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Biography
Spencer Leigh (born c. 1963) is an English TV and film actor.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Merseyside, he became interested in the theatre and joined the Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre soon after it opened in Liverpool. He and fellow theatre student David Morrissey were chosen by Yorkshire Television to play as two poverty-stricken kids in the drama mini-series One Summer.
He has since appeared in various TV and film roles, including in several films directed by Derek Jarman, and in the premiere episode of the TV detective drama Inspector Morse where he played as a university student involved in a murder investigation. In the 1980s, he was considered one of the "Brit Pack". He moved to the United States in the early 1990s where he worked with music video producer Jake Scott, then directing TV commercials. Currently he is working with Criterion on documentary material for the Merchant Ivory Collection.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | One Summer | Icky Higson | TV series (all 5 episodes) |
| 1986 | Caravaggio | Jerusaleme | |
| Smart Money | Leon | ||
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Ned Murdoch | TV series (Series 1, Episode 1: The Dead of Jericho) |
| Prick Up Your Ears | Constable | ||
| First Sight | Colin | TV series (Series 1, Episode 3: Leaving Home) | |
| Aria | Young Man | (segment "Depuis le jour") | |
| Knights of God | Brother Wilson | TV Series (Series 1, Episodes 4, 5 and 6) | |
| 1988 | L'ispirazione | Unnamed Role | (Short film by Derek Jarman) |
| The Last of England | Unnamed Role | ||
| Young Toscanini | Heckler | (known in Italian as Il giovane Toscanini) | |
| 1989 | War Requiem | Soldier 1 | |
| Hannay | Vermilion Thorpe | TV series (Season 2, Episode 6: That Rough Music) | |
| Strapless | Hus | ||
| 1990 | The Garden | Mary Magdalene / Adam | |
| Casualty | Garry Salter | TV series (Series 5, Episode 56: Street Life) | |
| Boon | Ian Goran | TV series (Series 5, Episode 12: Thicker Than Water) | |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | Dave Potter | TV series (Series 1, Episode 11: Nothing Personal) |
| 2012 | Hitchcock | Nunzio |