Rory Jennings

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Rory Jennings
Born (1983-07-20) 20 July 1983 (age 38)
London, United Kingdom
OccupationActor

Rory Jennings (born 20 July 1983)[1] is a British actor. He played Craig Dixon in the BBC soap opera EastEnders appearing on screen between 27 July and 7 September 2007.

Early life[]

Jennings was born in London, England. He has been acting since the age of ten. As a child actor he trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School;, he took a break from acting in 2001 to study Politics at the University of Liverpool.[2]

Career[]

Since his graduation in 2004, he has been acting regularly on screen, radio and in theatre, often in roles far below his actual age due to his youthful appearance.

Theatre[]

His theatre credits include: Transgression (National Theatre), Gong Donkeys (Bush Theatre)[3][4][5] and Heaven Eyes (Edinburgh Festival).

Television[]

Jennings' drama credits includes: Urban Gothic (Urban Gothic Prods), Randall and Hopkirk (Ghost Productions), The Wings of Angels (BBC), The Affair (Anglia/HBO),[6] Watch (Spelthorne Prod/BBC), Casualty (BBC), The Fast Show (BBC), Tom's Midnight Garden (BBC), All About George (ITV), Brief Encounters (BBC), Jericho (ITV), Doctor Who (BBC) The Idiots Lantern and The Good Housekeeping Guide (BBC). Eastenders (BBC), The Bill (ITV)[7] and in September 2008, he appears in "Harry and Paul" (BBC).

Film[]

Jennings' film credits include: Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess (Parma Pictures),[8] Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Columbia Tristar) and Fatherland (HBO).[9][10]

Commercials[]

'The People's Post Office' advert for the Post Office, directed by Armando Iannucci.[11]

Radio[]

His radio and audio credits include: Just Prose (BBC Radio 3), Feelings Under Siege (BBC Northern Ireland) and I, Davros (Big Finish Productions), in which he played the iconic Doctor Who villain Davros during his youth.

Music video[]

He appears as a teenage boy on a drug influenced trip in the Chemical Brothers' music video for "The Salmon Dance".

YouTube[]

Rory Jennings
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2020–present
Subscribers132,000[12]
(August 2021)
Total views13 million[12]
(August 2021)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2021

Jennings is a supporter of Chelsea Football Club. He appeared regularly as a presenter on the 'ChelseaFansChannel' on YouTube which was a channel created in January 2014. He is now a presenter of a similar channel called 'CFC FANTV'.[13] In 2019 he became a permanent host on True Geordie's The Kick Off. In 2020, Rory started his own YouTube channel which has gained over 100,000 subscribers.

In 2017, Rory married Victoria Kemp, a TV producer.

References[]

  1. ^ "Rory Jennings". Tya-talented.tripod.com. 20 July 1983. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Liverpool universities' famous students". Liverpool Echo. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. ^ Wolf, Matt (24 November 2004). "A puzzle of sexual obsession". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Hilarity edged by horror". The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 November 2004. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ^ Aleks Sierz (8 November 2004). "The Stage / Reviews / Gong Donkeys". The Stage. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  6. ^ Brian J. Dillard (2008). "TheAffair - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  7. ^ "The Bill | Ep631 First Strike Wk41 – ITV Press Centre". Itv.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  8. ^ "The Telegraph-Herald – Google News Archive Search".
  9. ^ "Lewiston Morning Tribune – Google News Archive Search".
  10. ^ O'Connor, John J. (25 November 1994). "TV WEEKEND; Awkward Questions After the Nazis Won". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  11. ^ Mark Sweney (12 October 2007). "Joan Collins stars in Post Office ad | Media". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Rory Jennings". YouTube.
  13. ^ "Chelsea fan releases impassioned response to Paris Metro racism video – Independent.ie".

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