Royce Pierreson

Royce Pierreson Banemeck (born 1 April 1989), better known by his stage name Royce Pierreson, is a British actor and narrator.

Royce is best known for his roles as DC Jamie Desford in the fourth series of Line of Duty and as Reece in Murdered by My Boyfriend.

He studied drama for three years at City College Plymouth, In 2011, he graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

He was in a 2012 production of Scarberia at the Theatre Royal in York, a 2013 production of Blair's Children at the Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone, and a 2015 production of Patrick Marber's Three Days in the Country at the Lyttelton Theatre in London.

Pierreson married Natalie Herron on 5 July 2022 at Polhawn Fort, having met in 2017 at a festival in Budapest.

They are based between London and Stockholm.

In 2014, Pierreson appeared in the television film Murdered by My Boyfriend. In 2016, he appeared as Jamie Cole in the television show Our Girl.

He has since appeared as Dr Jamie Cole in Our Girl (2016), Jason Hales in Wanderlust (2018), Burt Rhodes in Judy (2019), Istredd in The Witcher (2019–present), and Doctor John Watson in The Irregulars (2021).

Pierreson was born and grew up in Saltash, Cornwall.

In 2017, Pierreson appeared as AC-12 officer Jamie Desford in the fourth season of Line of Duty.

In December 2022, Pierreson appeared as fitness instructor Miguel in I Am... Ruth alongside Kate Winslet.

In addition to work in film and on the television, Pierreson has had roles in many theatre productions.