Emun Elliott

Elliott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland as Emun Mohammadi. His father is of Persian descent and his mother is Scottish.[1] He was raised in Duddingston, Portobello, Edinburgh, and attended George Heriot's School before beginning a degree in English literature and French at the University of Aberdeen.[2] He dropped out of university after a year,[3] and went on to train at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.[2]

Elliott's television credits include Monarch of the Glen, Feel the Force, Afterlife and Paradox, in which he played the lead role of Dr Christian King. He also plays Jay Adams in the BBC Three drama Lip Service,[2] an episode of Inspector George Gently,[4] and the crime drama Vera.[5]

Elliott made his film debut in The Clan (2009), and also appeared in Black Death (2010), opposite Sean Bean. He also appeared in the film Strawberry Fields.[5] He has lent his voice to the radio dramas Places in Between and Black Watch.[6]

On stage, Elliott has appeared in the critically acclaimed Black Watch as Private Fraser, a role he played for two and a half years with the National Theatre of Scotland.[3] In 2010 he played Claudio in a production of Measure for Measure at the Almeida Theatre, alongside Anna Maxwell Martin and Rory Kinnear.[5]

In 2009, Elliott was named as "one to watch" by industry magazine Screen International.[7]

Elliott starred as Richie in the Comedy Central sitcom Threesome, written by Doctor Who writer Tom MacRae. Richie is a gay man who gets his friend pregnant.

He starred as charismatic 19th-century department store owner John Moray in the BBC One series The Paradise, alongside Scottish actress Joanna Vanderham.

In August 2017 Emun played Andrew Brenner in The BBC1 drama Trust Me alongside Jodie Whittaker. In 2019 Elliott played Kenny Burns in the BBC Scotland drama Guilt.

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