Jeff Rawle Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a British Soap Award for Villain of the Year in 2012 for his performance in "Hollyoaks․"
• Worked at the Sheffield Playhouse, then trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
• Developed an interest in drama while attending High Storrs Grammar school and began appearing in school plays
• With notable exceptions, he is often cast as likeable losers and victims
• His theater credits include a production of "Bent" at the Royal Court Theatre in London
• Once received a piece of fan mail containing a photograph of himself playing a murderer dragging a woman's body into a shallow grave with a request that he sign it for the sender's wife's birthday
• Stated that if he could play any character in "Hollyoaks" other than his role as Silas Blisset, he would choose the role of Terry the Dog because the animal gets lots of close-ups and doesn't have to learn any lines