Peter De Jersey

Actor

BIOGRAPHY

Peter de Jersey is a British television and theatre actor. Perhaps best known for his long-time recurring role as Jerome Taylor in The Bill, he has acted in numerous UK programmes. From 2000 to 2003 he played Steve Waring in Holby City until the character was involved in a car crash and subsequently died in hospital. Other television appearances include Doctors and Dalziel and Pascoe. In the New Tricks episode Fathers Pride, he appeared alongside fellow Holby City actor Jeremy Sheffield.He appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2008-09, where his parts included Orlando to Samantha Bonds Rosalind, Horatio to David Tennants Hamlet, and Oberon in A Midsummer Nights Dream. Having performed with the National Theatre in Helen Edmundsons adaptation of Leo Tolstoys War and Peace, de Jersey was praised highly for his portrayal of Antiochus in Believe In What You Will. He also acted in Rough Crossings, the theatre adaptation by Caryl Phillips from Simon Schamas book.His recent work involves a supporting role in the 2008 film The Bank Job, in which he portrayed Michael X, and playing the general Cominius in the Donmar Warehouses 2013-14 production of Coriolanus.Peter de Jersey played Gooper in Tennessee Williams´ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre, London, performing alongside James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad and Adrian Lester.Peter de Jersey played Androgar in the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode The Day of the Doctor broadcast on 23 November 2013.

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