William Houston (actor)

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William Houston
William Houston at 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Born (1968-07-19) 19 July 1968 (age 55)
Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

William Houston (born 19 July 1968), sometimes credited as Will Houston, is an English actor.

Early life and career

Born in Sussex, he grew up in Northern Ireland.

Trained at the

Central School of Speech and Drama
, Houston has played many leading classical stage roles.

These have included: Troilus in

Sir Peter Hall's production of Euripides' Bacchai at the National Theatre. He replaced Iain Glen in the lead role in Fortune's Fool at the Old Vic from January 2014.[1][2]

Between May and July 2014 he played Titus in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus directed by

In April 2009, he appeared in "Cause and Effect", the second episode of the third series of Robin Hood. He also played the character of Boucher in the BBC's adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 'North and South' with Daniela Denby-Ashe and Richard Armitage. He appears in the BBC series of Casualty 1909 and 1907, as Dr. Millias Culpin.

He played Constable 'Clarky' Clarke in the 2009 film

Dark Souls 2 and its rerelease Scholar of the First Sin. He also voiced NPCs Retired Hunter Djura and the Gatekeeper in Bloodborne in 2015, and the optional boss enemy Oceiros, the Consumed King in Dark Souls III
in 2016.

In 2020, he played Ted Daszkiewicz in the BBC drama The Salisbury Poisonings.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "FORTUNE'S FOOL: Iain Glen replaced in Old Vic production of Fortune's Fool by William Houston |". WestEndTheatre.com - London Theatre Tickets. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ Shenton, Mark (9 January 2014). "Iain Glen Withdraws from Fortune's Fool at London's Old Vic, to Be Replaced by William Houston". Playbill. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Fortune's Fool - the Old Vic". Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Meet the cast of The Salisbury Poisonings". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

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