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{{Short description|British actor}}
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'''Will Thorp''' (born 21 June 1977 in [[Frome]], [[Somerset]]) is an English actor.
'''William Francis Thorp''' (born 21 June 1977) is an English actor.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Living in [[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 before training at the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] for three years, graduating in 2000.
Thorp attended [[St Augustine's Catholic College]] in [[Trowbridge]]. He studied at [[Bath College]] and joined [[Musical Youth Theatre Company]]. Thorp was also a member of the [[National Youth Theatre]] for 6 years before training at the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] for three years.


==Career==
==Career==
Thorp has worked in Television, Film and Theatre. His television credits includes; [[Stephen Poliakoff]]'s "[[Friends and Crocodiles]]", [[Courtroom]], [[Paul "Woody" Joyner]] 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://web.archive.org/web/20060614080359/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk23/feature_doctorwho.shtml|title=Programme Information. Network TV Week 23|work=BBC}}</ref> 2008, 'Hughie Green, Most Sincerely' starring [[Trevor Eve]] for BBC4, ''[[Law and Order: UK]]'' on ITV, 2009 Will 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 also appeared in ITV's season finale of [[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]], 2014 Kay Mellor's [[In The Club]] (semi regular) for BBC1 and "Unhallowed Ground". Will is currently playing [[Cornelius the Centurion]] in NBC's "[[A.D.: The Bible Continues]]" ( Series regular 12 x 1 hour Episodes)
Television credits includes; [[Stephen Poliakoff]]'s "[[Friends and Crocodiles]]", [[Courtroom]], Paul "Woody" Joiner in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', Toby Zed 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 |archivedate=14 June 2006 }}</ref> 2008, 'Hughie Green, Most Sincerely', ''[[Law and Order: UK]]'', and in 2009 Thorp was cast as [[List of Coronation Street characters#Chris Gray|Chris Gray]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]''. Other appearances include [[Scott & Bailey]], [[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]], [[In the Club (TV series)|In The Club]] and "Unhallowed Ground" and [[Cornelius the Centurion]] in NBC's "[[A.D. The Bible Continues]]".
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".
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==
==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 Satan Pit]]''
| ''Boys Will Be 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]]" .... 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==
==References==
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*[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
*[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


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Latest revision as of 22:41, 20 September 2024

For those of a similar name, see William Thorpe (disambiguation).

Will Thorp
Born
William Francis Thorp

(1977-06-21) 21 June 1977 (age 47)
Frome, Somerset, England
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present

William Francis Thorp (born 21 June 1977) is an English actor.

Early life

[edit]

Thorp attended St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge. He studied at Bath College and joined Musical Youth Theatre Company. Thorp was also a member of the National Youth Theatre for 6 years before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for three years.

Career

[edit]

Television credits includes; Stephen Poliakoff's "Friends and Crocodiles", Courtroom, Paul "Woody" Joiner in Casualty, Toby Zed in the 2006 series of Doctor Who in the episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit".[1] 2008, 'Hughie Green, Most Sincerely', Law and Order: UK, and in 2009 Thorp was cast as Chris Gray in Coronation Street. Other appearances include Scott & Bailey, Doctors, In The Club and "Unhallowed Ground" and Cornelius the Centurion in NBC's "A.D. The Bible Continues". 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's 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.

He has narrated a series of Doctor Who novels; Forever Autumn, Sick Building, 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, Who Runs Britain? and The Spook's Curse, "The David Bowie Treasures", "Inverting the Pyramid", "Anatomy of England" and "The Dynamite Room".

Credits

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Year Title Role Note
2003 Boys Will Be Boys Mark
2004–2005 Casualty Paul "Woody" Joiner 48 episodes
2004 The Courtroom PC David Wills 1 episode
2005 Holby City Woody Joiner 1 episode
2005 Friends and Crocodiles Soup Man 2
2005 Jodie
2006 Doctor Who Toby Zed 2 episodes:
2008 Hughie Green, Most Sincerely TV Executive
2009 Law & Order: UK Joe Buttler Series 2, episode 3
2010–2011 Coronation Street Chris Gray[broken anchor] 108 episodes
2012 Scott & Bailey DS Miller Series 2, episode 8
2013 Doctors Matt Davis
2014 In The Club Ross Jackson
2015 Unhallowed Ground
2015 A.D. The Bible Continues Cornelius
2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway Anton Dukes Series 1, episode 4
2021–2023 All Creatures Great and Small Gerald Hammond 13 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Programme Information. Network TV Week 23". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2006.
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