Bruno Langley | |
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Langley in 2015
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Born |
Taunton, Somerset, England |
21 March 1983
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001-present |
Television | Coronation Street (2001–04, 2007, 2011, 2013–present) Doctor Who (2005) |
Partner(s) | Victoria Roscoe (2004–12) |
Children | Freddie Langley (born 2007) |
Bruno Langley (born 21 March 1983) is a British actor best known for playing Adam Mitchell in the 2005 series of Doctor Who and Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street.
Langley was born to Australian parents in Somerset, but grew up in Buxton, Derbyshire. He attended Harpur Hill Primary School and Buxton Community School. He trained at the North Cheshire Theatre School in Heaton Moor. Along with his sisters he was a member of a number of junior string orchestras in which he played the cello.
From 2001 to 2004, Langley played the character of Todd Grimshaw in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. As the first openly gay character on the show, Langley developed a large gay following.
He also appeared in Coronation Street on 4 August 2000 as Darren, then boyfriend of Candice.
While on leave from Coronation Street, he has played roles such as the part of Adam Mitchell in the 2005 series of Doctor Who with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, appearing in two episodes, "Dalek" and "The Long Game", and provided an audio commentary for the DVD of these episodes. He also filmed a small role in the feature film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, released in June 2005, as well an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe and the little-seen film Halal Harry in 2006, and read Horace for BBC Radio 7.
He returned to Coronation Street for a twelve episode guest stint in 2007.