Doug Rao
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Doug Rao is an English
actor
. He played DS Stuart Turner in The Bill
, and he has starred in theatre with The Royal Shakespeare Company, in three renowned world premieres including David Edgar's The Prisoner's Dilemma
and Peter Whelan's A Russian in the Woods.
In 2007 he wrote, produced and directed the short film War Hero, which played in competition at the Hollywood Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, NYC Shorts, The Odense Film Festival and the European Independent Film Festival in Paris. Doug is the founder of Peasant Films, which has numerous projects in various stages of development.
Doug is co-author of the feature film The Source. He is represented in all fields by United Agents, London.
Doug graduated from the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama in 1999 and has since starred in film, theatre and television. Highlights include the lead role of renowned WW2 photographer Robert Capa in the BBC Film D-DAY, the assassin Elgin Gatsby opposite Sean Bean in ITV's gangster drama Extremely Dangerous and leading roles in theatre at The Royal Shakespeare Company.
He fulfilled his dream of studying yoga in India in 2004 where he gained his Yoga Teacher's qualification from the world famous Sivananda Ashram in Kerala, where his daily routine included five am meditations, endless chanting and midday toilet cleaning! In 2009 Doug produced and directed a Yoga DVD, with his father: Sam & Doug Rao's Yoga for Any-Body.
Doug currently resides in Los Angeles.
Doug wrote and directed the short film Jubilee (2009) starring Patrick Baladi, Sam Spruell, Ayesha Dharker and which has been selected for the 53rd BFI London Film Festival 2009.http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/films/new_british_cinema/325. Jubilee has been shortlisted for the Satyajit Ray Short Film Award http://www.satyajitray.org.uk/content/view/55/46/
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He played DS Stuart Turner in The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, and he has starred in theatre with The Royal Shakespeare Company, in three renowned world premieres including David Edgar's The Prisoner's Dilemma
The Prisoner's Dilemma
The Prisoner's Dilemma is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
and Peter Whelan's A Russian in the Woods.
In 2007 he wrote, produced and directed the short film War Hero, which played in competition at the Hollywood Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, NYC Shorts, The Odense Film Festival and the European Independent Film Festival in Paris. Doug is the founder of Peasant Films, which has numerous projects in various stages of development.
Doug is co-author of the feature film The Source. He is represented in all fields by United Agents, London.
Doug graduated from the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama in 1999 and has since starred in film, theatre and television. Highlights include the lead role of renowned WW2 photographer Robert Capa in the BBC Film D-DAY, the assassin Elgin Gatsby opposite Sean Bean in ITV's gangster drama Extremely Dangerous and leading roles in theatre at The Royal Shakespeare Company.
He fulfilled his dream of studying yoga in India in 2004 where he gained his Yoga Teacher's qualification from the world famous Sivananda Ashram in Kerala, where his daily routine included five am meditations, endless chanting and midday toilet cleaning! In 2009 Doug produced and directed a Yoga DVD, with his father: Sam & Doug Rao's Yoga for Any-Body.
Doug currently resides in Los Angeles.
Doug wrote and directed the short film Jubilee (2009) starring Patrick Baladi, Sam Spruell, Ayesha Dharker and which has been selected for the 53rd BFI London Film Festival 2009.http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/films/new_british_cinema/325. Jubilee has been shortlisted for the Satyajit Ray Short Film Award http://www.satyajitray.org.uk/content/view/55/46/