Brian James Roche

Brian James Roche (born 2 October 1987) is an Irish actor, writer and musician from Limerick, Ireland.

His first major television role was in the BBC/RTE television series Custer's Last Stand-up which won the BAFTA for best British Children's Drama Series in 2001. He went on to play the lead part of Matty in the 2003 Imison Award Winning BBC Radio 4 production of The SkateGrinder by Celia Bryce. As well as many theatre performances and title roles, he has a Legal Honours degree from Trinity College Dublin and is an avid sports player and musician (vocal, guitar, piano and violin). He appeared in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011 in a children's show entitled The Rainbows End.

After a five star review in the 2011 Fringe festival, Brian was offered a lead role of Manuel in Faulty Towers, the Dining Experience with a Brisbane based Australian Company, Interactive Theatre International and began working in Holland in February 2012 to great reviews. He has since toured the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and Ireland and will be performing internationally and has recently written and directed his first show in Ireland named 'Total Commitment (I Like Girls who can Sing)' which appeared in the 10days in Dublin festival 2012. He is a member of two bands, one based in Holland and the other in London and continues to play professional sport.

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