Julian Peedle-Calloo
Julian Peedle-Calloo | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Presenter, actor, writer, director |
Julian Peedle-Calloo (born 1977) is a British actor, writer, director and television presenter. He has been Deaf since birth.
Personal life
Julian Peedle-Calloo was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1977, and has been Deaf since birth. He regards himself as being part of a linguistic minority, rather than identifying his deafness as a disability; British Sign Language is his first language, and English (written and spoken) is his second language. He can hear a little with a hearing aid, but rarely uses one.[1] He graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a 2:1 degree in electronic media in October 2000.
Career
Peedle-Calloo wrote and directed the 30-minute drama film Battle Lines (2014), about deaf people during the First World War, for online channel BSLZone.[2] His other short films include 5 Needles (2011) and Confession (2012).
He is a former presenter on deaf magazine programme See Hear.
As an actor, he has appeared in episodes of New Tricks[3] and Holby City in 2012 and 2015 respectively.
References
- ^ "What's Your Problem?". Ouch!. BBC. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ Mager, William (4 November 2014). "Ouch blog: the untold stories of deaf people in WW1". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ Rackham, Jane. "New Tricks - S9 - Episode 3: Queen and Country". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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