About Elliot Levey
Born 1974. Elliot Levey is a British actor and television actor.
Elliot Levey (born 6 December 1973) is an English actor.
Career Levey won Olivier awards for the roles of Herr Schultz in Cabaret (2022) and Tom Maschler in Giant (2025). Known for his work in British theatre, he has performed at the Donmar Warehouse, Almeida and National Theatres. along with Robespierre in Danton's Death alongside Toby Stephens (2010, National Theatre) and Don John in a 2011 production of Much Ado About Nothing alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate. In 2014 he played an American journalist in Ripper Street. In 2019 he played Judge Jeffreys in the ghost story Martin's Close for the BBC. In 2020, he portrayed David Briggs in the mini series Quiz. In 2021, he played in the movies The Amazing Mr Blunden and Smudged Smile. In 2022, he appeared in Good at the Harold Pinter Theatre, which was later shown on screens as part of National Theatre Live. Personal life Levey was educated at Clifton College before reading philosophy at Oxford University, where he met Emma Loach (daughter of director Ken Loach), whom he later married and with whom he has three sons. He is Jewish.
Filmography Film
Television
Stage
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Who is Elliot Levey?
British actor
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Elliot Levey was born in 1974 in Leeds.
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Elliot Levey is an actor and television actor.
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Elliot Levey is British.
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