Ian Edwards
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Ian Edwards
Actor Presenter Musician Extra
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Unique ID: ian-edwards-1
- Playing Age: from 45 to 50
Location: London
Gender: Male
About Me
After a successful 24 year career in the British Army (Grenadier Guards) For the last 5 years I've been working as a supporting artiste working on many major films,TV shows and adverts.I have experience in featured roles as well as doubling and stand in work. Im also good at various accents and character voices, and have a keen interest in music and singing. I live just outside London and can also reach any major studio within an hour, I'm confident and enjoy meeting people.
Acting
Experience
Accents
Employment History & Experience
Amateur dramatics, featured roles with dialogue
Presenting
Experience
Specialist Areas
Music
Experience
Vocal Skills
Employment History & Experience
Sang in amateur dramatic productions. Appeared on X Factor 2009 (reached Boot Camp) Tv show "Who dares sings" reached final.Also performed at weddings.
Extras Work, Partipant, Contestant
Experience
Employment History & Experience
24 years service with HM Forces (Army Grenadier Guards), reaching the rank of Sergeant, including 4 Operational Tours and worldwide travel
4 years experience as Supporting Artist in a multitude of productions, and have been employed as a Special Action SA in the following productions:
Edge of Tomorrow (Blank Fire Weapons & Tactical Movement) The Monuments Men ( Drill)
Fury (Blank Fire Weapons & Tactical Movement/ Featured) Suffragette (Riot/Fight scene with Truncheon)
Babylon Ch4 (Riot/Fight scene with Truncheon and shield)
Mission Impossible 5 Rogue Nation (Weapon Handling and tactical movement, Double and stand-in for Alec Baldwin)
Lucky Man series 1( Uniform Police)
Undercover BBC (Riot/Fight scene with Truncheon and shield)
Knights of the round table: King Arthur (Sword fighting)
James Bond - SPECTRE (Driving own Vehicle)
Stratton (Weapons & Tactical Movement)
Fantastic Beasts and where to find them ( Featured)
Tango One (Blank Fire Weapons & Tactical Movement)
Black Mirror (Weapons & Tactical Movement)
Humans 2 (Police,Weapons and Tactical Movement)
The Hitman’s Bodyguard (Police/Weapons & Tactical Movement) KINGSMAN II The Golden Circle (Blank Fire Weapons & Tactical Movement) Justice League (Police/Weapons & Tactical Movement)
Lucky Man Series 2 (Police/Weapons & Tactical Movement)
Fearless (Police/Weapons& Tactical Movement)
QUALIFICATIONS
Drill Instructor /Weapons Instructor
OTHER ATTRIBUTES (Llist anything else you feel is relevant)
After a very successful Army career, I've been a supporting Artiste for nearly 5 years now, I am very punctual, committed and very reliable, and if booked on a production, will always give my best.
I am a Partner/Instructor of Forces To Film, a training company for all background artists wishing to become Special Action or weapons trained, and have extensive equipment to ensure all our students have the best exposure to industry used weapons and tactics
Physical Details
Experience & Qualifications
General Experience
5Years as supporting artiste in film ,TV, and commercials.
Other Information
Relevant Skills
Singer, voices and accents
Interests & Hobbies
Travel, Film and TV, Family, socialising.
Miscellaneous Information
Married for 30 years and have 4 children, 4 grandchildren. Very local to London and all major studios.