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Line 1: {{Short description\|British actor}} {{For\|those of a similar name\|William Thorpe (disambiguation)}} ~~{{Use British English\|date=March 2015}}~~ {{BLP sources\|date=March 2013}} {{Use British English\|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox person \| name = Will Thorp \| image = Will Thorp.jpg \| caption = \| birthname = William Francis Thorp \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1977\|6\|21\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[Frome]], [[Somerset]], England Line 16 ⟶ 18: \| website = }} '''~~Will~~William Francis Thorp''' (born 21 June 1977 ~~in [[Frome]], [[Somerset]]~~) is an English actor. ==Early life== ~~Living~~Thorp inattended [[~~Frome]] as a youngster, Thorp attended~~ St. Augustine's Catholic College]] in ~~nearby~~ [[Trowbridge~~]], [[Wiltshire~~]]. He studied at [[Bath College]] and joined [[Musical Youth Theatre Company]]. Thorp was also a member of the [[National Youth Theatre]] for 6 ~~year~~years before training at the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] for three years~~, graduating in 2000~~. ==Career== ~~Thorp has worked in~~ Television~~, Film and Theatre. His television~~ credits includes; [[Stephen Poliakoff]]'s "[[Friends and Crocodiles]]", [[Courtroom]], [[Paul "Woody" ~~Joyner]]~~Joiner in ''[[Casualty (TV series)\|Casualty]]'' ~~(series regular 2 years)~~, Toby Zed ~~(guest lead)~~ in the 2006 series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in the episodes "[[The Impossible Planet]]" and "[[The Satan Pit]]".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk23/feature_doctorwho.shtml \|title=Programme Information. Network TV Week 23 \|publisher=BBC\|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614080359/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk23/feature_doctorwho.shtml \|~~title~~archivedate=~~Programme~~14 ~~Information.~~June ~~Network~~2006 ~~TV Week 23\|work=BBC~~}}</ref> 2008, 'Hughie Green, Most Sincerely' ~~starring [[Trevor Eve]] for BBC4~~, ''[[Law and Order: UK]]'', onand ~~ITV,~~in 2009 ~~Will~~Thorp was cast as ~~(series regular 2 years)~~ [[List of Coronation Street characters ~~(2010)~~#Chris Gray\|Chris Gray]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' ~~for [[Granada Television\|ITV Granada]]~~. ~~Thorp~~Other ~~also~~appearances ~~appeared in ITV's season finale of~~include [[Scott ~~and~~& Bailey]] ~~Series 2 Episode 8 as DS Miller~~, ~~he interviewed DC Rachel Bailey on suspicion of assault of Nick Savage. 2013 BBC's~~ [[Doctors (2000 TV series)\|Doctors]], ~~2014 Kay Mellor's~~ [[In the Club (TV series)\|In The Club]] ~~(semi regular) for BBC1~~ and "Unhallowed Ground". ~~Will is currently playing~~and [[Cornelius the Centurion]] in NBC's "[[A.D.: The Bible Continues]]" ~~( Series regular 12 x 1 hour Episodes) In 2015, Thorp also starred in the hit TV series A.D The Bible Continues as Cornelius, Pontius Pilate's right-hand man and lead soldier~~. Theatre credits include: "Home Delivery" New Vic Basement, "Cork and Spark" New Vic Studio, "The Lost Dragon" Chester Gateway Theatre, "High Society" UK Tour, Don John & Dogberry in ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (2004), Teddy in Robbers and Sam (Sambo) in Fire Down Under! in 2002, In 2006 Thorp played the leading role in a national UK tour of the play ''Strangers on a Train''. In 2008 he played the leading role in [[David Hare (playwright)\|David Hare]]'s play ''[[The Blue Room (play)\|The Blue Room]]'' which opened at the Haymarket Theatre, [[Basingstoke]]. 2013 "[[Love and Money (play)]]" UK Tour. In 2005 he appeared on the third series of the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', reaching seventh place with his partner [[Hanna Haarala]]. He guest-starred in the ''Doctor Who'' audio play ''[[100 (audio drama)\|100]]''. Will Thorp's Theatre credits include: "Home Delivery" New Vic Basement, "Cork and Spark" New Vic Studio, "The Lost Dragon" Chester Gateway Theatre, "High Society" UK Tour, Don John & Dogberry in ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (2004), Teddy in Robbers and Sam (Sambo) in Fire Down Under! in 2002, In mid-2006, Thorp played the leading role in a national UK tour of the play ''Strangers on a Train''. In 2008 he played the leading role in [[David Hare (playwright)\|David Hare]]'s play ''[[The Blue Room (play)\|The Blue Room]]'' which opened at the Haymarket Theatre, [[Basingstoke]]. 