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Allen Leech is an Irish actor best known for his role as Tom Branson on the historical drama series Downton Abbey. He has also appeared in films such as The Imitation Game, Bohemian Rhapsody, and The Sweeney. Born on 18 May 1981 in Killiney, Ireland, Leech is the son of David Leech, a former chairman of the Irish Stock Exchange, and Kay Leech, a housewife. He has two sisters, Sarah and Amanda. Leech attended St. Michael's College in Dublin and later studied at the Gaiety School of Acting. He made his professional stage debut in Dublin in 2001, and his first television appearance was in the Irish medical drama The Clinic in 2003. In 2010, Leech was cast as Tom Branson in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2012. Leech has also appeared in films such as The Imitation Game (2014), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and The Sweeney (2012). As of 2021, Allen Leech's net worth is estimated to be $3 million.

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Allen Leech Height, Weight & Measurements

At 42 years old, Allen Leech height is 5′ 10″ .

Who Is Allen Leech's Wife?

His wife is Jessica Blair Herman (m. 2019)

Allen Leech Net Worth

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Timeline

In 2019 Leech plays a major role in the feature film Downton Abbey, as his character Tom Branson is prominently present in the story line.

In February 2018, Leech announced his engagement to actress Jessica Blair Herman. They were married on 5 January 2019 in Solvang, California. In September 2019, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child.

Leech played Freddie Mercury's personal manager and boyfriend Paul Prenter in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

In 2007, Leech appeared in the HBO drama series Rome as Marcus Agrippa, Octavian's top soldier and friend. The film, Rewind, opened in Ireland on 25 March 2011.

In 2010, he appeared on the small screen in The Tudors as the doomed Francis Dereham, former lover of Catherine Howard. Leech also appeared in ITV 2010s television series Downton Abbey as chauffeur Tom Branson, whose political ideologies clash with the upper class. He played the role of officer Sam Leonard in television series Primeval in 2011 in series five. Leech also starred in the 2012 film adaptation The Sweeney. In 2014 he starred alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, as the spy John Cairncross, in The Imitation Game.

Leech was voted sexiest Irish male in 2005 in U Magazine. He was named one of GQ's 50 best dressed men in Britain in 2015.

Leech's breakthrough film performance was in Cowboys and Angels, in which he played Vincent, a gay fashion student, followed by a role in the 2004 cross-country caper film Man About Dog.

Afterwards, drama became the "focal point" of Leech's teenage years, apart from his family life, and drama and family support helped him through his school years. He became set on acting after winning a small role in a 1998 production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Gate Theatre. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master's Degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College, Dublin, later noting this was a "loophole" in his parents' stipulation that he earn a degree to fall back on if he failed to have success as an actor. He landed his first major roles in Cowboys & Angels and Man About Dog while at Trinity, and he has admitted that he did little schoolwork because he spent his time on auditions and acting.

Leech's first professional stage role was in 1998 at the Gate in their production of A Streetcar Named Desire. "I was the gentleman caller to Frances McDormand's Blanche Dubois. The Coen brothers were walking backstage, and me a naive 16-year-old."

Allen Leech (born Alan Leech; 18 May 1981) is an Irish actor best known for his role as Tom Branson on the historical drama series Downton Abbey. He made his professional acting debut with a small part in a 1998 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, made his first major film appearance as Vincent Cusack in Cowboys & Angels, and earned an Irish Film & Television Awards nomination in 2004 with his performance as Mo Chara in Man About Dog. Leech played Marcus Agrippa on the HBO historical drama series Rome. He also played Paul Prenter in the 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.