Rik Garrad is a Yorkshire born actor who has appeared in several TV shows including The Syndicate, In The Flesh, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street. In addition he has worked in a number of independent films including the award winning Short Stay Long Stay with Neil Bell and Nitin Ganatra (OBE).

Rik is a keen lifelong martial artist who has taught Kung Fu at his own school for many years and is stage combat trained with BADC qualifications in several different weapons systems. He also has extensive firearms training.

Rik has enjoyed being able to combine his martial skills with digital technology in motion capture work and has discovered he has a real passion for video game voice acting.

Outside of the acting world Rik is a family man and father to boy and girl twins and really enjoys spending his spare time with his young family.

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