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.

Filmography
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

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Category:Living people
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Category:English actors