Ian Mercer

Ian Mercer

Ian Mercer (born 1962 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English actor. On leaving school Mercer trained as an electrical engineer but decided to become an actor when he became an assistant stage manager at the Oldham Coliseum in 1979. His first television appearance was as a butcher in the film "Blue Money" in 1982. Mercer went on to work in such stage productions as "Bent", "Spend Spend Spend", "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning", "Billy Liar", "Stop The Children's Laughter", "Welcome Home", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Fancy Man", "The York Realist", "Beauty and The Beast" and "Revengers Tragedy".

His television and film acting credits include leading roles in "Starting Out" (a series made by ITV for schools and written by Grazyna Monvid), "Coronation Street" (as Gary Mallett and Peter Jackson), "Shackleton" (with Kenneth Branagh), "Heartbeat", "The Monocled Mutineer", "A Touch of Frost", "Cracker", "Common As Muck", "Peak Practice" and "" (with Russell Crowe).

In 2007 he completed three years of study at Northumbria University, gaining a degree in English and Art History [http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2007/09/28/ian_mercer_the_changeling_feature.shtml] . He lives with his partner Susan Fenwick and their daughter in Oldham.

External references

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580270/ Mercer on Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/mercer_ian.html Mercer on Corrie.net]
* [http://www.tv.com/ian-mercer/person/147006/summary.html Mercer on tv.com]
* [http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/abj76/PG/works/reviews/york_realist_01/ian_mercer.shtml Interview with Mercer]
* [http://www.filmbug.com/db/343889 Mercer on Filmbug.com]


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