Edward Atterton (born 24 January 1962 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England) is an English actor and businessman.
Biography
Atterton was born in 1962 to Dr David Valentine Atterton (1927-2002),
[The Foundry Trade Journal, vol. 161, Institute of Cast Metals Engineers, 1987, p. 456][The Foundryman, vol. 95, Institute of British Foundrymen, 2002, p. 279] C.B.E., F.Eng, F.I.M., chairman of
Guinness Mahon, director of
Barclays Bank and the Bank of England,
[Japan and the City of London, Sir Paul Newall, Bloomsbury, 2013, p. xviii] former Research Fellow in the Department of Metallurgy at Cambridge University and sometime President of the Institute of Metals,
[The British Foundryman, vol. 79 and 80, 1986, p. 275] and Sheila Atterton, of Cathedral Green House, Wells, Somerset.
He attended
Rugby School and then
Eton College. He read Social Anthropology at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1984, M.A. 1988).
After two years of living in Japan, he returned to the UK and enrolled in the Central School of Speech and Drama.
In 1997, Atterton began dating actress Salma Hayek and moved to Los Angeles to be closer to her. The couple broke up in 2000. He is married to Kelly Atterton, the West Coast editor for Allure magazine. He and Kelly share a daughter, Piper, born 23 December 2004, and son Rex, born 18 October 2008. Atterton has a black belt in karate.
In 2005, Atterton left acting to become the principal manager for the Los Angeles branch of Jigsaw London, whose co-founder, John Robinson, is the partner of his sister, Bella Atterton.
Selected filmography
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Episode: "Truth Be Told" |
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Episode: "Shindig" |
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Episode: "Sword and the City" |
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See also
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The Mists of Avalon (TV miniseries)
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Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
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Jigsaw (clothing retailer)
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