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Vincent Franklin
Vincent Franklin (born 3 November 1966, Haworth, West Yorkshire, England) is an English actor, 1.80 m tall, who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (1988–1990). He is best known as Stewart Pearson in The Thick of It (2005–2012), DSU Andy Shepherd in Happy Valley (2014–2023), and Henry Best in Cucumber (2015) and Banana (2015). In film, he has appeared in The Bourne Identity (2002), From Hell (2001), The Illusionist (2006), Bright Star (2009), and three Mike Leigh films: Topsy-Turvy (1999), Vera Drake (2004), and Mr. Turner (2014). He is married to actress Hilary Greatorex; they have two child
As actor
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
Allelujah
Farewell Doc Martin
The Wilds
Alice, Through the Looking
Censor
Yesterday
Peterloo
Nativity Rocks!
That Day We Sang
The Riot Club
Mr. Turner
National Theatre Live: This House
Bright Star
Trimming the Fat
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
Expresso
The Illusionist
Confetti
Vera Drake
A Line in the Sand
The Bourne Identity
From Hell
Topsy-Turvy
The Woodlanders
Circles of Deceit: Kalon