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Will Sharpe
William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe (born 1986) is an English actor and filmmaker. After writing for comedy shows and appearing in the medical drama Casualty (2009–2010), he made his feature directorial debut with Black Pond (2011), for which he received a BAFTA nomination. He created, wrote, directed, and starred in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Flowers (2016–2018) and starred in the BBC Two series Defending the Guilty (2018–2019). His appearance in Giri/Haji (2019) earned him a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.
Sharpe went on to direct the film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and the Sky Atlantic miniseries Landscapers (both 2021). He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his appearance in the second season of The White Lotus (2022).
Sharpe was born in London and raised in Tokyo until the age of eight. The Sharpe family then moved back to England and settled in Surrey.
His mother is Japanese, while his father is British. He has two younger siblings. His brother is composer Arthur Sharpe, who has written music for The Darkest Universe, Black Pond, and Flowers.
After returning to England, he studied at Winchester College. Sharpe then studied Classics at the University of Cambridge, where he was the president of the Cambridge Footlights.
Sharpe graduated in 2008 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) for their 2008/2009 season. He spent a year at the RSC, appearing in such plays as The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes, in which he played a young Isaac Newton. He played the character of Yuki Reid in the BBC medical drama Casualty.
In 2009, he directed and co-wrote, with his friend Tom Kingsley, the short film Cockroach. The pair's first feature-length film, Black Pond, earned them a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
Sharpe is known for writing, directing, and starring in the dark comedy-drama Flowers, which premiered on Channel 4 in 2016. Starring Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt, Daniel Rigby and Sophia Di Martino, Flowers is a black comedy that tackles mental health, and follows the four eccentric members of the Flowers family as they navigate their lives and their inner demons. The first series won a BAFTA Television Award for best scripted comedy, and the second series aired in 2018 to widespread critical acclaim.
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Will Sharpe
William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe (born 1986) is an English actor and filmmaker. After writing for comedy shows and appearing in the medical drama Casualty (2009–2010), he made his feature directorial debut with Black Pond (2011), for which he received a BAFTA nomination. He created, wrote, directed, and starred in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Flowers (2016–2018) and starred in the BBC Two series Defending the Guilty (2018–2019). His appearance in Giri/Haji (2019) earned him a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.
Sharpe went on to direct the film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and the Sky Atlantic miniseries Landscapers (both 2021). He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his appearance in the second season of The White Lotus (2022).
Sharpe was born in London and raised in Tokyo until the age of eight. The Sharpe family then moved back to England and settled in Surrey.
His mother is Japanese, while his father is British. He has two younger siblings. His brother is composer Arthur Sharpe, who has written music for The Darkest Universe, Black Pond, and Flowers.
After returning to England, he studied at Winchester College. Sharpe then studied Classics at the University of Cambridge, where he was the president of the Cambridge Footlights.
Sharpe graduated in 2008 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) for their 2008/2009 season. He spent a year at the RSC, appearing in such plays as The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes, in which he played a young Isaac Newton. He played the character of Yuki Reid in the BBC medical drama Casualty.
In 2009, he directed and co-wrote, with his friend Tom Kingsley, the short film Cockroach. The pair's first feature-length film, Black Pond, earned them a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
Sharpe is known for writing, directing, and starring in the dark comedy-drama Flowers, which premiered on Channel 4 in 2016. Starring Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt, Daniel Rigby and Sophia Di Martino, Flowers is a black comedy that tackles mental health, and follows the four eccentric members of the Flowers family as they navigate their lives and their inner demons. The first series won a BAFTA Television Award for best scripted comedy, and the second series aired in 2018 to widespread critical acclaim.