Filmography
Television
| Title | Character | Type | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCI Banks | Alan Banks | Drama Series | 2010–present |
| Wild at Heart | Danny Trevanion | Drama Series | 2006–2012 |
| Prime Suspect: The Final Act | Sean Phillips | Drama (Two-Part) | 2006 |
| Dalziel and Pascoe: "Guardian Angel" | Brian Fairmile | Drama (Two-part Episode 10.7) | 2005 |
| New Tricks: "Old and Cold" | Chris McConnel | Drama (Episode 2.4) | 2005 |
| The Last Detective: "Friends Reunited" | Simon Dabney | Drama (Episode 3.1) | 2005 |
| ShakespeaRe-told: "The Taming of the Shrew" | Harry Kavanagh | Comedy Drama Romance | 2005 |
| Marian, Again | Chris Bishop | Thriller | 2005 |
| Little Red Tractor | Stan (Voice) | Animation Series | 2004–2005 |
| Agatha Christie's Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage | DI Slack | Drama | 2004 |
| My Dad's the Prime Minister: "Desert Island" | Venning | Comedy (Episode 2.3) | 2004 |
| Waiting for the Whistle: "Staying Up" | Billy Gowland | Drama | 2004 |
| Lucky Jim | Jim Dixon | TV Movie | 2003 |
| Spike Milligan: I Told You I Was Ill | Spike Milligan (Dramatic Reading) | Comedy Live Tribute | 2002 |
| Ted and Alice | Ted | Comedy Mini-series | 2002 |
| In Deep | Garth O'Hanlon | Drama Series | 2001–2002 |
| Bedtime | Paul Newcombe | Drama Series | 2001 |
| Mr. Charity | Graham Templeton | Comedy Series | 2001 |
| Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember | Tom | Animation Special | 2001 |
| Black Cab: "Busy Body" | Christopher | Short Films (Episode 1.1) | 2000 |
| The Flint Street Nativity | Narrator / Tim Moyle | TV Movie | 1999 |
| Dad: "Nemesis" | Barry Martin | Comedy (Special) | 1999 |
| Square One | Series | 1999 | |
| Grafters | Trevor Purvis | Comedy Drama Series | 1998–1999 |
| Oktober | Jim Harper | Thriller Mini-Series | 1998 |
| Ballykissangel | Father Peter Clifford | Drama Series | 1996–1998 |
| Ballykissdibley | Father Peter Clifford | Comedy (Special) | 1997 |
| Father Ted: A Christmassy Ted | Father Peter Clifford | Comedy (Special) | 1996 |
| A Very Open Prison | Jeremy Craig | Topical Comedy/Satire | 1995 |
| Performance: The Deep Blue Sea | Philip Welch | Drama (Episode 4.3) | 1994 |
| Downwardly Mobile | Mark | Comedy Series | 1994 |
| All Quiet on the Preston Front | Private Simon 'Spock' Matlock | Comedy Series | 1994 |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales: "The Winter's Tale" | Autolycus (Voice) | Animation (Episode 2.5) | 1994 |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales: "The Twelfth Night" | Sir Andrew (Voice) | Animation (Episode 1.6) | 1992 |
| Boon: "A Shot in the Dark" | Stephen Alwyn | Comedy Drama (Episode 7.13) | 1992 |
| Minder | DC Park | Drama Series | 1991 |
| Made in Heaven: "A Fair Mix Up" | Woody | Drama (Episode 1.4) | 1990 |
| Chancer | Markus Warton | Drama Series | 1990 |
| Drop the Dead Donkey | Damien Day | Comedy Series | 1990–1998 |
| Hit the Pitch | Andy | TV Movie | 1989 |
| Casualty: "Chain Reaction" | Tony Mitton | Drama (Episode 4.1) | 1989 |
| The Manageress | Jim Wilson | Drama Series | 1989 |
| Tales of Sherwood Forest | Kevin | Mini-series | 1989 |
| And a Nightingale Sang | Eric | TV Movie | 1989 |
| After Henry: "Intellectual Aspirations" | Julian | Comedy (Episode 2.1) | 1989 |
| The Return of Shelley: "Why Me?" | PC Knight | Drama (Episode 1.5) | 1988 |
| All at No. 20: "The Prowler" | Police Constable | Drama (Episode 2.6) | 1987 |
Film
| Title | Character | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrigan | DS Barry Harrigan | Feature Film | 2013 (In Post-Production) |
| Hotel Splendide | Dezmond Blanche | Feature Film | 2000 |
| Brassed Off | Phil | Feature Film | 1996 |
| Treacle | Stephen Duffell | Short Film | 1988 |
Stage
(see above for additional detail)
| Title | Role | Written By | Theatre | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Rabbit, Red Rabbit | Nassim Soleimanpour | Live Theatre, Newcastle | 2013 | |
| Spamalot | King Arthur | Eric Idle (Book & Lyrics) | Playhouse Theatre, London | 2012-2013 |
| Faith and Cold Reading | Freddie the Suit | Shaun Prendergast | Live Theatre, Newcastle | 2011 |
| Sign of the Times | Frank Tollit | Tim Firth | On Tour | 2009 |
| The Revenger's Tragedy | Vindice | Cyril Tourneur (Attributed) | Royal Exchange, Manchester | 2008 |
