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Elliot Barnes-Worrell
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| Born | March 1991 (age 34) London, England
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| Alma mater | BRIT School Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Television | Jericho Van der Valk |
Elliot Barnes-Worrell (born March 1991) is an English actor. He is well-known for his roles in popular TV shows. He played Easter in the ITV drama series Jericho (2016). He also starred as Job Cloovers in the ITV crime drama series Van der Valk (2020).
Growing Up
Elliot Barnes-Worrell grew up in Peckham, a part of London, England. His father is Trix Worrell, who is a writer, director, and composer.
Elliot was interested in music, especially rapping, when he was younger. One day, he watched a play called Hamlet at the Ovalhouse theatre. An actor with black skin played the main character, Hamlet. This made Elliot very interested in acting. He started going to the theatre often. He began his acting training at the BRIT School. Later, he went to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He graduated from there after winning the Sir John Gielgud Award. In 2012, he also received the Alan Bates Award from the Actors Center.
Acting Career
Elliot Barnes-Worrell has acted in many different films and TV shows. He has also performed in several theatre plays.
On Television and Film
Elliot has appeared in various TV series and movies.
- In 2016, he was in the TV series Jericho as the character Easter.
- From 2020 to 2022, he played Job Cloovers in the TV series Van Der Valk.
- He also had a role in the 2020 movie Dolittle, playing Captain William Derrick.
- More recently, in 2025, he appeared in an episode of Black Mirror called "Hotel Reverie".
- Other TV and film roles include Doctor Who: Good as Gold (2012) and Poirot (2013).
On Stage
Elliot has performed in many important theatre productions.
- In 2012, he played Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner at the York Theatre Royal.
- He performed in several plays by William Shakespeare at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. These include Richard II (2013), Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II (2014), and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014).
- In 2015, he was Henry Straker in Man and Superman at the Royal National Theatre in London.
- In 2017, he played Horatio in Hamlet at The Almeida Theatre in London.
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