Huggy Leaver

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Huggy Leaver (born Hugh Leaver), sometimes credited as Huggy Lever, is a British actor[1] and former vocalist of , an early UK Punk band.[2][3] He subsequently became lead singer of the Hastings Mod Revival Band Teenbeats from 1979-1982.

He has appeared in Trial & Retribution, Birds of a Feather, A Touch of Frost and Black Books. He also played Paul in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Mario in the 2000 film Going Off Big Time and appeared as a cab driver in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the pawn shop owner in Fast & Furious 6.[4]

More recently, he played the recurrent role of Clint in EastEnders and Delivery Man 2 in Never Let Me Go.

He has a love of motorcycles and has customized some in the streetfighter style, as created by designer/artist , in his strip Bloodrunners[5] in the 1980s. One such streetfighter was featured in the 1995 movie Mad dogs and Englishmen and ridden by C. Thomas Howell's despatch rider character.

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
1993 The Young Americans Mark Byrne
1995 Judge Dredd Brutal Prisoner
1995 Brothers in Trouble Market Porter
1995 Boston Kickout Bouncer
1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Paul
2000 Going Off Big Time Mario
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Hanson Cab Driver
2008 Freebird Sulph
2008 Somers Town Café Owner
2009 Somnolence
2010 Never Let Me Go Delivery Man 1
2011 Gun of the Black Sun Ciggy
2012 Gangsters, Guns & Zombies Tony
2013 Fast & Furious 6 Pawn shop owner
2013 The Lost Mantle of Elijah Gruesome
2015 Blood and Carpet Bernard
2015 Legend Pig & Whistle Barman

References[]

  1. ^ Halliwell's Film & Video Guide 2004 by Leslie Halliwell, John Walker.
  2. ^ Plastix, Hastings.
  3. ^ Punk Diary: the ultimate trainspotter's guide to underground rock, 1970-1982 by George Gimarc
  4. ^ Film Review 2001-2002: The Definitive Film Yearbook by James Cameron-Wilson
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-05-25. Retrieved 2007-08-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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