Zak Sutcliffe

Zachary William Sutcliffe (born 16 June 2001) is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the films Peter and Wendy and Grimsby. Then, following various television appearances including No Offence, Butterfly and Doctors, he was cast as Evan in the CBBC series 4 O'Clock Club. Sutcliffe has since portrayed Schumacher 'Schuey' Weever in the BBC school drama series Waterloo Road and Bobby Costello in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, as well as film roles including Shortcut, Ali & Ava and The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die.

Life and career Sutcliffe was born on 16 June 2001 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He grew up on the Holme Wood estate and attended Tong High School. He simultaneously attended the Yorkshire School of Acting. Aged 13, he was cast in his first professional acting roles, two films: Peter and Wendy (2015) and Grimsby (2016). A year later, he appeared in an episode of the BBC medical drama series Casualty, as well as two episodes of the ITV1 series Butterfly.

In 2019, Sutcliffe appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. In 2020, he starred as Reggie in the Italian horror film Shortcut. He next appeared in the film The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023), in which he portrayed Edmund I.

In 2024, it was announced that Sutcliffe would be joining the cast of BBC's school drama series Waterloo Road. He has portrayed student Schumacher 'Schuey' Weever since the thirteenth series. His initial storyline is centred around his "bad boy" persona masking a deep history of neglect and abuse from his father. Later storylines for Sutcliffe's character have involved Schuey finding joy in Christianity, getting a stable home life from foster parents and developing a relationship with Agnes Eccleston (Niamh Blackshaw). In 2025, he returned to Hollyoaks, this time in the role of Bobby Costello. He portrayed Bobby for two episodes before his character was killed off by serial killer Jeremy Blake (Jeremy Sheffield). Prior to being cast, Sutcliffe was aware the character was to be killed off so soon and was excited to portray death scenes. Best Newcomer Hollyoaks