Geoffrey Newland is a Scottish film, television, and theatre actor. He is best known for Thomas Vinterberg's Kursk, Sony's Outlander, BBC1's Spooks and Starz Da Vinci's Demons.Geoffrey grew up in Hawick, Scotland. He graduated from the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and advanced in the method at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute (New York - any excuse!), his first job was with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), then filming Spooks (aka MI-5) for the BBC. Geoffrey has had vast and varied experience, appearing in countless feature films, also with the RSC, Sky, BBC, ITV, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and Soho Theatre.In addition to his acting, Geoffrey studied law at university where he qualified as a Barrister before travelling the world for over 2 years. He currently lives in Harrogate where he is the father of 3.