Background
Bleach was born in Bournemouth, Dorset.
Bleach was born in Bournemouth, Dorset.
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Artist
He is also known for playing Davros in the Doctor Who stories "The Stolen Earth" / "Journey"s End" (2008) and "The Magician"s Apprentice" / "The Witch"s Familiar" (2015). He trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Artist His other theatre work includes playing Ariel to Patrick Stewart"s Prospero in the Royal Society of Chemistry "s 2007 production of The Tempest, and Mr.
Sowerberry (to Louise Gold"s Mrs Sowerberry) and Doctor Grimwig in the 2009 Royal Drury Lane production of the musical Oliver!.
On television, he has starred as "The Monster" in the 2007 Independent Television adaptation of Frankenstein. He played the Grand Master from the second series of children"s drama M.I.High and guest-starred as the villainous "Ghostmaker" in Peter J. Hammond"s "From Out of the Rain" in the second series of Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood.
Bleach was later recruited by the parent series as Davros, enemy of the Doctor and creator of the Daleks, in "The Stolen Earth" & "Journey"s End", the 2-part season finale of the 2008 series, and live at the Doctor Who Prom, before returning to the role in the 2015 series opener, "The Magician"s Apprentice", and its conclusion, "The Witch"s Familiar". In 2010, it was announced that he would star as the eponymous character in The Nightmare Manitoba, the opening story of Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
This makes him one of only two actors (the other being Paul Marc Davis) to appear in not only Doctor Who, but both spin-offs, Torchwood and The Sarah-Jane Adventures.
In 2011, he appeared as Niccolò Machiavelli in the Showtime series The Borgias.