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Gavin Esler Biography

Birth Name:Gavin William James Esler

Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • In 2007, he was awarded a Sony Gold Award for his reports on a detainee of Guantanamo Bay
  • Received a Royal Television Society award for his reports on the New Maritime Strategy of President Ronald Reagan
  • In 2014, he was named Chancellor of the University of Kent
  • Earned a degree in American literature from the University of Kent
  • Graduated from the University of Leeds with a master's degree in Anglo-Irish literature
  • Got his start as a journalist working for the Belfast Telegraph
  • Has served as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts