About Spencer Leigh
Born 1963. Spencer Leigh is a British actor and television actor.
Spencer Leigh (born )
Leigh has since appeared in various TV and film roles, including in several films directed by Derek Jarman, and in the premiere episode of the TV detective drama Inspector Morse, wherein he played as a university student involved in a murder investigation. In the 1980s, he was considered one of the "Brit Pack".
After appearing in the 1992 television series Between the Lines, it wouldn't be for another twenty years before he would partake in his next role, portraying Nunzio in the 2012 film Hitchcock.
Personal life He moved to the United States in the early 1990s, where he worked with music video producer Jake Scott, then directing TV commercials.
Leigh also worked with Criterion on documentary material for the Merchant Ivory Collection.
Filmography Year Film Role Notes 1983 One Summer Icky Higson TV series (all 5 episodes) 1986 Caravaggio Jerusaleme Smart Money Leon 1987 Inspector Morse Ned Murdoch TV series ("The Dead of Jericho") Prick Up Your Ears Constable First Sight Colin TV series ("Leaving Home") Aria Young Man (segment "Depuis le jour") Knights of God Brother Wilson TV series 1988 L'ispirazione Unnamed Role Short film by Derek Jarman The Last of England Soldier and various other roles Young Toscanini Heckler (known in Italian as Il giovane Toscanini) 1989 War Requiem Soldier 1 Hannay Vermilion Thorpe TV series ("That Rough Music") Strapless Hus 1990 The Garden Mary Magdalene / Adam Casualty Garry Salter TV series (Series 5, "Street Life") Boon Ian Goran TV series ("Thicker Than Water") 1992 Between the Lines Dave Potter TV series ("Nothing Personal") 2012 Hitchcock Nunzio
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