OAKLEE PENDERGAST
Oaklee has joined the cast of 'ARCHIE'
ITVX from 23rd November 2023
ITVX and Britbox International biopic four part series, playing (teen) Archie Leach in the story of Cary Grant's life written by Jeff Pope, starring Jason Isaacs.
Archie Leach, AKA Cary Grant, Born in Bristol, England in 1904, to parents Elsie and Elias, Archie narrates the story of a young Archibald Alexander Leach’s troubled childhood and how extreme poverty, his father’s adultery and the loss of his older brother, John, tore the family apart and sent his loving mother into a downward spiral of grief and depression.
Jeff Pope’s scripts reveal how deceit, cruelty and one, overpowering lie shaped Archie’s life.
At 14 he auditioned for the music hall act, the Bob Pender Troupe, a band of acrobats, stilt walkers, clown and comedians after seeing them perform at the Bristol Hippodrome. Lean and athletic, he learned the art of stilt walking, and when the troupe went on tour to the US, teenage Archie was intoxicated by the land of opportunity. Believing he had no family to return to in the UK, he decided to stay in the US to try to make his way in showbusiness.
Coming Soon to Apple TV
Playing Sgt. William 'Hinton' in 'Masters of The Air'
Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga - Amblin Television for Apple TV.
Oaklee is a British, South London Actor born in June 2004.
He made his first feature film aged 5 playing Simon, the youngest son of Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor in Juan Antonio Bayona's award winning feature film THE IMPOSSIBLE based on the true María Belón story of a family ripped apart by the tragedy of the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004.
Oaklee went on to star in the feature film
THE WOMAN IN BLACK;
ANGEL OF DEATH directed by Tom Harper for Alliance Films,
starring Phoebe Fox, Helen McCrory & Jeremy Irvine
In the same year he played Peter Porter in
the action horror feature film: WER directed by William Brent Bell
Other recent credits include:
'DANNY BOY'
Television Movie Directed by Sam Miller BBC2
Playing young Brian Wood, starring Anthony Boyle
'HOME' Series 1 & Series 2
Comedy Television Series Channel 4 / Channel X - playing Johnathan
Director David Sant - starring with Rufus Jones, Rebekah Staton, Youssef Kerkour
Home Comedy Blap - directed by Jim Field Smith
'THE SHOW'
Alan Moore 's Feature Film Playing 'Tim I ' (Tim Michelson) - directed by Mitch Jenkins, Starring Tom Burke, Ellie Bamber, Siobhan Hewlett.
Visit IMDB for other previous work and awards
