee's recent dramatic work for [[BBC Radio 4]] includes playing the actor [[Oliver Reed]] in the play ''Burning Both Ends'' by Matthew Broughton.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017x3pl|accessdate=29 December 2014|work=BBC|title=Burning Both Ends: When Oliver Reed Met Keith Moon}}</ref>


In 2014, Pertwee was cast in the American TV series ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'', a series presenting an origin for the characters of the [[Batman]] franchise. Pertwee stars as [[Alfred Pennyworth]], a tough-as-nails [[Royal Marines|ex-marine]] from east London who loyally serves the Wayne family. In the wake of their tragic deaths, he is fiercely protective of the young Bruce Wayne — the boy who will eventually become Batman.<ref name="VarietyFeb2014">{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/foxs-gotham-casts-classic-batman-characters-the-penguin-alfred-pennyworth-1201097899/|title=Fox's 'Gotham' Casts Classic 'Batman' Characters the Penguin, Alfred Pennyworth|last=Marechal|first=AJ|work=Variety|date=February 11, 2014|accessdate=February 11, 2014}}</ref>
In 2014, Pertwee was cast in the American TV series ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'', a series presenting an origin for the characters of the [[Batman]] franchise. Pertwee stars as [[Alfred Pennyworth]], a tough-as-nails [[Royal Marines|ex-marine]] from east London who loyally serves the Wayne family. In the wake of their tragic deaths, he is fiercely protective of the young Bruce Wayne — the boy who will eventually become Batman.<ref name="VarietyFeb2014">{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/foxs-gotham-casts-classic-batman-characters-the-penguin-alfred-pennyworth-1201097899/|title=Fox's 'Gotham' Casts Classic 'Batman' Characters the Penguin, Alfred Pennyworth|last=Marechal|first=AJ|work=Variety|date=11 February 2014|accessdate=11 February 2014}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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| ''[[Shopping (film)|Shopping]]''
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| Tommy
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Revision as of 16:42, 29 December 2014

Sean Pertwee
Pertwee at the 2014 NY PaleyFest for Gotham
Born (1964-06-04) 4 June 1964 (age 60)
London, England
Education
Alma materBristol Old Vic Theatre School
Occupations
Years active1975–present
Known for
SpouseJacqui Hamilton-Smith (1999–present)
Children1
Parents

Sean Pertwee (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor. He is an established character and voice actor.

Early life

Pertwee was born in London, the son of Ingeborg and Jon Pertwee, who played the third incarnation of The Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. He attended Teddington School in London.

Career

In the early 1980s, Pertwee was cast as Captain Fitzpatrick in the play Tom Jones, based on the novel by Henry Fielding. After leaving Sunbury College, Pertwee trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and, after graduating in 1986, toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company for three years. In 1999 he portrayed Brutus in the Hallmark channel film Cleopatra. He co-owned the Natural Nylon film production company along with Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Jonny Lee Miller, and Ewan McGregor.[1] The company folded in 2003.

Pertwee starred in the 2008 film Doomsday as Doctor Talbot. His voice is frequently heard in a variety of television commercials, documentaries and video games, including the medieval empire-building computer game Medieval: Total War and futuristic war games Killzone (as Colonel Gregor Hakha), Killzone 2 (as Colonel Mael Radec) and Fire Warrior (as Governor Severus). He is also the voice behind the Northeast's tourism advertisement which started broadcasting at the start of 2009. He is the current narrator of Masterchef: The Professionals, replacing India Fisher for the fourth series which began on 7 November 2011.

Sean appeared on the film Devil's Playground, a zombie horror film directed by Mark McQueen. He stars alongside Danny Dyer, Jaime Murray, Janet Montgomery and Craig Fairbrass. The film was released in October 2010. Pertwee appeared in the Nazi zombie film The 4th Reich[2] which he filmed in 2010, directed by Shaun Smith.[3]

Pertwee's recent dramatic work for BBC Radio 4 includes playing the actor Oliver Reed in the play Burning Both Ends by Matthew Broughton.[4]

In 2014, Pertwee was cast in the American TV series Gotham, a series presenting an origin for the characters of the Batman franchise. Pertwee stars as Alfred Pennyworth, a tough-as-nails ex-marine from east London who loyally serves the Wayne family. In the wake of their tragic deaths, he is fiercely protective of the young Bruce Wayne — the boy who will eventually become Batman.[5]

