Vincent Franklin (born 3 November 1966, Haworth, West Yorkshire, England) is an English actor, 1.80 m tall, who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (1988–1990). He is best known as Stewart Pearson in The Thick of It (2005–2012), DSU Andy Shepherd in Happy Valley (2014–2023), and Henry Best in Cucumber (2015) and Banana (2015). In film, he has appeared in The Bourne Identity (2002), From Hell (2001), The Illusionist (2006), Bright Star (2009), and three Mike Leigh films: Topsy-Turvy (1999), Vera Drake (2004), and Mr. Turner (2014). He is married to actress Hilary Greatorex; they have two child