Name	Russell Tovey
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	14-November-1981
Place of Birth	Billericay, Essex
Famous for	Acting

Tovey is the younger of two children, born to Carole née Haynes (formerly Webb) and George Tovey.[citation needed] Tovey has an older brother, Daniel. He grew up in Billericay, Essex,where his parents ran a coach service taking passengers from Essex to Gatwick Airport. and where he attended Shenfield High School. As a boy, Tovey says, he was an avid collector of various things and prone to participating in fads. His parents supported his efforts, taking him to archeological digs and museums, buying him a metal detector, and going to conventions for mineralologists. For a time he wanted to be a history teacher,but after seeing Dead Poets Society, The Goonies, and Stand By Me, he decided to be an actor.For a time during his teens, Russell worked as a kitchen assistant in Billericay's King's Head Pub.