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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-03-31

Place of Birth

Berkshire, England, UK

Doug Rao

Biography

Doug Rao (born 31 March 1974, Berkshire, England) is an English actor, writer, and director. He is best known for playing DS Stuart Turner in The Bill (2006–2009, 108 episodes) and for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he performed in three world premieres including David Edgar's The Prisoner's Dilemma and Peter Whelan's A Russian in the Woods. He also voiced Tilkici in the video game Battlefield 1 (2016) and Marlowe's Agents in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011). His filmography includes Colombiana (2011, as Michael Shino), Memory (2022, as Andy Villalobos), Colosseum (2022, as Galen, 8 episodes), Zero Chill (2021, as Luke MacBentley, 10 episodes), Jesus: His Life (2019, as John the Baptist), Dark Heart (2018, as Chris Panousis), D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004, as Robert Capa), and Extremely Dangerous (1999, as Elgin Gatsby, opposite Sean Bean). He also wrote and directed Dirty Boy (2024).

Known for

The Bill

The Bill

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.

Grease Monkeys

Grease Monkeys

Grease Monkeys is a BBC comedy-drama created by Harwant Bains, broadcast for two 10-episode series from 2003 to 2004. Grand Trunk Garage is owned by patriarch Mo, who spends most of his time worrying about daughter Rita, an ace mechanic more obsessed with auto than fashion, makeup or finding a nice boy to settle down with. Mo's son Dave—a sexually irrepressible, irresponsible minor criminal—runs the sales side of the business... mostly into the ground. Mo also has to contend with the ghost of his dead wife and a talking dog. And this is only the family — wait til you meet the friends!

Colombiana

Colombiana

After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

Memory

Memory

Alex, an assassin-for-hire, finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he is struggling with severe memory loss, affecting his every move. Alex must question his every action and whom he can ultimately trust.

Colosseum

Colosseum

This series brings the rise and fall of the Roman Empire to life through the lens of one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity: the Colosseum. From the savage truth of a gladiator's life as a slave-warrior to the fascinating ways Rome's emperors used the vast amphitheater to demonstrate total power, "Colosseum" offers a unique and personal look inside history's most iconic empire. Spanning several hundred years, the series unfolds chronologically, from the arena's incredible opening day to its very last games.

Zero Chill

Zero Chill

Talented teen figure skater Kayla is forced to leave everything behind when her family follows her twin brother, Mac, to a prestigious hockey academy.

Ancient Empires

Ancient Empires

This seven-hour miniseries explores the foundations of the greatest empires of all time and the incredible stories of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.

Extremely Dangerous

Extremely Dangerous

Extremely Dangerous is a 1999 four part series for ITV starring Sean Bean as an ex-National Criminal Intelligence Service undercover agent who is convicted of the brutal murder of his wife and child. He goes on the run to try and clear his name, starting with a strange clue sent to him in prison.

The Debt

The Debt

An ex-robber reluctantly agrees to do one last job in order to protect his family.

Impirioso

Impirioso