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Prelude
Season 9, Episode 1
An orchestra soiree, a performance, and an abandoned warehouse are scenes for a trio of deaths.
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Prequel
Season Premiere
Cast & Crew
Shaun Evans
(Actor)
.. DC Endeavour Morse
Roger Allam
(Actor)
.. DI Fred Thursday
Jack Laskey
(Actor)
.. DS Peter Jakes
Anton Lesser
(Actor)
.. Chief Superintendent Bright
Sean Rigby
(Actor)
.. PC Jim Strange
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Did You Know..
Shaun Evans
(Actor)
.. DC Endeavour Morse
Born:
June 03, 1980
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Trivia:
British actor Shaun Evans began his onscreen career in his early twenties, snagging a small role in The Boys & Girl from County Clare when he was 23, and a more substantial role in Being Julia in 2004. In 2007, he landed a big break with a starring role in the romantic comedy Sparkle, as a career fast-tracker whose plans are turned upside down when he meets his true love.
Roger Allam
(Actor)
.. DI Fred Thursday
Born:
October 26, 1953
Birthplace: Bow, London, England
Birthplace: Bow, London, England
Trivia:
Was born in a rectory where his father was a vicar. Inspired to act after seeing plays at The Old Vic theatre in London, England as a boy. One of his earliest roles was the part of a pair of talking testicles in a surreal radio play. Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1981. Played Inspector Javert in the original West End production of Les Misérables in 1985. Shaved off all of his body hair for his role in Privates On Parade in 2001. Appeared in his first pantomime in 2004 playing Abbanazar in Aladdin alongside Ian McKellan.
Jack Laskey
(Actor)
.. DS Peter Jakes
Birthplace: Suffolk, England
Trivia:
Was inspired to become an actor when his GP mother and poet father took him to the theatre as a child; they would analyse the plays together on their journey home. Played Theo in Luc Bondy's 2010 theatre production of Schnitzler's Sweet Nothings. Appeared as The Other in Jon Fosse's two hander I Am the Wind at the Young Vic, London, in 2011. Made his film debut in 2011 as Carruthers in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. In 2013, played the role of Platonov in Helena Kaut Howson's production of Sons without Fathers at the Arcola Theatre, London.
Anton Lesser
(Actor)
.. Chief Superintendent Bright
Born:
February 14, 1952
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Trivia:
Joined the dramatic society at university where he made most of his friends, including his best friend to this day. Although he had trained as an architect, he watched a British Council screening of a film about the RSC and Stratford-upon-Avon in Nigeria where he was working as a trainee architect, and knew straightaway that he wanted to become an actor. While studying at RADA in 1977, he won the Bancroft Gold Medal for acting. Frequently performs with the Royal Shakespeare Company; played Bolingbroke in Richard II in 1990 and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew in 1992. Has been associated with reading novels by Charles Dickens for Naxos Audio Books since 2012, including Oliver Twist. Is a patron of the Lynx Animal Welfare Trust. In 2013, for two months played the part of Robin Carrow in Ambridge Extra, a BBC Radio 4 Extra spin-off from the BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers. Was announced a public supporter of Chapel Lane Theatre Company located in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK in 2015.
Sean Rigby
(Actor)
.. PC Jim Strange
Birthplace: Lancaster, England
Trivia:
Decided to apply to LAMDA after reading that one of his acting heroes, Jim Broadbent, had gone there. Landed his first professional acting job as the role of Jim Strange in Endeavour just after graduating from LAMDA in 2013. Played the role of Moe in Pomona by Alistair McDowall at The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond in 2015.
