Ian Virgo

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Acting

Ian Virgo (born Ian Frederick Virgo, 5 May 1981 in Glendale, California) – British-American actor and singer who moved to Caldicot, Wales at age six, giving him dual nationality. The youngest person ever accepted onto the postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied acting and singing at 17. He is also an active musical theatre performer, having played Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Freddie in My Fair Lady, and Danny Zuko in Grease. His most notable film roles include Specialist John Waddell in Black Hawk Down (2001, directed by Ridley Scott), a role in Band of Brothers (2001, directed by Steven Spielberg), Jimmy Gerenuk in the Rise of the Footsoldier trilogy (2007–2017), and Chris in The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014). On television he has appeared in EastEnders, Casualty, Spooks (2008), Crash (2009–2010, 12 episodes), Doctors (2010), and The Bastard Executioner (2015). He was awarded an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2017.

Filmography

• LEGO Friends: Heartlake the Musical (2026)
• Jericho Ridge (2024)
• Pylon (2023)
• The Ballad Of Billy McCrae (2021)
• Blood on the Crown (2021)
• Paintball Massacre (2020)
• Kaleidoscope (2018)
• Tau (2018)
• The Lost Viking (2018)
• Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017)
• Once Upon a Winter's Date (2017)
• Boots on the Ground (2017)
• The Lighthouse (2016)
• Before the Fall (2015)
• ABCs of Death 2 (2014)
• The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014)
• Lion (2014)
• Essex Boys Retribution (2013)
• World of Hurt (2013)
• The Raven (2012)
• Monk3ys (2011)
• Jabberwock Dragon Siege (2011)
• The Estate (2011)
• Dead Cert (2010)
• The Rapture (2010)
• Witchville (2010)
• Caught in the Act (2008)
• Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
• Second in Command (2006)
• Rollin' with the Nines (2006)
• Extreme Dating (2004)
• The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' (2002)
• Black Hawk Down (2001)
• The 4th Reich