2013 "[[Love and Money (play)]]" UK Tour. ~~Other credits include:~~ In 2005 he appeared on the third series of the [[BBC]]'s successful show ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', reaching seventh place with his partner [[Hanna Haarala]]. He guest-starred in the ''Doctor Who'' audio play ''[[100 (Doctor Who audio)\|100]]''. He has narrated a series of [[Doctor Who]] novels; ''[[Forever Autumn (Doctor Who)\|Forever Autumn]]'', ''[[Sick Building]]'', ''[[Peacemaker (Doctor Who)\|Peacemaker]]'' and ''[[The Krillitane Storm]]'', all produced by BBC Audiobooks. Other audiobooks read by Thorp include ''[[The Knife That Killed Me]]'', ''Hyperpsychoreality Syndrome'', ''Baboon'', ''Buy-ology'', ''The Kill Call'', ''[[Click (novel)\|Click]]'', ''Who Runs Britain?'' and ''[[The Spook's Curse]]'', "The David Bowie Treasures", "Inverting the Pyramid", "Anatomy of England" and "The Dynamite Room". ==Credits== {\| class="wikitable" ''Boys Will Be Boys'' (2003) .... Mark !Year ''[[Casualty (TV series)\|Casualty]]'' (48 episodes, 2004–2005).... Paul "Woody" Joyner !Title ''[[The Courtroom]]'' (1 episode, 2004) .... PC David Wills !Role ''[[Holby City]]'' (1 episode, 2005) .... Woody Joyner !Note * ''[[Friends and Crocodiles]]'' (2005) (TV) .... Soup Man 2 \|- ''Jodie'' (2005) \| 2003 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' .... Toby Zed (2 episodes, 2006) :\| ''~~[[The~~Boys Will ~~Satan~~Be ~~Pit]]~~Boys'' \| Mark ~~:''[[The Impossible Planet]]''~~ \| ''Hughie Green, Most Sincerely'' (2008) (TV) .... TV Executive \|- ''[[Law & Order: UK]]'' (2009) (TV) .... Joe Butler ( Series 2, Episode 3) \| 2004–2005 ~~''[[Coronation Street]]'' (2010–2011) (TV) .... Chris Gray~~ \| ''[[Casualty (TV series)\|Casualty]]'' ''[[Scott & Bailey]]'' .... DS Miller (Series 2, Episode 8, 1 episode, 2012) \| Paul "Woody" Joiner ''[[Doctors (TV series)\|Doctors]]'' .... Matt Davis (2013) \| 48 episodes "[[In the Club (TV series)\|In The Club]]" .... Ross Jackson (2014) \|- "Unhallowed Ground" (2014) \| 2004 "[[A.D.: The Bible Continues]]" .... Cornelius (2015) \| ''[[The Courtroom]]'' \| PC David Wills ~~==Personal life==~~ \| 1 episode His previous wife Samantha (married 2003) is a sign language interpreter, and they have two children. He also has a brother, Stewart Thorp. He was rumored to be dating ''Coronation Street'' co-star [[Samia Ghadie]], who plays [[Maria Connor]] in 2011.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1352059/Samia-Smith-steps-Corrie-lover-Will-Thorp.html</ref> \|- \| 2005 \| ''[[Holby City]]'' \| Woody Joiner \| 1 episode \|- \| 2005 \| ''[[Friends and Crocodiles]]'' \| Soup Man 2 \| \|- \| 2005 \| ''Jodie'' \| \| \|- \| 2006 \| ''[[Doctor Who]]'' \| Toby Zed \| 2 episodes: "[[The Impossible Planet]]" "[[The Satan Pit]]" \|- \| 2008 \| ''Hughie Green, Most Sincerely'' \| TV Executive \| \|- \| 2009 \| ''[[Law & Order: UK]]'' \| Joe Buttler \| Series 2, episode 3 \|- \| 2010–2011 \| ''[[Coronation Street]]'' \| [[List of Coronation Street characters#Chris Gray\|Chris Gray]]{{Broken anchor\|date=2024-06-28\|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration\|target_link=List of Coronation Street characters#Chris Gray\|reason= }} \| 108 episodes \|- \| 2012 \| ''[[Scott & Bailey]]'' \| DS Miller \| Series 2, episode 8 \|- \| 2013 \| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)\|Doctors]]'' \| Matt Davis \| \|- \| 2014 \| ''[[In the Club (TV series)\|In The Club]]'' \| Ross Jackson \| \|- \| 2015 \| ''[[Unhallowed Ground]]'' \| \| \|- \| 2015 \| ''[[A.D. The Bible Continues]]'' \| Cornelius \| \|- \| 2018 \| ''[[Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators\|Shakespeare & Hathaway]]'' \| Anton Dukes \| Series 1, episode 4 \|- \| 2021–2023 \| ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)\|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' \| Gerald Hammond \| 13 episodes \|} ==References== Line 60 ⟶ 132: {{IMDb name\|id=1719845\|name=Will Thorp}} *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2006/08/18/tv_will_thorp_doctor_who_interview_feature.shtml Watch: BBC webTV interview with Will Thorp] – August 2006 ~~{{Strictly Come Dancing Series 3}}~~ ~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=June 2011}}~~ {{Authority control}} ~~{{Persondata~~ ~~\| NAME = Thorp, Will~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British actor~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH = 21 June 1977~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Frome]], [[Somerset]], England~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorp, Will}} [[Category:1977 births]] Line 80 ⟶ 140: [[Category:English male stage actors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:~~Strictly~~Actors ~~Come~~from ~~Dancing participants~~Frome]] [[Category:~~People~~Male actors from ~~Frome~~Somerset]] [[Category:National Youth Theatre members]]