Edward Hogg

Edward Hogg born 1979 is an English actor known for portraying Jesco White in White Lightnin and Stephen Turnbull in Bunny and the Bull Eugene Mathers in Indian Summers Segundus in Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell Michael Godders Godfrey in Taboo and Thomas Haxby in Harlots Hogg the second of four children was born in Doncaster and brought up in Sheffield He went to Wales High School His mother is a teacher and his father a retired civil engineer As a teenager Hogg was a member of several bands including postpunk group Porno King in which he was the lead singer When the band split he joined an amateur dramatics group Sheffield MISTCO with his younger sister transferring his love of performance to acting Hogg trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art between 1999 and 2002 Hogg made his professional debut in a production of My Fathers Son at the Sheffield Crucible His other theatre work includes the inaugural production of King Lear at the RSC Academy Loot at the Bristol Old Vic and the title role in Woyzeck both at Londons Gate Theatre and off Broadway Other credits include Measure for Measure The Tempest The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and Rock n Roll Hogg has also appeared in The Pillowman and Our Class both at the National Theatre