Emun Elliott

Emun Elliott (born 28 November 1983) is a Scottish actor, known for portraying Dr Christian King in Paradox, Richie in Threesome and John Moray in The Paradise. Background Elliott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father is of Persian descent and his mother is Scottish. He was raised in Duddingston, Portobello, Edinburgh, Elliott attended George Heriot's School before beginning a degree in English Literature and French at the University of Aberdeen. He dropped out of university after a year, and went on to train at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 2005. Career Elliott's television credits include Monarch of the Glen, Feel the Force, Afterlife and Paradox, in which he played the lead role of Dr Christian King. He also plays Jay Adams in the BBC Three drama Lip Service, an episode of Inspector George Gently, and the crime drama Vera. Elliott made his film debut in The Clan (2009), and also appeared in Black Death (2010), opposite Sean Bean. He will also appear in the forthcoming Strawberry Fields. He has lent his voice to the radio dramas Places in Between and Black Watch. On stage, Elliott has appeared in the critically acclaimed Black Watch as Private Fraser, a role he played for two and a half years with the National Theatre of Scotland. In 2010 he played Claudio in a production of Measure for Measure at the Almeida Theatre, alongside Anna Maxwell Martin and Rory Kinnear.