Actor Jeffrey Thomas has had a long and varied career in both TV and theatre. His best-known television role was as Inspector Brian Finn in the police series Shark in the Park. Thomas has also appeared in Mercy Peak, Shortland Street, Spartacus and Outrageous Fortune.

Actor Jeffrey Thomas has had a long and varied career in both TV and theatre. His best-known television role was as Inspector Brian Finn in the police series Shark in the Park. Thomas has also appeared in Mercy Peak, Shortland Street, Spartacus and Outrageous Fortune. He has just completed a small film role in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit.

In this ScreenTalk, Thomas talks about:

• How Close to Home was the perfect place to hone his acting skills
• Having lots of fun and laughter on the set of Gliding On
• How being seen as a ‘leader’ got him the main role in Shark in the Park
• How spending time with the police gave him the cues he needed for the role
• Being mistaken for a real cop by a robbery victim
• Loving the spectacle on the set of Hercules
• Playing a dying man on Shortland Street
• Enjoying working with John Hannah in Spartacus
• The reason he can’t tell anyone about his experience on The Hobbit
• Being surprised and humbled by his long career

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

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