Anthony BBC cast: Who is in the cast of Anthony?
ANTHONY is a new BBC drama telling the heartbreaking story of Anthony Walker's murder. But who is in the cast of the one-off film?
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Anthony Walker is the subject of a new BBC drama about the murdered Liverpool teeenager. The series features an all-star cast in the one-off film by Jimmy McGovern which imagines the life he could have led if he was not killed in a racist attack back in 2005. Here’s everything viewers need to know about the cast of the show.
Who is in the cast of Anthony?
Anthony Walker - Toheeb Jimoh
Toheeb Jimoh stars in the new drama as Liverpool student Anthony Walker.
Walker, 18, was killed in July 2005 in an unprovoked, racially-motivated attack but the series imagines the life he could have had.
Jimoh is a recent graduate from Guildhall School of Drama and Anthony is one of his first major roles.
However, he is a rising talent and will next be starring in the Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso, Amazon Prime Video series The Power and the Wes Anderson film The French Dispatch.
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Gee Walker - Rakie Ayola
Rakie Ayola stars as Anthony Walker’s mother Gee Walker in the one-off drama.
Ayola is best known for her role in Holby City as Kyla Tyson but she also starred as Hermione Granger in the Cursed Child on the West End.
Katherine Walker - Julia Brown
Katherine Walker is a fictional character played by actor Julia Brown, known for roles in The Last Kingdom and World on Fire.
Katherine is Anthony’s wife and mother of his child in the series after they meet when they’re 19-years-old.
Mich Woodfield - Bobby Schofield
Mick Woodfield is Anthony’s childhood friend in the drama, who is helped out of alcoholism by him.
He is played by Bobby Schofield who has previously starred in Doctors, Inside No. 9 and Knightfall.
Dominique Walker - Shaniqua Okwok
Anthony’s sister Dominique Walker is played by actor Shaniqua Okwok.
Okwok has previously appeared in shows like Van der Valk, Marcella and Shakespeare & Hathaway.
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Helen Woodfield - Stephanie Hyam
Helen Woodfield is Mick Woodfield’s wife in the programme, who has to kick her husband out.
She is played by Stephanie Hyam, who has previously been in Peaky Blinders, Bodyguard and Jekyll & Hyde.
Aunty Vera - Phina Oruche
Phina Oruche plays Aunty Vera in the drama, who is Gee Walker’s supportive sister.
The star has previously played Liberty Baker in Footballers’ Wives and Olivia in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Paul Taylor - James Ledsham
One of the men convicted of murdering Anthony Walker Paul Taylor is played by James Ledsham.
The actor has also starred in Dead Man's Cards and Levelling the Score.
Michael Barton - Josh Bolt
Josh Bolt plays Michael Barton, who is the other man convicted of murdering the Liverpudlian teenager.
Bolt has previously appeared in Benidorm, Last Tango in Halifax and Grantchester.
Anthony airs on BBC One tonight (July 27) at 8.30pm.