
Roger Alborough
Roger Alborough (born 19 February 1953) is a British TV and Theatre actor appearing in many dramas on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and in film. Richard trained at The Central School of Speech and Drama from 1973 to 1976 Recent work includes Black Mirror by Charlie Brooker Thieftakers 2, The 8 Days that Made Rome, Washington for The History Channel as General Braddock. Alborough has also appeared in Doctors, Silent Witness, The Queen as Sir William Heseltine, Body Story, Judge John Deed, EastEnders, The Bill, Mr Pye, Strife, Merlin of the Crystal Cave, and Unnatural Causes among others. In the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass, Alborough played the part of Jonty in the 2005 Christmas Special episode "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock". In 2018, Alborough played the role of The Professor in Ionesco's The Lesson at the award-winning Hope Theatre in London. He followed this with role of Tom in Goodnight Mr Tom at East Riding Theatre. In 2016, Alborough played the role of Andy Capp at the Finborough Theatre in London in a stage musical based on the long-running cartoon strip Films include Shaka Zulu as Hawkins, I Anna, Velvet Underground. Roger has also played radical co-prime minister Peter Clement in the game Not for Broadcast. West End includes Buddy and Jailhouse Rock. Up'n Under, Chasing Dragons at the Soho Theatre, African Snow at the Trafalgar Studios, Enjoy original cast at the Vaudeville, Annie Get Your Gun Haymarket.
19 acting credits
Acting · 19

Black Mirror
2011

Pie in the Sky
1994

Trial & Retribution
1997

My Hero
2000

Patrick Melrose
2018

Rosemary & Thyme
2003

The Feed
2019

Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997

Surviving Disaster
2006

Velvet Goldmine
1998

Tina & Bobby
2017

Mr Pye
1986

Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991

Once Upon a Time in London
2019

The Castle of Adventure
1990

Unnatural Causes
1993

The Debt
2003

Blue Borsalino
2016