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Steven Hartley
Hartley in 2009
Born (1960-08-12) 12 August 1960 (age 64)
Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1985-present
SpouseAbby Francis (2010–present)
Children1
Websitewww.stevenhartley.net

Steven Hartley (born 12 August 1960) is an English actor who has appeared in television, film, and theatre.

Early life

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Hartley was born in Shipley[1] and grew up in Yorkshire.[2] He was a successful Amateur Boxer for York[3] He worked for two years at the Yorkshire Evening Press[4]

Professional career

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Hartley attended The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art[5] from 1981-1984. Hartley has appeared and performed in shows such as Happy Valley (TV series), Trial & Retribution (TV series), Merlin (TV series), The Borgias (TV series) Vera, Rumble (TV series), Strictly Confidential, Badboys (TV series), Trial & Retribution, Sharman, Holby City, Casualty, Doctors, The Cut, Married... with Children, Ripper Street and Call The Midwife. He has appeared in Silent Witness, 3 series of Sky TV series Brassic,[6] Shadow and Bone for Netflix, All Creatures Great and Small and Grace.[7] Most recently Alexander:The Making of a God (2024 TV series).He also appeared as regular characters in The Bill, EastEnders and Doctors.

His films include Allies (2014) Ruby Strangelove Young Witch (2015), Robocroc (2013), Jet Stream (2013), The Walker (2007) opposite Woody Harrleson, Kristin Scott Thomas and Lauren Bacall, A Dog of Flanders (1999), Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) alongside Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck, Benicio Del Toro and Catherine Zeta Jones, Split Second (1992), and Young Toscanini (1988).

After extensive rep theatre[4] Hartley's theatre work has gone on to include reprising his role as Bill Sikes in the West End Musical Oliver! in 2009-2010 for producer Cameron Mackintosh,[8] the third time Hartley has played the role since being cast by director Sam Mendes in 1996, as well as the play An Evening with Gary Lineker at The Vaudeville Theatre[9] the musical Dirty Dancing[10] at the Aldwych Theatre and playing a leading role in the play Fit and Proper People for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Soho Theatre.[11]

Hartley has voice acted on video games including Sony Studios' Blood & Truth on PSVR as Tony Sharp, as Luis Belosa in Squadron 42 alongside an all-star cast, including Gary Oldman, Gillian Anderson, Mark Strong and Mark Hamill, voices for Greedfall, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Eredin king of the wild hunt), and Zynbel in the BAFTA award-winning game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and Hellblade 2 He also has roles in Sword Coast Legends, Dark Souls III, Nioh 2, Sea of Thieves, and Lego Star Wars.

In 2023 he played Erik Hakansson in The Archers[12]

In 2005, he was nominated for Sexiest Male at The British Soap Awards.[13]

For two-and-a-half years, Hartley appeared as Tom Chandler in The Bill.[14]

Voice-overs

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Hartley has been "The Voice" of TalkSPORT radio station.[15] He has voiced and starred in over 20 video games, including Eredin in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Larethar Gulgrin in Sword Coast Legends, Sir Vilhelm in Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel, Shibata Katsuie in Nioh 2 (English dub), Zynbel in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and Petrus in Greedfall.[16] He has recently completed video games Squadron 42 and Blood & Truth as gangster Anthony Sharpe.

Personal life

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He was also a committed marathon and half-marathon runner with the TV Times Leukaemia research team. He has a brother and a sister. Steven currently lives in Royal Tunbridge Wells with his wife, actress Abby Francis, and daughter.[17][18]

Filmography

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Theatre

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References

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  1. ^ Lister, AJ (2004). Bradfords own (1st ed.). UK: Sutton Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 0-7509-3826-9.
  2. ^ "My Hols: Steven Hartley". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ LIster, AJ (2004). Bradfords own (1st ed.). UK: Sutton Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 0-7509-3826-9.
  4. ^ a b Lister, AJ (2004). Bradfords own (1st ed.). UK: Sutton Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 0-7509-3826-9.
  5. ^ "Steven Hartley - Questions and Answers - Interview". London Theatre. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. ^ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/brassic-sky-cast/
  7. ^ Fear, Helen (8 May 2022). "Grace ITV1: Several high profile names star in the cast of Dead Man's Footsteps". Entertainment Daily. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Questions and answers interview". London Theatre. 8 June 2016.
  9. ^ Unknown, unknown (January 1993). "Plays People places". theatricalia.com.
  10. ^ Shenton, Mark (25 September 2008). "London's Dirty Dancing to Welcome Harvey, Rowe, Hartley, Starks and More". Playbill.
  11. ^ Gardner, Lyn (16 October 2011). "Fit and Proper People – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  12. ^ The Archers (Podcast Series 2007). Retrieved 6 August 2024 – via www.imdb.com.
  13. ^ People, Sunday (7 May 2005). "8 Corrie Golden Baubles". Mirror. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  14. ^ Traynor, Frances (10 October 2002). "End of TV'S Sleaziest Cop – Chandler exits The Bill after explosive shoot-out". The Daily Record. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via The Free Library by Farlex.
  15. ^ Portnoi, Gershon (2011). The story of talkSPORT: inside the wacky world of Britain's wildest radio station. Internet Archive. London : Simon & Schuster. pp. 169–170. ISBN 978-0-85720-630-5.
  16. ^ "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice on IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Abby Francis, Actress, Official Website". abbyfrancis.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Steven Hartley – An Enchanted Ruby". An Enchanted Ruby. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Steven Hartley". AHA Talent. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  20. ^ IMDb
  21. ^ "Happy Valley, Series 1, Episode 2". BBC. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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