 was born on 19 July 1968 in Sussex, England and grew up in Northern Ireland. He trained at the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.</p><h5>Career Highlights</h5><p>Houston has had a robust career across stage, film, television, and video games. On stage, he delivered powerful classical performances—Troilus in Troilus and Cressida, Prince Hal and Henry V in Shakespeare’s Henry IV/V (which earned him a nomination for an Evening Standard Theatre Award), and roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. He replaced Iain Glen in Fortune’s Fool at the Old Vic in January 2014 and debuted as Titus in Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare’s Globe between May and July 2014.</p><p>On-screen, he appeared in Robin Hood (BBC), North & South, Casualty 1907/1909, and The Salisbury Poisonings (BBC, 2020). In film, he is well-known for portraying Constable Clark in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), and for roles in Clash of the Titans (2010), Dracula Untold (2014), and The Last Duel (2021). He gained international attention in the Netflix series Wednesday (2022) as Joseph Crackstone.</p><p>In gaming, he lent his voice to several iconic characters: Marvellous Chester (Dark Souls, 2011), King Vendrick (Dark Souls II, 2014), Djura and the Gatekeeper (Bloodborne, 2015), Oceiros (Dark Souls III, 2016), and Blameless Marad in the Horizon series (2022–23).</p>){kind=link}
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William Houston
William Houston (sometimes credited as Will Houston) was born on 19 July 1968 in Sussex, England and grew up in Northern Ireland. He trained at the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Career Highlights
Houston has had a robust career across stage, film, television, and video games. On stage, he delivered powerful classical performances—Troilus in Troilus and Cressida, Prince Hal and Henry V in Shakespeare’s Henry IV/V (which earned him a nomination for an Evening Standard Theatre Award), and roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. He replaced Iain Glen in Fortune’s Fool at the Old Vic in January 2014 and debuted as Titus in Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare’s Globe between May and July 2014.
On-screen, he appeared in Robin Hood (BBC), North & South, Casualty 1907/1909, and The Salisbury Poisonings (BBC, 2020). In film, he is well-known for portraying Constable Clark in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), and for roles in Clash of the Titans (2010), Dracula Untold (2014), and The Last Duel (2021). He gained international attention in the Netflix series Wednesday (2022) as Joseph Crackstone.
In gaming, he lent his voice to several iconic characters: Marvellous Chester (Dark Souls, 2011), King Vendrick (Dark Souls II, 2014), Djura and the Gatekeeper (Bloodborne, 2015), Oceiros (Dark Souls III, 2016), and Blameless Marad in the Horizon series (2022–23).