Vas Blackwood
Birthday: Born in 1962-10-19 in England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Vasanth Blackwood is a British television and film actor. Blackwood played Lenny Henry's sidekick Winston Churchill in The Lenny Henry Show (1987) and David Sinclair in Casualty (1996–97). Since playing Rory Breaker in the hit film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) he has had a number of film roles, including Mean Machine (2001), 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002) and Creep (2004). In 2005 he appeared in A Bear's Tail, a spin off of Bo' Selecta!. He also made an appearance as Lennox Gilbey in Only Fools and Horses. In 2008 he did voiceover work for Fable II on the Xbox 360 and PC. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vas Blackwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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A Bear's Tail
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A sitcom from the creators of Channel 4 comedy "Bo' Selecta!" written by and starring Leigh Francis. Everyone's favourite talking bear learns to live with his new sitcom family, The Hennersons. As well as cast and celebrity cameo appearances, Leigh Francis brings to life a host of new characters, including nosey neighbour Sue Dales - a Scottish transsexual living with fellow transsexual Dave McCall - Keith Lemon, entrepreneur and lady's man, and Asian film nerd Corey Haim....
The Bill
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The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters....
Girls On Top
Character: Mikey
Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender, they barely manage to co-exist....
The Lenny Henry Show
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Sitcom based around the character of wide-boy Brixton pirate radio DJ - the "crucialll!!!" Delbert Wilkins, founder of the BBC (Brixton Broadcasting Corporation). It focus on Delbert's attempts to break into the big time....
Annika
Character: Alan
Pete, an eighteen year old Isle of Wight deck chair attendant, meets fifteen gear old Swedish exchange student Annika. After a holiday romance, he follows her back to Sweden....
Tygo Road
Character: Gary
Adam Hartley (Kevin McNally) is the newly-appointed administrator of the Tygo Road Community Centre. When Lionel (Gordon Gostelow), an old tramp, dies and leaves some money to the Centre, Adam has to ensure that the terms of Lionel's will are adhered to....
Spatz
Character: Dexter
Spatz is a children's comedy series that ran on CITV during the 1990s, produced by Thames Television and created by Andrew Bethell. The show originally ran from 21 February 1990 to 10 April 1992. The show centred around a fast food restaurant situated in a fictional shopping mall in Cricklewood, London. It was operated by two Canadians, Karen Hansson, Spatz International's European Co-ordinator, and Thomas "TJ" Strickland, the restaurant's manager. Vas Blackwood, Stephanie Charles, Jonathan Cope...
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Character: (voice)
This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf....
Movie Credits
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Character: Rory Breaker
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door....
Rollin' with the Nines
Character: Finny
Too Fine and his friends Finny, Pushy and Rage hope to set up a successful urban underground garage......
Creep
Character: George
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets...
Amoc
Character: Mr. Benjamin
A young woman who has recently moved from Lebanon to London attempts to unravel the startling mysteries of her dreams and whether or not they could be reality....
Hitmen
Character: Paul Ali Rahman
Michael Hero, a powerful CEO, seeks vengeance for the murder of his grandson by offering a one-million-dollar bounty for the assassination of his grandson's accidental killers, attracting the world's leading assassins to the task at hand....
Mean Machine
Character: Massive
Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead....
Daylight Robbery
Character: Lucky
Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. Lucky, Matty, Terry, Chubby, Norman and Jay make up his unlikely gang of robbers. Setting up their alibi, the gang check in for a flight and join in with thousands of England supporters that are part of a mass exodus to The World Cup Tournament in Germany....
Mercenaries
Character: Zac
Andy Marlow, an ex British S.A.S serviceman turned mercenary, is sent into the Balkans after a military coup has arisen to rescue a U.S ambassador and his aide....
Next Door
Character: Harry
Do you really know who lives NEXT DOOR? Take a look at the lives of those living behind closed doors on a seemingly busy street - what skeletons lurk within? From the twisted mind of acclaimed horror author Matt Shaw, writer/director of MONSTER, comes a new anthology of horror, comedy, shock and awe!...
Offender
Character: Detective Boaz
Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute....
