Steven Cole is a British actor best known for his portrayal of Leo Johnson

Leo Johnson (Brookside)

Leo Johnson is a character in Channel 4 television soap opera Brookside. He was played by Leeon Sawyer when the character arrived on the Close in March 1990 until September 1996...

 in the Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 Soap opera Brookside

Brookside

Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...

from 1996 to 2001.

He has also appeared in Doctors for the BBC

He will be playing Kovarro in HBO's Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones (TV series)

Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...

season 2

Early life

Steven was born and raised in Liverpool, UK and attended Calderstones School. The youngest of four boys in a mixed heritage family, from a young age he remembers having a strong love of the movies and remembers being able to recite word perfect some of his favourites. At the age of 12 Steven lost his father to a sudden heart attack and found himself to abruptly be the man of the house as his brothers had long since moved out, it was during this time of looking after his mother he found the actor in himself as he would use the rug in the living room of his home as his stage and perform his routine of accents and impersonations to cheer his mum up. In 1996 by chance Steven had the opportunity to audition at Mersey TV to make his acting debut in Brookside.

External links

• Steven Cole at the Internet Movie Database