Stewart Wright Biography

Stewart Alec Weatherley Wright (born 12 January 1974) is an English actor. After his breakthrough playing Nick Levick in award winning mockumentary series People Like Us (1999) he has enjoyed a range of leading and character roles in many productions across theatre, film and television. He took a break from acting in 2006 to focus on developing his own work. This experimental period included a critically acclaimed collaboration with Will Adamsdale to create a series for BBC Radio 4, among other successful projects. He returned to acting in 2009 through productions at Bristol Old Vic and was back on our screens starring alongside Alison Steadman in ITV's Love and Marriage in 2013. He now combines his acting career with his own self generated projects.

Early life

Wright was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1974 the son of two doctors. He attended Wellington College in Berkshire in the early 1990s where his passion for rugby led to his captaining the Ist XV and being a non-travelling reserve for the England U18s. An injury encouraged him to focus on his other passion and he secured a place at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he completed a BA in acting in 1996.

Career

After People Like Us he went onto roles in a number of popular shows including Smack the Pony, Black Books and The Vicar of Dibley. His first lead role in a TV series came in 2002 when he played Eddie Chisolm alongside Sally Phillips in Rescue Me written by David Nicholls. His theatre work includes Howard Davies' production of All My Sons at The National Theatre and his many rep theatre roles include Nick Bottom in David Farrs' A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Prince of Wales in The Madness of George III at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Wright is perhaps best known to a worldwide audience for his portrayal of PC Mark Mylow in Doc Martin. He has played character parts in films such as Bridget Jones' Diary, Incendiary and Ali G Indahouse. It was his break from acting in 2006 that marked a turning point in his career. He tried his hand at writing and was commissioned to co-create and perform 2, 6 x 15 min late night comedy series for BBC Radio 4. In this exploratory phase he also started an improvisation group and co-created a one-man contemporary clown show that led to him being asked to play 7-year-old Roger Walker in Tom Morris' West End production of Swallows and Amazons. In his next and most challenging leading role to date in the ITV comedy drama series Love and Marriage, he was directed by filmmaker Debbie Isitt. He has since played his biggest film role in Isitts' latest improvised film Nativity 3 and gone onto achieve his career ambition of playing the Dame in Pantomime at Lyric Hammersmith.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Fierce Creatures	Octopus Security Guard
2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	Stage Manager
	High Heels and Low Lifes	Officer
	Dog Eat Dog	Eastwood
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Cameraman
2004	If Only	Mike
2005	The Best Man	Harry
2006	A Good Year	Broker #1
2007	"World of Wrestling"	Mr. Kendo	Short film
2008	Incendiary	Charlie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1997	Chalk	Policeman # 1	Episode: "The Star Pupil"
1999	People Like Us	Nick Levick	Episode: "The Estate Agent"
2000	The Vicar of Dibley	Local TV newsreader	Episode: "Summer"
	My Hero	Cricketer	Episode: "Thermoman's Greatest Challenge"
	Doctors	Dave Darwin	Episode: "Mum's The Word"
	Smack the Pony	Groom	Series 2, Episode 4
	Black Books	Second Customer	Episode: "Manny's First Day"
	I Saw You		Granada series
2001	So What Now?	Terry
	Murder in Mind	Steve	Episode: "Neighbors"
	World of Pub	Various Characters	Episodes: "Caine", "Sixties", "Drink", "Queen"
	Armadillo	Marius Van Meer
	Coupling	Harry	Episode: "Dressed"
2002	Rescue Me	Eddie Chisholm	Lead role
	Celeb	Matthew	Episode: "The Assassin"
2003	Ready When You Are, Mr McGill	Geoff	TV film
2004	Wild West	PC Alan	Lead role
	Dirty Filthy Love	Rhodri	TV film
	Doc Martin	PC Mark Mylow	Series 1 and 2
2006	Spooks	Thames Barrier Guide	Series 5, Episode 10
2007	Bonkers	John Lewis	Lead role
2008	Love Soup	Jeff	Episode: "The Menaced Assassin"
	Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story	Malcolm	TV film
2013	Love and Marriage	Kevin Paradise	Lead role; ITV series
2016	I Want My Wife Back	Curtis (Murray's Boss)	BBC series

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1998	The Magistrate		Savoy Theatre
	Jackie		Queen's Theatre
	An Audience with the Queen		Riverside Studios
1999	Love and The Art of War		King's Head Theatre
2001	All My Sons		Royal National Theatre
2003	The Madness of George III		West Yorkshire Playhouse
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Nick Bottom	Bristol Old Vic
2005	Neville's Island	Angus	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
2007	The Aussies		Edinburgh Fringe
2008	The Nothing Show		Jacksons Lane
2009	Muscle	Dan	Bristol Old Vic
2010	Misconception	Noel	Assembly Rooms
2011	Swallows and Amazons	Roger Walker	Bristol Old Vic & Vaudeville Theatre
2012	Wild Oats	John Dory	Bristol Old Vic
2012	Does My Society Look Big In This		Bristol Old Vic

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2009	Strangers on a Train	Various characters	BBC Radio 4 production
2010	Earls of the Court	Lloydie	BBC Radio 4 production
2013	Strangers on a Train	Various characters	BBC Radio 4 Extra production