Huggy Leaver
Huggy Leaver (born Hugh Leaver), sometimes credited as Huggy Lever, is a British actor[1] and former vocalist of The Plastix, an early UK Punk band.[2][3] He subsequently became lead singer of the Hastings Mod Revival Band Teenbeats from 1979-1982.
He has appeared in Trial & Retribution, Birds of a Feather, A Touch of Frost and Black Books. He also played Paul in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Mario in the 2000 film Going Off Big Time and appeared as a cab driver in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the pawn shop owner in Fast & Furious 6.[4]
More recently, he played the recurrent role of Clint in EastEnders and Delivery Man 2 in Never Let Me Go.
He has a love of motorcycles and has customized some in the streetfighter style, as created by designer/artist Andy Sparrow, in his strip Bloodrunners[5] in the 1980s. One such streetfighter was featured in the 1995 movie Mad dogs and Englishmen and ridden by C. Thomas Howell's despatch rider character.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Young Americans | Mark Byrne | |
| 1995 | Judge Dredd | Brutal Prisoner | |
| 1995 | Brothers in Trouble | Market Porter | |
| 1995 | Boston Kickout | Bouncer | |
| 1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Paul | |
| 2000 | Going Off Big Time | Mario | |
| 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Hanson Cab Driver | |
| 2008 | Freebird | Sulph | |
| 2008 | Somers Town | Café Owner | |
| 2009 | Somnolence | ||
| 2010 | Never Let Me Go | Delivery Man 1 | |
| 2011 | Gun of the Black Sun | Ciggy | |
| 2012 | Gangsters, Guns & Zombies | Tony | |
| 2013 | Fast & Furious 6 | Pawn shop owner | |
| 2013 | The Lost Mantle of Elijah | Gruesome | |
| 2015 | Blood and Carpet | Bernard | |
| 2015 | Legend | Pig & Whistle Barman |
References
- ^ Halliwell's Film & Video Guide 2004 by Leslie Halliwell, John Walker.
- ^ Plastix, Hastings.
- ^ Punk Diary: the ultimate trainspotter's guide to underground rock, 1970-1982 by George Gimarc
- ^ Film Review 2001-2002: The Definitive Film Yearbook by James Cameron-Wilson
- ^ "THUMB-NAILED BIKE DESIGN DOODLES by ANDY SPARROW". Archived from the original on 25 May 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
External links
- Huggy Leaver at IMDb