British Actors You Should Know: Stephen Dillane

If you’ve been watching PBS’ gripping European crime thriller The Tunnel over the past few weeks you may have found that the actor who plays veteran British detective Karl Roebuck looks a bit familiar. Well, Stephen Dillane may not be a household name in this country but you’re sure to have seen something he’s done on film or TV in the past couple of decades. He’s a Tony, BAFTA and International Emmy Award winner after all.

Let’s take a look at a few of this versatile actor’s past roles, quite a few which happen to be portrayals of actual people and events.

Welcome to Sarajevo. In this 1997 film about foreign correspondents reporting on the war in Bosnia, Dillane plays British journalist Michael Henderson who is based on ITN journalist Michael Nicholson.  The story chronicles his dangerous effort to smuggle an orphan girl to safety.