Robin Atkin
Downes has been working as a professional actor for over 18 years. Born
and raised in the U.K., he encountered his love for acting while performing
in his first play in boarding school at the age of six.
His training continued in the United States with a Masters of Fine Arts
degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. He subsequently taught
acting there for 3 years. He taught advanced acting at Freedom Theatre,
Pennsylvania’s oldest nationally recognized African-American Theatre.
Robin has taught workshops in acting throughout the USA and Europe. Currently
he resides in Los Angeles.
A member of Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association and American
Federation of Radio and Television Artists, he is currently working on
the features “High Voltage” and “Memorial”, both due
to come out next summer. In addition, Robin has starred in many popular
shows. His fans recognize him from Babylon 5, where he was a regular recurring
character “Byron”. His latest guest star appearances were on
the HBO hit series, “Arliss” and “Rubbing Charlie,”
On CBS. Robin has guested on “Charmed”, “Nash Bridges”,
“ Titians”, “Beverly Hills 90210”, “ Angel”
and “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”, to name a few. In addition,
he was “Morann” in the TNT original movie “In the Beginning”.
His theatre credits include in London starring as Dracula, Petruchio in
“Taming of the Shrew”, Benedick in “Much Ado About Nothing”,
Mowbry in “Richard the II”, Joey in “The Homecoming”,
and Nick in “What the Butler Saw”. In Prague he starred as Skin
lad in “Ulice Brink”. Back east, favorite roles include Marquise
de Brisalle in “Cyrano”, John Wilkes Booth in “Assassins”,
Shelly in “Bloody Poetry, and Lt. Ralph Clark in “Our Country’s
Good”. Robin hit the regional theatres playing such roles as Richard
III, Theseus in “Midsummer’s Night Dream”, Ned Weeks in
“The Normal Heart, and Cerimon in “Pericles”. Last October,
Robin starred as Dracula here in Los Angeles.
Mr. Downes has also been in many national commercial spots, including
Christine Aguilerra’s Coke series, and works constantly as a voice
over artist…Some of his latest voice over credits include “Everquest:
Seeds of Hate”, “Alter Echo”, “Bounty Hunter”,
“The Knights of the old Republic”, “Rogue III”, and
“Gladius”, for Lucas Arts; as well as “The Hobbit”
for Interplay and Lionheart. You can also play his character Adama in
the upcoming “Battlestar Galactica”.
Other roles include Prince Stephan in the Barbie Rapunzel movie, Akeche
Samonasuke for “Omnimusha Buraiden,” Legolas in “War of
the Ring” and Cyclops/Pyro in “The X Men.” In addition,
he performs promos for Direct TV and countless radio and Television spots,
including Bandai, Sprint and CBS. An accomplished musician, Robin composes,
plays and sings, and paints in his spare time.