Iain De Caestecker

Iain De Caestecker is a Scottish actor who began performing as a child, first appearing in the BBC short Billy and Zorba when he was nine and later taking a minor role in The Little Vampire (2000). He played Adam Barlow in Coronation Street across 54 episodes between 2001 and 2003, and trained in acting and performance at Langside College. He starred in the BAFTA-winning BBC series The Fades and in Young James Herriot, the latter earning him a BAFTA Scotland nomination. In Fear premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, and that year he also appeared in Filth (2013) and Not Another Happy Ending (2013), which brought a second BAFTA Scotland nomination. He is best known for playing the scientist Leo Fitz in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a main cast member from seasons one through six. He later led Lost River (2014) and co-starred in Overlord (2018), and starred in the BBC dramas Us and The Control Room.