Person Details

Birthday: 1981-05-18 14:54:51

Aliases: Аллен Лич

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland

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Movie Involvements: 18

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Good Doctor
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8

The Good Doctor

(2017) Ariel Reznik
Black Mirror
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8

Black Mirror

(2011) Pike
Downton Abbey
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8

Downton Abbey

(2010) Tom Branson
The Tudors
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8

The Tudors

(2007) Francis Dereham
The Imitation Game
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8

The Imitation Game

(2014) John Cairncross
Bohemian Rhapsody
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8

Bohemian Rhapsody

(2018) Paul Prenter
Rome
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8

Rome

(2005) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Downton Abbey: A New Era
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7

Downton Abbey: A New Era

(2022) Tom Branson

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Lover's Husband
Tom Branson
2021 Brennan
2019 Self
Tom Branson
Dougie
2018 Paul Prenter
2017 Ariel Reznik
Richard Addison
Eddie Roe
2014 John Cairncross
2013 Wayne
Max
2012 DC Simon Ellis
2011 Pike
2010 Tom Branson
Fred Boggis
Karl
2008 N/A
Edeco
2007 Edeco
Francis Dereham
N/A
2005 Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
2004 Shane Kirwan
Mo Chara
Vincent
2003 British Officer
2002 Policeman 1 (Smashed Car)
2000 Rory
1997 Self - Guest
Self
Eddie
David
David Burke
Year Character Movie/Tv

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