Oliver Dimsdale (born 28 October 1972)Debrett's People of Today, Oliver Dimsdale, Esq Profile Retrieved 2011-03-25. is an English actor, known for portraying Louis Trevelyan in the BBC TV serial He Knew He Was Right and Daniel Marlowe in Grantchester.
Early life and education Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, he was brought up in Hertfordshire. Dimsdale is the son of a Swiss mother."He Knew He Was Right" press pack: Oliver Dimsdale - Louis Trevelyan BBC Press Office. 2004-03-30. He has a sister, Anna. He developed a stammer at the age of six, which he has since partially brought under control through speech therapy. Dimsdale attended the Dragon School and then Eton College,Eton College – Famous Old Etonians – Drama See relevant listing. and went on to study French and Economics at university. He trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1999.Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Acting graduates include… See relevant listing.
Career Dimsdale began his performing career at the age of thirteen in a radio play for the BBC. He has lent his voice to the radio productions In The Company of Men and Sharp Focus.Chichester Festival Theatre: What’s On: Oliver Dimsdale His film credits include RocknRolla (2008), Cosi (2010) and the short film Pest.
On television, he played the lead roles of Louis Trevelyan in the 2004 adaptation of He Knew He Was Right, and Dr Felix Quinn in the 2008 ITV1 medical drama Harley Street. He has also made guest appearances in Doctors, Casualty and Lark Rise to Candleford. Since 2016, he has played Daniel Marlowe in Grantchester.
Dimsdale is the co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Filter Theatre. His theatre work includes Great Expectations, The Changeling, Five Finger Exercise and The Tempest.
Personal life Dimsdale married actress Zoë Tapper on 30 December 2008. In April 2011, she gave birth to their daughter. They have since had another daughter.
Awards Dimsdale won Best Fringe Performer in the 2002 Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, for the Royal Exchange performance of Paul Herzberg's The Dead Wait.Nominations for the M.E.N Theatre Awards 2002-11-15. Retrieved on 2009-06-29.
Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 Doctors James Byford 1 episode: Thin Ice 2003 Mark Penellin 1 episode: "A Suitable Vengeance" 2003 Byron Percy Bysshe Shelley TV film 2004 He Knew He Was Right Louis Trevelyan 2005 Dalziel and Pascoe Danny Latimer 2 episodes: "Dead Meat", (Parts One and Two) 2005 Casualty Michael Mallins 1 episode: "And On That Farm" 2006 Nostradamus Michael Nostradamus TV film 2007 Fallen Angel Michael Appleton 2008 Harley Street Dr Felix Quinn 2009 Lark Rise to Candleford George Ellison 1 episode: Episode 2.4 2009 Breaking the Mould Ernst Chain TV film 2013 Ambassadors French Ambassador TV series 2013 Downton Abbey (Christmas episode) The Prince of Wales TV series 2016 Father Brown Ned Le Broc Episode 4.7 "The Missing Man" 2016 Mr Selfridge Mr. Keen Episodes 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10 2016–present Grantchester Daniel Marlowe Recurring 2019 Pierre Gilliard 6 Episodes - Netflix docu-dramaPower, Ed (3 July 2019) "The Last Czars, Netflix review: no bad wigs here – this Romanovs docu-drama has a Crown-sized budget". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2020
Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 Pest Jonathan Kitcher Short film 2008 RocknRolla Posh Man in Shorts 2010 Cosi Phillip 2011 What You Will Sir Toby Belch Mockumentary 2014 Good People Supt Ray Martin
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2015 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Stephen Appleton Voice role
Theatre Water, Lyric Hammersmith, October - November 2007 Pravda, Chichester Festival Theatre, September 2006 (playing Andrew May) The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Cottesloe Theatre, March - April 2006, (playing Fat Prince) Twelfth Night, Tricycle Theatre, September 2008 (playing Toby Belch)
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Filter Theatre