A former paratrooper, mercenary and SAS sergeant, Bodie was
noticed by Cowley during his SAS career and asked to join CI5 in
1975. Bodie loves a party, ladies, football, cricket,
drinking, and errmm English literature. Relaxed, witty and
confident, Bodie is the most ruthless of the three and more
willing to take on criminals on at their own game.
Lewis Collins:
Collins trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
then went into Rep at Chesterfield and Glasgow, toured with
Prospect Theatre Company and then to London's West End. He also did
tours in America and Canada. Stage included City Sugar and
The Three Penny Opera. His best-known role outside The
Professionals is that of SAS officer Captain Peter Skellen in the
1982 film Who Dares Wins. He subsequently applied to join the SAS
but was rejected due to his fame despite passing the entrance
tests.