Allen Leech

Allen Leech born 18 May 1981 is an Irish actor best known for his role as Tom Branson on the historical drama series Downton Abbey 20102015 He made his professional acting debut with a small part in a 1998 production of A Streetcar Named Desire made his first major film appearance as Vincent Cusack in Cowboys Angels and earned an Irish Film Television Awards nomination in 2004 with his performance as Mo Chara in Man About Dog He appeared as Willi in the Queen and Peacock 2000 at the Garter Lane Arts Centre The following years he was in The Morning After Optimism 2001 and then Da 2002 His breakthrough film performance was in Cowboys and Angels 2003 followed by a role in the 2004 crosscountry caper film Man About Dog He played the role of Shane Kirwan in Irelands RTÉ series Love Is the Drug 2004 for which he received a Best Actor nomination from the Irish Film and Television Awards He followed that up with the role of Willy in the television series Legend 2006 for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination from Irish Film and Television Awards In 2010 he appeared on the small screen in The Tudors 2010 as the doomed Francis Dereham Leech also appeared in ITV 2010s television series Downton Abbey as chauffeur Tom Branson He played the role of officer Sam Leonard in television series Primeval in 2011 in series five He also starred in the 2012 film adaptation The Sweeney In 2014 he starred as the spy John Cairncross in The Imitation Game He played Freddie Mercurys personal manager Paul Prenter in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards Description above is from the Wikipedia article Allen Leech licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia