Andrew-Lee Potts is an English

England

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 actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

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He attended Intake High School Arts College and began his career in Musical Theatre

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

. Potts is best known for his role as quirky student Connor Temple on ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

's science fiction

Science fiction on television

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 programme

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 Primeval, starring with his real-life fiancée, Hannah Spearritt

Hannah Spearritt

Hannah Louise Spearritt is an English actress and singer. She was previously a member of the pop group S Club 7. She is also known for playing the role of Abby Maitland in the British drama Primeval....

. For the second series, Potts wrote and directed "Through the Anomaly," a making-of documentary that was included on the series DVD.

Early life

Potts was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire to Alan and Susan Potts.
He is the brother of the actress Sarah-Jane Potts

Sarah-Jane Potts

Sarah-Jane Potts , is an English actress, best known for her roles as Saint in Sugar Rush, as Ellie, Abs' on/off girlfriend on Casualty and as Jo Lipsett in Waterloo Road. Potts is also the sister of actor Andrew-Lee Potts, best known for his part as Connor Temple in Primeval...

. He studied at Intake High School Arts College, and began his career in Musical Theatre. He has appeared in many British television series, including Children's Ward

Children's Ward

Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons...

, Heartbeat, Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series)

Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives...

, Strange, Foyle's War

Foyle's War

Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002...

, Fat Friends

Fat Friends

Fat Friends is an ITV drama , following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships,...

, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a genteel British crime–comedy drama television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 on BBC One. The series starred Patricia Routledge as the title character , Derek Benfield as her patient husband Robert, Dominic Monaghan as their lodger Geoffrey Shawcross...

, Rose and Maloney

Rose and Maloney

Rose and Maloney is a British television crime drama starring Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis as Rose Linden and Maloney, two investigators working for the fictional Criminal Justice Review Agency. This agency takes on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to...

and Taggart

Taggart

Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...

Career

He also appeared in Band of Brothers, where he played Private

Private (rank)

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 Jackson, who was killed by the wound from his own grenade. He appeared in the film adaptation of Stephen King

Stephen King

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's 1408

1408 (film)

1408 is a 2007 American psychological horror film based on the Stephen King short story of the same name directed by Swedish director Mikael Håfström, who earlier had directed the horror film Drowning Ghost. The cast includes John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mary McCormack. The film was released...

. He also appeared in the sequel to the 1999 film remake of House On Haunted Hill

House on Haunted Hill

House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American B movie horror film from Allied Artists. It was directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, and starring Vincent Price as eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren. He and his fourth wife, Annabelle, have invited five people to the house for a "Haunted...

titled Return to House on Haunted Hill

Return to House on Haunted Hill

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. Potts starred in a 2004 disaster movie, Avalanche: Nature Unleashed. He is also a partner in independent filmmaking group Keychain Productions and has written and directed several short films like Blood on Benefits, Idance! and Colour Blind. He has a recurring role on the sitcom

Situation comedy

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 Ideal

Ideal (TV series)

Ideal is a British comedy-drama, or dark comedy originally broadcast on digital channel BBC Three, created by Graham Duff and produced by BBC Comedy North and Baby Cow Productions. It stars Johnny Vegas as small-time cannabis dealer Moz....

, as drugged-out Lee, one half of the (very) minor rock band Silicon Valets. He recently played the older version of Mark, in BBC 1's drama A Passionate Woman, which also starred Billie Piper

Billie Piper

Billie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...

. In 2009 he played the role of Hatter in the television miniseries Alice

Alice (TV miniseries)

Alice is a 2009 television mini-series that was originally broadcast on Canadian cable television channel Showcase and an hour later on American cable television channel Syfy...

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Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	The Ward Children's Ward Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons...	Scott	TV series
1992	WYSIWYG WYSIWYG WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...	Philip	TV series
1993	Heartbeat	Roger Platt	TV series (1 episode: "Missing")
1995	The Biz The Biz (TV series) The Biz was a BBC children's television drama series about a group of teenagers at a fictional stage school.The series was written by Chris Ellis and Sarah-Louise Hawkins. The director was Nigel Douglas. It ran for three series, from 1994 to 1996....	Leo	TV series
1997	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a genteel British crime–comedy drama television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 on BBC One. The series starred Patricia Routledge as the title character , Derek Benfield as her patient husband Robert, Dominic Monaghan as their lodger Geoffrey Shawcross...	Shane Broderick	TV series (1 episode: "Fisticuffs")
1998	Lost in France Lost in France "Lost in France" is a debut single by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, released in 1976 on the RCA Records label #2734. It was written by Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe. The song was included in her debut album The World Starts Tonight in 1977...	Craig	TV short
1999	Sunburn Sunburn A sunburn is a burn to living tissue, such as skin, which is produced by overexposure to ultraviolet radiation, commonly from the sun's rays. Usual mild symptoms in humans and other animals include red or reddish skin that is hot to the touch, general fatigue, and mild dizziness. An excess of UV...	Darren Priestley	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1")
	Dalziel and Pascoe Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series) Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives...	Nicholas Richmond	TV series (1 episode: "Time to Go")
	Rage	B-Boy at the Elephant
2000	New Year's Day New Year's Day New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome...	Jake
	Anchor Me	Mikey Carter	TV movie
2001	The Bunker The Bunker (2001 film) The Bunker is a 2001 horror film directed by Rob Green, written by Clive Dawson and starring Jason Flemyng.-Plot:In late 1944 the remnants of a platoon of German Panzergrenadiers from the Großdeutschland Division are caught in an Ambush by American troops. In their retreat, they find a bunker,...	Pvt. Neumann
	Band of Brothers	Pvt. Eugene Jackson	TV mini-series (1 episode: "The Last Patrol")
2002	High Speed High Speed High Speed is a 1986 pinball game designed by Steve Ritchie and released by Williams Electronics. This game was based on Ritchie's real-life police chase inside a 1979 Porsche 928....	Rafael
	The Ride	Rafael
	Stranded	Jacob Robinson	TV movie
	Night Flight	Tommy Atwell	TV movie
	The American Embassy The American Embassy The American Embassy is an American drama series that aired on Fox from March to April 2002. The series was created by James D. Parriott, and executive produced by Danny DeVito.-Synopsis:...	Tom Hobert	TV series (1 episode: "Driven")
2003	Buried Buried (TV series) Buried is a British television drama series, produced by World Productions for Channel 4 and originally screened in 2003. The programme starred Lennie James as Lee Kingley, who is serving a long prison sentence in order to protect a member of his family from a violent criminal...	Henry Curtis	TV series (2 episodes)
	The Poet	Rick
	Strange	Toby	TV series (6 episodes)
	Boudica Boudica Boudica , also known as Boadicea and known in Welsh as "Buddug" was queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire....	Nero
	Absolute Power	Jimmy Bart	TV series (1 episode: "Mr Fox")
	Foyle's War Foyle's War Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002...	Dan Parker	TV series (1 episode: "The Funk Hole")
2004	Fat Friends Fat Friends Fat Friends is an ITV drama , following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships,...	Jonathan Chadwick	TV series (2 episodes)
	Rose and Maloney Rose and Maloney Rose and Maloney is a British television crime drama starring Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis as Rose Linden and Maloney, two investigators working for the fictional Criminal Justice Review Agency. This agency takes on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to...	Daniel Berrington	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1")
	Nature Unleashed: Avalanche	Jock	Video
2005	Rude Awakenings Rude Awakenings Rude Awakenings was a New Zealand comedy/drama series that aired on TV ONE on Friday evenings. The pilot episode aired on February 9, 2007...	Jake	Short
	Twisted Tales Twisted Tales Twisted Tales was a horror comics anthology published by Pacific Comics and, later, Eclipse Comics, in the early 1980s. The title was edited by Bruce Jones and April Campbell.-Publication history:...	Joey	TV series (1 episode: "Flat Four")
	Dead Fish Dead Fish Dead Fish is a 2005 action/comedy film starring Gary Oldman, Robert Carlyle, Andrew-Lee Potts and Elena Anaya.-Plot synopsis:Lynch , an emotionless bon-vivant hitman, stops a thief who stole a cell phone from Mimi in a train station. Falling for her at first sight, he does not notice when she...	Abe Klein
	Dipper Dipper Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.-Description:...	The Dipper	Short
	Ideal Ideal (TV series) Ideal is a British comedy-drama, or dark comedy originally broadcast on digital channel BBC Three, created by Graham Duff and produced by BBC Comedy North and Baby Cow Productions. It stars Johnny Vegas as small-time cannabis dealer Moz....	Lee	TV series (17 episodes: 2005-2009)
2006	Taggart Taggart Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...	Samuel Buckland	TV series (1 episode: "Law")
	Caffeine Caffeine (film) Caffeine is a 2006 comedy starring Marsha Thomason, Mena Suvari, Breckin Meyer, Katherine Heigl, and Mike Vogel. It revolves around relationships of the staff and patrons of the quirky Black Cat Cafe in London one day...	Mike
	Trial & Retribution Trial & Retribution Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police proceduraltelevision drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The...	Michael Summerby	TV series (2 episodes: 2006-2007)
2007	Popcorn	Kris
	1408 1408 (film) 1408 is a 2007 American psychological horror film based on the Stephen King short story of the same name directed by Swedish director Mikael Håfström, who earlier had directed the horror film Drowning Ghost. The cast includes John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mary McCormack. The film was released...	Jackson
	Cold Blood Cold Blood (UK TV series) Cold Blood is a television series produced by ITV. Three series of the show have been broadcast.The program stars Matthew Kelly as Brian Wicklow, a former serial killer who assists the police with investigations. Also starring is John Hannah, as Jake Osborne; and Jemma Redgrave as Detective...	Jed Cooper	TV series (1 episode: "Dead and Buried")
	Return to House on Haunted Hill Return to House on Haunted Hill Return to House on Haunted Hill is a 2007 horror film and sequel to the 1999 remake of House on Haunted Hill. Directed by Víctor García, the film depicts a group of people searching for a mysterious idol hidden inside a haunted psychiatric asylum...	Kyle	Video
	Primeval Primeval Primeval or primæval may refer to:* Primeval, a British science fiction television series.* Primeval , a 2007 film* Primeval , a score of music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who...	Connor Temple	TV series (36 episodes: 2007-2011)
2008	Heart of a Dragon	Don
	Freakdog Freakdog Freakdog is a 2008 horror film by Paddy Breathnach, that originally went under the title Red Mist.-Plot:The film circles around four medical students who, while out partying one night, spike the drink of a unknowing and loner colleague nicknamed 'Freakdog'; it turned out to be a very powerful...	Kenneth
2009	Inspector George Gently	Jimmy Cochran	TV series (1 episode: "Gently in the Blood")
	Alice Alice (TV miniseries) Alice is a 2009 television mini-series that was originally broadcast on Canadian cable television channel Showcase and an hour later on American cable television channel Syfy...	Hatter Mad Hatter Hatta, the Hatter is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the story's sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. He is often referred to as the Mad Hatter, though this term was never used by Carroll...	TV mini-series (2 episodes)
2010	A Passionate Woman	Mark	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.2")
2011	Doc Martin Doc Martin Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Mark Crowdy, Craig Ferguson and Dominic Minghella. The show is filmed on location in the fishing village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with filming of most interior scenes...	Michael	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #33")

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