Grant Cathro is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in teenage and children's television in the United Kingdom. With an astounding 500+ produced television scripts to his credit, Grant's work has been nominated for (and has won) Bafta, Royal Television Society, Writers' Guild of Great Britain and Prix Jeunesse awards. Grant's earliest achievement came at the age of 18 when he co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed an epic-scale fantasy film, Jack Snell. Hailed by the Glasgow Evening Times as "a triumph" it received screenings at the Glasgow Film Theatre. Originally intending to pursue a career as a director, Grant gained a place on the three-year Actors' Course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating with a Diploma in Dramatic Art, an Award for Special Merit in Acting, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Best Student prize. It was here that Grant formed a writer/performer double-act with Alex Bartlette. Together they won the BBC Muriel Finlayson Award for Scriptwriting, as well as taking the Edinburgh International Festival by storm with their acclaimed production of Shakespeare's comedy, Two Gentlemen of Verona. For the following six or seven years, Grant Cathro balanced his career as a busy actor with occasional writing commissions. He starred in the BBC TV 13-part prime time drama, Jury - a performance which won him much praise. Grant also landed the title role in Mick Gold's film biopic of Egon Schiele, co-starring David Suchet as Gustav Klimt. There followed seasons at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Leicester Haymarket Theatre and Northcott Theatre, Exeter - where as well as appearing in Hamlet and Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts, Grant also composed and performed the music. A production of Grant's musical-comedy A Buckskin Bag of Gold was mounted at the Exeter Northcott Theatre. He played opposite Kenneth Branagh in Julian Mitchell's play Francis at Greenwich Theatre, then joined The Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, appearing in Terry Hands' production of Troilus and Cressida and Solzhenitsyn's The Love Girl and the Innocent. Grant's acting work on the London Fringe won him rave reviews in a sequence of Shakespeare comedy roles - as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Biondello in Taming Of The Shrew and Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice. He went on to appear in a succession of mainstream television dramas including Taggart and Love Hurts, starring Zoe Wannamaker and Adam Faith. As a writer, Grant's earliest success (aged just 22) was a one-hour play produced by Tom Kinninmont for BBC Radio 4 - a comedy called Moonlight and Aspirins, it starred Miriam Margolyes, Rupert Frazer and David Hayman. Grant then joined forces with children's television writer Lee Pressman. Together they created and wrote all 94 episodes of the cult kids' comedy T-Bag, starring Georgina Hale, Glenda Jackson, Gemma Craven, Murray Melvin, Roy Barraclough, Peggy Mount, and Victor Spinetti. One of ITV's most popular family shows, T-BAG ran for nearly a decade. Pressman and Cathro went on to create a run of original and hugely successful children's TV series - a diverse body of work, including sitcoms (Spatz, Cone Zone and Mike & Angelo - at 123 episodes one of the United Kingdom's longest-running comedies) sci-fi action/adventure (The Tomorrow People, starring Christopher Lee, Jean Marsh, Connie Booth, Denise Coffey and Elizabeth Spriggs, Delta Wave, starring Graham Crowden and Una Stubbs) as well as numerous family-dramas. Their 100-minute comedy film B&B, starring Kevin Whately, Katy Murphy, Joanna Kanska and Ian McNeice, was met with great critical acclaim and won them a Writers' Guild Award for "Best Children's Television". After that, Grant wrote a screenplay adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet for Channel 4, starring Jonathan Firth, John Nettles, Geraldine Somerville and Jenny Agutter, then wrote, co-produced and starred in a 60-minute sci-fi comedy The Light Fantastic, alongside Phillida Law and Oscar-winner Peter Capaldi. There followed episodes of the multi award-winning Disney/BBC hit Microsoap, ITV's popular family-drama series Snap, and the surreal sitcom Star Street, a vehicle for the chart-topping allStars. Then, as a writer/performer, Grant co-created, co-wrote and co- starred in his own late-night comedy series Something Or Other, which aired on BBC Radio 4. In 2006-08 Grant was Head Writer of Genie in the House, a 78-episode fantasy sitcom commission from Nickelodeon UK. One of the channel's top-rated shows, it now plays successfully in 110 regions around the world. Most recently Grant has written two live-action teen comedies for The Walt Disney Company in Poland, Do Dzwonka and Do Dzwonka Cafe, for which he was Head Writer on all 55 episodes. Grant is also co-creator and Head Writer of a new 26-part 3D musical comedy series, Which is Witch? This show is being aired by RTBF in Belgium and in France by Canal-J/Lagardere. 21st February 2014
Grant Chang is a film and stage actor who splits his time between New York City and Los Angeles. He spent two seasons recurring as GRANT on the hit USA series Mr. Robot. His expansive television work includes guest starring roles on Law and Order, The Knick, Deception and much more. He had his directorial debut in 2015 with the short film, Finding You, that garnished him awards for Best Actor and Best Director at the 38th Annual Asian American International Film Festival / AA Film Lab 72 Hour Shootout. He also received the award for Best Performance in the New York Premiere Film Festival in 2017 for it. On stage, he was most recently seen in the lead role of the co-production of East West Players and Pasadena Playhouse's The Great Leap directed by Tony award winner BD Wong where he received critically acclaimed reviews. Christine Deitner of the Theatre Times wrote, "...it is Grant Chang who utterly shines as Wen Chang; a character he brings to vivid life with humor, clarity of action, and a depth of emotion that took me by surprise." May Ruiz of the Pasadena Independent wrote, "Grant Chang's mesmerizing performance is one that will be remembered for years to come. Chang's heart-rending portrayal of a man who ultimately breaks away from a lifetime of blind obedience to finally claim himself is supremely magnificent." Margaret Gray of the Los Angeles Times declared, "Chang broke my heart." NOMINATED-Lead Actor in a Play in The Great Leap - Los Angeles Ovation Award 2021. WINNER- Lead Performance in The Great Leap by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle 2019. A graduate of New York University, he majored in East Asian Studies and minored in Educational Theatre. To advance his acting studies, he attended HB Studios and has extensive training in musical theatre throughout the years.
Grant opened his heart to acting by performing in theater for most of his childhood and young adult life. After college, he enrolled into the New York Film Academy in Burbank California with Universal Studios. While attending, Grant not only began to improve his acting for film abilities but also his screenwriting talents, directing and video editing. Grant graduated with honors and was labeled by his N.Y.F.A. instructors as the leader of his class. After graduating, he has worked in the film industry for years under an assortment of titles: Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, and Double.
Grant Collins is an actor, known for Playing for Keeps (2012), The Cape (2011) and Eye of the Hurricane (2012).
Grant Cook is an actor, known for Greater (2016).
Grant Corvin is known for Sync (2019), The Murder Man and Trifles.
Grant Cramer was born on November 10, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Lone Survivor (2013), The November Man (2014) and Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988). He has been married to Olga Cramer since July 17, 2010.
Born on 26th September 1965, in Penistone, Nr Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He is the eldest of 3 siblings having 2 younger sisters. His Father was a company director up to his retirement and his mother worked in admin up to her retirement. He has lived most of his life around the Durham City area from 1981. He has 1 son also called Grant.