Alistair Petrie is no stranger to villains. The British star has played some of television’s most notorious, especially as the stone-faced, unfeeling headteacher Mr. Groff in smash hit series Sex Education , which saw his icy glare pierce through screens in over 55 million households worldwide across its four seasons.

But as hardcore fans of Netflix’s sex-positive teen dramedy might remember, Michael Groff’s redemption arc was undeniably one of the show’s more moving plot points. Petrie’s character, once practically vibrating with resentment and shame, learns to shed his steely exterior and make amends with his son Adam (Connor Swindells), with whom he had a fraught relationship. It’s an ending only made possible by the work of Petrie who, unlike the men he often portrays, is attentiv

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