Paul Trussell
Paul Trussell is an English actor. Born in Wimbledon, he has appeared in many plays, television series and films. He has worked closely with the director, Mike Leigh, on the stage play It's a Great Big Shame, and the films Life is Sweet and the Oscar-nominated Secrets & Lies, (winner of the 1996 Palme d'Or). He is known to TV viewers for his portrayals of Chosen Man Isaiah Tongue in Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Eagle on ITV, as well as many other regular television appearances including the slow-witted Morris in the BBC science fiction series, Crime Traveller, Alister Cranwell in A Many Splintered Thing, and Tark in So Haunt Me. His stage work includes Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC), Marya (Old Vic), and in 2007 Mouse (Edinburgh Festival), which he wrote himself.