White Collar Hooligan 2: England Away
Character: The Pro
Mike Jacobs thinks he's safe in Witness Protection in Spain. However, when he's spotted at an England game, a deadly game of cat and mouse between London, Marbella and New York ensues....
Essex Boys Retribution
Character: The Lawyer
Twenty years after Britain's most notorious gangland murders, the next generation of Essex Boys vie for control as revenge is sought by all sides....
Abomination
Character: Hercules
A modern day tale of love, black comedy and scientific daring, The Abomination tells the story of Adam, a man brought back to life by an eccentric but brilliant scientist, Archimedes The Alchemist....
Sumotherhood
Character: PC Ian
Riko and Kane have got it all: big dreams, no respect and a fifteen grand debt. Could things get any worse? Yes! So, it’s time to man up and finally be taken serious as “Roadmen”. Once putting their heads together on various ways to make some money, they decide to rob a megastar in a nightclub toilet and hold up the local bank but things inevitably don’t go to plan!...
Babymother
Character: Caesar - Sharon's guy
A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all-girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a housing estate with little support, the odds are obviously against her. Emotionally she struggles too as she learns at her mother's death that her actual mother is the woman she had thought was her older sister. With the help of a female agent, the group starts to get some exposure and rises above their setting....
One Love
Character: Scarface
Kassa a free-wheelin rasta man, falls for a straight laced gospel singer Serena, when they both meet as they enter a music contest. Serena's father the pastor forbids her to see him and wants her to marry one of his church members. Meanwhile the record boss organizing the contest, tries to get Kassa's band to sign to his label on his terms not theirs. By using heavy tactics, he pushes the band to fight back....
White Collar Hooligan 3
Character: The Pro
On the hunt for the Russian mobsters that murdered their best friend, football hooligans turned career-criminals, Mike and Eddie are led to Brazil where a major drug deal is set to take place under the cover of the World Cup. Looking to hijack the deal and gain the ultimate redemption, the pair become caught between international drug cartels, local thugs and corrupt police as they are plunged into the murky depths of the Brazilian underworld....
The Phantom Warrior
Character: Sanka Sloane
The origin story of the masked vigilante, Nemesis Knight. A new breed of superhero for a changing world. From young feral orphan to deadly crusader, balancing the equilibrium between good and evil. She wears the Mask of Dionysus, given to her as a gift by The God of The Underworld, Hades as she rides her black horse named Zeus, armed with her trusted rifle and sidearm strapped to her leg, ferociously sending criminals to the other side!...
The Guvnors
Character: Bill
The Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict....
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Character: Henry
Arthur is the groundsman. He's a perfectionist who has lovingly tended the cricket pitch for 45 years. Now he is given a new assistant....
Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire
Character: Edgar Wallace
London crime boss Mick Roman is deathly ill, and time is running out to find a successor. With deceit, ambition and infighting on the rise, this Roman empire may be about to fall....
We Still Steal the Old Way
Character: David
The explosive follow-up to We Still Kill The Old Way (2014). Regarded as the best in the business, The Archer Gang is an aging criminal outfit who carry out a daring robbery, but are caught mid-heist. They are sentenced to do time in Britain's toughest prison. Once inside, they encounter their old nemesis Slick Vic Farrow (Billy Murray) who is intent on murdering the gang. The old-school criminals need to use all their wits to stage a daring escape, while dodging Slick Vic, and setting in mot...
Heartbreak Hotel
Character: London taxi driver
Elisabeth and Gudrun are two Swedish divorcées, both over 40, who meet when Elisabeth parks her car on a loading zone and is ticketed by Gudrun. Despite this shaky start, a friendship grows between the two. Elizabeth, a gynecologist, is sexy and confident. She leads the shy Gudrun through the dangerous waters of single life. But as they cavort through the dance floors and bars of Stockholm's nightlife they are led to a deeper examination of the relationships with men....
Cryptic
Character: Meat
Eight guys from a crime organization in London are sent to guard a coffin....
