Allen Leech

Allen Leech

  • Birthday: 1981-05-18
  • Place of birth: Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland
  • Also know as: Аллен Лич

Biography

Allen Leech (born 18 May 1981) is an Irish actor best known for his role as Tom Branson on the historical drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015). He made his professional acting debut with a small part in a 1998 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, made his first major film appearance as Vincent Cusack in Cowboys & Angels, and earned an Irish Film & Television Awards nomination in 2004 with his performance as Mo Chara in Man About Dog. He appeared as Willi in the Queen and Peacock (2000), at the Garter Lane Arts Centre. The following years, he was in The Morning After Optimism (2001) and then Da (2002). His breakthrough film performance was in Cowboys and Angels (2003), followed by a role in the 2004 cross-country caper film Man About Dog. He played the role of Shane Kirwan in Ireland's RTÉ series Love Is the Drug (2004), for which he received a Best Actor nomination from the Irish Film and Television Awards. He followed that up with the role of Willy in the television series Legend (2006), for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination from Irish Film and Television Awards. In 2010, he appeared on the small screen in The Tudors (2010) as the doomed Francis Dereham. Leech also appeared in ITV 2010s television series Downton Abbey as chauffeur Tom Branson. He played the role of officer Sam Leonard in television series Primeval in 2011 in series five. He also starred in the 2012 film adaptation The Sweeney. In 2014 he starred as the spy John Cairncross, in The Imitation Game. He played Freddie Mercury's personal manager, Paul Prenter, in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Allen Leech, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Man About Dog

2004

As Mo Chara

Rewind

2010

As Karl

Cold Meat

2024

As David

Cowboys & Angels

2004

As Vincent

As Luck Would Have It

2021

As Brennan

In Fear

2013

As Max

You Can't Run Forever

0000

As Eddie

Grand Piano

2013

As Wayne

The Imitation Game

2014

As John Cairncross

Attila the Hun

2008

As Edeco

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018

As Paul Prenter

My Name Is Andrea

2022

As Lover's Husband

Doing Money

2019

As Dougie

The Escapist

2002

As Policeman 1 (Smashed Car)

The Sweeney

2012

As DC Simon Ellis

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor

2003

As British Officer

From Time to Time

2010

As Fred Boggis

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022

As Tom Branson

The Hunter's Prayer

2017

As Richard Addison

Downton Abbey

2019

As Tom Branson

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