Billericay-born actor Russell Tovey is a man of many talents and ventures. On Friday, his latest film hit the big screen: ‘Allelujah’ directed by Richard Eyre and based on the 2018 Allan Bennett play of the same name, is a comedic love letter to the NHS. Though if you haven’t yet caught Allelujah, you may recognise Tovey from his roles as anxious werewolf George Sands in Being Human, headstrong Stephen in The Good Liar, or even as the co-host of acclaimed podcast, Talk Art.
Having conquered film, TV, art, podcasts and even become a best-selling author, the 41-year-old’s latest endeavour - supplying children with breakfast at a west London school - may come as a surprise. Last month, Tovey visited the breakfast club at Ark Burlington Danes Academy in White City, taking on the role of dinner lady to make sure that each and every student began their day with a decent breakfast. Some of the students, whose ages ranged between three and eighteen, gifted the actor with drawings of himself, whilst others declared they would never wash their hands again after shaking his. “You’ve made me cool” they told him (quite the compliment from today’s Gen Z).
