Linus Roache

Biography

Date of Birth 1 February 1964, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK Birth Name Linus William Roache Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Biography Linus Roache began his acting career with a two-week appearance as a young Barlow on "Coronation Street" (1960) at the age of 11. He also played a boy with the bubonic plague in "La línea Onedin" (1971). He spent much of the next two decades on stage. In 1986 he had brief appearances in a few films, including Link (1986). He was brought to attention in 1994 after appearing in the BBC TV series "Seaforth" (1994). Spouse Rosalind Bennett (January 2003 - present) Trivia Son of actors William Roache and the late Anna Cropper (who divorced in 1974); stepson of the late Sarah Roache. Brother of Vanya (born 1967). half-brother of Verity Elizabeth (born 1981), Edwina (born 1982, died 1984), William James (born 1986). After Priest: sacerdote (1994) and the BBC wartime drama "Seaforth" (1994), Roache gave up acting and spent 18 months in India, where he discovered spiritual meditation. Is vegetarian. -- Actor (40 titles) 2011 Supercapitalist (post-production) Mark Patterson 2011 The Miraculous Year (TV movie) Scott Vance 1975-2010 Coronation Street (TV series) Lawrence / Peter Barlow – Episode #1.7421 (2010) … Lawrence – Episode #1.7420 (2010) … Lawrence – Episode #1.7419 (2010) … Lawrence – Episode #1.7417 (2010) … Lawrence – Episode #1.1485 (1975) … Peter Barlow 2008-2010 Ley y orden (TV series) Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter – Rubber Room (2010) … Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter – Immortal (2010) … Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter – Love Eternal (2010) … Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter – The Taxman Cometh (2010) … Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter – Crashers (2010) … Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter See all 63 episodes » 2010 Mean to Me (short) 2009 Out Here in the Fields: The Field on Beach Lane (short) Narrator 2008 Yonkers Joe Teddy 2007 Before the Rains Henry Moores 2006-2007 Secuestrado (TV series) Andy Archer – Resolution (2007) … Andy Archer – Acknowledgement (2007) … Andy Archer – Mutiny (2007) … Andy Archer – Do Unto Others (2007) … Andy Archer – Impasse (2007) … Andy Archer See all 13 episodes » 2007 Broken Thread Ram 2006 El buen nombre Mr. Lawson 2006 The Ten Commandments (TV movie) Aaron 2006 A Through M (short) The Voice of the Party 2006 Declaradme culpable Sean Kierney 2005 El fin de la inocencia Jim Carges 2005 Batman Begins Thomas Wayne 2004 Misteriosa obsesión A Friendly Man 2004 Las crónicas de Riddick Purifier 2003/I Amar peligrosamente Henry Bauford 2003 Blind Flight John McCarthy 2002 RFK (TV movie) Robert F. Kennedy 2002 Amenaza de tormenta (TV movie) Ralph Wigram 2002 La guerra de Hart Capt. Peter A. Ross 2000 Pandaemonium Samuel Coleridge 2000 Best Denis Law 1999 Siam Sunset Perry 1999 The Venice Project Count Jacko/Count Giaccomo 1998 Disparo al corazón (TV movie) Vlado 1997 Las alas de la paloma Merton Densher 1994 Seaforth (TV series) Bob Longman – An Ill Wind (1994) … Bob Longman – Love's Little Messenger (1994) … Bob Longman – The Life of Riley (1994) … Bob Longman – Sod's Law (1994) … Bob Longman – Under the Counter (1994) … Bob Longman See all 9 episodes » 1994 Priest: sacerdote Father Greg Pilkington 1994 How High the Moon (TV mini-series) 1992 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV series) Romeo – Romeo and Juliet (1992) … Romeo (voice) 1992 Screen One (TV series) DS Brian Tait – Black and Blue (1992) … DS Brian Tait 1990 Screenplay (TV series) – Keeping Tom Nice (1990) 1990 Omnibus (TV series documentary) Vincent – Van Gogh (1990) … Vincent 1989 Saracen (TV series) Daniel McAvaddy – Starcross (1989) … Daniel McAvaddy 1986 Link (uncredited) 1985 No Surrender Ulster Boy 1976 La línea Onedin (TV series) Boy – Quarantine (1976) … Boy