Biography

Colin Lainchbury-Brown

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6′ 2″ (1.88 m)

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Colin Lainchbury-Brown is a British actor born in Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom. Before completing 1 year of study at Rose Bruford College, he had already assembled a strong CV in Theatre,Film, TV & Voice Over. A relatively late starter his first engagement was as part of the ensemble in Simon Callow's multi-award winning production of Oscar Hammerstein II's Carmen Jones at The Old Vic in London's West End. In the Spring of 1992 he joined an opera company to perform a new piece, "Red Rubber", about the Belgian Congo, commissioned by the European Cultural Festival and directed by Alexander Steyermark (Long time Musical Supervisor to Spike Lee.) Other Theatre, TV and film roles followed including "The Bill", East Enders, Trial & Retribution (Lynda La Plante) On The Eight Ball (Charlie Harris) and Jesus Christ Superstar(Gale Edwards.) He was reunited with Simon Callow for the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Les Enfants Du Paradis (1998) In 2006, Colin accompanied Robbie Williams as part of his "Close Encounters Tour." Colin has been based in Berlin since 2007 and free-lancing in a combination of Film, Voice Over, Music & Comedy with his wife, world renowned cellist & comedienne, Rebecca Carrington (daughter of founding King's singer Simon Carrington) as the multi-award winning duo Carrington-Brown. His latest project is as the iconic Announcer Hyperbowl in the award winning film (Best Director Leos Carax at The Cannes Film Festival 2021) "Annette."
- IMDb mini biography by: Colin GRIFFITHS-BROWN

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In 1991 with no previous professional acting experience, Colin attended an audition at The Old Vic Theatre, London for Simon Callow's award winning musical, "Carmen Jones" on the recommendation of a friend. He was cast immediately by Callow and has since work multiple times with the actor, director & writer.
Amongst his many attributes as an actor, singer, writer & director, Colin is also a passionate Bagpipe player! A skill acquired at the tender age of 11 in the 5th Croydon Boys' Brigade Company, under the tutelage of Pipe Major John H Shone & Pipe Major Ian R Fleming.
For 10 years, Colin was the bass singer of the cult A Cappella Group "The Magnets.".
Colin started out life as a trainee tax accountant, estate agent & hygiene chemical salesman before becoming a full time actor/performer.
Colin has 2 sons, Thomas Lainchbury-Brown/Tom Brown (Film Director) & Joseph Griffiths-Brown/Joe Griffiths-Brown (Actor.) Is this a dynasty.