Julian Peedle-Calloo
Julian Peedle-Calloo (born 1977) is a British actor, writer, director and television presenter. He has been Deaf since birth. Personal life. Julian Peedle-Calloo was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1977, and has been Deaf since birth. He regards himself as being part of a linguistic minority, rather than identifying his deafness as a disability; British Sign Language is his first language, and English (written and spoken) is his second language. He can hear a little with a hearing aid, but rarely uses one. He graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a 2:1 degree in  electronic media in October 2000. Career. Peedle-Calloo wrote and directed the 30-minute drama film "Battle Lines" (2014), about deaf people during the First World War, for online channel BSLZone. His other short films include "5 Needles" (2011) and "Confession" (2012). He is a former presenter on deaf magazine programme "See Hear". As an actor, he has appeared in episodes of "New Tricks" and "Holby City" in 2012 and 2015 respectively.