Hugo Speer

Moved to London after his success in The Full Monty but returned to North Yorkshire after 15 years. Struggled to find any work after The Full Monty (1997) because people thought he was a stripper, not an actor. Banned from driving for 18 months after crashing his car while under the influence of alcohol in 2009. Made his directorial debut with the short film Mam in 2010, which was scripted by his future wife Vivienne Harvey and won Best Foreign Film at the 2011 Williamsburg Independent Film Festival. Was the narrator of a charity performance of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in 2013. Public supporter of cancer charity Team Verrico.