Vas Blackwood

Vas Blackwood
Born
Vasta Roy Blackwood

(1962-10-19) 19 October 1962 (age 62)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1981–present
RelativesRichard Blackwood (cousin)

Vasta Roy "Vas" Blackwood (born 19 October 1962) is a British actor.

Blackwood played Lenny Henry's sidekick Winston Churchill in The Lenny Henry Show (1987) and David Sinclair in Casualty (1996–97). Since playing Rory Breaker in the hit film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) he has had a number of film roles, including Mean Machine (2001), 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002) and Creep (2004). In 2005 he appeared in A Bear's Tail, a spin-off of Bo' Selecta!. He also made an appearance as Lennox Gilbey in Only Fools and Horses. He also played main character Dexter in Spatz.

In 2008 he did voiceover work on the video game Fable II.

In 2013 he did voiceover work on a Tesco advertisement, this was launched and played on various different channels within the United Kingdom during the summer period.

Blackwood was founder of virtual online blog Vastaman.com, which is now defunct. His cousin is the media personality Richard Blackwood.[1]

Filmography

[edit]

Television

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1981 Prisoners of Conscience Boy Episode: "Nelson Mandela"
1982 Crown Court Noel Brown 3 episodes
1983 Angels Kelvin Episode: #9.12
1984 Annika Alan 2 episodes
1984 Arthur's Hallowed Ground Henry Television film
1985 Girls on Top Mikey Episode: "Skankin'"
1986 Only Fools and Horses Lennox Gilbey Episode: "The Longest Night"
1986 Room at the Bottom Office Boy 2 episodes
1986 Scene Caesar Episode: "To Turn a Blind Eye"
1988 Dramarama Rick Episode: "Just a Normal Girl"
1988 Blind Justice Henry Episode: "Crime and Punishment"
1987–1988 The Lenny Henry Show Winston 12 episodes
1989 In Sickness and in Health Pele 4 episodes
1990 French and Saunders Jazza Episode: "Casting Agency"
1990 Tygo Road Gary 6 episodes
1990–1992 Spatz Dexter Williams 33 episodes
1994 Hale and Pace Episode: #7.1
1995 Crown Prosecutor Marcus Hooper Episode: #1.5
1989–1996 The Bill Leon Davis

Tyrone Lee

2 episodes
1996 Thief Takers Episode: "Remember Me"
1986–1997 Casualty Various 5 episodes
1998 Babymother Caesar Television film
2002 Fun at the Funeral Parlour Coltrane Benz Episode: "The Balls of Doom"
2003 Rehab Cutlass Television film
2008 Me and Mi Kru Mr. Weatherburn
2007–2008 My Spy Family Des 25 episodes
2010 Me & Mi Kru Mr. Weddy
2015 Venus vs. Mars Victor 2 episodes
2016 BBC Comedy Feeds Coach Episode: "JPD"
2018 Down the Caravan Black Harry Television film
2018 Joe All Alone Otis 2 episodes

Film

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Tight Trousers Roddy Short film
1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Rory Breaker
2001 Mean Machine Massive
2002 The Escapist Vin
2002 9 Dead Gay Guys Donkey-Dick Dark
2003 One Love Scarface
2004 Creep George
2003 The Trouble with Men and Women Travis
2006 Heartbreak Hotel Cab Driver
2006 The Battersea Ripper
2006 Rollin' with the Nines Finny
2008 Daylight Robbery Lucky
2011 Mercenaries Zac
2012 Offender Detective Boaz
2012 All God's Children Mark
2013 It's a Lot PC Declan
2013 White Collar Hooligan 2: England Away The Pro
2013 Essex Boys Retribution The Lawyer
2014 The Guvnors Bill
2014 White Collar Hooligan 3 The Pro
2014 Cryptic Meat
2014 The Turtle and the Sea Tom
2015 N.O.L.A. Circus Marvin
2016 The Comedian's Guide to Survival Dustin Langer
2016 We Still Steal the Old Way David
2016 LOAK Short film
2017 A Room to Die For Detective McQueen
2017 Fanged Up Shifty
2017 Amoc Mr. Benjamin
2018 Two Graves Neville
2018 King of Crime Mr. Mustaffa
2019 Red Rage Father Barry Clifton
2020 Next Door Harry
2020 The Loss Adjustor The Pawnbroker
2020 Original Gangster Bobby Bravo
2020 The Gift Musical Abanaza
2023 Hitmen Paul Ali Rahman
2023 The Abomination Hercules
2023 Sumotherhood PC Ian
2023 Longtails The Cleaner

Animation

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
2016–2019 Thunderbirds Are Go Pirate Reece 3 episodes

Video games

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Fable II Various Voice

References

[edit]
  1. ^ (2006) "Interview With Vas Blackwood, Creator and Owner of Vastaman.com.". Jamaicans.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
[edit]


Stub icon

This article about a United Kingdom film and television actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a British voice actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vas_Blackwood&oldid=1249485814"