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Allen Leech

Actor, ProducerBorn May 18, 1981 (43 years)
Allen Leech (born 18 May 1981) is an Irish actor best known for his role as Tom Branson on the historical drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015). He made his professional acting debut with a small part in a 1998 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, made his first major film appearance as Vincent Cusack in Cowboys & Angels, and earned an Irish Film & Television Awards nomination in 2004 with his performance as Mo Chara in Man About Dog.

He appeared as Willi in the Queen and Peacock (2000), at the Garter Lane Arts Centre. The following years, he was in The Morning After Optimism (2001) and then Da (2002). His breakthrough film performance was in Cowboys and Angels (2003), followed by a role in the 2004 cross-country caper film Man About Dog. He played the role of Shane Kirwan in Ireland's RTÉ series Love Is the Drug (2004), for which he received a Best Actor nomination from the Irish Film and Television Awards. He followed that up with the role of Willy in the television series Legend (2006), for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination from Irish Film and Television Awards.

In 2010, he appeared on the small screen in The Tudors (2010) as the doomed Francis Dereham. Leech also appeared in ITV 2010s television series Downton Abbey as chauffeur Tom Branson. He played the role of officer Sam Leonard in television series Primeval in 2011 in series five. He also starred in the 2012 film adaptation The Sweeney. In 2014 he starred as the spy John Cairncross, in The Imitation Game. He played Freddie Mercury's personal manager, Paul Prenter, in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Grand Piano
  • The Hunter's Prayer
  • From Time to Time

Known For

  • The Imitation Game
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Grand Piano
  • Downton Abbey
  • In Fear
  • Downton Abbey: A New Era
  • Cold Meat
  • The Sweeney
  • You Can't Run Forever
  • Cowboys & Angels
  • Man About Dog
  • As Luck Would Have It
  • The Vanishing Triangle
  • The Hunter's Prayer
  • Too Good to be True
  • Bellevue
  • Rewind

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    2024
    2024
    Too Good to be True (TV Series) · as Elliott Fielding
    2023
    The Vanishing Triangle (TV Series) · as Detective David Burkely
    2023
    Cold Meat · as David
    2022
    Downton Abbey: A New Era · as Tom Branson
    2021
    As Luck Would Have It · as Brennan
    2019
    Downton Abbey · as Tom Branson
    2019
    2018
    Doing Money · as Dougie
    2018
    Bohemian Rhapsody · as Paul Prenter
    2017
    The Good Doctor (TV Series) · as Ariel Reznik
    2017
    The Hunter's Prayer · as Richard Addison
    2017
    Bellevue (TV Series) · as Eddie Roe
    2014
    Text Santa 2014 · as Tom Branson
    2014
    The Imitation Game · as John Cairncross
    2013
    In Fear · as Max
    2013
    2012
    Downton Abbey Revisited · as Tom Branson
    2012
    The Sweeney · as Dc Simon Ellis
    2011
    Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Pike
    2010
    Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Tom Branson
    2010
    Rewind · as Karl
    2009
    From Time to Time · as Fred Boggis
    2007
    Heroes and Villains (TV Series) · as Edeco
    2007
    The Tudors (TV Series) · as Francis Dereham
    2007
    Primeval (TV Series)
    2006
    Legend (TV Series) · as Willy
    2005
    Rome (TV Series) · as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
    2004
    Love Is the Drug (TV Series) · as Shane Kirwan
    2004
    Man About Dog · as Mo Chara
    2004
    Battlefield Britain (TV Series) · as Jacobite
    2003
    Cowboys & Angels · as Vincent
    2003
    2002
    The Escapist · as Policeman 1 (smashed Car)

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