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Linus Roache

ライナス・ローチ　/　らいなす・ろーち

Actor from United Kingdom

February 1, 1964 (age 62)　・　Manchester, United Kingdom

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My Take

Linus Roache strikes me as one of those actors American audiences recognize instantly without ever quite placing the name. His Michael Cutter on Law & Order gave the franchise a sharp, principled edge, and his King Ecbert on Vikings was all quiet menace and ambition. What I admire is the range between those two registers, modern courtroom restraint and brooding medieval scheming, handled with the same controlled intensity. Coming from Manchester and carrying a Golden Globe nomination, he never seems to chase the spotlight. He's a reliable craftsman, the kind of actor who makes whatever scene he's in feel weightier.

Overview

Linus William Roache (born 1 February 1964) is a British actor. He is best known to US audiences as Executive ADA Michael Cutter in the NBC dramas Law & Order (2008–2010) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011–2012), and also played Ecbert, King of Wessex in Vikings from 2014 to 2017. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for playing Robert F.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Linus Roache
Name (Japanese): ライナス・ローチ
Reading: らいなす・ろーち
Born: February 1, 1964 (age 62)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Dragon
Origin: Manchester, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
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Occupation: actor

2. Background

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81

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