Adrian Scarborough Biography

Fast Facts

• Won an Olivier Award for best actor in a supporting role for "After the Dance" in 2011
• Trained in acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for three years
• Began his career on stage as a member of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre, where he performed in six shows in one year after finishing drama school
• Quote: "Acting was really the only thing I was good at․ I was not a happy schoolboy because in those days they didn't do a lot of drama at school ․․․ Then, it was regarded as a bit left-field - the kind of things drop-outs did, which suited me․"
• Quote: "[on his ambitions] "I would like to play Uncle Vanya, King Lear and a panto Dame․ The icing on that cake would be if they were all in the same season․""
• Best known as a character actor who played Pete in "Gavin & Stacey" and Mr․ Warwick Pritchard in "Upstairs Downstairs․"
• Has done voice-over work for a number of BBC radio plays, including adaptations of "The Wind in the Willows" and "His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass․"