Gerald Home (born October 18, 1950) is the actor who played
Tessek-Squid Head and the Mon Calamari Officer Captain Verrack in
Return of the Jedi.He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on
October 18, 1950, and emigrated to Australia with his family when he
was 16. He finished his education in Australia, and spent three years
there as an actor and teacher, before returning to the United Kingdom
to train at The Drama Studio London. He graduated from The Drama
Studio London in July 1977, and has been an actor ever since.He has
had a wide and varied career as an actor: on the big screen, he
appeared in Return of the Jedi, and worked as a puppeteer on Little
Shop of Horrors, operating Audrey II the flesh eating plant. Other
film work includes London Boulevard and Hideo Nakata's Chatroom.His
many television appearances include: Casualty, The Boot Street Band,
Spitting Image, Situation Critical, Jenny's War, Keeping Mum, Harry's
Mad, Time Gentlemen Please, Pay & Display, Paul Dreams of Bette, The
Scarlet and the Black and Shane.
Tessek-Squid Head and the Mon Calamari Officer Captain Verrack in
Return of the Jedi.He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on
October 18, 1950, and emigrated to Australia with his family when he
was 16. He finished his education in Australia, and spent three years
there as an actor and teacher, before returning to the United Kingdom
to train at The Drama Studio London. He graduated from The Drama
Studio London in July 1977, and has been an actor ever since.He has
had a wide and varied career as an actor: on the big screen, he
appeared in Return of the Jedi, and worked as a puppeteer on Little
Shop of Horrors, operating Audrey II the flesh eating plant. Other
film work includes London Boulevard and Hideo Nakata's Chatroom.His
many television appearances include: Casualty, The Boot Street Band,
Spitting Image, Situation Critical, Jenny's War, Keeping Mum, Harry's
Mad, Time Gentlemen Please, Pay & Display, Paul Dreams of Bette, The
Scarlet and the Black and Shane.
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