# Vas Blackwood

Vasta Roy "Vas" Blackwood (born 19 October 1962) is a British actor.
Blackwood played Lenny Henry's sidekick Winston Churchill in The Lenny Henry Show (1987) and David Sinclair in Casualty (1996–97). Since playing Rory Breaker in the hit film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) he has had a number of film roles, including Mean Machine (2001), 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002) and Creep (2004). In 2005 he appeared in A Bear's Tail, a spin-off of Bo' Selecta!. He also made an appearance as Lennox Gilbey in Only Fools and Horses. He also played main character Dexter in Spatz.
In 2008 he did voiceover work on the video game Fable II.
Blackwood was founder of virtual online blog Vastaman.com, which is now defunct. His cousin is the media personality Richard Blackwood.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Prisoners of Conscience | Boy | Episode: "Nelson Mandela" |
| 1982 | Crown Court | Noel Brown | 3 episodes |
| 1983 | Angels | Kelvin | Episode: #9.12 |
| 1984 | Annika | Alan | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Arthur's Hallowed Ground | Henry | Television film |
| 1985 | Girls on Top | Mikey | Episode: "Skankin'" |
| 1986 | Only Fools and Horses | Lennox Gilbey aka The Shadow | Episode: "The Longest Night" |
| 1986 | Room at the Bottom | Office Boy | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Scene | Caesar | Episode: "To Turn a Blind Eye" |
| 1988 | Dramarama | Rick | Episode: "Just a Normal Girl" |
| 1988 | Blind Justice | Henry | Episode: "Crime and Punishment" |
| 1987–1988 | The Lenny Henry Show | Winston | 12 episodes |
| 1989 | In Sickness and in Health | Pele | 4 episodes |
| 1990 | French and Saunders | Jazza | Episode: "Casting Agency" |
| 1990 | Tygo Road | Gary | 6 episodes |
| 1990–1992 | Spatz | Dexter Williams | 33 episodes |
| 1994 | Hale and Pace | | Episode: #7.1 |
| 1995 | Crown Prosecutor | Marcus Hooper | Episode: #1.5 |
| 1989–1996 | The Bill | Leon Davis Tyrone Lee | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Thief Takers | | Episode: "Remember Me" |
| 1986–1997 | Casualty | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1998 | Babymother | Caesar | Television film |
| 2002 | Fun at the Funeral Parlour | Coltrane Benz | Episode: "The Balls of Doom" |
| 2003 | Rehab | Cutlass | Television film |
| 2008 | Me and Mi Kru | Mr. Weatherburn | |
| 2007–2008 | My Spy Family | Des | 25 episodes |
| 2010 | Me & Mi Kru | Mr. Weddy | |
| 2015 | Venus vs. Mars | Victor | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | BBC Comedy Feeds | Coach | Episode: "JPD" |
| 2018 | Down the Caravan | Black Harry | Television film |
| 2018 | Joe All Alone | Otis | 2 episodes |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Tight Trousers | Roddy | Short film |
| 1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Rory Breaker | |
| 2001 | Mean Machine | Massive | |
| 2002 | The Escapist | Vin | |
| 2002 | 9 Dead Gay Guys | Donkey-Dick Dark | |
| 2003 | One Love | Scarface | |
| 2004 | Creep | George | |
| 2003 | The Trouble with Men and Women | Travis | |
| 2006 | Heartbreak Hotel | Cab Driver | |
| 2006 | The Battersea Ripper | | |
| 2006 | Rollin' with the Nines | Finny | |
| 2008 | Daylight Robbery | Lucky | |
| 2011 | Mercenaries | Zac | |
| 2012 | Offender | Detective Boaz | |
| 2012 | All God's Children | Mark | |
| 2013 | It's a Lot | PC Declan | |
| 2013 | White Collar Hooligan 2: England Away | The Pro | |
| 2013 | Essex Boys Retribution | The Lawyer | |
| 2014 | The Guvnors | Bill | |
| 2014 | White Collar Hooligan 3 | The Pro | |
| 2014 | Cryptic | Meat | |
| 2014 | The Turtle and the Sea | Tom | |
| 2015 | N.O.L.A. Circus | Marvin | |
| 2016 | The Comedian's Guide to Survival | Dustin Langer | |
| 2016 | We Still Steal the Old Way | David | |
| 2016 | LOAK | | Short film |
| 2017 | A Room to Die For | Detective McQueen | |
| 2017 | Fanged Up | Shifty | |
| 2017 | Amoc | Mr. Benjamin | |
| 2018 | Two Graves | Neville | |
| 2018 | King of Crime | Mr. Mustaffa | |
| 2019 | Red Rage | Father Barry Clifton | |
| 2020 | Next Door | Harry | |
| 2020 | The Loss Adjustor | The Pawnbroker | |
| 2020 | Original Gangster | Bobby Bravo | |
| 2020 | The Gift Musical | Abanaza | |
| 2023 | Hitmen | Paul Ali Rahman | |
| 2023 | The Abomination | Hercules | |
| 2023 | Sumotherhood | PC Ian | |
| 2023 | Longtails | The Cleaner | |

### Animation

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016–2019 | Thunderbirds Are Go | Pirate Reece | 3 episodes |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Fable II | Various | Voice |