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Ian Virgo

Ian Virgo

Birthday: 1981-05-05 | Place of Birth: Glendale, California, USA

Ian Virgo (born Ian Frederick Virgo, 5 May 1981 in Glendale, California) – British-American actor and singer who moved to Caldicot, Wales at age six, giving him dual nationality. The youngest person ever accepted onto the postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied acting and singing at 17. He is also an active musical theatre performer, having played Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Freddie in My Fair Lady, and Danny Zuko in Grease. His most notable film roles include Specialist John Waddell in Black Hawk Down (2001, directed by Ridley Scott), a role in Band of Brothers (2001, directed by Steven Spielberg), Jimmy Gerenuk in the Rise of the Footsoldier trilogy (2007–2017), and Chris in The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014). On television he has appeared in EastEnders, Casualty, Spooks (2008), Crash (2009–2010, 12 episodes), Doctors (2010), and The Bastard Executioner (2015). He was awarded an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2017.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
LEGO Friends: Heartlake the Musical

as    Daisy's Father

2021
The Ballad Of Billy McCrae

as    Chris Blythe

2021
Blood on the Crown

as    Corporal Bell

2020
Paintball Massacre

as    The Killer

2018
The Lost Viking

as    Asbjorn

2018
The Lighthouse

as    Company Man #1

2018
Kaleidoscope

as    Papa

2017
Rise of the Footsoldier 3

as    Jimmy Gerenuk

2017
Boots on the Ground

as    Ollie

2015
The Beat Beneath My Feet

as    Chris

2014
ABCs of Death 2

as    Fletcher (Segment "Capital Punishment")

2013
Essex Boys Retribution

as    Mike

2011
The Estate

as    DS Green

2011
Jabberwock Dragon Siege

as    Michael

2010
Witchville

as    Hobart

2008
Rise of the Footsoldier

as    Jimmy Gerenuk

2006
Second in Command

as    Cpl. Will Butler

2006
Rollin' with the Nines

as    Josh

2006
Extreme Dating

as    Packer Ellison

1
The 4th Reich

as    Professor Davidson