Lee Ingleby

**Lee Ingleby** (born Lee David Ingleby, 28 January 1976) is a British film, television and stage actor.

He is perhaps best known for his roles as Detective Sergeant John Bacchus in the BBC drama _Inspector George Gently_ and as Stan Shunpike in _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban_. He has also appeared as Sean O'Neill in Jimmy McGovern's _The Street_, a recurring role in the second series of _Early Doors_ as Mel's boyfriend, Dean, and the title character in the new CGI series of _Bob the Builder_. Another prominent role was his part in the 2003 film _Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World_, where he played a nervous Midshipman Hollom. In addition, he played a part in the final episode of series 1 of _Life on Mars_, playing Sam Tyler's father Vic, and made an appearance in _Spaced_ in 2001.

## Early life

Ingleby was born in Burnley, Lancashire, son of Gordon Ingleby and Susan M Hoggarth, and lived in nearby Brierfield during the early part of his life, attending Edge End High School, as did fellow actor John Simm. Both were taught by the same drama teacher who encouraged them into the professional theatre. He then studied at Accrington and Rossendale College before progressing to the drama school LAMDA in London.

## Career

Ingleby's first major role was as the young lead in the 2000 BBC miniseries _Nature Boy_ alongside Paul McGann. He played Smike in a 2001 television film version of _The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby_. Also in 2001, he starred in and wrote the screenplay for the short film _Cracks in the Ceiling_, which he appeared in with his father, Gordon Ingleby.

In the 2002 theatrical release _Borstal Boy_, based very loosely on the life of Irish poet-activist Brendan Behan, Ingleby played a bully in an English boarding school for juvenile offenders.

He has also made one-off appearances in television programmes such as _Hustle_, _Clocking Off_, _No Angels_, _Fat Friends_, _Jonathan Creek_, _Dalziel and Pascoe_, _Cadfael (Pilgrim of Hate)_ and _The Bill_. He has had supporting roles in films such as Gustave in _Ever After_ alongside Drew Barrymore and as Hollom in the 2003 Peter Weir film _Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World_. In 2004, he had a small role in the Orlando Bloom vehicle _Haven_, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival but was not commercially released until 2006 following heavy re-editing. He also guest-starred in the _Doctor Who_ audio adventure _Terror Firma_.

In 2006 he appeared in Jimmy McGovern BBC TV series _The Street_, where he played abusive husband Sean O'Neill alongside Christine Bottomley. Another project was the 2006 television adaptation of _The Wind in the Willows_, in which he played Mole. It also starred Bob Hoskins as Badger, Matt Lucas as Toad and Mark Gatiss as Ratty. He also appeared in a modernised BBC adaptation of _Rapunzel_ for the _Fairy Tales_ series.

Ingleby headed the cast of the 2008 three-part television crime drama _Place of Execution_ as DI George Bennett as he was in the 1960s determined to close the case of a missing girl.

When not working in films and television, Ingleby remains active on the stage, where his credits include Puck in _Midsummer Night's Dream_, Alexander in Nicholas Wright's _Cressida_ and Katurian in Martin McDonagh's _The Pillowman._

He performed in the play _Our Class_ by Tadeusz Slobodzianek at the Cottesloe Theatre from September 2009 to January 2010 as Zygmunt.

In 2011 he appeared in the television series _Being Human_ as Edgar Wyndham, a menacing vampire elder, and also in _Luther_ as serial killer Cameron Pell.

In 2013 Ingleby took on the role of Phillip De Nicholay, the Sheriff of Nottingham, in a new audio production of the Robin Hood legend, produced by Spiteful Puppet . Released directly to the public as a digital download and on CD, this version, entitled "HOOD: NOBLE SECRETS"  is a radical departure from the accepted tale with a significant twist on the role and character of the Sheriff, and tells the story of how the sheriff directly causes Robin Hood to come into existence when he seeks out the help of outlaws in Sherwood forest.  "HOOD: NOBLE SECRETS"  won a nomination in the Best Online or Non-Broadcast category at the 2014 BBC Audio Drama Awards. He returned to the role in the follow up "HOOD - The Scribe of Sherwood" which delved further into the past life of the Sheriff and other characters from the world of "HOOD". Once again, it won a nomination in the 2015 BBC Audio Drama Awards in the category of Best Online or Non-Broadcast production, going on to win. In the same year, two more feature length audio stories (Warriors' Harvest and King's Command) have been produced by Spiteful Puppet with Ingleby once again playing the role of "De Nicholay".

