25 Facts About Trevor Eve

Trevor John Eve was born on 1 July 1951 and is an English actor.

Trevor Eve is the father of three children, including actress Alice Eve.

Trevor Eve is the winner of two Laurence Olivier Awards from the nineties in theatre.

Trevor Eve studied architecture at Kingston Polytechnic in London.

Trevor Eve lost interest and dropped out of the course to pursue acting.

Trevor Eve enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1973 with an Acting.

Trevor Eve portrayed Paul McCartney in Willy Russell's 1974 play John, Paul, George, Ringo.

Trevor Eve appeared in Hindle Wakes directed by Laurence Olivier as part of the Laurence Olivier Presents TV series.

In 1977, Trevor Eve joined the cast of Franco Zeffirelli's Filumena, in London's West End, where he met future wife, Sharon Maughan.

Trevor Eve then went on to his first major film role in the 1979 Dracula directed by John Badham, playing Jonathan Harker, alongside Laurence Olivier.

In 1982, Trevor Eve won the Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play, playing James Leeds in Children of a Lesser God.

Trevor Eve co-starred in the short-lived 1985 ABC series Shadow Chasers.

Trevor Eve won the 1997 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Dr Astrov in Uncle Vanya.

In September 2000, Trevor Eve starred in the BBC drama series Waking the Dead, in the role of Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd.

Trevor Eve continued to play Boyd throughout the subsequent nine series of the drama.

Trevor Eve was one of the artists who recited Shakespearian sonnets on the 2002 album When Love Speaks.

That same year, Trevor Eve played Cropper in Possession, directed by Neil LaBute, and continued his work in film in Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen in 2004, and The Family Man in 2006.

Trevor Eve served as executive producer on his successful series Kidnap and Ransom, and The Body Farm with Tara Fitzgerald.

Trevor Eve starred in a three-part drama on ITV called Lawless.

Trevor Eve played the part of Judge Sir Selwyn Hardcastle in the BBC's Death Comes to Pemberley in December 2013, and as Roach in The Interceptor in 2014.

Trevor Eve worked on son Jack Trevor Eve's debut feature film as writer-director, Death of a Farmer.

On 19 February 2014, Trevor Eve was part of the invited audience at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the centennial of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

In 2018, Trevor Eve played the part of Gerbert d'Aurillac in the TV-series A Discovery of Witches.

In 1982, Trevor Eve was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play, for his performance in Children of a Lesser God.

Trevor Eve met Sharon Maughan in 1979, when they both had parts in the West End production of Filumena.