Allen Leech

Was shy as a child, until his role as the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz inspired him to become an actor. Made his stage debut in a London production of A Streetcar Named Desire at age 16. Voted Sexiest Irish Male by U Magazine in 2005. Was named 48th Best Dressed Man in Britain by GQ in 2015. Became patron of the CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) charity in 2016; lost his friend Peter Greene to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome in 2002.