British actor (born 1960)

Philip D'Oyly Torrens (born 2 June 1960) is an English actor.

Known for playing urbane, authoritarian figures, Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama The Crown, aristocrat Lord M*en in the HBO series The Nevers and held leading roles in Poldark and Versailles. His film appearances include The Danish Girl, The Iron Lady, War Horse and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In 2017, he joined the main cast of AMC's Preacher, portraying the antagonist Herr Starr. He also provided his voice to Lofty Thaddeus Worthington in the 2005 film Valiant.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
• 3 Filmography
  • 3.1 Film
  • 3.2 Television
  • 3.3 Video games
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life and education

Son of Rev. Robert Harrington Torrens, MA, and descendant of the lawyer and colonial official Henry Whitelock Torrens, Torrens was born in Bromley, Kent, and educated at Bloxham School. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1981, MA 1987), and subsequently studied acting at Drama Studio London.

Career

Torrens's television appearances include Consenting Adults, two episodes of Jeeves and Wooster, two episodes of Doctor Who ("Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood"), The Brittas Empire, Green Wing, Silk, The Government Inspector (as John Scarlett), The Last Detective and DI Spencer for a few episodes in The Bill in 2001. He has also appeared in a 2008 series of British television adverti*ts for First Direct, with Matthew King. He appeared also in a 1992 episode of Maigret with Michael Gambon.

In 2011, Torrens appeared in both episodes of an Outnumbered two-part special. In 2012 he appeared in the first episode of series 8 of Hustle as Heinz Zimmermann and also presented new gameshow The Devil's Dinner Party. Torrens briefly appeared in an episode of Death in Paradise in 2013, as a museum guide. His film appearances include Tomorrow Never Dies as the captain of HMS:Bedford, the 2001 film To End All Wars and voicework for Valiant.

In 2013, Torrens appeared in "The Waldo Moment", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. In November 2014, Torrens played the part of Richard Grenville in the BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers. In 2017 he began a starring role on American television series Preacher, on which he appeared in 33 episodes.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

• Pip Torrens at IMDb
• Pip Torrens profile, bfi.org; accessed 19 April 2016.