Sean Biggerstaff
Born	Sean Biggerstaff 15 March 1983 (1983-03-15) (age 26) Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Sean Biggerstaff (born 15 March 1983) is a Scottish actor best known for playing Oliver Wood, the Gryffindor Quidditch team captain and keeper, who coaches Harry, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Contents 1 Biography 2 List of credits 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 2.3 Radio 2.4 Theatre 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Biggerstaff was born in Glasgow, Scotland growing up with his parents in Maryhill. He went to Parkview Primary School in Summerston and joined the local drama group, the Maryhill Youth Theatre, when he was just seven years old.

In 1996, at age 13, Biggerstaff landed his first major role, playing Darren in The Crow Road. However, it was in 1997, at the age of 14, when he got his break. Alan Rickman had watched Biggerstaff perform in a production of Macbeth (Biggerstaff's professional stage debut). Rickman was so impressed; he cast Biggerstaff in his new movie, The Winter Guest as Tom, a mischievous schoolboy. Soon afterward, Rickman recommended Sean to the London acting agency International Creative Management and Mr. Paul Lyon-Maris. Within a week, the Harry Potter castings were being distributed. During auditions, the directors suggested that he look at the part of Oliver Wood, Biggerstaff looked at the script and agreed.^[1] Biggerstaff played the role in the first two films, but his character wasn't written into Prisoner of Azkaban or subsequent films, despite fan petitions for his reinstatement.

Since then, Biggerstaff career has included playing Henry, Duke of Gloucester in the 2004 TV mini-series Charles II: The Power & the Passion;^[2] Matt in the world premiere of The Girl With Red Hair (a play by Sharman MacDonald who also wrote The Winter Guest); and Ben Willis in the short film Cashback. Based on the success of Cashback, Biggerstaff recorded extra scenes, and the piece was adapted into a feature released in 2006.

In 2007, Biggerstaff played Jeremy Wolfenden in the BBC4 TV movie Consenting Adults which was nominated for BAFTA Scotland's Best Drama Award on 18 November 2007, and won him the BAFTA Scotland's Award for Best Actor – Television.^[3]

He appears in the forthcoming film Hippie Hippie Shake.^[4]

[edit] List of credits

[edit] Film

Year	Title[5]	Role	Notes
1997	The Winter Guest	Tom
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Oliver Wood
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Oliver Wood
2004	Cashback	Ben Willis	Short (18 minutes)
2006	Cashback	Ben Willis	Feature based on the 2004 short
2009	X on a Map	Paul	Short (13 minutes)
2010	Hippie Hippie Shake

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1996	The Crow Road[5]	Young Darren	BBC Scotland	Mini-series
1998	Bright Sparks[citation needed]		CBBC
2003	Shada[6]	Chris Parsons		Voice for webcast animation
2004	Charles II: The Power & the Passion[5]	Henry, Duke of Glocester	BBC One	Mini-series
2007	Consenting Adults[5]	Jeremy Wolfenden	BBC Four	Drama
2009	Marple[5]	Bobby Attfield	ITV	Series 4 Episode 3 "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"

[edit] Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	The Skull of Sobek[7]	Snabb	BBC “Doctor Who” audio drama

[edit] Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
1993	Macbeth[6]	Macduff's son	Tron Theatre, Glasgow
2005	The Girl With Red Hair[6]	Matt	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Hampstead Theatre, London

[edit] Awards

Year	Group	Award	Result	Film
2007	BAFTA Scotland	Best Actor - Television[8]	Won	Consenting Adults

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sean Biggerstaff Official site
• Jonny and the Robots Band My Space
• BAFTA Scotland
• Scottish Youth Theatre
• Sean Biggerstaff at the Internet Movie Database
• EyeForFilm.co.uk - Interview about Cashback and Harry Potter

Persondata
NAME	Biggerstaff, Sean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	15 March 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Glasgow, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH