Spencer Leigh (born ) is an English TV and film actor.
Biography
Early life Born and raised in Liverpool, Leigh attended the King David High School, Childwall, a Jewish secondary school which also accepted non-Jewish pupils. (Other notable alumni include actor Jason Isaacs and musician Guy Chambers).
Career He became interested in the theatre and joined the Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre soon after it opened in Liverpool. Fellow theatre student David Morrissey and he were chosen by Yorkshire Television to play as two poverty-stricken kids in the drama miniseries One Summer in 1983.
Leigh has since appeared in various TV and film roles, including in several films directed by Derek Jarman, and in the premiere episode of the TV detective drama Inspector Morse, wherein he played as a university student involved in a murder investigation. In the 1980s, he was considered one of the "Brit Pack".
After appearing in the 1992 television series Between the Lines, it wouldn't be for another twenty years before he would partake in his next role, portraying Nunzio in the 2012 film Hitchcock.
Personal life He moved to the United States in the early 1990s, where he worked with music video producer Jake Scott, then directing TV commercials.
Leigh also worked with Criterion on documentary material for the Merchant Ivory Collection.
Filmography Year Film Role Notes 1983 One Summer Icky Higson TV series (all 5 episodes) 1986 Caravaggio Jerusaleme Smart Money Leon 1987 Inspector Morse Ned Murdoch TV series ("The Dead of Jericho") Prick Up Your Ears Constable First Sight Colin TV series ("Leaving Home") Aria Young Man (segment "Depuis le jour") Knights of God Brother Wilson TV series 1988 L'ispirazione Unnamed Role Short film by Derek Jarman The Last of England Soldier and various other roles Young Toscanini Heckler (known in Italian as Il giovane Toscanini) 1989 War Requiem Soldier 1 Hannay Vermilion Thorpe TV series ("That Rough Music") Strapless Hus 1990 The Garden Mary Magdalene / Adam Casualty Garry Salter TV series (Series 5, "Street Life") Boon Ian Goran TV series ("Thicker Than Water") 1992 Between the Lines Dave Potter TV series ("Nothing Personal") 2012 Hitchcock Nunzio
References
External links
Interview with Spencer Leigh (Icky) One Summer - Interviews