. Roache was educated at Bishop Luffa Church of England School in
. He studied acting at The Central School of Speech and Drama. He married Rosalind Bennett in
, the son of his father's character Ken Barlow. Roache is also a past member of the
Beginning in the 1990s, Roache began a career in film while remaining active in television and stage. In 1994, he appeared as Fr Greg Pilkington in Antonia Bird's critically acclaimed
. He is best known to US audiences as Dr.
In June 2010, it was announced that he would return to play Laurence Cunningham, alongside his father
. In July 2010, he was cast in the HBO pilot
, slated for a 2012 release to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship.
| Year |
Film |
Role |
Notes |
| 1975 |
Coronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
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Peter BarlowPeter Francis Barlow is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera Coronation Street. The character first appeared onscreen during the episode aired on 15 April 1965...
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| 1976 |
Onedin Line TV Series |
Boy |
Episode "Quarantine" |
| 1985 |
No Surrender No Surrender is a 1985 comedy film starring Michael Angelis and Ray McAnally.The film is black comedy about the Northern Ireland conflict, set in Liverpool on New Year's Eve. The plot focuses on the Irish Catholic and Protestant communities in the city, and the action is seen through the eyes of...
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Ulster Boy |
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| 1986 |
Link Link is a 1986 British horror film starring Elisabeth Shue and Terence Stamp. The title character, "Link", is a super-intelligent orangutan who lashes out against his masters when they try to have him put to sleep...
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(uncredited) |
| 1990 |
Omnibus Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings....
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Vincent Van GoghVincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
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TV Series |
| 1994 |
Priest |
Father Greg Pilkington |
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor The Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor is an award given by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film to the actor or actors whose winning performance is voted by participating members. The Chlotrudis Awards is an annual ceremony where the best of the previous year's independent and international...
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| Seaforth -Places:* Loch Seaforth, Scotland, Great Britain, United Kingdom* Seaforth Island, Scotland, Great Britain, United Kingdom* Seaforth, Jamaica* Seaforth, Merseyside, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom* Seaforth, Minnesota, United States...
|
Bob Longham |
TV Series |
| How High the Moon |
|
TV Mini-series |
| 1997 |
The Wings of the Dove |
Merton Densher |
| 1998 |
Shot Through the Heart Shot Through the Heart is a 1998 TV film directed by David Attwood, shown on the BBC and HBO in 1998, which covers the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War...
|
Vlado |
(TV) |
| 1999 |
Venice Project |
Count Jacko/Count Giaccomo |
|
| Siam Sunset Siam Sunset is an Australian comedy film released in 1999. It was directed by John Polson and stars Linus Roache and Danielle Cormack.-Plot:...
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Perry |
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| 2000 |
Best Best is a 2000 British film portraying the football career of the Northern Irish soccer star George Best, particularly his years spent at Manchester United...
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Denis LawDenis Law is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s....
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| Pandaemonium |
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla...
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Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor The Evening Standard British Film Awards were established in 1973 by the British London area evening newspaper Evening Standard. The Standard Awards is the only ceremony "dedicated to British and Irish talent," judged by a panel of "top UK critics." Each ceremony honours films from the previous...
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| 2002 |
RFK |
Robert F. Kennedy |
(TV)
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| Hart's War Hart's War is a 2002 film about a World War II prisoner of war based on the novel by John Katzenbach starring Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard and Marcel Iureş...
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Capt. Peter A. Ross |
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| Gathering Storm The Gathering Storm is a BBC–HBO co-produced television biographical film about Winston Churchill in the years just prior to World War II...
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Ralph Wigram Ralph Follett Wigram CMG was a British government official in the Foreign Office. He helped raise the alarm about German re-armament under Hitler during the period prior to World War II...
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Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2003 |
Beyond BordersBeyond Borders is a 2003 drama film about aid workers, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen. The original music score was composed by James Horner....
|
Henry Bauford |
|
| Blind Flight Blind Flight is a 2004 British film, directed by John Furse, starring Ian Hart and Linus Roache. It is based on the true-life story of the kidnapping and imprisonment of the Irish academic Brian Keenan and the English journalist John McCarthy, two of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis...
|
John McCarthy |
Nominated — BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in a Scottish Film |
| 2004 |
The Forgotten |
Mr. Shineer, A Friendly Man |
|
| The Chronicles of Riddick The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction film which follows the adventures of Richard B. Riddick, as he attempts to elude capture after the events depicted in the 2000 film Pitch Black, and details his meeting with Jack and Imam, his escape from the prison planet Crematoria, and...
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the "Purifier" |
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| 2005 |
12 and Holding |
Mr. Carges |
|
Batman BeginsBatman Begins is a 2005 American superhero action film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale as Batman, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson,...
|
Dr. Thomas WayneThomas Wayne is a fictional character in the Batman series of comic books. Dr. Thomas Wayne was the father of Bruce Wayne, and husband of Martha Wayne, as well as a gifted surgeon and philanthropist...
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| 2006 |
A Through M |
The Voice of the Party |
|
| Kidnapped Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to August 11, 2007...
|
Andy Archer |
TV Series |
Find Me GuiltyFind Me Guilty is a 2006 legal drama crime film based on the true story about the longest Mafia trial in American history. Mobster Giacomo "Jackie" DiNorscio faces a series of charges even though he has a prior 30 year conviction, but he decides to stand trial instead of ratting out his family and...
|
Sean Kierney |
|
The NamesakeThe Namesake is a 2006 film which was released in the United States on March 9, 2007, following screenings at film festivals in Toronto and New York City. It was directed by Mira Nair and is based upon the novel of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri, who appeared in the movie. Sooni Taraporevala...
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Mr. Lawson |
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| 2007 |
Broken Thread |
Ram |
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| 2008 |
Before the Rains Before the Rains is a 2007 Indian-British period drama film directed by Santosh Sivan. The film adapted of a story from the 2001 anthology Israeli film Asphalt Zahov....
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Henry Moores |
|
| Yonkers Joe |
Teddy |
|
| 2008–2010 |
Law & OrderLaw & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
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Executive ADA Michael CutterMichael "Mike" Cutter is a fictional character on the long-running NBC series Law & Order and its spinoff Law & Order: Special Victims Unit played by Linus Roache. The character debuted in L&O's eighteenth season premiere, broadcast January 2, 2008, and remained through its series finale on May...
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63 episodes |
| 2009 |
Out Here in the Fields: The Field on Beach Lane |
Narrator |
| 2010 |
Coronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
|
Lawrence Cunningham |
September 2010 |
| 2011 |
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
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Bureau Chief ADA Michael CutterMichael "Mike" Cutter is a fictional character on the long-running NBC series Law & Order and its spinoff Law & Order: Special Victims Unit played by Linus Roache. The character debuted in L&O's eighteenth season premiere, broadcast January 2, 2008, and remained through its series finale on May...
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2 episodes; Cutter is promoted to Bureau Chief ADA. |
| 2012 |
Titanic |
Not yet announced |
Expected April 2012 |