Ed Pearce is an English actor, author, music writer, and church lay preacher. As an actor, Pearce has appeared in television shows such as Fortysomething, Born and Bred, All About George, Holby City, Harry Hill's TV Burp (where he portrayed Andrew Lloyd Webber), Fonejacker, Missing, Richard and Judy's New Position (portraying Webber again), Desparate Romantics, Downtown Abbey, EastEnders, Call The Midwife, Law & Order: UK, The Bletchley Circle, 24: Live Another Day, Silent Witness, and Hetty Feather.