Personal life

Pertwee is the brother of actress Dariel Pertwee, grandson of actor and screenwriter Roland Pertwee, and is more distantly related to actor Bill Pertwee. He married make-up artist Jacqui Hamilton-Smith, daughter of Anthony Hamilton-Smith, on 12 June 1999 at the House of Lords. Jacqui gave birth to twins, Alfred and Gilbert, around Christmas 2001. They were born prematurely; Gilbert died in April 2002. The family lives in Stockwell. Pertwee has said that Alfred is a fan of Doctor Who, both of David Tennant's Tenth Doctor and his grandfather Jon's Third Doctor.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Coping with Cupid Peter short sci-fi romance film[6][7]
1991 London Kills Me
  • uncredited
  • critically panned and a failure at the box office
1992 Leon the Pig Farmer Keith Chadwick British comedy[8][9]
1993 Dirty Weekend The Quiet One
1993 Swing Kids
1994 Shopping Tommy British action crime drama film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
Gross=$3,061[10]
1995 Blue Juice
1995 I.D.
1996 Deadly Voyage
1997 Event Horizon
1998 Soldier
1998 Tale of the Mummy
1998 Stiff Upper Lips
1999 Cleopatra
1999 Five Seconds to Spare
2000 Love, Honour and Obey
2000 Seven Days to Live
2001 The 51st State
2002 Equilibrium
2002 Dog Soldiers
2005 Goal!
2005 The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005 The Prophecy: Uprising
2005 The Last Drop
2006 Renaissance
2006 Wilderness
2007 Dangerous Parking
2007 Goal! 2: Living the Dream... Barry
2007 When Evil Calls
2007 Botched
2008 Doomsday
2008 Mutant Chronicles
2010 4.3.2.1
2010 Just for the Record
2010 Ultramarines: The Movie
2010 Devil's Playground
2010 Heaven and Earth In pre-production
2011 Four
2010 The 4th Reich In pre-production
2011 Wild Bill
2012 The Seasoning House
2012 Vuosaari
2012 St Georges Day
2013 U.F.O. [11]
2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1975 Billy Smart's Children's Circus
1986 Boon Episode: "Whispering Grass"
1989 Poirot: The King of Clubs
1990 Chancer
1990 Harry Enfield's Television Programme
1991
Clarissa John Belford
1992 Virtual Murder Episode: "Dreams Imagic"
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Episode: "Germany"
1992 Kissing the Gunner's Daughter
1992 A Touch of Frost Episode: "Quarry"
1993 Peak Practice Episode: "Hope to Die"
1994 Cadfael
1997 Bodyguards
1998 Macbeth
2000 Operation Good Guys Episode: "The Leader"
2000 In the Beginning
2001 Cold Feet (2001
2003 2003)
2003 Waking The Dead
2004 Bo' Selecta! Himself
2005 A Bear's Tail
2006 The Moving Finger
2006 Ancient Rome–The Rise And Fall Of An Empire: Caesar Julius Caesar
2007 The Tudors
2008 Honest Sergeant Bain
2008 Skins
2009 Law & Order: UK
2010 Luther
2011 National Geographic: Islands Series Narrator Cyprus
2011 Camelot
2013 Dead Man's Folly
2013 Death in Paradise [12]
2013 Elementary Inspector Lestrade
2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2014– Gotham Alfred Pennyworth Main cast[5]
2014 The Musketeers Sarazin Episode: "Musketeers Don't Die Easily" (S 1:EP 10)
Radio
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Burning Both Ends Oliver Reed [4]
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Gene Machine Piers Featherstonehaugh
2002 Medieval: Total War Narrator
2003 Primal Jared
2003 Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior Governor Severus
2003 Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance Invictus Thrax
2004 Killzone Colonel Gregor Hakha
2008 Fable II Additional Voices
2009 Killzone 2 Colonel Mael Radec
2010 Fable III Captain Saker
2012 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Colonel Mael Radec

References

  1. ^ Boehm, Erich (18 February 2002). "Natural Nylon to go public".Variety. Retrieved on 1 July 2009.
  2. ^ "The 4th Reich Steps It Up with Some Concept Artwork". DreadCentral.
  3. ^ "SHORT CUTS #3: THE SOLDIER". Fangoria.
  4. ^ a b "Burning Both Ends: When Oliver Reed Met Keith Moon". BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b Marechal, AJ (11 February 2014). "Fox's 'Gotham' Casts Classic 'Batman' Characters the Penguin, Alfred Pennyworth". Variety. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Coping with Cupid - BFI - British Film Institute". BFI. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Coping with Cupid (1991) Digital - LOVEFiLM". LoveFilm.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Leon the Pig Farmer". [British Film Institute]]. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Leon the Pig Farmer". Time Out London date=. Retrieved 29 December 2014. {{cite news}}: Missing pipe in: |work= (help)
  10. ^ "Shopping". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Dominic Burns". Twitter. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  12. ^ "BBC Media Centre Programme Information". BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

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