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Ian McNeice is a prolific English screen, stage and television character actor. McNeice was born in Basingstoke in Hampshire. McNeice's acting... training started at the Taunton School in Somerset, followed by two years at the Salisbury Playhouse. The next few years were spent in theatre, including a four-year career with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and a production of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway. His television breakthrough was as Harcourt in the award-winning series Edge of Darkness. He played the alcoholic sous chef Gustave LaRoche on the television series Chef!. He went on to appear in the 2000 television miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune as the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen – a role he later reprised for the 2003 sequel Children of Dune. His television appearances have included all five series of Doc Martin , the third episode of the second series of Lewis and as the recurring minor character of Forum crier in the joint HBO/BBC production Rome.
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Yolande Palfrey was a British actress. She appeared in many BBC programmes including Pennies from Heaven, Measure for Measure, Elizabeth Alone,... Wings, Blake's 7 , Crime and Punishment, Nanny, and Doctor Who . She also appeared in The Finishing Line, Love in a Cold Climate for Thames Television, Dragonslayer for The Walt Disney Company and Paramount Pictures, and The Breadwinner for Yorkshire Television. Her stage performances included Murder, Dear Watson at The Mill at Sonning and Great Expectations at the Old Vic. It was reported in The Stage that Yolande Palfrey died of a brain tumour.
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Samuel "Sam" Attwater is an English actor and singer best known for playing Leon Small in the British soap opera EastEnders and its online spin-off... EastEnders: E20. He won the sixth series of Dancing on Ice in March 2011. Attwater trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and went on to star in musicals such as Tonight's the Night, 12 Tenors, 20th Century Boy, and Our Benny. He appeared as a dancer in Bollywood film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom and featured in four episodes of Hollyoaks in 2009, playing Ricky. In January 2010 he starred in the EastEnders spin-off EastEnders: E20 as Leon Small and went on to become a regular cast member in EastEnders, but was axed in May 2010, making his last on-screen appearance on 30 September 2010. Attwater's debut EP, Breaking Boundaries, was released on 24 January 2011. In December 2010 it was announced that Attwater would be competing in the sixth series of Dancing on Ice in 2011. Attwater was partnered by professional figure skater Brianne Delcourt. Attwater won the series on 27 March 2011, beating Laura Hamilton in the final.
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Miffy Englefield is an actor.

Chris Carey is a film actor and a stunt performer.

Chase Armitage is an actor.