English actor
Sean Rigby (born 15 August 1989) is a stage and television actor from Preston, Lancashire , England. He is best known for playing Jim Strange in Endeavour .
Career
Rigby graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2012.[ 1]
He is best known for his role as Police Constable, later Police Sergeant and Detective Sergeant Jim Strange in Endeavour , the prequel series to Inspector Morse , from its inception in 2012 to 2023.[ 1] [ 2] A New York Times reviewer said Rigby's interpretation of Strange "brings a vulpine grace" to the character.[ 3]
In the 2017-aired British historical drama television mini-series, Gunpowder , Rigby played William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle , who received a letter, maybe or maybe not self-penned, warning of the Gunpowder Plot .[ 2] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
In 2015, Rigby played the security guard Moe in a production of Alistair McDowall 's Pomona at the National Theatre , Temporary Theatre, which had previously opened at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond in 2014.[ 8] The show, which included Rigby as a security guard's "troubled accomplice", was reviewed in The Guardian by Michael Billington , who gave the production three stars.[ 9] Henry Hitchings of the Evening Standard felt Rigby's character was "especially unsettling".[ 10]
In 2015, Rigby appeared as Henry in a 13-minute short drama Isabella . In 2017, he starred as the only character in the four-minute short film , Crossing Seas .
References
^ a b "The Endeavour Interview: Sean Rigby" , Damian Michael Barcroft, 6 April 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2019
^ a b Nolan, Emma; "Endeavour season 5 release date, cast, plot, trailer: When does the new series air on ITV?" , Sunday Express , 9 February 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018
^ Hale, Mike (5 July 2013). "Reading His Suspect to Sleep" . New York Times . Retrieved 26 November 2021 .
^ O'Brien, Jennifer. "William Parker, Baron Morley & Monteagle" . Britannia . Retrieved 31 December 2018 .
^ Fraser, Antonia; Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot , New York, Doubleday (1996)
^ Gunpowder , BBC One . Retrieved 31 December 2018
^ Preston, Richard E; "Gunpowder Recap, Episode 3: The Damned Die Hard" , Fansided, winteriscoming.net. Retrieved 31 December 2018
^ Hochstrasser, Tim; "Review: Pomona, National Theatre" , Britishtheatre.com, 28 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2018
^ Billington, Michael; "Pomona review – dark, compelling play brings to mind Poliakoff" , The Guardian , 17 November 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2018
^ Hitchings, Henry; "Pomona, Orange Tree - theatre review: 'this dark new play from Alistair McDowall has the power to suck us in'" , Evening Standard , 17 November 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2018
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