Jason Durr

Jason Durr (born 2 December 1967) is a British actor of theatre, television and film. Durr made his television debut as Alex Hartman in 1990 in the sci-fi drama Jupiter Moon in 1990 and went on to star as Mike Bradley in the Yorkshire-based police drama series Heartbeat from 1997 until 2003. Between 2016 and 2023, he appeared in the medical drama series Casualty as David Hide.

Durr was born on 2 December 1967 in Singapore.^[1] After leaving Leighton Park School, Durr trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.^[2]

In his early career Durr worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company under director Trevor Nunn.^[3] From 1997 to 2003, he starred as Mike Bradley in the Yorkshire-based police drama series Heartbeat.^[4] In 2009, he appeared in a two-part British television drama, Above Suspicion.^[5] He received favourable reviews for his performance as murder suspect Alan Daniels.^[6]

In 2012, Durr starred as Guy Littleton in Noël Coward's Volcano, opposite Jenny Seagrove at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End.^[7] In February 2014, Durr starred in the Michael Frayn production of Donkeys Years at the Rose Theatre in Kingston.^[8] Then in March 2014, he appeared in The Mummy opposite Susie Amy at the Belgrade Theatre and then on a national tour.^[9] In 2016, he joined the cast of the BBC medical drama series Casualty as Clinical Nurse Manager David Hide. In October 2022, Durr announced he was leaving Casualty after six years.^[10] Durr starred as Colonel Mustard in the play Cluedo 2 in spring 2024.

Durr has three children with his wife, television presenter and garden designer Kate Charman,^[11] whom he married in 2004.^[4]

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