Leo Staar

Leo Staar (born 24 July 1986) is an English actor, best known for his portrayals of Alec Jesmond in Call the Midwife and Inspector Lapointe in Maigret.

Leo Staar
Born (1986-07-24) 24 July 1986
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2009 – present
TelevisionCall the Midwife, Maigret
Children1

Biography

Leo Staar was born in London and grew up in Worthing, West Sussex. After graduating from drama school in 2009, he went straight into theatre and appeared in Thea Sharrock's production of Terence Rattigan's After the Dance, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in 2010. That same year, he appeared at the National Theatre Live in Sir Nicholas Hynter's production of Hamlet, with Rory Kinnear in the titular role.

Staar became well known to the public in 2013 when he landed his first major television role in the BBC medical drama Call the Midwife, where he played the recurring character Alec Jesmond, who became the boyfriend of main character Jenny Lee. He appeared in six episodes of the series from 2013 and 2014 until the character was killed off in a tragic accident.[1] He then made guest appearances on Casualty, Lewis and Death in Paradise.

In 2015, Staar landed his second major television role when he was cast as Inspector Lapointe in the ITV detective drama Maigret, based on the books by Georges Simenon and starring Rowan Atkinson in the titular role. The series ran from 2016 to 2017.[2]

In 2019, he appeared as Denning in the BBC mini-series Summer of Rockets, opposite Toby Stephens and Keeley Hawes.[3]

Staar is set to appear in the upcoming spy film The 355, which is due for release on January 14 2022.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 An Outstanding Performer Charlie Short film
2017 Fabio D'Andrea: The Sleeping Beauty The Father Short film
2019 Cheating Charlie Volker Short Film
2022 The 355 Grady

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Dark Matters: Twisted But True Ed Forman/Krasnogorskiy 2 episodes
2013 Dancing on the Edge Young Upper Class Man 1 episode
2013-2014 Call the Midwife Alec Jesmond 6 episodes
2014 Casualty Will Jamison Episode: "To Yourself Be True"
2014 Lewis Simon Eastwood Episodes: "Entry Wounds parts 1&2"
2015 Death in Paradise Simon Parke Episode: "Til Death Do You Part"
2016 Maigret Sets a Trap Inspector Lapointe TV film
2016 Maigret's Dead Man Inspector Lapointe TV film
2017 Maigret's Night at the Crossroads Inspector Lapointe TV film
2017 Maigret in Montemarte Inspector Lapointe TV film
2018 Jack Ryan Williams Episode: "Pilot"
2019 Summer of Rockets Denning 5 episodes

Live Streaming Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
2010 National Theatre Live Hamlet Priest Live via satellite

Audio
Year Title Role Notes
2020 The Avengers: Steed and Mrs Peel [4] Jack/Agent Rogers/Rocliffe Comic Strip Audio

Video Games
Year Title Role
2014 Dreamfall Chapters Reza Temiz (voice)

References
  1. "Meet the cast of Maigret's Night at the Crossroads". Radio Times. July 12, 2020.
  2. "ITV Maigret Sets a Trap". ITV.com. May 6, 2020.
  3. "Meet the cast of Summer of Rockets". Radio Times. June 25, 2019.
  4. "The Avengers: The Comic Strip Adaptations Volume 4: Steed and Mrs Peel". Big Finish.com. June 2020.
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