Philip "Pip" Dean Torrens is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Tommy Lascelles in The Crown (2016-2019), Herr Starr in Preacher (2017-2019), and White Mask Varré in Elden Ring (2022).
He voiced and motion captured the role of The Curator in The Dark Pictures Anthology game series.
Early Life[]
Torrens was born in Bromley, Kent, and educated at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge and subsequently studied acting at Drama Studio London.
His personal life is quite private, but he is known to have two brothers, Chris and Jon Torrens.
Career[]
Film & Television[]
Torrens' television appearances include Consenting Adults, two episodes of Jeeves and Wooster, two episodes of Doctor Who ("Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood"), The Brittas Empire, Green Wing, Silk, The Government Inspector (as John Scarlett), The Last Detective and DI Spencer for a few episodes in The Bill in 2001. He has also appeared in a 2008 series of British television advertisements for First Direct, with Matthew King. He appeared also in 1992 episode of Maigret with Michael Gambon
In 2011, Torrens appeared in both episodes of an Outnumbered two-part special. In 2012 he appeared in the first episode of series 8 of Hustle as Heinz Zimmermann and also presented new gameshow The Devil's Dinner Party. Torrens briefly appeared in an episode of Death in Paradise in 2013, as a museum guide. His film appearances include Tomorrow Never Dies as the captain of HMS Bedford, the 2001 film To End All Wars and voicework for Valiant.
In 2013, Torrens appeared in "The Waldo Moment", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. In November 2014, Torrens played the part of Richard Grenville in the BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers. In 2017 he began a starring role on American television series Preacher, on which he appeared in 33 episodes.
Video Games[]
In 2019, Torrens debuted in the world of video games as the Curator, the narrator of each and every one of the stories in The Dark Pictures Anthology.
In 2022, Torrens voiced the non-playable character White Mask Varré in Elden Ring.
Filmography[]
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | The Lenny Henry Show | PC Monkhouse | 6 episodes |
| 1989 | The Nightmare Years | Major Radford | 4 episodes |
| Voice of the Heart | Kim Cunningham | TV Film | |
| Arms and the Man | Bluntschli | BBC Television | |
| 1991 | Chimera | Windeler | 3 episodes |
| Performance | Nigel Childs | Episode: "Absolute Hell" | |
| 1991-2006 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Major Rich/Jeremy Cloade | Episodes: "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest", "Taken at the Flood" |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Howard Carter | Episodes: "Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal", "Treasure of the Peacock's Eye" |
| Van der Valk | Michael de Groot | Episode: "Still Waters" | |
| Medics | Jonathan Witley | Episode: "#2.1" | |
| 1992-1993 | Jeeves and Wooster | Bingo | Episodes: "Comrade Bingo", "Bridegroom Wanted" |
| 1993 | Lovejoy | Christian Shotley | Episode: "Fly the Flag" |
| To Play the King | Andrew Harding | 3 episodes | |
| Minder | Muldier | Episode: "The Great Trilby" | |
| Maigret | Chief Commissioner | Episode: "Maigret on the Defensive" | |
| 1994 | A Dark-Adapted Eye | Chad | 2 episodes |
| The Brittas Empire | John Rawlinson | Episode: "Brussels Calling" | |
| 1995 | Kavanagh QC | Miles Petersham | Episode: "Nothing But the Truth" |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | Howard Carter | TV Film | |
| Hamish Macbeth | Miles Petersham | Episode: "Nothing But the Truth" | |
| 1995-2007 | The Bill | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1996 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Michael Quin | 2 episodes |
| Tales from the Crypt | Gordon | Episode: "About Face" | |
| 1997 | Crime Traveller | Carter | Episode: "A Death in the Family" |
| Bodyguards | Robert Ferguson | 6 episodes | |
| Soldier Soldier | Major Lawrence Brownham | 2 episodes | |
| 1998 | The Unknown Soldier | Major Stephen Phelps | TV Film |
| 1999 | Murder Most Horrid | News Presenter | Episode: "Elvis, Jesus and Zack" |
| Big Bad World | Hugh | Episode: "Be Nice to Posh People" | |
| Pure Wickedness | Dr. Phil Gold | 3 episodes | |
| Peak Practice | Harry Kenyon | 2 episodes | |
| 2000 | Lorna Doone | Colonel Kirke | TV Film |
| Black Cab | James | Episode: "Busy Body" | |
| 2001 | Office Gossip | Mark Spenser | Episode: "Moving On" |
