Actor

Brian Vernel

December 29, 1990 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Brian Vernel is a Scottish actor best known for his film role as Bala-Tik in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), as Odda the Younger in the TV series The Last Kingdom (2015), and Billy Wallace in British gangster series Gangs of London (2020-). A native of Glasgow, Vernel attended St Mungo's Academy in Gallowgate before training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) after a one-year general arts foundation course at Glasgow University. He played the role of Bala-Tik in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Notable work

7.2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
as Bala-Tik
7.5
Dunkirk (2017)
as Highlander 1
7.6
Doctor Who (2005)
as Lucius
8
The Odyssey (2026)
as Irus
7.3
Papillon (2017)
as Guittou
8.3
The Last Kingdom (2015)
as Odda the Younger
8
Slow Horses (2022)
as Curly
7.8
Gangs of London (2020)
as Billy Wallace
5.7
Let Us Prey (2014)
as Caesar Sargison

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