Craig Pearson is a stage and screen actor from the North East of England, known for grounded, psychologically complex character work. His recent work includes the forthcoming Netflix true-crime drama Moat (2026), BBC’s The Northumbria Mysteries with Robson Green and Chris Gascoigne, and the international feature Trash TV, working alongside Noah Taylor and Millie Brady under director Danny Lee and producer Gail Lyon (Gattaca, Erin Brockovich, Edge of Darkness).

He is attached to two Morning Sir Productions projects: the feature Night Warden, written for him after a proof-of-concept short, and the series development of their RTS award-winning short Gan Canny. His stage work includes leading roles in Walk Like A Man (Laurels Theatre) and SAFE (The Customs House), along with three appearances at Durham Fringe Festival. He is set to star in The Quietest Place in Gateshead (venue TBC) and Locker Room at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre in 2027.

Craig is trained across the Meisner, Stanislavski, Adler, Laban, Strasberg and Hagen techniques, and is Lead Artist at The Actors Forge, an actors’ studio built on the American conservatoire model, and the North East’s largest professional actor training organisation. He is Equity registered with a playing age of 35–42.