1. Sean Carl Roland Pertwee was born on 4 June 1964 and is an English actor, narrator and producer.
19 Facts About Sean Pertwee
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Playwright and screenwriter Roland Sean Pertwee was his grandfather; his sister is actress Dariel Sean Pertwee.
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Sean Pertwee was educated at Teddington Boys' School, in Richmond upon Thames, and then Sunbury College, Surrey.
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Sean Pertwee later studied acting at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 1986.
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Sean Pertwee joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and toured with them for three years.
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Sean Pertwee co-owned the Natural Nylon film production company along with Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Jonny Lee Miller, and Ewan McGregor.
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Sean Pertwee became known for his portrayal of grimacing death, particularly in the Neil Marshall Werewolf film Dog Soldiers, a skill which led to him being awarded 'Best Death Face' at Bristol Old Vic.
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Sean Pertwee appeared in the film Devil's Playground, a horror film directed by Mark McQueen, starring alongside Danny Dyer, Jaime Murray, and Craig Fairbrass.
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Sean Pertwee appeared in the Nazi zombie film The 4th Reich which he filmed in 2010, directed by Shaun Smith.
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Sean Pertwee portrays Alfred Pennyworth, an ex-special forces soldier from London who works as the Wayne family's loyal butler.
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Sean Pertwee played a late night disc jockey in Channel 5's four part mini-series The Night Caller, broadcast in 2024.
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Sean Pertwee appeared in the 2008 film Doomsday as Doctor Talbot.
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Sean Pertwee's voice is frequently heard in a variety of television commercials, documentaries and video games, including the medieval empire-building computer game Medieval: Total War and futuristic war games Killzone, Killzone 2, and Fire Warrior.
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Sean Pertwee is the voice behind the Northeast's tourism advertisement which started broadcasting at the start of 2009.
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Sean Pertwee replaced India Fisher from the fourth series onwards, as the narrator of Masterchef: The Professionals.
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Sean Pertwee starred alongside John Hurt as Brother Proteus in the animated film Ultramarines: The Movie a Warhammer 40,000 Movie.
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Sean Pertwee has been in several dramatic works for BBC Radio 4, including playing the actor Oliver Reed in the play Burning Both Ends by Matthew Broughton in 2011.
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Sean Pertwee married Jacqueline Jane "Jacqui" Hamilton-Smith, a make-up artist, daughter of Anthony Hamilton-Smith, on 12 June 1999 at the House of Lords.
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Sean Pertwee presented a television party political broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party in the 2010 UK general election.