Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan is one of those actors who makes you quietly grateful that not everyone in Hollywood is chasing the same leading-man mold. Born and raised in Stepney in London's East End, he carries that working-class grit into every role — whether it's the tightly wound driving instructor in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky (which rightly earned him the London Film Critics Circle and National Society of Film Critics awards for supporting actor), the menacing Sergeant Howie in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, or his memorably unsettling turns in films like Sherlock Holmes and Ray Donovan. He's a chameleon with a lived-in face that says more in one close-up than most stars manage in an entire film. Every director who's smart enough to cast him clearly knows what they're getting: someone who will make your movie better without asking for top billing.

Name (English)

Eddie Marsan

Name (Japanese)

エディ・マーサン

Reading

えでぃ・まーさん

Born

June 9, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

Stepney, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / film actor / stage actor / television actor

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20Marsan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3
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Tags

• actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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