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Jason Done

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Jason Done
Born (1973-04-05) 5 April 1973 (age 51)
Walkden, Lancashire, England
OccupationActor
Years active1981–present
TelevisionWhere the Heart Is (1999–2001)
Waterloo Road (2006–2013)
Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!
Monsters Inside Me (2022)

Jason Done (born 5 April 1973) is an English actor who appeared as Mordred in the 1998 TV miniseries Merlin, opposite Sam Neill. He is best known for his role as Stephen Snow in ITV drama Where The Heart Is from 1999 to 2001 and Tom Clarkson in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road from 2006 to 2013.

Career

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Where The Heart Is

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Done appeared as Stephen Snow in the ITV drama series Where The Heart Is, taking over the part in series 3 from William Ash, in 1999. Stephen Snow was the son of Peggy Snow (Pam Ferris) and Vic Snow (Tony Haygarth). Done portrayed Stephen throughout Series 3, Series 4 and part of Series 5, during which the character left the fictional town of Skelthwaite.

Waterloo Road

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On 9 March 2006, Done began appearing as English teacher Tom Clarkson in the successful BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road. On 10 April 2013, it was announced that Done would be leaving his role as Tom after seven years and eight series.[1] Tom left the series in the final episode of the eighth series, on 4 July 2013, in a shock twist which saw him fall from the school roof after helping troubled pupil Kyle Stack (George Sampson) from committing suicide.[2] Done is the second longest serving cast member.[3]

Theatre

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Done later appeared in a travelling production of Macbeth, which was held at the Royal Exchange Theatre, in Manchester.

Television

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In May 2014, Done appeared as Andrew Wendell in Casualty[4] and in October 2014 as Paul Brightway in the story "The Lions of Nemea", part of series 8 of the ITV drama series Lewis. He also started in Closets, a short film. On 7 February 2016, Done appeared in the TV series Vera. In 2016, he appeared in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid.

Narration

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Done narrated the BBC Three documentary series Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands, its 2014 spin-off Junior Paramedics, the BBC TV series Hair, the BBC series Emergency Rescue Down Under and the Channel 5 documentaries Can't Pay We'll Take It Away, Inside Kings Cross: The Railway and Paddington Station 24/7 along with Ice Lake Rebels & the UK narration to Monsters Inside Me.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
1996 The English Patient Kiss Me Soldier
1998 The Barber of Siberia Kadet
2002 The King and Us Reverend Philips Television film
2003 Spoilt Lee Television film
2015 Closets Henry Clever Short film
2019 Underwater Mr. Lawlor Short film
The Road to Gehenna Father Tom Short film

Television

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Year Film Role Notes
1994 Once Upon a Time in the North Policeman Episode: "The Time Morris Launched His Boat"
Mother's Ruin Clive Watson Series regular; 6 episodes
1995 Blood and Peaches Gary Miniseries; 2 episodes
Peak Practice Mark Rogers Episode: "Bedside Manners"
Class Act Douglas Fewster Episode: "Series 2, Episode 5"
1995–1996 Coronation Street PC Bathurst Recurring role; 3 episodes
1996 Fist of Fun Various Recurring role; 2 episodes
The Bill Mark Davies Episode: "Cold Feet and Hot Coffee"
1997 Wokenwell PC Brian Rainford Series regular; 6 episodes
1998 Merlin Mordred Miniseries; 2 episodes
1999–2001 Where the Heart Is Stephen Snow Series regular; 34 episodes
2001 Band of Brothers Drunk GI Episode: "Points"
2002 Murder Christopher Maurer Miniseries
2003 In Deep Sean Denning Episode: "Full Disclosure"
Burn It Pat Recurring role; 6 episodes
2004 Sea of Souls Mike O'Connor Episode: "Seeing Double"
Conviction Sol Draper Miniseries; 4 episodes
2005 No Angels Sean Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1"
The Golden Hour Nevin Episode: "Episode 1"
2006–2013 Waterloo Road Tom Clarkson Series regular; 158 episodes
2009–2017 Monsters Inside Me Narrator Series regular; 70 episodes
2012 Secret State Dr. Mark Ashcroft Episode: "Episode 1"
2014 Casualty Andrew Wendall Episode: "Games for Boys"
Our Zoo Neville Kelly Episode: "The Final Decision"
Lewis Paul Brightway Episode: "The Lions of Nemea"
2015 Inspector George Gently Andrew Cullen Episode: "Breathe in the Air"
Prey Gary Sadler Episode: "The Chase"
2016 Saved Narrator Series regular; 4 episodes
Vera Philip Episode: "Tuesday's Child"
Comedy Playhouse Elliot Episode: "Broken Biscuits"
Suspects Grant Johnson Episode: "The Enemy Within"
Paranoid Dennis Recurring role; 4 episodes
2017 Creeped Out Andrew Episode: "A Boy Called Red"
2018 Moving On Gary Episode: "Neighbour"
The Innocents Doug Squirries Recurring role; 6 episodes
2020 Run Jake Miniseries; 4 episodes
2021 Innocent Gary Walker Miniseries; 2 episodes
Time P.O. Banks Recurring role; 2 episodes
2022 Four Lives Barking Police Sergeant Episode: "Episode 3"
Death in Paradise Connor Faircroft Episode: "A Double Bogey"
2023 The Long Shadow Des O'Boyle Episode: "Episode 7"
2024 Brassic Keith Episode: "Heartbreak"

References

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  1. ^ "'Waterloo Road' exit for Tom Clarkson confirmed". Digital Spy. 10 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Waterloo Road fans left shocked by Tom Clarkson's exit drama – Metro News". Metro. 4 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Interview with Jason Done".
  4. ^ "Jason Done to play doomed groom in Casualty!". whatsontv. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
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