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20 Facts About Marc Warren

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Marc Warren was born on 20 March 1967 and is an English actor, known for his British television roles.

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Marc Warren attended Cove Senior School for two years before moving back to Northampton in 1982.

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Marc Warren studied drama at the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, but left without graduating after being asked to play "the colour orange".

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Marc Warren was a member of the National Youth Theatre, and he played Billy Casper in Kes at the Birmingham Rep studio, and UK tour, directed by John Herriman for the Snap Theatre Company.

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Marc Warren starred in a revival of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman at Leicester's Curve Theatre in 2009, playing Katurian, for which he was nominated for a TMA award for 'Best performance in a Play'.

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Marc Warren returned to the theatre in September 2011, playing the charismatic rebel protagonist in Emma Reeves' new adaptation of Donn Pearce's novel Cool Hand Luke, at London's Aldwych Theatre.

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Marc Warren appeared in Grange Hill in the early 1990s as schoolboy Thomas Rankin.

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Marc Warren starred in the 1995 British drama film Boston Kickout, and played immortal Morgan D'Estaing in the season four Highlander episode "Double Jeopardy" in 1996.

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Marc Warren played Police Constable Dougie Raymond in the British television series The Vice, and Albert Blithe in HBO's 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

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Marc Warren appeared in the 2001 television drama Men Only as Mac, the husband of Katie.

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Marc Warren played key supporting character Dominic Foy in the 2003 BBC serial State of Play.

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Marc Warren played the Repairman, a member of The Fraternity, in the 2008 film Wanted.

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Marc Warren won 'Overall Best Actor' at the 2009 Rome Fiction Festival, for his performance as Philip Crowley in Burn Up.

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In May 2010, Marc Warren played Steve Strange in Worried About the Boy, a BBC production about the life of Boy George.

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Marc Warren reprised his role of Danny Blue for the final episode of Hustle in 2012.

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From 2020, Marc Warren starred as the title character in the ITV reboot of the '70s detective series Van der Valk.

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In 2009, Marc Warren voiced "Orange" in a UK advertising campaign for Zurich Insurance Group alongside Alexander Armstrong.

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In 2011, Marc Warren fronted an ad campaign for Virgin Media's TiVo set-top boxes.

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Marc Warren is interested in magic, sleight of hand, and mentalism, and has spent some time studying the art of mind reading.

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From 2007 to 2009, Marc Warren was in a relationship with Abi Titmuss.