Linus Roache is a British actor. Linus Roache is best known for his role as Michael Cutter on Law & Order and as Dr. Thomas Wayne, father of Batman, in Batman Begins.

Linus Roache is the son of Coronation Street actor William Roache and actress Anna Cropper. Linus was educated at Bishop Luffa Church of England School in Chichester, West Sussex and subsequently attended Rydal School in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Linus Roache studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He married Rosalind Bennett in Malvern, Worcestershire in 2002.