Allen Leech

Allen Leech is best known for his television work, notably as Tom Branson on the beloved series Downton Abbey, for which he won three Screen Actors Guild awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, as well as HBO's Rome and BBC and Showtime's The Tudors. His film credits include Morten Tyldum's The Imitation Game, opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, which was nominated for five Golden Globe and eight Academy Awards; The Sweeney with Ray Winstone, Ben Drew and Hayley Atwell; and the independent feature Grand Piano with Elijah Wood and John Cusack. On stage, Leech starred as Mick in the revival of Mike Leigh's hugely successful play Ecstasy at The Hampstead and Duchess Theatres in London. He was most recently seen playing the lead role in the CBC miniseries Bellevue opposite Anna Paquin and will next be seen in Jonathan Mostow's The Hunter's Prayer with Sam Worthington.