Anthony Welsh

Anthony Welsh
Born	Anthony Michael Welsh (1983-07-05) 5 July 1983 (age 41) Hammersmith, London, England
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present

Anthony Michael Welsh (born 5 July 1983) is an English actor. He made his film debut in Red Tails (2012). On television, he is known for his role as Lucky Gordon in The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019–2020).^[1]

Early life and education

Welsh was born at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in the Hammersmith area of West London and grew up in West Ealing.^[2] He attended Drayton Manor High School. He began taking evening acting classes at Richmond Drama School when he was about 20 followed by a foundation course.^[3] He went on to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Red Tails	St. Lou
	My Brother the Devil	Izzi
	Comes a Bright Day	Elliot
	AfterGlow	Trumpet	Short film
2013	Starred Up	Hassan
	Dirtymoney	Leo Roberts
2014	Second Coming	Levi
2016	The Girl with All the Gifts	Dillon
2017	Sand Castle	Carter
	Journeyman	Andre Bryte
2018	Barber Shop Chronicles	Winston / Shoni	National Theatre Live
	Ibiza	Peter
	The Arrival	Emil	Short film
	Seed	Omar	Short film
2019	Calm With Horses	Rob
	The Personal History of David Copperfield	Ham
2024	Bob Marley: One Love	Don Taylor

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009–2010	The Bill	Devon Marshall	3 episodes
2011	Holby City	Tim Dunning	Episode: "Too Much Monkey Business"
	Coming Up	Abdel	Episode: "Home"
	Top Boy	Shaun	1 episode
	Life's Too Short	BBC director	Mockumentary; 1 episode
2012	Secrets and Words	Sam	Episode: "A Study in Time"
2014	The Secret	Dean	Episode: "The Visitor"
2016	Fleabag	Jack	2 episodes
2017	Black Mirror	Anan Akhand	Episode: "Crocodile"
2018	Leading Lady Parts	Panelist	TV short
2019–2020	The Trial of Christine Keeler	Lucky Gordon	Miniseries
2019	Pure	Joe	Main role
2019–2020	Brassic	Jake	7 episodes
2020	Hanna	Leo Garner	Recurring role (season 2; 8 episodes)
2021	Master of None	Darius	2 episodes
	The Great	Father Basil	Recurring role (season 2; 5 episodes)
2022	The Flatshare	Leon Twomey	Main role
2023	The Gallows Pole	Abe Oldfield	Three-part television series

2024 Flatshare mini Series acting as Leon, an assistant in a hospice

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Forza Horizon	Ali Howard

Music videos

Song	Year	Artist	Notes
"Another Hole in Babylon"	2016	Gaika Tavares

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	The Brothers Size	Elegba	Young Vic, London
2009	Pornography		Tricycle Theatre, London
2010	Sucker Punch	Troy	Royal Court Theatre, London[5]
	Lower Ninth	E-Z	Donmar Warehouse / Trafalgar Studios, London
2011	Precious Little Talent	Sam	Trafalgar Studios, London
2012	Blackta	Brown	Young Vic, London
2013	nut	Devon	The Shed, Royal National Theatre, London
2014	dirty butterfly	Jason	Young Vic, London[6]
	The Merchant of Venice	Gratiano	Almeida Theatre, London
2017	Barber Shop Chronicles	Winston / Shoni	Royal National Theatre, London
2018	The Brothers Size	Elegba	Young Vic, London[7]
2024	The Comeuppance	Emilio	Almeida Theatre, London

References

1. "Interview with Anthony Welsh". BBC. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
2. "The Journey – Anthony Welsh interview". Bafta. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
3. "Introducing… Anthony Welsh". Official London Theatre. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
4. "Anthony Welsh". Royal National Theatre. November 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
5. "Anthony Welsh". Royal Court. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
6. Khan, Naima (30 December 2013). ""The imagination is the place to go": Anthony Welsh on debbie tucker green". Plays, Films & Plays. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
7. Bowie-Sell, Daisy (30 January 2018). "Anthony Welsh: 'My heart raced when I first read The Brothers Size'". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

External links

• Anthony Welsh at IMDb