Sean Rigby (born 15 August 1989) is a stage and television actor from Preston, Lancashire, England. He is best known for playing Jim Strange in Endeavour.
Career Rigby graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2012."The Endeavour Interview: Sean Rigby", Damian Michael Barcroft, 6 April 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2019
He is best known for his role as Police Constable, later Police Sergeant and Detective Sergeant Jim Strange in Endeavour, the prequel series to Inspector Morse, from its inception in 2012 to 2023.Nolan, Emma; "Endeavour season 5 release date, cast, plot, trailer: When does the new series air on ITV?", Sunday Express, 9 February 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018 A New York Times reviewer said Rigby's interpretation of Strange "brings a vulpine grace" to the character.
In the 2017-aired British historical drama television mini-series, Gunpowder, Rigby played William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, who received a letter, maybe or maybe not self-penned, warning of the Gunpowder Plot.Fraser, Antonia; Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot, New York, Doubleday (1996)Gunpowder, BBC One. Retrieved 31 December 2018Preston, Richard E; "Gunpowder Recap, Episode 3: The Damned Die Hard", Fansided, winteriscoming.net. Retrieved 31 December 2018
In 2015, Rigby played the security guard Moe in a production of Alistair McDowall's Pomona at the National Theatre, Temporary Theatre, which had previously opened at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond in 2014.Hochstrasser, Tim; "Review: Pomona, National Theatre", Britishtheatre.com, 28 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2018 The show, which included Rigby as a security guard's "troubled accomplice", was reviewed in The Guardian by Michael Billington, who gave the production three stars.Billington, Michael; "Pomona review – dark, compelling play brings to mind Poliakoff", The Guardian, 17 November 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2018 Henry Hitchings of the Evening Standard felt Rigby's character was "especially unsettling".Hitchings, Henry; "Pomona, Orange Tree - theatre review: 'this dark new play from Alistair McDowall has the power to suck us in'", Evening Standard, 17 November 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2018
In 2015, Rigby appeared as Henry in a 13-minute short drama Isabella. In 2017, he starred as the only character in the four-minute short film, Crossing Seas.
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