Steven Waddington

Steven Waddington (born 30 December 1967) is an English film and television actor. He is best known for his starring role as the title role of Derek Jarman's Edward II and supporting role in Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans.

Early life

Waddington was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, the younger child of Peter Waddington and Averill Stubbs. He attended Old Farnley Primary School, Ryecroft Middle School and Intake High School, both in Leeds. He acted in school plays and appeared in several Yorkshire Television productions, among them Emmerdale Farm and Eighteen Desperate Hours, sometimes as an extra and sometimes with a few lines of dialogue. Shortly after his eighteenth birthday he won a place at East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex.

He finished his training in the summer of 1989 and subsequently joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), first at Stratford, and then at the Barbican and on tour in Newcastle. He was cast in his first film, Edward II, in the title role, after being recommended to director Derek Jarman by fellow actor Nigel Terry, with whom he had worked previously in a production of Pericles at the RSC.^[1]

Career

Waddington made his debut with the 1991 film Edward II, where he portrayed title character Edward II. He also appeared in Tim Burton's 1999 film version of Sleepy Hollow as Mr Killian. He played a lead role as Jeff in Steve Coogan's The Parole Officer (2001). Waddington then starred as Prasutagus in the 2003 film Boudica. He also portrayed the Duke of Buckingham (who, coincidentally, was related to Edward II) in the Showtime series The Tudors in 2007.

He later appeared in the ITV drama Vital Signs along with Tamzin Outhwaite, and starred as King Richard in the Series 2 finale of Robin Hood. Waddington also starred as Wilfred of Ivanhoe in the 1997 BBC/A&E production of Ivanhoe, based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott. Waddington reprised his role as Richard the Lionheart in the BBC/Discovery Channel drama documentary Heroes and Villains: Richard the Lionheart (2007).

From April to July 2010 he portrayed canteen head Adam Fleet in Waterloo Road. He featured in two Swedish films. In 2008 he played the role of Arnold of Torroja in the film and mini-series Arn - The Knight Templar and McCullen in Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter in 2012. In 2012 he appeared in the four-part ITV mini-series Titanic.

He is played the role of Marshall Redwick in the Sky One series Jamestown, which premiered in 2017.

He also had a part in Thomas Vinterberg's 2018 political thriller Kursk, based on the true story of a doomed Russian submarine.

In 2022, he played The Scotsman in Uncharted, opposite Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg.

Personal life

Waddington is married to actress and model Jane March, and has one son.^[2]^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Edward II	King Edward II
1992	The Last of the Mohicans	Major Duncan Hayward
1992	1492: Conquest of Paradise	Bartolomeo Columbus
1994	Don’t Get Me Started	Jerry Hoff
1994	Prince of Jutland	Ribold
1995	Carrington	Ralph Partridge
1997	Breakdown	Cowboy in Bank
1997	Face	Stevie
1998	Tarzan and the Lost City	Nigel Ravens
1999	Sleepy Hollow	Killian
2000	The Unscarred	Travis Moore
2001	The Hole	DCS Tom Howard
2001	The Parole Officer	Jeff
2003	Boudica	King Prasutagus
2005	Breakfast on Pluto	Inspector Routledge
2007	Arn: The Knight Templar	Arnold of Torroja
2008	Largo Winch	Stephan Marcus
2010	Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie	Brother Verenor	Voice role
2012	When the Lights Went Out	Len
	The Sweeney	Detective Constable Miller
	Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter	McCullen
2014	A Little Chaos	Thierry Duras
	The Imitation Game	Police Superintendent Smith
	One Night in Istanbul	Tommy
2015	Bridgend	Dave
2018	Kursk	Graham Mann
2022	Uncharted	The Scotsman
2024	The Partisan		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Screen Two	Murray Ritchie	1 episode
1993	Between the Lines	D.S. Slater	1 episode
1995	Resort to Murder	Neville	Miniseries, 5 episodes
1996	The One That Got Away	Dinger	Television film
1996	Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Miniseries, 6 episodes
2006	The Curse of King Tut's Tomb	Jason McGreevy	Television film
2006	Vital Signs	Tony Bradley	Main role, 6 episodes
2007	The Tudors	Duke of Buckingham	2 episodes
2007	Robin Hood	King Richard	1 episode
2008	Heroes and Villains	Richard the Lionheart	1 episode
2009	Garrow's Law	Forrester	2 episodes
2010	Waterloo Road	Adam Fleet	Recurring role, 8 episodes
2012	Titanic	Second Officer Charles Lightoller	Miniseries, 4 episodes
2013	The Syndicate	Steve	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2014	Halo Nightfall	Liken	5 Episodes
2016	Barbarians Rising	Fritigern	1 episode
2016	Medici	Cossa	1 episode
2017–2019	Jamestown	Redwick	Recurring role, 16 episodes
2022	Slow Horses	Jed Moody	4 episodes
2023	The Long Shadow	DSI Dick Holland	6 episodes