Eddie Marsan was born and raised in Bethnal Green, East London. He served an apprenticeship as a printer before beginning his career as an actor fourteen years ago. During this time he has had a exceptionally wide and varied body of work. His film work includes the role of Reg in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, Edward in Terence Malik's The New World, Reverend John in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 21 Grams, Killoran in Martin Scorsese's Gangs Of New York, Reeves in the forthcoming Woody Allen project, Eddie Miller in Paul Mcguigan's Gangster Number One, Francis Butterworth in Steven Poliakoff's unnamed forthcoming project and St Brendan the Navigator in Sterla Gunasson's Beowulf and Grendel.


Attended Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, and the Academy of the Science of Acting & Directing.