In 2015 Ingleby plays Bob in the new 2015 computer-generated series of _Bob the Builder_.

The same year, Ingleby provided spoken word narration on the progrock album _Please Come Home_ which the British musician John Mitchell released under the project name Lonely Robot.

Ingleby has been starring as DS John Bacchus in the BBC police drama _Inspector George Gently_ since 2007.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1998|Ever After|Gustave|
|2000|Borstal Boy|Dale|
|2001|Cracks in the Ceiling|Lad|
|2001|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby|Smike|
|2003|Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World|Midshipman Hollom|
|2004|Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban|Stan Shunpike|
|2004|Haven|Patrick|
|2005|The Headsman|Bernhard|
|2006|The Wind in the Willows|Mole|
|2007|The Last Legion|Germanus|
|2008|Post-It Love|Boy|
|2009|Doghouse|Matt|

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1997|Soldier Soldier|Kevin Fitzpatrick||
|1998|Killer Net|Gordon||
|1998|In the Red|Paul||
|1998|The Bill|Ian|Episode: "Puzzled"|
|1998|Cadfael|Waiter||
|1999|Junk|Rob||
|1999|The Dark Room|Bobby Franklyn||
|1999|Dalziel and Pascoe|Kieron Cumming|Episode: "The British Grenadier"|
|2000|Jonathon Creek|Derek Spratley|Episode: "The Three Gamblers"|
|2000|Nature Boy|David||
|2001|Spaced|Romford Thug Leader|Episode: "Gone"|
|2002|Impact|Peter Stamford||
|2002|Clocking Off|Steven Dugdale||
|2002|Fat Friends|Craig|Episode: "Sweet and Flour"|
|2004|No Angels|Nurse Carl Jenkins||
|2004|Blue Murder|Roger Boersma|Episode: "Up in Smoke"|
|2004|Early Doors|Dean||
|2005|Hustle|Trevor Speed|Episode: "The Lesson"|
|2005|Coming Up|Gabriel|Episode "Karma Cowboys"|
|2006|Life on Mars|Vic Tyler||
|2006|The Street|Sean O'Neill||
|2007-present|Inspector George Gently|Detective Sergeant John Bacchus||
|2007|The Worst Journey in the World|Birdie Bowers|Docudrama|
|2008|Fairy Tales|Jimmy Stojkovic|Episode: "Rapunzel"|
|2008|Place of Execution|DI George Bennett||
|2008|Agatha Christie's Marple|Colin Hards|Episode: "Nemesis"|
|2008|Crooked House|Ben||
|2011|Being Human|Edgar Wyndam||
|2011|Luther|Cameron Pell||
|2012|White Heat|Alan||
|2012|Sinbad|Riff||
|2014|Quirke|Leslie White||
|2014|Our Zoo|George Mottershead||
|2015|Bob the Builder|Bob the Builder||

### Radio

- _Cry Hungary_ (as Peter Kovacs), BBC Radio 4, 2006
- _Radio Head, Up and Down the Dial of British Radio_ by John Osborne, Book of the Week, BBC Radio 4, 2009
- _A Kind of Loving_ (as Vic Brown), BBC Radio 4, 2010
- _Hood: Noble Secrets _ (as Phillip De Nicholay – Sheriff of Nottingham), Spiteful Puppet , 2013

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Lee Ingleby
- **birth name**: Lee David Ingleby
- **birth place**: Burnley, Lancashire, England
- **occupation**: Actor
- **yearsactive**: 1997–present