Allen Leech
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. 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. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Allen Leech, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Westies
as Brendan Cahill
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Tom Branson
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
as Self
You Can't Run Forever
as Eddie
Cold Meat
as David
Captivated
as Elliott Fielding
The Vanishing Triangle
as Detective David Burkely
My Name Is Andrea
as Lover's Husband
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Tom Branson
As Luck Would Have It
as Brennan
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
Downton Abbey
as Tom Branson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Doing Money
as Dougie
Bohemian Rhapsody
as Paul Prenter
The Good Doctor
as Ariel Reznik
The Hunter's Prayer
as Richard Addison
Bellevue
as Eddie Roe
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Grand Piano
as Wayne
In Fear
as Max
The Sweeney
as DC Simon Ellis
Black Mirror
as Pike
Downton Abbey
as Tom Branson
Rewind
as Karl
From Time to Time
as Fred Boggis
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Factory Farmed
as Unknown
Attila the Hun
as Edeco
Heroes and Villains
as Edeco
The Tudors
as Francis Dereham
Primeval
as Unknown
Rome
as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Love Is The Drug
as Shane Kirwan
Man About Dog
as Mo Chara
Cowboys & Angels
as Vincent
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
as British Officer
The Escapist
as Policeman 1 (Smashed Car)
Iníon an Fhiaclóra
as Rory
The View
as Self - Guest
The View
as Self