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AKA:
Linus William Roache
Birthplace:
Manchester, England
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The son of British actors William Roache and Anna Cropper, the attractive sandy-haired Roache gained prominence with his strong performance as a clergyman struggling with his vocation and his homosexuality in Antonia Bird's "Priest" (1994). While the film won critical acclaim, it was also the subject of controversy in the USA. Attacked as anti-Catholic by Cardinal John O'Connor of New York and as presenting a biased view of the clergy by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, "Priest" was far better received in England where it stirred little protest. Roache began his career as a
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Captain Peter A Ross
2002
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2001
Father Greg Pilkington
1995
Count Jacko/Count Giaccomo
1975
Made TV acting debut on "Coronation Street" playing his father's son (date approximate)
1985
Was member of Royal Shakespeare Company
1986
Film debut, "No Surrender"
1989
Spent six months as member of National Theatre (date approximate)
1994
Starred in the British series "Seaforth", playing a con man and thief
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