George Russo

George Russo
Born1980 (age 44–45)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter, producer
Years active2007–present

George Russo is a British actor, screenwriter and producer.[1][2]

Early life and education

Russo was born and raised in London. Russo trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington. In 2005, he took time away from acting to concentrate on a degree at Central St Martins College of Art and Design.[3]

Career

In 2020, Russo appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Jason Ridlash.[4] In 2021, Russo won the British Urban Film Festival Best Actor Award for Baby Boy, a short film he co-wrote alongside director Greg Hall.[5][6] A year later, he was cast as Eric Mitchell for an episode of the BBC soap opera EastEnders.[7]

The film 'Villain' (2020) also written with Greg Hall and directed by Philip Barantini was the number one film on Netflix UK, Australia and New Zealand and was the New York Times critics pick.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Me, You and Him Simon Episode: "Off His Trolley"
1993 Oasis Johnny Mandell 7 episodes
1994 Casualty Billy Faraday Episode: "Tippers"
1994 Little Napoleons Graham Episode: "The Godfathers of Education"
1996 Accused Billy Murray Episode: "Billy"
1997 Kavanagh QC Graham Foster Episode: "The Ties That Bind"
1997 Bramwell Lab Assistant Episode: "The Vaccination Experiment"
1992–1998 The Bill Various 7 episodes
1998 The Things You Do For Love: I Still Believe Simon Television film
1999 Maisie Raine Stuart Farrel Episode: "To Sleep..."
1999 Daylight Robbery Joyrider Episode: #1.2
2000 Urban Gothic Macca Episode: "The Boy's Club"
2003 Manchild Drug Dealer Episode: #2.2
2010 Doctor Who Philip 2 episodes
1999–2014 Silent Witness Danny

Mark Bond

4 episodes
2015 Call the Midwife Frank Robbins Episode: #4.4
2010–2018 Holby City Jules O'Hanlon

Paul Clarke

2 episodes
2020 Doctors Jason Ridlash Episode: "Firewalks"
1991–2022 EastEnders Jason Warren

Eric Mitchell (1979)
Youth 3

4 episodes
2023 The Gold Young Policeman Jack 2 episodes
2023 The Nevers Simon 4 episodes
2023 Wolf D.I. Richards Episode: "Watching"

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Point Dume Calvin Watkins
2001 Skin Deep Skeggs Short film
2005 Tony Mackey Short film
2008 Zebra Crossing Blakey
2009 Tony Mackey
2010 Shitkicker Ronnie Short film
2011 Turnout George Also writer
2012 Next Exit Peter Short film
2014 I Am Soldier JJ
2014 Top Dog Graham Hawkins
2015 A Stranger Kind Dicky Short film
2016 Trespass Against Us Armed Policeman
2016 Wonderkid Manager Short film
2017 Bonded by Blood 2 Damon Alvin
2017 My Name Is Lenny Frank Warren
2017 London Heist Mason
2017 The Composer Policeman Short film
2018 The Marine 6: Close Quarters Detective
2018 Trigger Finger! Gavin Short film
2019 Smack Edd Edd Short film; also writer
2019 The Corrupted DI Frank Walsh
2020 Villain Sean Franks Also writer and executive producer[8][9][10]
2021 Baby Boy Nicky Reed aka Skinny Nicky Short film; also writer
2021 Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins Joey Waller
2022 The Turn of the Screw Danny Arthur Short film
2023 Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance Joey Waller
2023 Wuss Nick Short film
2023 13 Seconds Cutter Short film
TBA Thirteen Cars Lenny Post-production

Music videos

Year Title Role
2004 The Streets: "Blinded by the Lights" Wedding guest
2012 Devlin feat. Ed Sheeran: "Watchtower" Devlin's Brother

References

  1. ^ "George Russo". imdb. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "BritFlicks Talks With British Actor George Russo". Brit Flicks. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ "George Russo". IMDb. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Firewalks". BBC. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Great night at @buffconnects last night, was amazing to have 2 films screen at the festival and for one of our lead actors to win an award. beyond proud well done @gmrusso1". 11 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  6. ^ Tabbara, Mona (22 November 2021). "'Navy', 'Unintentionhell' lead UK's Buff 2021 nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  7. ^ "EastEnders Flashback Episode Cast: Meet the Mitchells". BBC. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  8. ^ Scheck, Frank (20 May 2020). "'Villain': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  9. ^ Konrad, Joseph (15 April 2020). "Trailer For Saban Films Thriller Villain Debuts Along With Poster". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  10. ^ Hemmert, Kylie (13 April 2020). "Exclusive Villain Trailer & Poster Starring Craig Fairbrass & George Russo". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved 15 October 2020.