| Shackleton | James McIlroy | TV Film | |
| 2002 | Sunday | Inquiry lawyer | TV Film |
| Ted and Alice | Dr. Handford | 3 episodes | |
| Believe Nothing | Le Fanu | Episode: "Get Rich Quick" | |
| Dead Gorgeous | Rex Ballard | TV Film | |
| The Project | MoD Official | TV Film | |
| TLC | Mr. Copperfield | Episode: "Staying Awake" | |
| Darwin's Daughter | Charles Darwin | TV Film | |
| The Many Lives of Albert Walke | Sam | TV Film | |
| 2003 | At Home with the Braithwaites | Mr. Brondby | Episode: "#4.6" |
| Where the Heart Is | Peter Viner/Cardiologist | Episode: "My Way" | |
| Trial & Retribution | DCS Richard Lawson | Episode: "Suspicion: Part 2" | |
| Second Nature | Frank | TV Film | |
| Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | Dr. John Snow | Episode: "The Sewer King" | |
| Charles II: The Power and The Passion | Charles Hart | Episode: "Episode #1.3" | |
| Gifted | Richard Neilson | TV Film | |
| 2004 | Red Cap | Major Tim Garvey | Episode: "Betrayed" |
| Casualty | Tom Price | Episode: "World Gone Wrong: Part 1" | |
| Messiah: The Promise | DCI Warmseley | 2 episodes | |
| Rosemary & Thyme | Donald Westward | Episode: "Up the Garden Path" | |
| When I'm 64 | Headmaster | TV Film | |
| My Dad's the Prime Minister | Publisher | Episode: "Diaries" | |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Noël Coward | Episode: "4:50 from Paddington" | |
| 2004-2008 | Wire in the Blood | DI Brennan/Harrison | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Rome | Lucius Tillius Cimber | Episode: "Kalends of February" |
| Broken News | Sam French | 6 episodes | |
| The Commander | DCS Les Branton | 2 episodes | |
| A View from a Hill | Squire Richards | TV Film | |
| The Rotters' Club | English Master | Episode: "The Chick and the Hairy Guy" | |
| The Government Inspector | John Scarlett | TV Film | |
| No Angels | Dr. Templar | Episode: "#2.8" | |
| The Last Detective | Captain Boyden | Episode: "Towpaths of Glory" | |
| Ian Fleming: Bondmaker | Noël Coward | TV Film | |
| Class of '76 | Supt Flood | TV Film | |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Olympius | Episode: "The Fall of Rome" |
| Green Wing | Neurosurgeon | 2 episodes | |
| The Chatterley Affair | Mervyn Griffith-Jones | TV Film | |
| The Path to 9/11 | Paul Kessler | 2 episodes | |
| Rebus | Andrew Hammill | Episode: "Let It Bleed" | |
| Spooks | Charles Lee | Episode: "5.8" | |
| Missing | Derek Mailer | 2 episodes | |
| Dresden | Saundby | TV Film | |
| Pinochet in Suburbia | Michael Caplan | TV Film | |
| 2007 | Waking the Dead | Dennis Holland | 2 episodes |
| Doctor Who | Rocastle | 2 episodes | |
| Lewis | Malcolm Croft | Episode: "Expiation" | |
| The Bad Mother's Handbook | Doctor Gale | TV Film | |
| The Chase | Hubert Bryce-Jones | Episode: "2.10" | |
| Consenting Adults | Frances Graham Harrison | TV Film | |
| Silent Witness | Richard Tate | 2 episodes | |
| Miss Austen Regrets | Edward Austen Knight | TV Film | |
| 2008 | Queen Victoria's Men | Charles Greville | TV Film |
| 2009 | Heartbeat | James Moncrieff | Episode: "Sweet Sorrow" |
| Breaking the Mould | Radio Announcer (voice) | TV Film | |
| U Be Dead | Peter Higginson | TV Film | |
| Collision | Deputy Commissioner Fraser | Episode: "Episode 1" | |
| 2010 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Edward | Episode: "Episode 3.1" |
| 2010-2016 | Midsomer Murders | Group Captain Jeremy Ford/Fergal Jenner | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | The Promise | Major John Arbuthnot | 4 episodes |
| Outnumbered | Armitage | 2 episodes | |
| 2011-2014 | Silk | HHJ Maikin | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Law & Order: UK | Philip Nevins | 5 episodes |
| Hustle | Heinz Zimmermann | Episode: "Gold Finger" | |
| Whitechapel | Travis Underwood | Episode: "Case Two (Part 2)" | |
| The Hollow Crown | Thomas de Mowbray | Episode: "Henry IV, Part 2" | |
| The Fall of Singapore: The Great Betrayal | MI5 Officer | TV Film | |
| One Night | Mr. Lerner | 3 episodes | |
| Switch | Lord Piermont | Episode: "Summer Solstice Showdown" | |
| Spy | Crispin | Episode: "Codename: Double Oh" | |
| 2013 | Yes Prime Minister | Jeremy Burnahm | Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice" |
| Death in Paradise | Guide | Episode: "#2.4" | |
| Black Mirror | Philip Crane | Episode: "The Waldo Moment" | |
| The Lady Vanishes | Reverend Kenneth Barnes | TV Film | |
| Father Brown | Geoffrey Bennett | Episode: "The Devil's Dust" | |
| Breathless | Eric Smallwood | Episode: "#2.1" | |
