Trevor Eve

Infobox actor

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caption = Eve at the 2008 BAFTA Television Awards
birthname = Trevor John Eve
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birthplace = Birmingham, England
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homepage = http://www.trevoreveonline.com
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spouse = Sharon Maughan

Trevor John Eve (born 1 July, 1951) is a British film and television actor. In 1979 he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series "Shoestring", and is currently best known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in BBC television drama "Waking the Dead".

Early life

Eve was born in Birmingham and educated at Bromsgrove School. He had little acting experience throughout his school days. In his early years Eve wanted to be an artist, but was dissuaded from this career path by his father for financial reasons. He studied architecture instead at Kingston Polytechnic College in London, but dropped out of the course to enrol at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Career

Eve has enjoyed a long and successful acting career on stage, television and film, with his career spanning back to the 1970s. One of his early stage successes was portraying Paul McCartney in Willy Russell's play "John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert" at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End in 1974.

His first major film role was in "Dracula" (1979). playing Jonathan Harker.

Eve appeared in "Hindle Wakes" (1976) directed by Laurence Olivier as part of the "Laurence Olivier Presents" TV series.

In 1979 and 1980 he became famous throughout the UK for playing the role of the private investigator Eddie Shoestring in "Shoestring".

In 1982 he was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for "Best Actor in a New Play" (1981 theatre season), for his performance in "Children of a Lesser God". In 1997 he was awarded his second Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his 1996 performance in "Uncle Vanya" at the Noël Coward Theatre.

In September 2000 Eve starred in the pilot episode of the BBC drama series "Waking the Dead". Eve plays the central role of Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd, the head of a team of CID detectives, the Cold Case Unit.

In 2004 he played the role of Velior in " Troy", with Brad Pitt.

Following this he played Dr Patrick Stowe, a fertility expert in "The Family Man" in 2006.

Eve co-owns a TV company called Projector Productions which produced Twelfth Night for Channel 4.

In April 2008 Eve starred as game show host and TV personality Hughie Green in the BBC Four biographical film "Hughie Green, Most Sincerely".

Personal life

In 1979, Eve met actress Sharon Maughan when they both had parts in the West End show "Filumena". In 1980, they married and now have three children, including Alice who is also an actress.

Eve's interests include golf, painting, squash and tennis. He is also involved with a street charity called Child Hope International.

In 1995, while playing polo, he fell badly from his pony, and for 48 hours the doctors feared he would be paralysed.

External links

*imdb name|id=0263368|name=Trevor Eve
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/trevor_eve.shtml Trevor Eve at the BBC Drama Faces]