Lucien Laviscount

Lucien Leon Laviscount (born 9 June 1992) is a British actor. He first came to prominence in 2007 after appearing in teen drama Grange Hill. He later appeared in several television series, including ITV's Coronation Street (2009) and BBC One's Waterloo Road (2010–11). In 2011, he competed in the series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Lucien Laviscount
Laviscount in 2019
Born	Lucien Leon Laviscount 9 June 1992 Burnley, Lancashire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present

In 2015, Laviscount played a regular character, Earl Grey, in the first season of the horror comedy Scream Queens on FOX. In 2017–18, he starred on Sony Crackle’s crime comedy-drama Snatch. Laviscount also starred as Alexander Cabot in The CW series Katy Keene.

Early life

Laviscount was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and grew up in Ribble Valley in Lancashire. He attended Ribblesdale High School in Clitheroe, where he was awarded 10 GCSEs, and was also a member of Carol Godby's theatre workshop in Bury.[1] He has two brothers, Louis and Jules.[2][3]

Career

At the age of ten, Laviscount appeared in an advertising campaign for Marks & Spencer.[4] He secured roles in programmes such as Clocking Off and Johnny and the Bomb before becoming a series regular in BBC One series Grange Hill.[2] Laviscount was then cast as religious swimmer Ben Richardson in Coronation Street. In 2010, Laviscount took part in a charity football match alongside Jack McMullen, Lyndon Ogbourne and other actors in aid of Sport Relief.[5]

On 18 August 2011, Laviscount became a housemate in Channel 5's Celebrity Big Brother 2011. He lasted until the final week, finishing fifth. He was dubbed 'Mumbles' by his fellow housemates.[6] In 2011, he also appeared as Jonah Kirby, a school pupil, in the TV show Waterloo Road.[7][8] Laviscount signed with SK Records in 2012, and released his debut single, "Dance With You", featuring American rapper MANN.[9]

On 22 February 2014, it announced that Laviscount would be playing the lead role of Ennis Ross in Supernatural: Bloodlines, a spin-of to the US CW show Supernatural. He appeared in the backdoor pilot episode but the show did not get picked up. In 2015, Laviscount played a series regular role, Earl Grey, in FOX's US horror comedy series Scream Queens.[10] Laviscount will role is as Alexander Cabot in The CW series Katy Keene.[11]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Clocking Off	Tom Wood	Episode: "Jenny's Story"
2006	Johnny and the Bomb	Yo-Less	3 episodes
	New Street Law	Alfie	Episode: "1.7"
2007–2008	Grange Hill	Jake Briggs	13 episodes
2008	Life Bites	Jake	Episode: "1.1"
2009	Father & Son	Elijah King	Episode: "1.1"
	Coronation Street	Ben Richardson	34 episodes
2010–2011	Waterloo Road	Jonah Kirby	Regular role; 19 episodes (Series 6)
2011	Celebrity Big Brother	Self	5th Place
	Casualty	Liam Briggs	Episode "Epiphany"
	New Tricks	David Green	Episode "Setting out your Stall"
	Shameless	Dee Davies	Episode: "8.16"
	Trollied	Stu	4 episodes
2013	Death in Paradise	Duncan Wood	Episode: "2.8"
	The Syndicate	Matt Greco	Episode: "2.4"
	Love Matters	Jake	Episode: "Kitten Chic"
	Skins	Jason	2 episodes
2014	Supernatural	Ennis Ross	Episode: "Bloodlines"
	Episodes	Brian	3 episodes
2015	Scream Queens	Earl Grey	8 episodes
2016	Still Star-Crossed	Romeo Montague	Episode: "In Fair Verona, Where We Lay Our Scene"
2017–18	Snatch	Billy "F*ckin" Ayres	Main cast
2020	Katy Keene	Alexander Cabot	Main cast

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	One Night in Istanbul	Joseph
	Honeytrap	Troy
2015	Runaway	Henry	Short film
2016	Between Two Worlds	Connor
2017	The Bye Bye Man	John
	Love Beats Rhymes	Derek

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Nominated work	Result
2018	National Film Awards UK[12]	Best Supporting Actor	Snatch	Nominated

References

1. "Ribble Valley teenager sampling Coronation Street life". Lancashire Telegraph. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
2. "Ribble Valley schoolboy Lucien Laviscount lands role on Grange Hill". Lancashire Telegraph. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
3. "BB Sophie 'romancing' ex-Corrie star". Digital Spy. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
4. "Youngsters wear it like Beckham". Lancashire Telegraph. 12 September 2002. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
5. "Soap actors join charity football event". Digital Spy. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
6. 'Day 17 Darryn grills Mumbles' Channel 5.com 3 September 2011.
7. "Corrie confirms Laviscount departure". Digital Spy. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
8. "Ribble Valley heart-throb in TV affair". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
9. Lucien Laviscount announces debut single dance with you Digital Spy 26 January 2012
10. "Killer Cast Photos | Scream Queens on FOX".
11. Pedersen, Erik (26 February 2019). "Katy Keene: Camille Hyde & Lucien Laviscount Join The CW's Riverdale Spinoff Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
12. "Winners announced at the 4th annual National Film Awards UK". National Film Awards. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

External links

• Lucien Laviscount at IMDb