| Name |
Kevin Whately |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
English |
| Date of Birth |
6-February-1951 |
| Place of Birth |
Hexham, Northumberland, England |
| Famous for |
Acting |
Kevin Whately is an English actor. Whately is primarily known for his role as Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the crime dramas Inspector Morse and Lewis, his role as Neville Hope in the British television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and his role as Dr. Jack Kerruish in the drama series Peak Practice, although he has appeared in numerous other roles.
Before turning to professional acting Whately began his working life as a folk singer, and still plays guitar, performing for charity concerts: Along with other Auf Wiedersehen, Pet stars, he makes an appearance at the biennial benefit concert Sunday for Sammy in Newcastle. Before becoming an actor, he started training as an accountant. His acting career includes several stage plays, among them an adaptation of Twelve Angry Men and film appearances in The Return of the Soldier, The English Patient, Paranoid and Purely Belter.
Perhaps his most memorable television appearances were as Detective Sergeant Lewis, the down-to-earth complement to the cranky intellectual Inspector Morse. He reprised the role in the spin-off series Lewis, in which Lewis returns to Oxford as a full Inspector. With his new partner, the Cambridge-educated Detective Sergeant James Hathaway (Laurence Fox), Inspector Lewis solves murder mysteries while trying to rebuild his life after his wife's sudden death in a hit-and-run accident, and to gain recognition from his sceptical new boss.
