Jalaal Hartley is a British

United Kingdom

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 television

Television

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 actor

Actor

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, most notable for his role as Tom O'Dowd on Holby City

Holby City

Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

. He played Mark, the ex-boyfriend of Saint the gay sex shop manager, in British teen drama Sugar Rush

Sugar Rush

Sugar Rush is Julie Burchill's first novel aimed at teenagers, published in 2004. It charts the progress of Kim Lewis as she is forced to leave her posh high school and attend the infamous local comprehensive, Ravendene. This coincides with a fight with her best friend, Zoe "Saint" Clements,...

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He has also appeared on Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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, in which he played the part of Shakespearean actor Dick, in episode two of the third series, The Shakespeare Code

The Shakespeare Code

"The Shakespeare Code" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 7 April 2007, and is the second episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series. According to the BARB figures this episode was seen by 7.23 million viewers and was...

. He has also appeared on Murder City

Murder City (TV Series)

Murder City is a British police drama that centres on two mismatched detectives who scour London solving complex cases. Murder City premiered on 18 March 2004 on the ITV Network at 9pm. BBC America began airing the series on 17 August 2006.-Cast:...

, Ultimate Force

Ultimate Force

Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS...

, Carrie & Barry, and various other television shows including a sketch show for BBC Three, Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor

Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor

Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor is a British television sketch comedy show written and performed by BAFTA Award-winning comedian Karen Taylor and produced by Avalon Productions. The genre of the show focuses largely on sex and contains much innuendo. The title animation was created by Joanna Davidovich...

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He has also directed some television episodes.
He recently appeared in BBC one drama Holby City

Holby City

Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

, in which he played Tom O'Dowd, a medical student with an unconventional past. He left Holby City on 21 April 2009.

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