Eddie Marsan
Marsan at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Edward Maurice Charles Marsan (1968-06-23) 23 June 1968 (age 44) Stepney, East London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present

Edward Maurice Charles "Eddie" Marsan^[1][2] (born 1968) is an English actor, known for his roles in the films Gangster No. 1, Mission: Impossible III, Sixty Six, V for Vendetta, Hancock, Happy-Go-Lucky, Sherlock Holmes, and War Horse.

Early life[link]

Marsan was born in Stepney, London to a working class family; his father was a lorry driver and his mother a school dinner lady and teacher's assistant.^[3][4] He was brought up in Bethnal Green and initially served an apprenticeship as a printer, before beginning his career in theatre, and moving to a television and film career.^[4] He trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating in 1991.

Television career[link]

Marsan's first television appearance was in 1992, as a "yob", in the London Weekend Television series The Piglet Files. One of his more significant earliest television appearances was in the popular mid-1990s BBC sitcom Game On as a bungling bank robber. Marsan went on to have roles in Casualty, The Bill, Kavanagh QC, Grange Hill, Silent Witness, Ultimate Force, and more.

Film[link]

Marsan has since branched out into numerous and varied film roles including work in the United States, and is achieving much success in Hollywood, most recently as the main villain in the 2008 superhero film Hancock alongside Will Smith and as Inspector Lestrade in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. His other movies include Sixty Six, Gangs of New York, 21 Grams, The Illusionist, V for Vendetta, Gangster No. 1, Miami Vice, Mission: Impossible III, I Want Candy, Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky, Tyrannosaur, and Heartless.^[5]

Filmography[link]

• Get Well Soon (1997)
• The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) as Mugger #1
• This Year's Love (1999) as Eddie
• Gangster No. 1 (2000) as Eddie Miller
• The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) as Louis Marchand
• The Bunker (2001) as Pfc. Kreuzmann
• The Monkey King as Pigsy
• Gangs of New York (2002) as Killoran
• AfterLife (2003) as Jez Walters
• 21 Grams (2003) as Reverend John
• Charles II: The Power and The Passion (2003) as Titus Oates
• The Rocket Post (2004) as Heinz Dombrowsky
• Vera Drake (2004) as Reg
• The Headsman (2005) as Fabio
• The Secret Life of Words (2005) as Victor
• Beowulf & Grendel (2005) as Father Brendan
• The New World (2005) as Eddie
• Mission: Impossible III (2006) as Brownway
• Miami Vice (2006) as Nicholas
• Sixty Six (2006) as Manny Reuben
• The Illusionist (2006) as Josef Fischer
• V for Vendetta (2006) as Brian Etheridge
• Pierrepoint (2006) as James "Tish" Corbitt
• I Want Candy (2007) as Doug Perry
• Grow Your Own (2007) as Little John
• Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) as Scott
• Hancock (2008) as Red Parker
• God on Trial (2008) as Lieble
• Me and Orson Welles (2008) as John Houseman
• Little Dorrit (2008) as Pancks
• The 39 Steps (2008) as Scudder
• Faintheart (2008) as Richard
• Red Riding (2009) as Jack Whitehead
• Sherlock Holmes (2009) as Inspector Lestrade
• The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009) as Vic
• Criminal Justice (2009) as Saul
• Heartless (2009) as Weapons Man
• London Boulevard (2010) as DI Bailey
• Junkhearts (2010) as Frank
• Law and Order: UK (2011) as Jason Peters
• Moby Dick (2011) as Stubb
• Tyrannosaur (2011) as James
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) as Inspector Lestrade
• War Horse (2011) as Sgt. Fry
• Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) as Hadrian
• I, Anna (2012) as D.I. Kevin Franks
• Jack the Giant Killer (2013)

Awards and nominations[link]

Marsan won the Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Happy-Go-Lucky. Marsan also won the last one for his performance in Vera Drake.

For his performance in Happy-Go-Lucky, Marsan also earned another nominations, such as the Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the Women Film Journalists Awards for Best Supporting Actor.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Eddie Marsan at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile of Eddie Marsan
• Driver's Eddie