Luke Gell

Luke Gell is a retired English actor, best known for the role of Tim Claypole in the BBC Three sitcom, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. He is the founding director of a drama training workshop and agency for young actors in Nottingham called Inspire Academy.

Early life and education Luke Gell is from Nottingham. He trained at Central Independent Television's Television Workshop from the age of 11, where he was once described as a "young Peter Kay".

Career Gell has been acting on television since the age of 11, beginning with a role in Bernard's Watch, which was filmed in Nottingham. and in the sitcom Still Open All Hours (2018). He appeared in a one-off episode of Above Their Station on 22 February 2010.

In 2017, he retired from acting. he remains executive director of the acting school, which also runs an employment agency for actors.

Alumni of the academy include Shalisha James-Davis, who appeared in the 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots, and Lara Peake, who appeared in the 2020 American science fiction drama series A Brave New World

Personal life In 2020, Gell opened up his own café in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.

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