Robert Cavanah

Robert Cavanah is a Scottish actor, writer, director and producer born in Edinburgh and trained at the Drama Centre London, where he graduated from a three-year acting course in 1994. His television work includes Adam Carnegie in The Royal, Tommy Grant in EastEnders, Ian in Emmerdale, a guest role on Outlander and Heathcliff in the 1998 ITV version of Wuthering Heights. He has appeared in films such as Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003), Sahara (2005) and Soccer Mom (2008), along with Birthday, The Fall of the Essex Boys and AB Negative. He wrote, produced and directed the shorts Soldier's Leap, Fish and Trumps, and wrote, directed and starred in his directorial feature debut Pimp (2010). For the stage, he took the role of John Morrison in Men Should Weep at the Royal National Theatre, played MacBeth at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton, and appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Queen Anne and Love for Love.