The 35-year-old actor has a glittering CV, but few people could pick him out of a lineup. Could his grimy take on the Baker Street sleuth in Netflix show The Irregulars change that?
Henry Lloyd-Hughes’s Twitter bio states that he is “the most famous actor you’ve never heard of”. It is a line that appeared in a magazine profile of him last year. There is another profile, from five years earlier, that says roughly the same thing. He is a fantastic actor with a near flawless CV; if only he could somehow land that career-defining role that would push him over the top.
“It’s remarkable,” laughs Lloyd-Hughes, 35. “The false dawns I’ve had. I’m like the Teflon Don. You can put success near me, you can put me in the biggest-grossing British sitcom of all time, but it doesn’t touch me. It just runs off me. Fame can come this close to me and yet it leaves no trace. I’m immune to success.”
