Eddie Marsan

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Job Title

Actor

Born

Edward Marsan on November 30, 1967 in London, England, GB

Career Milestones

1992

Made acting debut on London Weekend Television series "The Piglet Files"

1992

Played recurring role on "The Bill" (ITV) as Dean Stacey

1996

Landed small role on popular BBC sitcom "Game On" as a bungling bank robber

1997

Debuted as a series regular on short-lived BBC comedy series "Get Well Soon"

1997

First film role, "The Man Who Knew Too Little"

1998

Appeared in small role in Michael Radford's crime thriller "B. Monkey"

2000

Landed minor role in British crime film "Gangster No. 1," starring Malcolm McDowell and Paul Bettany

2002

Played Killoran in Martin Scorsese's crime epic "Gangs of New York"

2003

Cast as Reverend John in "21 Grams," directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

2004

Co-starred in Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake"

2005

Appeared in Wachowski penned thriller "V for Vendetta"

2005

Co-starred in Terrence Malick's "The New World"

2006

Cast in J. J. Abrams' "Mission: Impossible III" as Davian's (Philip Seymour Hoffman) henchman

2006

Played Ed Norton's stage manager in "The Illusionist"

2008

Co-starred in BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Little Dorrit"

2008

Played villain Red Parker opposite Will Smith in "Hancock"

2008

Re-teamed with Mike Leigh to play an angsty teacher in "Happy-Go-Lucky"

2009

Cast as Inspector Lestrade, opposite Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes in Guy Ritchie's re-imagining of "Sherlock Holmes"

2009

Portrayed producer John Houseman in Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles"

2011

Cast in WWI-set drama "War Horse," directed by Steven Spielberg; film based on novel by Michael Morpurgo and 2007 stage adaptation

2011

Co-starred in Paddy Considine's "Tyrannosaur"

2011

Reprised role in action sequel "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"

2012

Cast as one of the eight dwarfs in "Snow White and the Huntsman" opposite Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron

2013

Appeared in action fantasy film "Jack the Giant Slayer"

Awards

2008

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor in Happy-Go-Lucky