Patrick Robinson

Patrick Robinson may refer to:

See also

Patrick Robinson (wide receiver)

Patrick Robinson (born October 3, 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee) was an American football player who played college football at Tennessee State and in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals.

Patrick Robinson (actor)

Patrick Robinson (born 6 November 1963) is an English actor, best known for playing the character of staff nurse and later charge nurse (in early years of the show) and in later years, Consultant Martin "Ash" Ashford in the long-running medical drama series Casualty on BBC One.

Early life

Robinson was the fifth of seven children born to a Jamaican-immigrant electrician father and his English-born wife. Robinson joined the South East London School Drama Group aged 14. The cousin of footballer and TV personality Ian Wright, Robinson was offered a trial at Southampton F.C., which he turned down to attend additional drama classes.

After studying architecture for a year, he left to join the Robert Stigwood organisation as a messenger boy. He then graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career

On graduation he started his career in theatre, and then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, spending two seasons in Stratford-upon-Avon and then two in London.