Jeff Stewart, formerly Reg Hollis in the ITV cop show, earns Manhattan film festival best actor for Under Jakob's Ladder
It is a long way from Sun Hill to Los Angeles, but one British actor has made the leap from unglamorous copper to Hollywood star after winning a best actor award at the Manhattan film festival.
Jeff Stewart played whiney-voiced Reg Hollis in the long-running ITV police series The Bill for 24 years. Now he has picked up the award for his new film Under Jakob's Ladder.
The film, which also took home the award for best film at the awards is something of a departure for Stewart. He plays Jakob Seel, a German living in 1940s Soviet Russia. A far cry from portraying bobbies on the beat, the film explores Stalin's secret police in the anti-religous state. Made in only 21 days on a small budget of only £200,000, the story is...
It is a long way from Sun Hill to Los Angeles, but one British actor has made the leap from unglamorous copper to Hollywood star after winning a best actor award at the Manhattan film festival.
Jeff Stewart played whiney-voiced Reg Hollis in the long-running ITV police series The Bill for 24 years. Now he has picked up the award for his new film Under Jakob's Ladder.
The film, which also took home the award for best film at the awards is something of a departure for Stewart. He plays Jakob Seel, a German living in 1940s Soviet Russia. A far cry from portraying bobbies on the beat, the film explores Stalin's secret police in the anti-religous state. Made in only 21 days on a small budget of only £200,000, the story is...
- 8/14/2011
- by Alexandra Topping
- The Guardian - Film News
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