Edward Hogg

Edward Hogg, born in Doncaster and raised in Sheffield, is an English actor who studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1999 to 2002. He began on stage, making his professional debut at the Sheffield Crucible and later appearing in King Lear at the RSC Academy and the title part in Woyzeck at London's Gate Theatre. He moved into film with Nicholas Nickleby (2002) and took his first lead as Jesco White in White Lightnin' (2009), a performance that won him Best Actor prizes at the Monterrey and Mumbai film festivals and a Most Promising Newcomer nomination at the British Independent Film Awards. He played Robert Cecil in Anonymous (2011). He also appeared in A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019). On television he is known for Segundus in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Michael Godfrey in Taboo and Thomas Haxby in Harlots.