Hugo Speer
| Hugo Speer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 March 1969 Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Education |
Harrogate Grammar School Arts Educational Schools, London |
| Occupation | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Spouse(s) | Vivienne Harvey (m. 2015) |
Hugo Speer (born 17 March 1969) is an English actor and director.
Hugo Speer was born in Harrogate in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at the local Harrogate Grammar School. He studied acting at the Arts Educational School, Tring Park.
Speer began his acting career appearing in the TV series McCallum (TV series)The Bill and Heartbeat. He played a minor role in the film Bhaji on the Beach before his first notable appearance as Guy in the film The Full Monty. Following this film's worldwide success he went on to appear in Swing (1999), Deathwatch and The Interpreter (playing Nicole Kidman's brother). However, most of his work has been on TV, including sitcoms Men Behaving Badly, dramas Clocking Off, The Last Detective, Boudica (2003), and The Rotters' Club (2005), as well as the 2005 BBC adaptation of Dickens' Bleak House. In 2006, he appeared in the postal worker drama Sorted. In 2008, he starred alongside Martine McCutcheon in Echo Beach. In 2011 he played a repairman whose repairs "come to life" in the supernatural drama Haven, based on a Stephen King story. Speer also provides narration for ITV1 series, Cops with Cameras, Channel 5's The Bachelor and the BBC series Seaside Rescue. He appears as John Foster in the penultimate and final episodes of the fourth series of Skins.
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