Reece Noi's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Waterloo Road (UK) Earl Kelly Hit and Miss Levi Silk Mark Draper Father & Son (UK) Sean O'Connor

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Reece Noi (born 13 June 1988) is a British actor born and raised in Manchester. He is best known for playing Taylor Mitchell in the BBC school drama Grange Hill from 2004 to 2007. He is of African-Caribbean descent.

Career

Grange Hill led to Noi being much in demand, and he went on to secure roles in the BBC dramas Conviction and Doctors, where he played terminally ill teenager Sam.
Noi also had a recurring role in Emmerdale as Ryan Hayworth during 2007 and 2008.
In 2007, Noi joined BBC school drama Waterloo Road, playing a character named Noel Parkin in the 8th episode of Series 2, and later returned in 2009 to play bad boy Earl Kelly, who in the eighth episode of the series fatally shot his girlfriend Maxine Barlow (played by Ellie Paskell).
He also starred in a Liverpool Gangster film My Kingdom. He made an appearance in the Channel 4 series Shameless Series 4 episode 5 as Debbie's Christian boyfriend, Luke Newman. As well as guest roles; playing Carl in BBC series Paradox[1] and Tyler Simmons in ITV series The Bill in 2009.
Noi starred alongside Sophie Okonedo and Dougray Scott in ITV four part drama Father And Son, playing Sean O'Connor on ITV1 in the spring of 2010.
Rumoured to be appearing in new BBC law drama 'silk'.

Filmography

My Kingdom (2001), as The Boy
The Virgin of Liverpool (2003), as Wesley Churchill
Seamonsters (2011) as Kieran

Short

Threads (2010), as Liam
Friday (2011) as Aiden

TV

Seeing Red (2000) as Wayne
Real Men (2003) as Lester
Grange Hill (2004–2007) as Taylor Mitchell
Waterloo Road (2007) as Noel Parkin
Dalziel and Pascoe (2007) as Dean Bennett
Shameless (2007), as Luke Newman.
Doctors (2007).
Emmerdale (2007–2008), as Ryan Hayworth.
Waterloo Road (2009) as Earl Kelly
Father And Son (2010) as Sean O'Connor
Silk (2011) as Mark Draper
[edit]Theatre
Moonfleece (2010) Link

Guest Appearances

Outlaws (2004) as Ishanti
Conviction (2004), as Darrell Milland
New Street Law (2006) as Adam Lake
Casualty (2007) as Marlon Miller
Paradox (2009) (at episode 5) as Carl.
The Bill (2009) as Tyler Simmons.
[edit]Radio Drama
Divided We Fall (2010) Carl
Craven (2009) Michael Chambers
Stone (2009) Tyler Hyman
Takeaway (2007) Des


TRIVIA:

• Also sings, he trained at Laine Johnson Theatre School in Manchester.
• Reece's favourite sport is basketball but he wouldn't play outside a PE lesson!.
• His mother is Afro-Caribbean and his father English.