Waddington, steven

Early years

Stephen Waddington was born on November 28, 1968 in Leeds , England , into the family of Averill Stubbs and Peter Waddington. Attended elementary school “Old Farnley”, high school “Ryecroft”, then higher school “Intake” (all in his native Leeds). He participated in school plays and appeared in several productions of Yorkshire television, including Emmerdale Farm and Eighteen Desperate Hours , with a minimum of role-playing text. Upon reaching the age of 18, Stephen enrolled in the “ ” - drama school in dramatic arts in Lawton ( Essex , East Anglia ).

In the summer of 1989, after graduation, he joined The Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC , one of the oldest British theater institutions), working first in Shakespeare's homeland, in Stratford , and later in Newcastle . Waddington received his first role in the historical film " Edward II " (dir. Derek Jarmain ) thanks to the recommendation of Nigel Terry, with whom Steve had previously participated in the production of "Pericles" at RSC .

Career and Recognition

The next notable step in Waddington’s creative career was the role of Wilfried Ivanhoe in 1997 in the joint production of BBC / A & E Prod. (on the eponymous historical novel by Sir W. Scott ). In 1999, Timothy Walter Burton , the author of contemporary entertainment cinema, having noticed a promising young actor, offered Steve the role of Mr. Killian in his horror film Sleepy Hollow . He was later invited by a commercially successful screenwriter , his namesake Steve Coogan to the comedy The Parole Officer , where he played Jeff (this picture, directed by John Dewigan , became one of the highest-grossing films of the year in England ). In 2003, Waddington starred in the role of Prasutaga in the biopic " Boudicca ", playing the husband of the main character. Some time later, Steve appeared in the image of the Duke of Buckingham in the sensational TV series The Tudors , released by Paytime cable television channel Showtime on April 1, 2007 in the United States .

In 2006, Stephen appeared in the serial drama " Signs of Life " ( Vital Signs ), along with Tamzin Outwaite , filmed by a major British television corporation ITV . In the 2 nd season of the historic Teledrama about Robin Hood , which appeared on screens from October 2006 to June 2009, played the role of King Richard the Lionheart . In 2007, Waddington reappeared as King Richard I on the BBC / Discovery Channel joint documentary Heroes and Villains: Richard the Lionheart .

From April to July 2010, the actor was involved in the filming of the Waterloo Road series produced by the BBC film company, where he got the role of Adam Fleet . In addition, Stephen starred in two more Swedish films : in 2008 he played the role of the Aragonese knight, Grand Master of the Knights Templar Arnaud Traz in the film and the mini-series “ Arn - Knight of the Templars ” ( Swede. Arn - Tempelriddaren ), and in 2012 The actor played McCullen in the film “ ”. In 2012, Steve appeared in the first part of the ITV mini-series "Titanic" , playing the famous second mate of the ship .

Currently, Waddington is involved in the Jamestown series ( Jamestown ), which premiered in 2017, produced by the British entertainment pay channel Sky One , where he plays Marshall Redwick . In parallel, Stephen takes part in the filming of the French-Belgian drama by Thomas Winterberg “ Kursk ”, based on the book by R. Moore “Time to die” about the catastrophe of the eponymous Russian submarine (premiered in 2018).

Stephen is married to a famous actress and model Jane March , from a marriage with which he has a son. In addition, he is friends with actor Casper van Dien , together with whom Waddington starred in three films.