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"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Vance is best known for his lead role as Frank Martin in Transporter: The Series. Vance is also remembered for his role as Whistler in the FOX series Prison Break and Jack Gallagher in the FOX series Mental as well as others.

Bit of background... Vance was born unto a very loving Irish family and raised in the UK. He signed youth football contracts with West Bromwich Albion and Bristol Rovers, donned his skimpy shorts and tromped his way around more muddy pitches in mid-winter than he should have, given his present state of enlightenment.

Vance graduated from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne with an honors degree in Civil Engineering, passing tests that he probably couldn't pass anymore, and yet he is generally more proud of a blurry recollection that he played for an England Students football team somewhere along the way.

Vance embarked on his acting career at age 25, and was breathtakingly awful in his first role, that of Paris in a production of Romeo & Juliet in Oxford. When he wasn't engaged in delivering lines that one can count on one hand, he was firmly committed to moving furniture around the stage for other actors to sit on. If he knew then what he does now, he might surely have questioned his efforts, but the draw of storytelling in all its forms draws a deep cut in Vance, thus to this day he still persists...

Next up Vance firmly, wholeheartedly, and most passionately butchered numerous roles on the London Fringe and in small Reparatory Theatres, grasping experience where it was badly needed. During this time he also launched his own theatre company, writing, directing and producing plays. Fond note: The company was funded, for the most part; by him selling anything and everything that could be considered personal possessions, in compensation for the dire lack of bums on theatre seats.

Vance's efforts, or solid determination, were rewarded with him landing his first real gig at the Royal National Theatre in a touring version of the play "Closer." After treading the back-stages of Europe and Russia for several months, Vance returned to London for a role in the play "Speer," by David Edgar, once again at the National Theatre, under the ever-treasured guidance of Sir Trevor Nunn.

Good times... but not enough for Vance, who ventured further thus...

He made his British television debut in a show called Kavanagh QC. Such was his bearing on the industry at the time, that Vance was more than enthusiastic when called upon to appear stark-naked for a less than critical one-liner in the story. To clear up any misunderstanding, Vance was keen to work, but not keen to liberate his tackle on a cold London set, that should have been a 'closed' London set. But no harm done... the leading actress, the grips, the gaffers, camera, lighting, make-up ladies, and caterers all got more than they bargained for in his humble opinion.

Vance also made guest appearances in the British television shows Peak Practice, The Bill, Doctors and Family Affairs.

At about age 30 Vance moved to Australia and performed in several television series there, including Stingers, Blue Heelers and The Secret Life of Us. His first series-regular role in TV was Dr. Sean Everleigh in the medical drama/soap All Saints, in which Vance performed from 2005 to 2007.

Somewhere around then Vance also relished a small role in the feature Macbeth, directed by the very talented Jeffery Wright.

In 2007 Vance moved to the U.S. when he booked a regular role in the third and forth seasons of the (afore mentioned) hit TV series Prison Break, for 20th Century Fox in which he played James Whistler within a cast of peers who outdid him entirely.

The following year, Vance landed his first leading role in TV, playing Dr. Jack Gallagher in Mental, for Fox, which was filmed in Bogota Columbia.

In 2011 Vance was approached to play Frank Martin in the television series based on the Transporter films created by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. Not one to turn down a challenge, especially one filled with fast cars, pretty women and snappy one-liners, Vance embarked on the adventure and brought his own take on the character of Frank to the fast-paced action series.

In between leading roles, Vance has also guest-starred on Fairly Legal, Burn Notice, Dexter, Rizzoli and Isles, Supergirl, Hawaii 5-O, and Bosch, most often because he loves what he does and cherishes the people he meets along the journey...

Due to the COVID pandemic and the years 2020/21, Vance was Vaccinated, locked himself in his home outside LA and got stuck into writing a passion project that has been on and off for many a year; a series of novels bound firmly in historical fiction and fairy-tale.

All part of a grander plan;

Chris is now founder and director of Oratales, a narrative studio focused on the promotion of literacy, education and coherent expression across multiple platforms.

He has published five novels as an author.

Chris is passionate about the preservation of, and universal access to clean water. He is an ardent supporter of language in all forms that expand learning, and awareness. He is critical of the insipid growth of the attention economy and believes that better regulation might stem the tide of harm it is inflicting upon developing beings universally.

Chris also believes the contribution to world health, peace and happiness made by Arthur Guinness is massively underrated, even to this day.

(asked if he&#39;s ever googled himself) Of course I have. I was utterly disappointed with the results. A wise man once said, &#39;Nothing is so common as the need to be remarkable&#39;, and my googling experience assured me of just how unremarkable I really am. That said, I&#39;ll probably try again from time to time to see if anything changes.

(what he misses about England) The pubs, definitely the pubs. I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.

[on joining the cast of &quot;Prison Break&quot;] I remember the first time Bill Fichtner and I had a scene together. I&#39;ve seen him in a few movies, from Armageddon to The Perfect Storm and Contact, and suddenly he&#39;s on a bunk bed and I&#39;m on a bunk bed and we&#39;re doing this scene together. That was a real &quot;pinch me&quot; moment.

(on the cast of &quot;Prison Break&quot;) They&#39;ve been amazing. There isn&#39;t one bad egg in the cast. They&#39;ve really looked after me.

(How he likes to wind down after a long day on set) Well, I like to settle down with a can of Guinness, catch up with the missus if she&#39;s around, then I generally pour what&#39;s left of the day&#39;s effort into a bit of writing.

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