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Grant Gillespie

Actor
Grant Gillespie is an English novelist, screenwriter and actor who lives in W1, London. As an actor, his credits include: Television - Will (TNT), Catastrophe, Siblings, the Channel 4 mocumentary Cast Offs, Hollyoaks, Holby City, Eastenders, Doctors, Casualty, Poirot Midsomer Murders; Film - Kingsman - The Golden Circle, Florence Foster Jenkins, Lecture 21. His debut novel, The Cuckoo Boy, was published by London publishing house To Hell with Publishing in May 2010. It was shortlisted for the Not the Booker Prize for that year. ()

Grant Gillespie’s an actor, novelist, and screenwriter Living in the West End of London.Onscreen, he’s appeared in numerous productions, including: Kingsman 2, Florence Foster Jenkins, Will, Catastrophe, Siblings, The Crown, George Gently, Victoria and Cast Offs. On stage, he’s worked with the celebrated directors Jamie Lloyd, Michael Grandage, Stephen Unwin and Erica Whyman. He’s done MOCAP work at The Imaginarium (Squadron 42) and voices for computer games Bloodborne and Dark Souls.His novel, The Cuckoo Boy, was described as ‘an emotionally visceral debut’ (Guardian). ‘Through James and David, Gillespie explores the chasm between how children and adults perceive the world, and the devastating consequences of falling through this gap. The Cuckoo Boy is a savage indictment of hypocrisy and forced social convention.’ (Observer). His short story, The Upper Hand, published by Simon Schuster (in He Played For His Wife and Other Stories) also features Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.Grant also writes screen/theatre and radio plays. Harvest – co-written with Kate Ashfield – is on the slate at Kate Lewis and Julia Walsh’s production company, Neon Ink.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Horror | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Movies with Grant Gillespie as Actor(3)

as Lyons Head Waiter2022 Living
as The Pastor2018 The Sermon
as Hotel Receptionist2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle

TV Shows/Series with Grant Gillespie as Actor(2)

as Jeweller2016 Victoria
as Jack Lovett1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot

Additional Information

Full Name: Grant Gillespie
Educated at: University of Glasgow
Other names for Grant Gillespie (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Grant Gillespie (writer)"
Grant Gillespie frequently works together with these people:
Daisy Goodwin (4x, Actress)
Matthew Vaughn (3x, Crew)
Clive Exton (3x, Crew)
Philip Jackson (2x, Actor)
Kazuo Ishiguro (2x, Crew)
Pandora Clifford (2x, Actress)
Nadia Stacey (2x, Crew)
Lucy Briers (2x, Actress)
Marc Wolff (2x, Crew)
Dean Puckett (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:266164, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024