Russell Geoffrey Banks

Russell Geoffrey Banks (born 13 November 1981) is an English actor and writer best known for appearances in horror films such as Ghost House, Pernicious, Cam2Cam, and, most recently, Who's Watching Oliver.

Russell Geoffrey Banks
Russell Geoffrey Banks on set
Born (1981-11-13) 13 November 1981
Northampton
OccupationActor, writer

Early life

Russell Geoffrey Banks was born in Northampton, and grew up in London at the age of twelve the family moved to the Isle of Wight[1]

Career

Banks started his film career as an extra, later transitioning to a stand in on such movies as Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, Formosa Betrayed, Shanghai starring John Cusack and then The Hangover Part II, standing in for Bradley Cooper.

After playing bit parts in such films as The Mark: Redemption with Gary Daniels, Eric Roberts, Tekken: Kazuya's Revenge, and Dragonwolf, Banks had his first main role in Goodnight Gloria,[2] a film he co-wrote. In Cam2Cam,[3] he played a homicidal maniac[4] in the film directed by Joel Soisson. Banks was later featured in Pernicious, a Thai-American film directed by James Cullen Bressack. Banks later traveled to India to shoot Vishwaroopam II, a film featuring Kamal Haasan and Shekhar Kapur, directed by Kamal Haasan. Banks then took a role with Benetone Hillin Entertainment for what would be a third time in total to play Mordred in King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, directed by Jared Cohn. In this movie, Sara Malakul Lane[5] played his mother and would later star alongside him in Who's Watching Oliver.[6] Banks returned to the horror genre to work alongside Scout Taylor-Compton in Rich Ragsdale's Ghost House.[7]

In 2017, he won two film festival awards and was nominated for a further three for his portrayal of Oliver, a mentally unstable serial killer in Richie Moore's, Who's Watching Oliver[8] (a film Banks co-wrote.)[9]

Filmography

Film
Title Year Role Notes
2010 Darling Child Kidnapper Telugu film
2010 Virudhagiri Chief Police Tamil film
2011 United Six News Reporter Hindi film
2011 Oba: The Last Samurai U.S Solder Japanese film
2012 The Impossible Newly Wed
2013 The Mark: Redemption Techie
2013 Dragonwolf Markus
2014 Tekken: Kazuya's Revenge Jimmy The Thief
2014 Goodnight, Gloria Clayton
2014 Cam2Cam Russell Adkins
2014 Pernicious Colin
2015 I Love NY Mike
2016 I Love You Two Terrence
2016 A Man Will Rise Cowboy Gangster Unreleased film
2017 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Mordred
2017 Ghost House Robert
2017 Vishwaroopam 2 Jim Tamil/Hindi bilingual film
2017 Loov: Là Où On Va Ben
Year Title
2016 Mitsubishi[10] Mitsubishi Triton[11]
2017 Pringles Pringles "Guard"[12]
2017 LG LG OLED TV[13]
2017 Heineken Heineken dream island[14]

Writer
Year Title Ref.
2014 Goodnight, Gloria[15]
2017 Who's Watching Oliver[16]

Stand in
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Stand In
2009 Formosa Betrayed Stand In
2010 Shanghai Stand In
2010 The Hangover Part II lead stand-in

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2017 Bloody Horror International Film Festival 2017 Best Actor Award Who's Watching Oliver Won [17]
Vancouver Bad Ass Film Festival 2017 Best Actor Award Won [18]
Fright Night Theatre Film Festival FNTFF 2017 Best Actor Award Won
Independent Horror Movie Awards[19] 2017 Best Actor Award Nominated
HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival[20] 2017 Best Actor Award Nominated
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References
  1. "Interview With 'Who's Watching Oliver' Star Russell Geoffrey Banks! – PopHorror". PopHorror. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. "GOODNIGHT, GLORIA – British Board of Film Classification". bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. Gold, Daniel M. (21 August 2014). "'Cam2Cam,' With Tammin Sursok, Focuses on Murder". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. Harvey, Dennis (22 August 2014). "Film Review: 'Cam2Cam'". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. "Movie Review – King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (2017)". 18 April 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. "Who's Watching Oliver (2017) REVIEW – Cultured Vultures". 1 July 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. "'Ghost House': Film Review". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  8. "Disemboweling The Horror Inspiration For 'Who's Watching Oliver'". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  9. Oglesbee, Curt (18 June 2017). "Interview with Russell Geoffrey Banks, Break-Out Star of 'Who's Watching Oliver'". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  10. Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (26 May 2015). "The All -New Mitsubishi Triton ENG 30s "Adventure Never Ends"". Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via YouTube.
  11. Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (26 May 2015). "The All -New Mitsubishi Triton ENG 60s "Adventure Calls Her"". Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via YouTube.
  12. OMG EditingHouse, BKK (4 October 2015). "Pringles "Guard"". Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via YouTube.
  13. LG Thailand (6 July 2016). "LG OLED TV ภารกิจลับกับการจู่โจมด้วยความสมจริง". Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via YouTube.
  14. "Heineken The Dream Island". Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via YouTube.
  15. Goodnight Gloria (27 March 2015). "Goodnight, Gloria – Official Trailer (2015)". Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via YouTube.
  16. "Interview With 'Who's Watching Oliver' Star Russell Geoffrey Banks! – PopHorror". 26 June 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  17. "Bloody Horror International Film Festival". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  18. "Vancouver Badass Film Festival". Vancouver Badass Film Festival. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  19. "Independent Horror Movie Awards". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  20. Hanneman, Jeremy Sheldon, Nathan. "HorrorHound Weekend". horrorhoundweekend.com. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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