{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use British English|date=June 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox person | image = Luke Roskell (7474362804).jpg | caption = Roskell in 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|2|4}}<ref>{{cite tweet |first=Luke |last=Roskell |user=lukeroskell |number=960172394588581888 |title=Thanks!! I blame you |date=2018-02-04 |access-date=2018-02-07}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Knowsley, Merseyside|Knowsley]], [[Merseyside]], [[England]] | alma_mater = | title = | spouse = | children = | partner = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2007–present }}
'''Luke Roskell''' (born 4 February 1997) is an English actor. He is known for playing [[List of Emmerdale characters (2011)#Sean Spencer|Sean Spencer]] in the soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'' (2011–2014), and for his role as Pepper Sharrow in the 2017 historical drama ''[[Jamestown (TV series)|Jamestown]]''.
==Personal life== Born in [[Knowsley, Merseyside|Knowsley]], [[Merseyside]] in 1997 and raised in nearby [[Grappenhall]] in [[Warrington]], [[Cheshire]].<ref name="Warrington Guardian" /> He studied at Broomfields Junior School<ref name="Warrington Guardian1" /> and [[Bridgewater High School, Warrington|Bridgewater High School]].<ref name="Warrington Guardian2">{{cite web |url=http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/10311816.Emmerdale_star_to_line_up_against_home_town_club/ |title=Emmerdale star to line up against home town club |author=Warrington Guardian|date=31 March 2013 |website=[[Warrington Guardian]] |access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> Luke is the second of four children, as his mother, Andrea, has three other children, including one older brother and two younger twin siblings.
==Career== Roskell had his first acting role in the [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] miniseries ''[[Mobile (TV series)|Mobile]]'' in 2007; the following year, he was part of the main cast of TV series ''[[The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury]]'', broadcast by [[BBC One]] and the [[CBBC Channel]]; he played the role of Aaron Pryce, a friend of main character Alistair Fury (played by [[Jonathan Mason (actor)|Jonathan Mason]]). In 2010, Roskell branched out into theatre following a successful audition for the musical ''Her Benny'', adapted from [[Her Benny (novel)|the eponymous Victorian novel]] (1879) about Liverpool street children by [[Silas Hocking]].<ref name="Warrington Guardian" /> Roskell played Perks, one of the street children, over the show's October run at the Theatre Royal in [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]].{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
From 2011 to 2014, Roskell portrayed [[List of Emmerdale characters (2011)#Sean Spencer|Sean Spencer]] in the long-running soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'', appearing in a total of 264 episodes. After leaving the show, he returned to the stage in 2015 to take on the role of Carl Jackson, the lead in Gareth Farr's play ''Britannia Waves The Rules'', touring with the [[Royal Exchange Theatre]] through several locations in [[North West England]].<ref name="Britannia">{{cite web |url=https://www.royalexchange.co.uk/whats-on-and-tickets/britannia-waves-the-rules-tour |title=Touring the North West: Britannia Waves The Rules Tour |author=Royal Exchange Theatre |year=2015 |website=Royal Exchange Theatre |access-date=4 September 2017|author-link=Royal Exchange Theatre }}</ref>
In 2016, he portrayed Dan in the autism TV drama ''[[The A Word]]'' in three episodes of its first series. He was later cast in the historical drama ''[[Jamestown (TV series)|Jamestown]]'' as Pepper Sharrow, the youngest of three brothers living as first settlers of the Colony of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] in the early 17th century.<ref name="Warrington Guardian1">{{cite web |url=http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/leisure/interviews/15460823.Luke___s_new_frontier/ |title=Former Bridgewater High pupil Luke Roskell shares his experiences working in Budapest on Sky's Jamestown |last=Morgan |first=David|date=8 August 2017 |website=[[Warrington Guardian]] |access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television roles |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2007 | ''[[Mobile (TV series)|Mobile]]'' | Tatton Heights Boy | Episode: "The Soldier" |- | 2008 | ''[[The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury]]'' | Aaron Pryce | Main role; 13 episodes |- | 2009 | ''[[Moving On (TV series)|Moving On]]'' | Ryan | Episode: "Bully" (Series 1) |- | 2010 | ''[[Accidental Farmer]]'' | Ellis | TV film |- | 2011–2014 | ''[[Emmerdale]]'' | Sean Spencer | Main role; 264 episodes |- |- | 2016 | ''[[The A Word]]'' | Dan | 3 episodes (Series 1) |- | 2017 | ''[[Jamestown (TV series)|Jamestown]]'' | Pepper Sharrow | Main role; 8 episodes |- |2020 | '' [[Outlander (TV series)|Outlander]]'' | Lee Withers | Recurring |}
==Theatrical performances== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2010 || ''Her Benny''<ref name="Warrington Guardian">{{cite web |url=http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/whereilive/hm/hatton/8453294.Job_perks_for_young_actor/ |title=Job perks for young actor |last=Newey |first=Miranda |date=10 October 2010 |website=[[Warrington Guardian]] |access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> || Perks || Musical play directed by Ann Dalton, adapted from [[Her Benny (novel)|the novel]] by [[Silas Hocking]]; ran from 18 October to 23 October at the Theatre Royal, St Helens |- | 2015 || ''Britannia Waves The Rules''<ref name="Britannia" /> || Carl Jackson || Lead role; play by Gareth Farr, winner of the Judges' Award of the 2011 [[Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting]]; Autumn 2015 Tour |}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|2613539}} * {{Twitter}}
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