Rao, Doug

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Doug Rao is an English actor, writer and director. He is best known for playing D.S. Stuart Turner in The Bill, and he has starred in theatre with The Royal Shakespeare Company, in three renowned world premieres including David Edgar's The Prisoner's Dilemma and Peter Whelan's A Russian in the Woods.

In 2007 he wrote, produced and directed the short film War Hero, which played in competition at the Hollywood Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, NYC Shorts, The Odense Film Festival and the European Independent Film Festival in Paris. Doug is the founder of Peasant Films, which has numerous projects in various stages of development.

Doug wrote and directed the short film Jubilee (2009) starring Patrick Baladi, Sam Spruell and Ayesha Dharker which has been selected for the 53rd BFI London Film Festival 2009.

He is co-author of the feature film The Source. He is represented in all fields by United Agents, London.

Doug graduated from the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama in 1999 and has since starred in film, theatre and television. Highlights include the lead role of renowned WW2 photographer Robert Capa in the BBC Film D-DAY, the assassin Elgin Gatsby opposite Sean Bean in ITV's gangster drama Extremely Dangerous and leading roles in theatre at The Royal Shakespeare Company.

He fulfilled his dream of studying yoga in India in 2004 where he gained his Yoga Teacher's qualification from the world famous Sivananda Ashram in Kerala, where his daily routine included five am meditations, endless chanting and midday toilet cleaning! In 2009, Doug directed and produced a Yoga DVD (Sam & Doug Rao's Yoga Class), with his Yoga Teacher-father, Sam.

Doug currently resides in London.