# Rollo Weeks > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rollo_Weeks > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rollo_Weeks.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo_Weeks > Source revision: 1329351403 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British actor}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox person |name = Rollo Weeks |image = |caption = Weeks in ''The Little Vampire'' (2000) |birth_name = Rollo Percival Loring Weeks |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|03|20|df=y}} |birth_place = [Chichester](/source/Chichester), England |years_active = 1993–2012 (as an actor) |occupation = {{ubl|Former actor|photographer| advertising [cinematographer](/source/cinematographer)}} |relatives = [Perdita Weeks](/source/Perdita_Weeks) (sister)
[Honeysuckle Weeks](/source/Honeysuckle_Weeks) (sister) }} '''Rollo Percival Loring Weeks''' (born 20 March 1987) is a British former actor. He is best known for his roles in the films ''[The Little Vampire](/source/The_Little_Vampire_(film))'' (2000) and ''[The Thief Lord](/source/The_Thief_Lord_(film))'' (2006). ==Early life== Weeks was born in Chichester, England, the son of [Welsh](/source/Welsh_people) parents Robin and Susan Weeks, and the younger brother of actresses [Honeysuckle Weeks](/source/Honeysuckle_Weeks) and [Perdita Weeks](/source/Perdita_Weeks). He attended the [Sylvia Young Theatre School](/source/Sylvia_Young_Theatre_School) and [Stowe School](/source/Stowe_School). ==Career== Weeks' first screen appearance was, according to his sister Honeysuckle, who told the story when appearing on ''[The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson](/source/The_Late_Late_Show_with_Craig_Ferguson)'' in 2014, for a Devon Custard advertisement, aged 6, which ended abruptly when Rollo was sick whilst eating the sponsors product. Weeks' debut film, as a child actor, was playing vampire Rudolph Sackville-Bagg in ''[The Little Vampire](/source/The_Little_Vampire_(film))'' (2000), directed by Uli Edel, which earned Weeks a Young Artist Award nomination. He also appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's ''[The Lost Prince](/source/The_Lost_Prince)'' (filmed 2002, released 2003) as the young [George, Duke of Kent](/source/George%2C_Duke_of_Kent), in a film about the disabled [Prince John](/source/Prince_John_of_the_United_Kingdom). This was followed by roles in ''[Girl With a Pearl Earring](/source/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring_(film))'' (2003) and ''[The Queen of Sheba's Pearls](/source/The_Queen_of_Sheba's_Pearls)'' (2004). His second turn as a title character came as Scipio in ''[The Thief Lord](/source/The_Thief_Lord_(film))'' (2006), a movie based on [Cornelia Funke](/source/Cornelia_Funke)'s novel ''[The Thief Lord](/source/The_Thief_Lord)'' and directed by Richard Claus. Weeks has also appeared in two television shows: ''[Berkeley Square](/source/Berkeley_Square_(TV_series))'' (1998) as Lord Louis Wilton and ''[Goggle Eyes](/source/Goggle_Eyes)'' (1993) as Joseph. In 2009 he appeared in the second part of the ''[Shark Week](/source/Shark_Week)'' special ''Blood in the Water'' and played the character Guido in ''[Chéri](/source/Ch%C3%A9ri_(2009_film))''. In 2010, he played Jacob in ''[Booked Out](/source/Booked_Out)'', about the lives of characters within an aging block of flats. In 2016, Weeks was reported to be one of "a dynamic trio of young hospitality industry insiders" opening a new fast food outlet called Fancy Funkin Chicken in [Coldharbour Lane](/source/Coldharbour_Lane), [Brixton](/source/Brixton).{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Urban |url=http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2016/08/fancy-funkin-chicken-takes-over-the-old-phoenix-cafe-on-coldharbour-lane-brixton/ |title=Fancy Funkin Chicken takes over the old Phoenix cafe on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton |date=25 August 2016 |work=Brixton Buzz |access-date=1 October 2017}} The restaurant closed permanently in 2020.{{cn|date=August 2022}} Weeks now works as a photographer and advertising cinematographer, publicly appearing under the name "Rollo Wade".{{cite news |first=Judith |last=Woods |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/honeysuckle-weeks-the-crown-calendar-girls/ |title=Honeysuckle Weeks: ‘I was supposed to play the Queen in The Crown – but then I had a psychotic episode’ |date=11 October 2023 |work=[The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |access-date=7 May 2024}}{{Cite Instagram |first=Perdita |last=Weeks |user=perdita_weeks_ |postid=CQZHzkVhh5T |date=21 June 2021 |title=Famalam |access-date=12 May 2024}}{{cite web |first=Rollo |last=Wade |url=https://www.instagram.com/rollowade/ |title=@rollowade |website=[Instagram](/source/Instagram) |access-date=12 May 2024}} ==Filmography== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1993 | ''[Goggle Eyes](/source/Goggle_Eyes)'' | Joseph | Film debut |- | rowspan=2|1995 | ''[Braveheart](/source/Braveheart)'' | Child in crowd (at Wallace's death) | |- | ''It Could Be You'' | Damon | |- | 1998 | ''[Berkeley Square](/source/Berkeley_Square_(TV_series))'' | Lord Louis Wilton | |- | 2000 | ''[The Little Vampire](/source/The_Little_Vampire_(film))'' | Rudolph Sackville-Bagg | |- | 2001 | ''[Attila](/source/Attila_(TV_miniseries))'' | [Young Attila](/source/Attila) | |- | rowspan=2|2003 | ''[The Lost Prince](/source/The_Lost_Prince)'' | [Prince George Duke of Kent](/source/George%2C_Duke_of_Kent) | |- | ''[Girl with a Pearl Earring](/source/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring_(film))'' | Frans | |- | rowspan=2|2004 | ''George and the Dragon'' | Wryn | |- | ''[The Queen of Sheba's Pearls](/source/The_Queen_of_Sheba's_Pearls)'' | Jack | |- | 2006 | ''[The Thief Lord](/source/The_Thief_Lord_(film))'' | Scipio Massimo | |- | rowspan=2|2009 | ''[Chéri](/source/Ch%C3%A9ri_(2009_film))'' | Guido | |- | ''Blood in the Water'': 2 | Albert O'Hara | |- | 2012 | ''[Booked Out](/source/Booked_Out)'' | Jacob | Final film |- |} ==References== ==External links== *{{IMDb name|0917353}} *[https://www.rollowade.com/ Rollo Wade – Official Website] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weeks, Rollo}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century English actors Category:British film actors Category:English people of Welsh descent Category:British television actors Category:English male child actors Category:People educated at Stowe School Category:Male actors from Chichester --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rollo Weeks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo_Weeks) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo_Weeks?action=history)). 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