Orlando Wells (born 9 June 1973) is a British writer and actor.
His first play, The Tin Horizon, was produced at Theatre 503 in Battersea in 2009 of which Michael Billington wrote, 'a play that proves Wells has a gift for gothic futurism... a name to watch... shows a wild imagination at work and displays unmistakable signs of talent.'
His second play, The Woodcutter's Tale, is slated for production in 2013 and he is working on an adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's The Duke In Darkness for the Tabard Theatre, Chiswick.
Shrike, a thirty-minute short film was longlisted for Channel 4's Coming Up. He has written several episodes for the children's animation programmes: Xolight! and Noksu.
As an actor, Wells is best known for starring as Alex Stanton in the Channel 4 drama, As If, and playing Irwin in Alan Bennett's The History Boys. He is set to appear in Rebecca Lenkiewicz's adaptation of The Turn of Screw at the Almeida in 2013.
He is the son of actress Susannah York and Michael Wells, and is married with four children.
Read more about Orlando Wells: Selected Credits
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“The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never can recall;
And the books that people give us, oh, they’re the worst of all.”
—Carolyn Wells (1870–1942)