Anthony Howell was born in 1971 in the Lake District in England. He trained to be an actor at the \'Drama Centre.\' His acting debut came when he went on a world tour with Robert Lepage\'s \'Geometry of Miracles\'. Then came \"Wives and Daughters\" (1999). Along with his TV work, he took a year out and appeared in the 1999-2000 RSC season in Stratford-Upon-Avon, where he took major roles in the three main plays of that season: Orlando in \'As You Like It\', Benvolio in \'Romeo and Juliet\' and Antipholous of Ephesus in \'The Comedy of Errors\'.