René Zagger

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René Zagger
Born (1973-06-01) 1 June 1973 (age 50)
Alma materItalia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present

René Zagger (born 1 June 1973) is an

Nick Klein in The Bill from 1999 to 2004 and as the voice of Emet-Selch in Final Fantasy XIV from the Stormblood expansion onward. He has also made several guest appearances in Casualty, Doctors and Wycliffe
.

Background

Zagger was born in

Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts.[2]

Career

Zagger's first professional acting role was portraying a young

Granada Television series Up the Garden Path. He also had several guest roles in Minder, Casualty, Wycliffe, Dangerous Lady and The Bill.[2]

In 1999, Zagger auditioned for the role of

In 2006 Rene starred in the Dream Team mini-series Dream Team 80's as striker Johnny Fletcher, who was the father to Harchester legend

Karl Fletcher
.

In 2006, Zagger filmed the historical drama, O Jerusalem, and vampire-horror film Night Junkies with Giles Alderson and Katia Winter. O Jerusalem was shown in France on 18 October 2006 and Night Junkies was released in December.

In 2006, he appeared in the

A Thing or Two About Loyalty
" as Lambert.

In 2007 Zagger played the Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu, who leaked the existence of the Israeli secret Nuclear Weapons plant at Dimona in 1986 and was subsequently kidnapped by Mossad in the BBC Nuclear Secrets episode "Vanunu and the Bomb".

In June 2007, he appeared in the Doctor Who in the episode "Utopia" as Padra.

In July 2007, Zagger appeared as Herod in the second series of BBC/HBO TV series, Rome.

The autumn of 2008 saw Zagger guest star in two major

Tottenham Hotspur supporter in New Tricks, and an Australian, Danny, in Silent Witness
.

In January 2008, he made an appearance as Colt Winchester (Colin from Winchester) in the 5th episode of series three of

MIHigh
called "Dark Star".

In January 2010, he made an appearance as Farris Andreou in the second episode in the second series of Law and Order UK called "Hidden".

In June 2011, he made an appearance in the TV sitcom, My Family.

From November 2011 to April 2012, he starred in Comedy of Errors alongside Lenny Henry at the National Theatre in Southbank, London.

In June 2012, he made an appearance, alongside Luke Goss, as Cesar in the feature film Interview with a Hitman, directed by Perry Bhandal.

In March 2013, he performed in the stage play Hope, written and directed by

Mark Womack. The play ran at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. In 2014, he joined the cast of the new musical Made in Dagenham
, originating the role of Stan.

Beginning in 2018, he performed voice work for the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV as Solus zos Galvus, eventually known as the antagonist Emet-Selch in the video game's Shadowbringers expansion, as well as its follow up Endwalker.

He appeared in Emmerdale in 2019 as Casino Mob boss Terry, later appearing in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Ross Dempster in May 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ "René Zagger Bio". TV.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2006.
  2. ^ a b c d "Rene Zagger Bio". Zagger Zoo. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2007.
  3. What to Watch. (Future plc
    ). Retrieved 4 May 2022.

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