Iain De Caestecker
☼ Born on 29 December 1987, in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
BiographyIain De Caestecker is a Scottish actor. He went to Hillhead Primary School and successfully completed an HND in Acting and Performance at Langside College.
He played the lead in two high-profile BBC series - BAFTA-winning The Fades and Young James Herriot (both 2011). The latter earned him a nomination for a BAFTA Scotland for Best Actor/Actress - Television.
Psychological horror film In Fear premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. That same year, De Caestecker appeared in Filth and Not Another Happy Ending; the latter earned him his second BAFTA Scotland nomination, this time in the Best Actor/Actress - Film category.
He also appeared in the music video for Gabrielle Aplin's song "Please Don't Say You Love Me".
In 2013, De Caestecker landed the role of Leopold Fitz on the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). That same year, De Caestecker was cast in the lead role of Ryan Gosling's feature directorial debut Lost River (2014).
In 2018, De Caestecker co-starred in the J.J. Abrams-produced science fiction war film Overlord (2018).
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Overlord (08/11/2018)
A platoon of American soldiers during World War II encounter unspeakable horrors a German base in Overlord. On the eve of D-Day, a platoon of American paratroopers, including Corporal Ford (Wyatt Russell) and Private Boyce (Jovan Adepo), parachute into Nazi-occupied France with the mission to destroy a radio jamming tower at a nearby German outpost, headed […]
In Fear (13/03/2014)
Indie Spotlight is a series focusing on reviews of independent films The following review might contain SPOILERS. The British horror thriller In Fear focuses on Tom (Iain De Caestecker) and Lucy (Alice Englert), a young couple on their way to a festival. After stopping off at a pub, during which Tom has some sort of […]