Peter De Jersey Bio - Biography

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Peter de Jersey is a television and theatre actor. Perhaps best known for his longtime recurring role as Jerome Taylor in The Bill, he has acted in numerous British programmes. From 2000-2003 he played Steve Waring in Holby City until the character was involved in a car crash and later died in hospital. Other television appearances include Doctors and Dalziel and Pascoe. In the New Tricks episode "Father's Pride", he appeared alongside fellow Holby City actor Jeremy Sheffield.

He appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2008/2009, where his parts included Orlando to Samantha Bond's Rosalind, Horatio to David Tennant's Hamlet, and Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Having performed with the National Theatre, de Jersey was praised highly for his portrayal of Antiochus in Believe In What You Will. He also acted in Rough Crossings, the theatre adaptation by Caryl Phillips from Simon Schama's book.

His most recent work involves a supporting role in the 2008 film The Bank Job, in which he portrayed Michael X.

Peter de Jersey is currently playing Gooper in Tennessee Williams´ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre, London. He is performing alongside James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad and Adrian Lester.

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