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My Take
I read Kazinsky as an actor who genuinely backs himself. Born Appleby, he chose a stage name and built a real reputation on EastEnders, even winning a British Soap Award, then declined to coast and pushed into Hollywood with Pacific Rim and True Blood. What I like is the gap between his range, stage, screen, modelling, and the rough, dangerous characters he gravitates toward. There is something appealingly stubborn about a kid from Haywards Heath demanding a seat at the big-budget table. I tend to root for the slow-burn, slightly underrated performers, and he fits that mould nicely.
Overview
Robert John Appleby (born 18 November 1983), known professionally as Robert Kazinsky, is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Casper Rose in the Sky One drama Dream Team (2005–2006) and Sean Slater in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2006–2009, 2019, 2021, 2022). In 2013, he portrayed Chuck Hansen in Pacific Rim and Macklyn Warlow in the sixth season of HBO's True Blood.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Robert Kazinsky
- Name (Japanese)
- ロバート・カジンスキー
- Reading
- ろばーと・かじんすきー
- Born
- November 18, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
- Origin
- Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / model / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- British Soap Award for Best Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Stage actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.