{{Short description|British actor}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox person | image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people. Non-free and "fair use" images, e.g. promo photos, CD/DVD covers, posters, screen captures, etc., will be deleted - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | image_size = 150px | name = Oliver Lee | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]], [[Greater Manchester|Manchester]], England | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1998, 2005–present | known_for = ''[[Hollyoaks: In the City]]'' (2006) <br> ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' (2011) | spouse = | children = 3 | website = }}
'''Oliver Lee''' (born 14 February 1986) is an English actor. He played the role of Josh Jones in the [[Channel 4]] television drama series ''[[Hollyoaks: In the City]]'', during 2006; and [[List of Waterloo Road characters#Aiden Scotcher|Aiden Scotcher]] in the [[BBC One]] school-based drama series ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'', during 2011. He was born in [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]].
==Career== In 2005, Lee starred in the film ''Legless'' for Red Productions and [[Channel 4]] but it was to be his role as gay teenager Josh Jones in the television drama series ''[[Hollyoaks: In the City]]'' the following year in which proved to be his breakthrough. Lee then went on to star in ''Wired'' for [[ITV1]], ''Gemma Factor'' for [[BBC Three]] and ''[[Exhibit A (film)|Exhibit A]]'', a feature thriller by Bigger Pictures/Warp Films. He had a recurring role in the ITV [[soap opera]] ''[[Emmerdale]]'' as [[Pearl Ladderbanks]] grandson [[Owen Hartbourne]]. Other TV work includes an adaptation of [[Kate Long]]'s ''The Bad Mothers Handbook'', where he played Paul, the boyfriend of [[Holly Grainger]]'s character, who gets his teenage lover pregnant.<ref>this was alongside Robert Pattinson [https://archive.today/20120918023004/http://www.uk.castingcallpro.com/view.php?uid=131307 Casting Call Acting Roles]</ref>
He has completed a number of short films including [[short subject|short film]] ''"King Ponce"'', which featured at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2007. He has appeared in radio dramas such as ''The Birth and Death Of Daylight'' for Radio 3, ''The Moment Your Life Stops'' for BBC Radio 4 and the popular radio detective series ''Stone'' with Hugo Spear and Maxine Peak
In 2009 Lee starred in ''[[Awaydays]]'', a major motion picture adapted from [[Kevin Sampson (writer)|Kevin Sampson]]'s novel. He also stars in ''Powder'', the second of Kevin Sampson's novels to be adapted for the big screen, playing James Love.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ScreenTerrier: Powder |url=https://screenterrier.blogspot.com/2009/10/powder.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223003520/http://screenterrier.blogspot.com/2009/10/powder.html |archive-date=23 February 2012 |access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref> Filming has included 'Live' performances at V Festival 2009 as 'The Grams'.
Lee starred in the production ''[[McQueen (film)|McQueen]]'', a feature which he had written and directed. The film had an independent budget{{citation needed|date=July 2010}} and cast included [[Lee Battle]], [[Nico Mirallegro]], [[Linzey Cocker]], [[Marcquelle Ward]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756624/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408034924/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756624 |archive-date=2011-04-08 |title=McQueen (2011) - IMDb|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> and [[Tina O'Brien]].
Lee played [[List of Waterloo Road characters#Aiden Scotcher|Aiden Scotcher]] on BBC's ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]].''
==Honours and awards== Oliver Lee won the [[Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards]] for Best Newcomer for his portrayal of the character Jamie in the Octagon Theatre Bolton / Pilot Theatre production of [[Jonathan Harvey (playwright)|Jonathan Harvey]]'s ''[[Beautiful Thing (play)|Beautiful Thing]]''.
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==External links == *[http://www.oliverlee.net/ Official website] *{{IMDb name|0497966}}
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