Bristol has educated some very fine actors, including British-Australian actor Hugo Weaving.
Scroll through to learn about 16 actors who went to school in Bristol and where they studied.
5. Stephen Merchant
The English actor, director, comedian, presenter and writer was born in Hanham, Bristol in 1974. Stephen James Merchant attended Hanham Secondary School and later studied at the University of Warwick, Coventry from 1993 to 1996. | Getty Images
6. Tuppence Middleton
Actress Tuppence Amelia Middleton was born in Bristol in 1987 and was raised in Clevedon, Somerset. She attended Bristol Grammar School and Stagecoach, a performing school in Portishead. | Getty Images
7. Ella-Rae Smith
English actress and model Ella-Rae Kirby-Smith was born in Bristol in 1998. She attended Cotham School, and at the age of 13 was scouted to become a model during a school trip to Paris and signed her first contract in 2014. | Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
8. Joe Sims
Joe Sims was born in Southmead Hospital, Bristol in 1980, and raised in Kingswood. He attended Sir Bernard Lovell School, where he was inspired to act by a drama teacher who introduced him to the Bristol Old Vic company. He later studied at Filton College, Middlesex University and under scholarship at the University of San Francisco | Getty Images