Rory Jennings


Rory Jennings is a British actor. He played Craig Dixon in the BBC soap opera EastEnders appearing on screen between 27 July and 7 September 2007.

Early life

Jennings was born in London, England. He has been acting since the age of ten. As a child actor he trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School;, he took a break from acting in 2001 to study Politics at the University of Liverpool.

Career

Since his graduation in 2004, he has been acting regularly on screen, radio and in theatre, often in roles far below his actual age due to his youthful appearance.

Theatre

His theatre credits include: Transgression, Gong Donkeys and Heaven Eyes.

Television

Jennings' drama credits includes: Urban Gothic, Randall and Hopkirk, The Wings of Angels, The Affair, Watch, Casualty, The Fast Show, Tom's Midnight Garden, All About George, Brief Encounters, Jericho, Doctor Who The Idiots Lantern and The Good Housekeeping Guide. Eastenders, The Bill and in September 2008, he appears in "Harry and Paul".

Film

Jennings' film credits include: Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Fatherland.

Commercials

'The People's Post Office' advert for the Post Office, directed by Armando Iannucci.

Radio

His radio and audio credits include: Just Prose, Feelings Under Siege and , in which he played the iconic Doctor Who villain Davros during his youth.

Music video

He appears as a teenage boy on a drug influenced trip in the Chemical Brothers' music video for "The Salmon Dance".

YouTube

Jennings is a supporter of Chelsea Football Club. He appeared regularly as a presenter on the 'ChelseaFansChannel' on YouTube which was a channel created in January 2014. He is now a presenter of a similar channel called 'CFC FANTV'.
In 2019 he became a permanent host on True Geordie's The Kick Off.
In 2017, Rory married Victoria Kemp, a TV producer.