Troy Glasgow

Acting

Troy Glasgow

Born 1984-09-11 · Waterloo, London, England, UK

Troy Glasgow was born in Waterloo, London. He attended the BRIT School in 2001 and graduated in 2003. Whilst there he gained small roles in British television shows such as The Bill, Doctors and Holby City. He gained his first lead role in the Channel 4 one off drama Sex, footballers and videotape. After stints at the National Theatre, Birmingham Rep theatre and a cameo in Adulthood, he went on to appear in Skins, Doctor Who and The Day of the Triffids.

Acting credits

World War Z poster
6.8

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.

World War Z

2013

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NR

A generational story set in East London exploring the journey and family life of an old man’s relationship with his Grandson, within the Sound System community.

Vibrations

Wonderkid poster
5.8

Wonderkid follows the inner turmoil of an unnamed football prodigy as he comes to terms with his own identity, struggling to reconcile his sexuality with his issues with alcohol and OCD.

Wonderkid

2016

National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire poster
7.9

As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.

National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

2014

Piggy poster
5.5

London, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother's killing. As their friendship grows Joe finds himself in an increasing dangerous and murky world of violence and revenge. As Joe life collapses around him he starts to question who Piggy really is, and how honest he's really been with him. When Joe confronts Piggy a series of events are put in place that lead to a disastrous climax.

Piggy

2012

Adulthood poster
6.2

After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.

Adulthood

2008

Shoot the Messenger poster
5.4

Shoot the Messenger follows one man's painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way he finds both his own attitudes and the expectations of his community challenged.

Shoot the Messenger

2006

Out of Control poster
4.5

Drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.

Out of Control

2002

London's Burning poster
NR

Dramatisation of the 2011 London riots, focusing pre-dominantly on events that occured in and around Clapham and incorporating actual footage from CCTV cameras, civilians and journalists

London's Burning

2011

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9.0

Sex, Footballers and Videotape depicts the footballing world full of licentious behaviour involving drug-taking and sex romps, all fuelled by the bumper wage packets enjoyed by modern footballers.

Sex, Footballers and Videotape

2004

National Theatre Live: The Wife of Willesden poster
NR

A proper local legend. Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. Alvita will tell her life story to anyone in the pub – there's no shame in her game. The question is: are you ready to hear it? Because this woman's got the gift of the gab: she can rewrite mistakes into triumphs, turn pain into parables, and her love life's an epic poem. They call her The Wife of Willesden... A play that celebrates the human knack for telling elaborate tales, especially about our own lives. Zadie Smith transports Chaucer's The Wife of Bath to 21st Century North West London, directed by Kiln Theatre Artistic Director, Indhu Rubasingh. A production from Kiln Theatre.

National Theatre Live: The Wife of Willesden

2022

Frantic Assembly’s Metamorphosis poster
NR

Frantic Assembly’s Metamorphosis retells Franz Kafka’s account of human struggle as a young salesman finds himself morphed into an insect. Captured live at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in 2024, this adaptation by poet Lemn Sissay OBE uses powerful lyricism, sound, and physicality to bring this tale of extraordinary transformation to life.

Frantic Assembly’s Metamorphosis

2024