Acting
Ian Virgo
EN, KM cinema · 34 credits
Born
5 May 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Glendale, California, USA
Ian Virgo (born Ian Frederick Virgo, 5 May 1981 in Glendale, California) – British-American actor and singer who moved to Caldicot, Wales at age six, giving him dual nationality. The youngest person ever accepted onto the postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied acting and singing at 17. He is also an active musical theatre performer, having played Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Freddie in My Fair Lady, and Danny Zuko in Grease. His most notable film roles include Specialist John Waddell in Black Hawk Down (2001, directed by Ridley Scott), a role in Band of Brothers (2001, directed by Steven Spielberg), Jimmy Gerenuk in the Rise of the Footsoldier trilogy (2007–2017), and Chris in The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014). On television he has appeared in EastEnders, Casualty, Spooks (2008), Crash (2009–2010, 12 episodes), Doctors (2010), and The Bastard Executioner (2015). He was awarded an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2017.
Known for
Filmography
The 4th Reich
The 4th Reich
as Professor Davidson
LEGO Friends: Heartlake the Musical
as Daisy's Father
Jericho Ridge
as Bob Peck (voice)
Pylon
as Dad
Blood on the Crown
as Corporal Bell
The Ballad Of Billy McCrae
as Chris Blythe
Paintball Massacre
as The Killer
Tau
as Party Boy
The Lost Viking
as Asbjorn
Boots on the Ground
as Ollie
Rise of the Footsoldier 3
as Jimmy Gerenuk
The Lighthouse
as Company Man #1
ABCs of Death 2
as Fletcher (Segment "Capital Punishment")
Lion
as Adam Westfield
The Raven
as Fire Marshall
The Estate
as DS Green
Jabberwock Dragon Siege
as Michael
Monk3ys
as Nathan
Witchville
as Hobart
The Rapture
as Julian
Dead Cert
as Terry Richards
Caught in the Act
as Michael Lewis
Rise of the Footsoldier
as Jimmy Gerenuk
Second in Command
as Cpl. Will Butler
Extreme Dating
as Packer Ellison
Black Hawk Down
as Waddell