A Gangster's Kiss
Character: Mus
For as long as Jack can remember, he and Danny have been friends, and Danny has always gotten Jack into trouble. He's had a few brushes with the law and blows up half a high street before deciding to turn to acting. Everything is going well until Jack lands his first feature film role and Danny agrees to shadow 'the family'. Jack soon realizes he is way over his head with deadly and hilarious consequences....
Rehab
Character: Cutlaas
TV drama - following Adam Bishop, a petty criminal, as he leaves prison for a drugs rehabilitation programme in order to turn his life around....
The Escapist
Character: Vin
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway. Their baby is saved, and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison, Sullen Voe. Denis fakes his own suicide, then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and ...
All God's Children
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Alina and her husband Peter, had lost his son in a car accident. They came to Moldova, Alina place of birth, trying to adopt a child. Păvălaş reminds him of his lost son. Irina fled from Italy and returned to find the child. She meets her friend, Tatiana, and together they go in search of Păvălaş....
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
Character: Dustin
One man's journey around the world to discover the secret of comedy....
A Room to Die For
Character: Detective McQueen
When a broke young couple rent a room in an elderly couples London house it becomes apparent no one is what they really seem....
To Turn a Blind Eye
Character: Caesar
Written by Farrukh Dhondy. Blind Mr. Homersham lives alone with no one to care for him, but then he meets young Jamshyd. Being blind Mr. Homesham does not know or care that Jamshyd is Asian, until his son introduces prejudice into the relationship. ...
N.O.L.A Circus
Character: Marvin
In this over the top comedy a rivalry between two competing barbershops in New Orleans escalates dramatically, sending the lives of the owners, their families, and their friends spiraling out of control....
Fanged Up
Character: Shifty
A young rogue is thrown into prison for the weekend, unaware that the guards are blood-sucking vampires and the inmates are their victims...
9 Dead Gay Guys
Character: Donkey-Dick Dark
The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 Dead Gay Guys is a high-camp send-up of gay stereotypes....
Two Graves
Character: Neville
Margaret Powers—a middle aged, middle class doctor of pathology—seeks a path of vengeance when she captures and tortures the young man she believes murdered her son, but in a bid to extract a confession, that path to vengeance leads to tragedy and unearths deeply troubling truths....
King of Crime
Character: Mr. Mustaffa
Marcus King, an old school gangster, a crime lord, has left behind old school crime. He has manoeuvred his business into the leafy lanes of the suburbs and now, in place of pimps and dealers, his team consists of the best graduate geeks that money can bribe. No brothels, no casinos and no drugs - he's dragged serious, organised crime well and truly into the twenty-first century. From credit card cloning and skimming to Internet spamming and scamming, he is the king of Cyber Land....
Red Devil
Character: Father Barry Clifton
An intertwining tale of sex, drugs, rock and woe. Lives criss-cross and converge thanks to the most addictive drug in human history, Red Devil—which also happens to be the title of Savvas D. Michael’s tale of sex, drugs, and guns. An anonymous voice at the start of the film warns, “Once you’ve tasted the devil’s cum, everything else is dull and numb.” The current problem with the Red Devil drug is the supply has dried up. Addicts are so desperate for it they’re willing to kill for it…and they d...
The Trouble with Men and Women
Character: Travis
A bitter-sweet romantic tale set in London, depicting the sentimental education of a young man who is absurdly confused about women....
The Loss Adjuster
Character: The Pawnbroker
Hapless Insurance Loss Adjuster - Martin Dyer - feels his life is spiralling out of control but discovers that even when you reach rock bottom, that some clouds really do have a silver lining....
Original Gangster
Character: Bobby Bravo
The stoic chronicles of Castor, orphaned as a child, forced to survive in the wild and his colorful journey through the criminal underworld of London....
Jingle All the Slay
Character: Reggie
Hank Carter, a highly skilled hitman, has one last chance to save his marriage. Determined to give his family the perfect Christmas at a luxurious lake mansion, Hank tries to hide his dangerous profession. But when a bounty is placed on his head, waves of holiday-themed hitmen descend on the mansion, and Hank must fend them off using every Christmas decoration in sight—all while keeping his family in the dark....