Steven Waddington


Steven Waddington is an English film and television actor. He is well-known for his 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, first at Stratford and then at the Barbican and on tour in Newcastle. He was cast in his first film, Edward II, after being recommended to Derek Jarman by fellow actor Nigel Terry, with whom he had worked previously in a production of Pericles at the RSC.

Career

His first film role was as the eponymous king in Derek Jarman's Edward II. Waddington starred as Prasutagus in the 2003 film Boudica as well the Duke of Buckingham in the Showtime series The Tudors, released on 1 April 2007 in the United States. 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.
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".
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 in 2012. In 2012 he appeared in the four-part ITV mini-series Titanic.
He is currently playing the role of Marshall Redwick in the Sky One series Jamestown, which premiered in 2017.
He also has a part in Thomas Vinterberg's political thriller Kursk, based on the true story of a doomed Russian submarine, which is planned for release 2018.

Personal life

Waddington is married to actress and model Jane March, and has one son.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996IvanhoeIvanhoeTV series, 6 episodes
2007The TudorsDuke of BuckinghamTV series, 2 episodes
2007Robin HoodKing RichardTV series, 1 episode
2007–2008Heroes and VillainsRichard the LionheartTV series, 1 episode
2009Garrow's LawForresterTV series, 3 episodes
2010Waterloo RoadAdam FleetTV series, 7 episodes
2012TitanicSecond Officer Charles LightollerTV miniseries
2013The SyndicateSteveSeries 2
2014'Randall Aiken
2016Barbarians RisingFritigern1 episode
2016'Cossa1 episode
2017–2019JamestownRedwick16 episodes