Percelle Ascott
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Occupation | Actor |
Percelle Ascott is a Zimbabwean actor, writer and producer. Ascott plays the leading role of “Harry Polk” on Netflix’s new original television series, The Innocents.
Career
Ascott is best known for his lead role between 2012 and 2014 on the CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens as Benny Sherwood, best friend of the main character Tom, who defends wizardkind and Earth against the Nekross.
Ascott was also a regular on the E4 series Youngers and is the co-writer and star of the online comedy series Mandem on the Wall.Other screen credits include guest leads on Silent Witness and on Excluded for the BBC, as well as the lead in the feature films Beat Girl and The Weekend. He also appeared as Ben in X+Y.
He has also appeared in a number of stages plays like Much Ado About Nothing (BRIT School), Rachel (workshop, National Theatre Studio), and Mandem on the Wall Live (Hackney Empire)