Allen Leech (born 18 May 1981) is an Irish actor best known for his role as Tom Branson on the historical drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015). He made his professional acting debut with a small part in a 1998 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, made his first major film appearance as Vincent Cusack in Cowboys & Angels, and earned an Irish Film & Television Awards nomination in 2004 with his performance as Mo Chara in Man About Dog. He appeared as Willi in the Queen and Peacock (2000), at the Garter Lane Arts Centre. The following years, he was in The Morning After Optimism (2001) and then Da (2002). His breakthrough film performance was in Cowboys and Angels (2003), followed by a role in the 2004 cross-country caper film Man About Dog. He played the role of Shane Kirwan in Ireland's RTÉ series Love Is the Drug (2004), for which he received a Best Actor nomination from the Irish Film and Television Awards. He followed that up with the role of Willy in the television series Legend (2006), for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination from Irish Film and Television Awards. In 2010, he appeared on the small screen in The Tudors (2010) as the doomed Francis Dereham. Leech also appeared in ITV 2010s television series Downton Abbey as chauffeur Tom Branson. He played the role of officer Sam Leonard in television series Primeval in 2011 in series five. He also starred in the 2012 film adaptation The Sweeney. In 2014 he starred as the spy John Cairncross, in The Imitation Game. He played Freddie Mercury's personal manager, Paul Prenter, in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Allen Leech, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• The Westies — Brendan Cahill
• BULLDOZER — Greg Roddy
• 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale — Tom Branson
• Captivated — Elliott Fielding, Executive Producer
• 2024Cold Meat — David
• 2024You Can't Run Forever — Eddie
• The Vanishing Triangle — Detective David Burkely, Executive Producer
• 2022Downton Abbey: A New Era — Tom Branson
• 2022My Name Is Andrea — Lover's Husband
• 2021As Luck Would Have It — Brennan
• 2019Doing Money — Dougie
• 2019Downton Abbey — Tom Branson
• 2018Bohemian Rhapsody — Paul Prenter
• Bellevue — Eddie Roe
• The Good Doctor — Ariel Reznik
• 2017The Hunter's Prayer — Richard Addison
• 2014The Imitation Game — John Cairncross
• 2013Grand Piano — Wayne
• 2013In Fear — Max
• 2012The Sweeney — DC Simon Ellis
• Black Mirror — Pike
• Downton Abbey — Tom Branson
• 2010Rewind — Karl
• 2009From Time to Time — Fred Boggis
• 2008Attila the Hun — Edeco
• 2008Factory Farmed
• 2007Deep Breaths
• Heroes and Villains — Edeco
• Primeval
• The Tudors — Francis Dereham
• Legend — Willy
• Rome — Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
• 2004Cowboys & Angels — Vincent
• Love Is The Drug — Shane Kirwan
• 2004Man About Dog — Mo Chara
• 2003Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor — British Officer
• 2002The Escapist — Policeman 1 (Smashed Car)
• 2000Iníon an Fhiaclóra — Rory
• IGNIS
• Pedro Pan
• The Body Is Water — Brendan

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale — Self
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The View — Self - Guest