Edward Hogg

Biography

Edward Hogg (born 1979) is an English actor, known for portraying Jesco White in White Lightnin' and Stephen Turnbull in Bunny and the Bull, Eugene Mathers in Indian Summers, Segundus in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Michael 'Godders' Godfrey in Taboo, and Thomas Haxby in Harlots. Hogg, the second of four children, was born in Doncaster and brought up in Sheffield. He went to Wales High School. His mother is a teacher and his father a retired civil engineer. As a teenager, Hogg was a member of several bands, including post-punk group Porno King, in which he was the lead singer. When the band split, he joined an amateur dramatics group, Sheffield MISTCO, with his younger sister, transferring his love of performance to acting. Hogg trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art between 1999 and 2002 Hogg made his professional debut in a production of My Father's Son at the Sheffield Crucible. His other theatre work includes the inaugural production of King Lear at the RSC Academy, Loot at the Bristol Old Vic, and the title role in Woyzeck, both at London's Gate Theatre, and off Broadway. Other credits include Measure for Measure, The Tempest, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and Rock 'n' Roll. Hogg has also appeared in The Pillowman and Our Class, both at the National Theatre.

Known For

Jupiter Ascending

as Chicanery Night

Napoleon

as Citizen Gilbert

Taboo

as Michael 'Godders' Godfrey

Luther: The Fallen Sun

as Derek Standish

Misfits

as Elliot

Alfie

as Bright Young Thing

Anonymous

as Robert Cecil

The Program

as Frankie Andreu

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

as Colonel John Salt

The Irregulars

as Daimler