Geoff Young

Geoff Young enters Heartstopper as one of the adults orbiting the Truham and Higgs students, a background presence rather than a central one. He carries himself with the quiet authority Eddie Marsan brings to grown-up roles, watching the teenagers navigate their lives without pushing himself to the front of the story.

Eddie Marsan is the kind of actor who can make a handful of scenes count, bringing texture and restraint to a role that could easily be forgettable in lesser hands. In a show built around teenage vulnerability, his presence signals that the adult world is being taken just as seriously, even in small doses.