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Allen Leech
Allen Leech’s screen credits include John Cairncross in The Imitation Game and Paul Prenter in Bohemian Rhapsody.
Born May 18, 1981 Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland2 movies on MoviHero
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Allen Leech (born 18 May 1981) is an Irish actor best known for his role as Tom Branson on the historical drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015). He made his professional acting debut with a small part in a 1998 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, made his first major film appearance as Vincent Cusack in Cowboys & Angels, and earned an Irish Film & Television Awards nomination in 2004 with his performance as Mo Chara in Man About Dog. He appeared as Willi in the Queen and Peacock (2000), at the Garter Lane Arts Centre. The following years, he was in The Morning After Optimism (2001) and then Da (2002). His breakthrough film performance was in Cowboys and Angels (2003), followed by a role in the 2004 cross-country caper film Man About Dog. He played the role of Shane Kirwan in Ireland's RTÉ series Love Is the Drug (2004), for which he received a Best Actor nomination from the Irish Film and Television Awards. …
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He followed that up with the role of Willy in the television series Legend (2006), for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination from Irish Film and Television Awards.
In 2010, he appeared on the small screen in The Tudors (2010) as the doomed Francis Dereham. Leech also appeared in ITV 2010s television series Downton Abbey as chauffeur Tom Branson. He played the role of officer Sam Leonard in television series Primeval in 2011 in series five. He also starred in the 2012 film adaptation The Sweeney. In 2014 he starred as the spy John Cairncross, in The Imitation Game. He played Freddie Mercury's personal manager, Paul Prenter, in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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- 2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand FinaleSelf
- 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleTom Branson
- 2024You Can't Run ForeverEddie
- 2024Cold MeatDavid
- 2022My Name Is AndreaLover's Husband
- 2022Downton Abbey: A New EraTom Branson
- 2021As Luck Would Have ItBrennan
- 2019Downton AbbeyTom Branson
- 2019Doing MoneyDougie
- 2017The Hunter's PrayerRichard Addison
- 2013Grand PianoWayne
- 2013In FearMax
- 2012The SweeneyDC Simon Ellis
- 2010RewindKarl
- 2009From Time to TimeFred Boggis
- 2008Factory FarmedActor
- 2008Attila the HunEdeco
- 2007Deep BreathsActor
- 2004Man About DogMo Chara
- 2004Cowboys & AngelsVincent
- 2003Benedict Arnold: A Question of HonorBritish Officer
- 2002The EscapistPoliceman 1 (Smashed Car)
- 2000Iníon an FhiaclóraRory
- IGNISActor
- Pedro PanActor
- The Body Is WaterBrendan
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