Adrian Bouchet

Adrian Bouchet (b. in Rhodesia)[1] is an English actor and presenter, most widely known for playing the role of Steapa in the BBC and Netflix TV series, The Last Kingdom.[2]

Adrian Bouchet
Adrian Bouchet in 2022
Born
Rhodesia
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Early life

Bouchet was born in Rhodesia and left during the Rhodesian Bush War to settle in UK. He is a graduate of Birmingham University. He attended Birmingham School of Acting.[3] He began acting in television productions in the late 1990s. In 1998 he appeared in an episode of the television series Police Doctor Dangerfield. In the next few years he was able to establish himself as an actor as an episode actor in series and as a supporting actor in film productions.

Career

Bouchet was cast as Marc Antony in the Cleopatra episode of The Mystery Files and also as Riothamus in the King Arthur episode of the same Season 1 series. In 2011, he received the Best Actor International award at the 2011 International Film Festival for his performance in the film A Brunette Kiss opposite Bridie Latona.[3] In 2012 he had the role of Brett in the action film Interview with a Hitman. In 2014 he played an unnamed knight in the film Morning Star who wants to give the bones of his friend who died in battle to his family.[4][5] In 2014 he was Robert the Bruce in the feature film Battle of Kings: Bannockburn. In the same year he played a US Army sergeant opposite Matt Damon and George Clooney in The Monuments Men directed by Clooney. In 2015 he portrayed the role of Lucan in the film Arthur and Merlin. Two years later, he was cast in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword again in a film that was Arthurian Legend themed. 2016 he portrayed the role of Judah Ben Hur in The Asylum-movie In the Name of Ben Hur.[6] From 2017 to 2020 Bouchet played Steapa, King Alfred's Captain of the Guard, in 21 episodes of The Last Kingdom.[7] 2019 he portrayed the role of Billy Ford in the monstermovie Monster Island.[8] 2021 he also played the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick 1, known as Frederick Barbarossa, in seven episodes of the Medieval Spanish TV series, Glow and Darkness with Jayne Seymour and Joan Collins.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 The Waiting
2002 9 Dead Gay Guys
2004 Chasing Liberty
2004 Alien vs. Predator
2005 Good Service as Mark Stevens
2005 All About Anna as Mark Stevens
2009 Idol of Evil
2010 Clash of the Titans
2011 The Veteran
2012 From This Day
2012 Interview with a Hitman Brett
2012 The Seasoning House
2012 Battle Recon
2013 Fedz
2013 The Sky in Bloom
2013 The Flight of the Flamingo
2014 The Monuments Men
2014 Olive Green
2014 Eve
2014 Battle of Kings: Bannockburn Robert the Bruce'
2014 Morning Star
2014 The Crypt
2015 Je suis daddy
2015 Awaiting
2015 Arthur and Merlin Lucan
2015 Chicken
2015 Art Ache
2016 The Fall of the Krays Frank
2016 In the Name of Ben Hur Judah Ben Hur
2016 The Comedian's Guide to Survival Fox and Hounds Landlord
2017 The Hippopotamus
2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017 Knights of the Damned
2017 The Butchering Art
2018 1945 From This Day Capt. Knowles
2018 Dragon Kingdom
2019 Monster Island Billy Ford
2020 Glamour
2020 Cowboy
2020 Cupid
2021 HellKat
2022 GA Fistful of Karma

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Dangerfield
2002 Coronation Street
2003 Manchild
2004 Journey to the Centre of the Earth
2010 Mystery Files Marc Antony/Riothamus
2012 Silent Witness
2017–2018 The Last Kingdom Steapa
2018 Strike Back
2021 Quentin Quarantine
2021 Glow & Darkness Barbarossa

Stage
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folksy Theatre)
  • On the Piste (Oldham Coliseum Theatre)
  • Troilus & Cressida (Theatr Clwyd)
  • Don't Dress For Dinner (The English Theatre of Hamburg)
  • On the Piste (Hull Truck)
  • The Bridge (Mouthpiece Theatre)
  • Romeo & Juliet (Fleighton Productions)
  • Alfred & the Burned Buns (Theatre West)
  • Macbeth (C'est Tous Theatre)
  • Twelfth Night (Now and Then Productions)
  • Pink For A Boy (Space Theatre)
  • Cinder Eddie & the Sleeping (Space Theatre)
  • The Vital Spark (Wet Arts Theatre)
  • Death & the Maiden (C'est Tous Theatre)
  • Romeo & Juliet (C'est Tous Theatre)
  • As You like It (Cambridge Shakespeare Festival)
  • Twelfth Night (Cambridge Shakespeare Festival)

References
  1. "Adrian Bouchet".
  2. Palmer, Katie (February 24, 2021). "The Last Kingdom: Why did Steapa leave the series?". Daily Express. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  3. "Adrian Bouchet Biography". IMDb. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  4. Pietro Ferraro (November 6, 2013). "Morning Star: due trailer e un poster del fantasy-horror diretto da Luca Boni e Marco Ristori". Cine Blog (in Italian). Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  5. "Morning Star". Filmstarts (in German). Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  6. Peter T. Chattaway (July 22, 2020). "Review: In the Name of Ben-Hur (dir. Mark Atkins, 2016)". Patheos. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  7. Smith, Corey. "Adrian Bouchet (Steapa): "Death is coming" in The Last Kingdom season 4". Winter is Coming (in German). Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  8. Priyadarshini Patwa (February 24, 2021). "6 movies you can watch on BookMyShow Stream this Friday, February 26". GQ. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
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