- Born
- Birth nameLinus William Roache
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Linus Roache began his acting career with a two-week appearance as a young Barlow on Coronation Street (1960) at the age of 11. He also played a boy with the bubonic plague in The Onedin Line (1971). He spent much of the next two decades on stage. In 1986 he had brief appearances in a few films, including Link (1986). He was brought to attention in 1994 after appearing in the BBC TV series Seaforth (1994).
- IMDb mini biography by: A. Nonymous
- SpouseRosalind Bennett(January 2003 - present)
- Parents
- RelativesJames Roache(Half Sibling)Verity Roache(Half Sibling)
- After Priest (1994) and the BBC wartime drama Seaforth (1994), Roache gave up acting and spent 18 months in India, where he discovered spiritual meditation.
- Has joined cast of Law & Order (1990) for its 18th season as the new Executive A.D.A., Michael Cutter, to begin airing Jan. 2008.
- Trying to act cold is a challenge when your makeup's running and sweat is pouring down your neck.
- You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.
- When I went to drama school, I thought that everybody would think I was only there because my dad was on TV.
- I briefly flirted with some of the new age offerings available in the early '90s and found strength in Buddhism, but ultimately I was looking for something that was not tied to tradition.
- A spiritual life is 24 hours a day, seven days a week. How do you live? What's true? How do you respond? It's not about living by beliefs; it's about wanting to know.
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