Jami Reid-Quarrell

Jami Reid-Quarrell (born 20 January 1978), is a Scottish actor who is best known for his role as the villain Colony Sarff in series 9 of the BBC television series Doctor Who, for which he was voted Best Male Guest Actor of the 2015 season on the Doctor Who TV fansite. He is also a singer, physical performer and choreographer who has appeared in numerous theatre, film & TV productions, operas and musicals. In 2010 he created the role of Dr Gangle for Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies. His stage appearances include Equus with Daniel Radcliffe, Trevor Nunn's The Tempest with Ralph Fiennes and with renowned physical theatre companies such as Punchdrunk and Frantic Assembly. He has also appeared around the world with such companies as the Royal Opera House, Archaos and the Royal Shakespeare Company where he underwent in-depth Shakespearean training tutored by Cicely Berry. He also choreographs and movement directs for theatre and screen, including shows for Trevor Nunn and pop videos for Depeche Mode ("Fragile Tension"), Casiokids ("Finn Bikkjen") and Boy Kill Boy ("No Conversation").

Reid-Quarrell was born in Paisley, Scotland, the son of champion swimmer Marie Reid (née Quarrell) and Glasgow's popular Big Band Jazz singer Tommy Reid. He has three elder sisters Loretta, Jennifer and Eleanor and one younger sister Caroline. Brought up in Linwood, Renfrewshire, Reid-Quarrell attended St Andrews Primary School (now Our Lady of Peace) and St Brendan's High School. He established himself as a young actor with the Actors Lab at the Strathclyde Arts Centre (formerly Glasgow Arts Centre), also known as the starting place of the actor Robert Carlyle by whom Reid-Quarrell was taught for a brief time.

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