| Steven Hartley | |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Alma Mater: | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Years Active: | 1985-present |
| Spouse: | Abby Francis (2010–present) |
| Children: | 1 |
Steven Hartley (born 12 August 1960) is an English actor who has appeared in television, film, and theatre.
Hartley was born in Shipley[1] and grew up in Yorkshire.[2] He was a successful Amateur Boxer for York[3] He worked for two years at the Yorkshire Evening Press[4]
Hartley attended The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art[5] from 1981-1984. Hartley has appeared and performed in shows such as Happy Valley (TV series), Trial & Retribution (TV series), Merlin (TV series), The Borgias (TV series) Vera, Rumble (TV series), Strictly Confidential, Badboys (TV series), Trial & Retribution, Sharman, Holby City, Casualty, Doctors, The Cut, Married... with Children, Ripper Street and Call The Midwife. He has appeared in Silent Witness, Sky TV series Brassic, Shadow and Bone for Netflix, All Creatures Great and Small and Grace.[6] Most recently (2024 TV series).He also appeared as regular characters in The Bill, EastEnders and Doctors.
His films include Allies (2014) Ruby Strangelove Young Witch (2015), Robocroc (2013), Jet Stream (2013), The Walker (2007) opposite Woody Harrleson, Kristin Scott Thomas and Lauren Bacall, A Dog of Flanders (1999), (1992) alongside Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck, Benicio Del Toro and Catherine Zeta Jones, Split Second (1992), and Young Toscanini (1988).
After extensive rep theatre[7] Hartley's theatre work has gone on to include reprising his role as Bill Sikes in the West End Musical Oliver! in 2009-2010 for producer Cameron Mackintosh,[8] the third time Hartley has played the role since being cast by director Sam Mendes in 1996, as well as the play An Evening with Gary Lineker at The Vaudeville Theatre[9] the musical Dirty Dancing[10] at the Aldwych Theatre and playing a leading role in the play Fit and Proper People for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Soho Theatre.[11]
Hartley has voice acted on video games including Sony Studios' Blood & Truth on PSVR as Tony Sharp, as Luis Belosa in Squadron 42 alongside an all-star cast, including Gary Oldman, Gillian Anderson, Mark Strong and Mark Hamill, voices for Greedfall, (Eredin king of the wild hunt), and Zynbel in the BAFTA award-winning game and Hellblade 2 He also has roles in Sword Coast Legends, Dark Souls III, Nioh 2, Sea of Thieves, and Lego Star Wars.
In 2023 he played Erik Hakansson in The Archers[12]
In 2005, he was nominated for Sexiest Male at The British Soap Awards.[13]
For two-and-a-half years, Hartley appeared as Tom Chandler in The Bill.[14]
Hartley has been "The Voice" of TalkSPORT radio station.[15] He has voiced and starred in over 20 video games, including Eredin in , Larethar Gulgrin in Sword Coast Legends, Sir Vilhelm in Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel, Shibata Katsuie in Nioh 2 (English dub), Zynbel in , and Petrus in Greedfall.[16] He has recently completed video games Squadron 42 and Blood & Truth as gangster Anthony Sharpe.
He was also a committed marathon and half-marathon runner with the TV Times Leukaemia research team. He has a brother and a sister. Steven currently lives in Tunbridge Wells with his wife, actress Abby Francis, and daughter.[17] [18]