Brian Vernel
Born: 1990-12-29 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brian Vernel is a Scottish actor best known for his film role as Bala-Tik in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), as Odda the Younger in the TV series The Last Kingdom (2015), and Billy Wallace in British gangster series Gangs of London (2020-). A native of Glasgow, Vernel attended St Mungo's Academy in Gallowgate before training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) after a one-year general arts foundation course at Glasgow University. He played the role of Bala-Tik in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Vernel's character spoke in a Glaswegian accent. Vernel played the main role of Billy Wallace, junkie brother of London drug cartel boss Sean Wallace, played by Joe Cole, and working alongside Michelle Fairley, who played his mother, in Gangs of London, between 2020-2022. Vernal also played the role of Irus in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'.
Filmography
2026
- The Odyssey as Irus
2022
- Slow Horses as Curly
2020
- Gangs of London as Billy Wallace
2019
- An English Tale as Callum
2015
- The Last Kingdom as Odda the Younger
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Bala-Tik
- The Casual Vacancy as Stuart 'Fats' Wall
2014
- Grantchester as Tam
- Let Us Prey as Caesar Sargison
2012
- Offender as Genghis
2011
- The Field of Blood as Darren Naismith
2005
- Doctor Who as Lucius