{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Huggy Leaver''' (born '''Hugh Leaver'''), sometimes credited as '''Huggy Lever''', is a British actor<ref>''Halliwell's Film & Video Guide 2004'' by Leslie Halliwell, John Walker.</ref> and former vocalist of The Plastix, an early UK Punk band.<ref>[https://www.boredteenagers.co.uk/plastix.htm Plastix], Hastings.</ref><ref>''Punk Diary: the ultimate trainspotter's guide to underground rock, 1970-1982'' by George Gimarc</ref> He subsequently became lead singer of the Hastings Mod Revival Band Teenbeats from 1979-1982.
He has appeared in ''Trial & Retribution'', ''Birds of a Feather'', ''A Touch of Frost'' and ''Black Books''. He also played Paul in ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' and Mario in the 2000 film ''Going Off Big Time'' and appeared as a cab driver in ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' and the pawn shop owner in ''Fast & Furious 6''.<ref>''Film Review 2001-2002: The Definitive Film Yearbook'' by James Cameron-Wilson</ref>
More recently, he played the recurrent role of Clint in ''EastEnders'' and Delivery Man 2 in Never Let Me Go.
He has a love of motorcycles and has customized some in the streetfighter style, as created by designer/artist Andy Sparrow, in his strip ''Bloodrunners''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloodrunners.com/bikes |title=THUMB-NAILED BIKE DESIGN DOODLES by ANDY SPARROW |accessdate=2007-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040525214055/http://www.bloodrunners.com/bikes/ |archivedate=2004-05-25 }}</ref> in the 1980s. One such streetfighter was featured in the 1995 movie ''Mad dogs and Englishmen'' and ridden by C. Thomas Howell's despatch rider character.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1993|| ''The Young Americans'' || Mark Byrne || |- |1995|| ''Judge Dredd'' || Brutal Prisoner || |- |1995|| ''Brothers in Trouble'' || Market Porter || |- |1995|| ''Boston Kickout'' || Bouncer || |- |1998|| ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' || Paul || |- |2000|| ''Going Off Big Time'' || Mario || |- |2003|| ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' || Hanson Cab Driver || |- |2008|| ''Freebird'' || Sulph || |- |2008|| ''Somers Town'' || Café Owner || |- |2009|| ''Somnolence'' || || |- |2010|| ''Never Let Me Go'' || Delivery Man 1 || |- |2011|| ''Gun of the Black Sun'' || Ciggy || |- |2012|| ''Gangsters, Guns & Zombies'' || Tony || |- |2013|| ''Fast & Furious 6'' || Pawn shop owner || |- |2013|| ''The Lost Mantle of Elijah'' || Gruesome || |- |2015|| ''Blood and Carpet'' || Bernard || |- |2015|| ''Legend'' || Pig & Whistle Barman ||
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==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=33em}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|495363}}
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