| 2014 | Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond | Esmond Rothermere | 4 episodes |
| Inspector George Gently | Brigadier Phillips | Episode: "Gently with Honour" | |
| Salting the Battlefield | Jock Calderon | TV Film | |
| Playhouse Presents: Marked | Steve Brash | TV Film | |
| 2014-2016 | Grantchester | Sir Edward Kendall | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | The Heavy Water War | John Skinner Wilson | 6 episodes |
| Up the Women | Lawrence | 3 episodes | |
| 2015-2019 | Poldark | Cary Warleggan | 29 episodes |
| 2015-2017 | Versailles | The Duke of Cassel | 17 episodes |
| 2016 | Hetty Feather | Reverend Cranbourne | Episode: "Changes" |
| 2016-2019 | The Crown | Tommy Lascelles | 16 episodes |
| 2017-2019 | Preacher | Herr Starr | 33 episodes |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose | Nicholas Pratt | Miniseries |
| Death and Nightingales | Maurice Fairbrother | Episode: "Episode #1.2" | |
| 2018-2019 | Deep State | William Kingsley | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Des | Ivan Lawrence QC | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Roadkill | Joe Lapidus | 1 episode |
| 2021 | The Nevers | Lord Massen | Main cast |
| Succession | Peter Munion | 2 episodes | |
| 2022 | Sherwood | Commissioner Charles Dawes | 6 episodes |
Films[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Oxford Blues | Ian | |
| 1986 | Lady Jane | Thomas | |
| 1988 | Little Dorrit | Henry Gowan | |
| 1989 | How To Get Ahead In Advertising | Jonathan | |
| Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Gold-cufflinks | ||
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Lt. Hesketh | |
| Eminent Domain | Anton | ||
| 1991 | The Object of Beauty | Art Evaluator | |
| 1992 | Patriot Games | Lord North's 1st Aide | |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Doctor Carlisle | |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Captain (HMS Bedford) | |
| Incognito | White | ||
| 1999 | Rogue Trader | Simon Jones | |
| 2001 | To End All Wars | Lt. Foxworth | |
| Revelation | Professor Claxton | ||
| The Mystic Masseur | Governor | ||
| All the Queen's Men | British Major | ||
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Netherfield Butler | |
| Valiant | Lofty (voice) | ||
| 2007 | The Mark of Cain | Colonel Hampton | |
| Flood | Army Liaison Officer Richardson | ||
| 2008 | Easy Virtue | Lord Hurst | |
| 2009 | Dorian Gray | Victor | |
| St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Heathcoat Parker | ||
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Sir Kenneth Clark | |
| War Horse | Major Tompkins | ||
| Love's Kitchen | Health & Safety Official | ||
| The Iron Lady | Ian Gilmour | ||
| Largo Winch II | Invité Plateau CNBC | ||
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Prince Shcherbatsky | |
| Gambit | Savoy Desk Clerk | ||
| Bel Ami | Paul the Butler | ||
| The Scapegoat | George | ||
| 2013 | The Guest | Frank | Short |
| Drone Strike | Wing Commander Ellis | ||
| 2014 | Gemma Bovery | Rankin | |
| Effie Gray | Royal Academy/Times Journalist | ||
| 2015 | The Danish Girl | Dr. Hexler | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Colonel Kaplan | ||
| 2016 | Kids in Love | Graham | |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | BBC Producer | |
| 2018 | Down a Dark Hall | Professor Farley | |
| Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Colonel Hathi | ||
| 2019 | The Aftermath | General Brook |
Video Games[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan | The Curator | Voice and motion capture of the character |
| 2020 | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope | ||
| 2021 | The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes | ||
| 2022 | Elden Ring | Radahn/Varré | Voice |
| The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me | The Curator | Voice and motion capture of the character | |
| 2023 | Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin | Nighthaunt Commander | Voice |
| TBA | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 | The Curator | Voice and motion capture of the character |
Trivia[]
- TV horror show Tales from the Crypt was one of the inspirations for The Dark Pictures Anthology and Pip Torrens actually appeared in it.
- Although the Curator appears in Switchback VR, Pip Torrens isn't listed in the credits, because he neither voiced him nor did motion capture for him.
Gallery[]
Pip Torrens plays the Curator.
External Links[]
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