Terence Maynard was born in 1969 in Liverpool and then brought up in Winstanton, Nantwich, Cheshire. At the age of eight, having shown a natural gift for dance, he was encouraged by his family to take lessons three times a week at a class in Crewe. Even at such a young age he demonstrated a high level of dedication and professionalism, putting in hours of practice after school. He said, "I had a great deal of encouragement when it came to my dancing. I also had a strong self-belief because I knew this was something I could be good at." An only child, he attended Shavington High School, Crewe before going on to do 'A-level' Theatre Studies at Crewe's South Cheshire College. The former student of the Crewe based Yvonne School of Dancing, having shown his natural gift for dancing and going to dance classes three times a week, found his enthusiasm and dancing skills enabled him to advance. Wanting to hone his abilities after realizing his talent he decided to take an interest in performance and as a result he studied drama at Guildford School of Acting, where it became apparent to him that his main interest was in acting. Discovering his primary interest, he began performing on stage and on his graduation in June 1991 he became a jobbing actor. Terence married Ruthie Henshall, also an actress, in 1993, and made his first screen appearance as a Social Worker in 'Ladybird Ladyird' (1994) before his first major vehicle came along when he appeared in 'Roger Roger' (1998-99), a comedy set at a London mini-cab firm, alongside stars Neil Morrissey, Robert Daws and Keith Allen. He progressed to a staring role in Sky One's football drama 'Dream Team' (2002-04) where, as a Liverpool fan, he joined the cast to play Stuart Nay-Smith the player/coach/manager. Branching out into films he appeared in the 2002 summer blockbuster movie 'Reign of Fire', a tale about dragons causing a threat to humanity's existence in a post-apocalyptic future. It starred major Hollywood players Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale. The lessons he learnt on the 'Reign of Fire' set were carried over into his next silver screen project; the romantic comedy 'Chasing Liberty' (2004), an independent movie filmed in Prague. Following small parts in 'The Bill' (2000-07), 'Empire' (2005) and 'Silent Witness' (2005-06), he was in 26 episodes of the children's comedy series 'Young Dracula' (2006-08), as a descendant of Van Helsing, There followed more TV work including 4 episodes of 'Father & Son' (2009), 3 episodes of 'Merlin' (2011) and 3 episodes of 'Public Enemies (2012) before another lengthy role as Portis in 'Spy' (2011-12). He was also on the West End stage in 'Chicago' (2011), replacing Darius Campbell after first appearing in it as Billy Flynn in 2009. His first West End show was 'The Threepenny Opera' which opened in 1994.
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| Coronation Street |
Having been living in London for twenty years, in 2014 he was just beginning
to think that he would like to see more of his parents, still in Cheshire, who
were not getting any younger. Then the call came from 'Coronation Street' for him
to have an audition as Tony, Jason Grimshaw's father. Serendipity was clearly at work as in 2014 he joined the cast of 'Coronation Street'. He remained in the 'soap' for 222 episodes before making his exit in 2015 with co-star Ryan Thomas, who played Jason, saying, "Working with Tez, who played my dad, felt like I was
working with a movie star. It didn't feel like I was on Coronation
Street when I was with him. It made me want a taste of something new." Ryan left the soap in 2016 and fresh from his stint in the 'Street' Terence was appearing in panto at the Sunderland Empire in 'Aladdin' in the role of the evil Abanazar.
He also appeared as different characters in 'Casualty (1998-2017) and in the live-action interactive narrative video game 'Erica' (2019) as Lucien Flowers.
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| as Artorius in The Witcher |
After a lesser role in 3 episodes of 'Cursed' (2020) as Brother Salt, Liverpool's own prolific screenwriter, Jimmy McGovern returned to
prime-time TV with a three-part prison drama 'Time' (2021),
starring two of Britain’s biggest on screen talents, Sean Bean and
Stephen Graham. In addition to Stephen Graham, it was packed with powerful performances
from a sensational supporting cast, including many Scouse talents which included Terence. There followed more good roles in 'The Witcher' (2019-2023) as Artorius, then in 'Sherwood' (2022) as DS Cleaver, and as DCI Paul Goodwin in 'Ridley' (2022) alongside Adrian Dunbar.
see also :- http://www.thefootballvoice.com/2024/06/a-history-of-liverpool-thespians-daz.html
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