Will Thorp

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Will Thorp
Born	William Francis Thorp (1977-06-21) 21 June 1977 (age 46) Frome, Somerset, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

William Francis Thorp (born 21 June 1977) is an English actor.

Early life

Thorp attended St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge. He studied at Bath College and joined Musical Youth Theatre Company. Thorp was also a member of the National Youth Theatre for 6 years before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for three years.

Career

Television credits includes;

". Theatre credits include: "Home Delivery" New Vic Basement, "Cork and Spark" New Vic Studio, "The Lost Dragon" Chester Gateway Theatre, "High Society" UK Tour, Don John & Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing (2004), Teddy in Robbers and Sam (Sambo) in Fire Down Under! in 2002, In 2006 Thorp played the leading role in a national UK tour of the play Strangers on a Train. In 2008 he played the leading role in David Hare's play The Blue Room which opened at the Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke. 2013 "Love and Money (play)" UK Tour. In 2005 he appeared on the third series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, reaching seventh place with his partner Hanna Haarala. He guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio play 100.

He has narrated a series of

, "The David Bowie Treasures", "Inverting the Pyramid", "Anatomy of England" and "The Dynamite Room".

Credits

Year	Title	Role	Note
2003	Boys Will Be Boys	Mark
2004–2005	Casualty	Paul "Woody" Joiner	48 episodes
2004	The Courtroom	PC David Wills	1 episode
2005	Holby City	Woody Joiner	1 episode
2005	Friends and Crocodiles	Soup Man 2
2005	Jodie
2006	Doctor Who	Toby Zed	2 episodes: "The Impossible Planet" "The Satan Pit"
2008	Hughie Green, Most Sincerely	TV Executive
2009	Law & Order: UK	Joe Buttler	Series 2, episode 3
2010–2011	Coronation Street	Chris Gray	108 episodes
2012	Scott & Bailey	DS Miller	Series 2, episode 8
2013	Doctors	Matt Davis
2014	In The Club	Ross Jackson
2015	Unhallowed Ground
2015	A.D. The Bible Continues	Cornelius
2018	Shakespeare & Hathaway	Anton Dukes	Series 1, episode 4
2021-2023	All Creatures Great and Small	Gerald Hammond	13 episodes

References

External links

• Will Thorp at
  IMDb
• Watch: BBC webTV interview with Will Thorp – August 2006