Leon Ockenden
Leon Ockenden | |
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Born | 1978 (age 45–46) England |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Spouse |
Vanessa Hehir (m. 2010) |
Leon Ockenden (born 1978) is an English actor, director and writer who works in TV, film, theatre and radio. He grew up in the resort town of Looe, Cornwall.[1]
Career
Ockenden left school at the age of 16 to become a baker. After working in hotel kitchens in Sweden and Germany for one year, he returned to Britain to work as a pastry chef at the Hilton Hotel on London's Park Lane. Before receiving a scholarship from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he took a three year acting course and graduated in 2003, he studied performing arts at the College of Further Education in Plymouth. [2] [1]
Ockenden appeared in the British/Australian drama television series Tripping Over , playing a carpenter named Callum. He lent his voice and likeness to the 2010 video game Heavy Rain, in which he played Federal Bureau of Investigation profiler Norman Jayden. Before the show was cancelled in 2015, he was a regular of the British drama television series Waterloo Road, in which he played the role of Hector Reid, a jocular and sometimes vitriolic teacher of PE.
Personal life
Ockenden married actress Vanessa Hehir on 24 October 2010. They have a daughter.[citation needed]
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | The Private Life of Samuel Pepys | Pembleton | Television film |
2004 | Hawking | Rosencrantz | Television film |
2005 | Vegabond Shoes | Champagne waiter | Short film |
2009 | Mr. Right | Lawrence | |
2009 | Dread | Jimmy Cake | |
2010 | An Old Fashioned Christmas | Cameron | Television film |
2011 | Baroque | Lover/fighter | Short film |
2011 | The Field of Vision | Cpt. Joe Temski | Short film |
2012 | Red Tails | Co-pilot | |
2012 | Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story | Philip | Television film |
2013 | The Cosmonaut | Stas | |
2013 | Open Desert | David | Television film |
2013 | Don't Miss the Cup | Peter | Short film |
2015 | Eliana | Dude | Short film |
TBA | Across the River | Cake shop owner | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Judge John Deed | Nick | Episode: "Economic Imperative" |
2004 | Midsomer Murders | Jamie Cruickshank | Episode: "The Maid in Splendour" |
2004 | Hustle | Simon | Episode: "A Touch of Class" |
2004 | Family Affairs | Sam Taylor | 20 episodes |
2005 | Totally Frank | Miles | Episode: "Bed" |
2006 | Tripping Over | Callum | 6 episodes |
2007–2008 | Heartbeat | Dr Chris Oakley | 10 episodes |
2008 | Heroes and Villains | Earl of Leicester | Episode: "Richard the Lionheart" |
2009-2013 | Casualty | Luke Riley/Adam Ridle | 2 episodes |
2010 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Connor | Episode No. 3.7 |
2010 | Identity | DI Terry Eggleston | Episode: "Chelsea Girl" |
2010 | New Tricks | Kevin Humphreys | Episode: "Good Morning Lemmings" |
2011 | The Runaway | Bruce | Episode No. 1.4 |
2012 | Secrets of the Dead | Vasili Arkhipov | Episode: "The Man Who Saved the World" |
2013 | The Cosmonaut: Transmedia Experience | Stas | 31 episodes |
2014 | Waterloo Road | Hector Reid | 20 episodes |
2015 | Mr Selfridge | Serge De Bolotoff | 10 episodes |
2015 | Supreme Tweeter | Tweeter | Episode: "Follow the Leader" |
2015 | The Coroner | Danny Ball | Episode: "That's the Way to Do It" |
2016 | Coronation Street | Will Chatterton |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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2010 | Heavy Rain | Norman Jayden |
Music videos
Year | Title | Artist | Role |
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2005 | "Desire" | Geri Halliwell | Boss |
Theatre
- Flare Path (2015)
- Muswell Hill (2012)
- Plague Over England (2008)
- Women Beware Women (2006)
- The Tempest (2006)
References
- ^ a b Crawford, Sue (30 March 2008). "Heartbeat Heart-throb Leon Ockenden Sets Pulses Racing". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Interview – Leon Ockendon (Norman Jayden)". YouTube. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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