The Gold Forged: the Actors Enjoying the Actual-Life Brink’s-Mat Cops and Robbers

Jack Lowden as Kenneth Noye

A decade in the past, Scottish actor Jack Lowden impressed in an early position as Adam, the son of Stephen Dillane’s detective Karl in Sky crime drama The Tunnel (an English-language remake of Swedish/Danish hit The Bridge). Since then, he’s had supporting roles in movies ’71, A United Kingdom, Denial, Dunkirk, Mary Queen of Scots and Stephen Service provider’s wrestling flick Combating With My Household, in addition to TV initiatives Battle & Peace, The Lengthy Tune and Small Axe. His most not too long ago celebrated position is as River Cartwright in Apple TV+’s espionage thriller Gradual Horses. In The Gold, he performs real-life rich gold supplier Kenneth Noye.

Charlotte Spencer as DI Nicki Jennings

DI Jennings in The Gold isn’t primarily based on a single actual character, however was invented for the drama by creator Neil Forsyth, who was impressed by three girls law enforcement officials who labored on the Brink’s Mat particular process drive. After offering the voice of Angelina Ballerina as a baby actor, Spencer performed the temporary however memorable position of Carly Kirk, a young person coerced into intercourse work and thought murdered by a felony gang in Line of Responsibility Collection 2. She’s performed Tina in Jack Thorne’s Channel 4 thriller Glue, and the spouse of Colin Morgan’s Nathan in supernatural BBC thriller The Dwelling and the Lifeless. Extra not too long ago, she performed Megan in Baghdad Central, Pammy in The Duke, ‘Crimson’ in an episode of Ted Lasso, however is at the moment greatest recognised for the position of Esther in interval drama Sanditon.

Emun Elliott as DI Tony Brightwell

Elliott performs real-life detective inspector Tony Brightwell in The Gold, after enjoying Kenny within the creator’s earlier BBC thriller Guilt (a superb Scottish comedy-drama, search it out). He’s a well-recognized face on TV, having appeared as singer Marillion within the first season of Recreation of Thrones, John in The Paradise, Alistair in Clique, Andy reverse Jodie Whittaker in Belief Me, and not too long ago as Leck in Prime Video sci-fi thriller The Rig. Movie-wise, he’s been in The King’s Man, Outdated, Exodus: Gods and Kings, and Prometheus.

Dominic Cooper as Edwyn Cooper

After a blink-and-you’ll-miss-him position in acclaimed WWII collection Band of Brothers, Cooper’s first main position was on stage as Dakin in Alan Bennett’s The Historical past Boys and within the 2006 movie of the identical title. That was eclipsed by the a part of Sky in 2008’s Mamma Mia! and its sequel, then Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger and Agent Carter, amongst many different roles together with the lead in Bond creator collection Fleming, Spy Metropolis, An Schooling, Tamara Drewe and extra. Geek followers would possibly recognise him greatest as Jesse in violent comic-book fantasy Preacher. His character in The Gold – Edwyn Cooper, a rich solicitor who’s climbed the social ladder and will get tempted by the post-Brink’s-Mat potentialities – isn’t the title of an actual participant within the story, however Cooper’s character seems to share similarities with former felony solicitor Michael Relton.

Tom Cullen as John Palmer

Welsh actor Tom Cullen performs real-life Bristolian (through Solihull) gold supplier John ‘Goldfinger’ Palmer within the BBC drama. His display screen profession began out with Andrew Haigh’s acclaimed male homosexual romance Weekend, and a job reverse Jodie Whitter and Toby Kebbell in Black Mirror episode ‘The Complete Historical past of You’. He starred alongside The Gold’s Hugh Bonneville (see above) as potential Girl Mary suitor Tony Gillingham in Downton Abbey, and performed Landry in The Historical past Channel’s interval motion drama Knightfall, in addition to Mark in Harlan Coben’s The 5, Man Fawkes in Gunpowder, Mr Edwards in Apple TV+ alien thriller Invasion, and Thomas Seymour in Starz’ Turning into Elizabeth.

Stefanie Martini as Marnie Palmer

The Final Kingdom followers will recognise Stefanie Martini, who performs John Palmer’s spouse Marnie in The Gold, as healer Eadith, whereas crime drama viewers will know her as WPC Jane Tennison from the Prime Suspect 1973 prequel. On display screen, Martini has additionally appeared in Endeavour, Physician Thorne and trendy Oz collection Emerald Metropolis.