| Charley's Aunt | Donna Lucia D’Alvadorez | Brandon Thomas | On Tour | 2007 |
| Rattle of a Simple Man | Percy | Charles Dyer | Malvern/Comedy Theatre, London | 2004 |
| Cloaca | Pieter | Maria Goos | Old Vic, London | 2004 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | Mortimer Brewster | Joseph Kesselring | Strand Theatre, London | 2003 |
| Art | Serge | Yasmina Reza | Wyndham's Theatre, Scarborough | 2000 |
| Tartuffe | Tartuffe | Molière | On Tour | 1998 |
| The End of the Food Chain | Bruce | Tim Firth | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough | 1993 |
| Women Laughing | Tony | Michael Wall | Royal Exchange, Manchester | 1992 |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Navarre | Shakespeare | Royal Exchange, Manchester | 1992 |
| Across the Ferry | Alec | Ted Moore | Bush Theatre, London | 1991 |
| Absent Friends | Colin | Alan Ayckbourn | ||
| No One Sees the Video | Paul | Martin Crimp | Royal Court Theatre, London | 1990 |
| The Boys from Syracuse | Richard Rodgers (Music) and Lorenz Hart (Lyrics) | London School of Speech and Drama | 1987 |
Radio Dramas, Documentaries, and Readings
| Broadcast Date | Title | Author | Station |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2012 | The Gift | Jane Thornton | BBC Radio 4 |
| 26 April 2010 | Lifecoach | Nick Walker | BBC Radio 4 |
| 30 March 2010 | The Porter and the Three Ladies | Rachel Joyce | BBC Radio 4 |
| 9 February 2010 9 March 2010 |
Say What You Want to Hear | Tim Wright | BBC Radio 4 |
| 19 May 2008 | Brass Britain | Rosemary Foxcroft Ashley Byrne Phil Collinge |
BBC Radio 2 |
| 26 March 2008 | Pier Shorts: Four Battenburgs | Michael Odell | BBC Radio 4 |
| 16–18 April 2007 | Stormbreaker | Anthony Horowitz | BBC Radio 4 |
| 4 February 2007 | Two Men from Delft | Stephen Wakelam | BBC Radio 3 |
| 2 October 2006 | Small Island | Andrea Levy | BBC Radio 7 |
| 30 June - 4 August 2006 | This Sporting Life | David Storey | BBC Radio 2 |
| 14–18 November 2005 | Confessions of a Bad Mother | Stephanie Calman | BBC Radio 4 |
| 5 September 2004 | The Diary of a Nobody | George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith |
BBC Radio 4 |
| 30 August - 27 September 2004 | One, Two, Buckle My Shoe | Agatha Christie | BBC Radio 4 |
| 19 March 2004 | Billy Liar | Keith Waterhouse | BBC Radio 4 |
| 3 October 2003 | Kes | Barry Hines | BBC Radio 7 |
| 22 February 2003 | The Long Weekend | Jeremy Front | BBC Radio 4 |
| 13 September 2000 | Breakfast in Brighton | Nigel Richardson | BBC Radio 4 |
| 11 July 2000 | Shaggy Dog Stories: A Partner for Life | Kate Atkinson | BBC Radio 4 |
| 31 March 2000 | Latin Shorts: Taxi Driver Minus Robert DeNiro | Fernando Ampuero | BBC Radio 4 |
| 19 March 1998 | The Big Town All Stars: If You Scratch My Back | Bill Dare | BBC Radio 4 |
| 19 July 1997 | The Ingenious Mind of Rigby Lacksome | Ernest Bramah | BBC Radio 4 |
| 5 March 1995 | Life of Galileo | Berthold Brecht | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2 August 1994 | Virtual Radio | Andrew Dallmeyer | BBC Radio 4 |
| 22 May 1994 | Shelley (Radio adaptation of TV sitcom) |
Peter Tilbury | BBC Radio 2 |
| 14 November 1991 | The Cabaret of Dr Caligari: Comedian's Moon | Alan Gilbey | BBC Radio 4 |
| 3 July 1991 | Hat Trick: The Ashes | Sue Townsend | BBC Radio 3 |
| 23 June 1991 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | BBC Radio 3 |
| 28 September 1990 | Pravda | David Hare Howard Brenton |
BBC Radio 3 |
| 15 September 1990 | The Murder on the Links * | Agatha Christie (adapted by Michael Bakewell) |
BBC Radio 4 |
| 9 July 1990 | Cloud Cuckoo Land | Catherine Czerkawska | BBC Radio 4 |
| 31 March 1990 | Pocketful of Dreams | Stuart Kerr | BBC Radio 4 |
| 22 March 1989 | Haunted by More Cake | Steve Walker | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1 March 1988 | Tickertape and V-Signs | Peter Cox | BBC Radio 3 |
| 9 February 1988 | Madame Aubray's Principles | Alexandre Dumas, fils | BBC Radio 3 |
| 7 September 1987 | The Man That Got Away | Philip Norman | BBC Radio 4 |
Audiobooks
| Author | Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Joyce | Arabian Afternoons: The Porter and the Three Ladies | 2012 | With Serine Saba |
| Geoffrey Chaucer | The Canterbury Tales: The Summoner's Tale III: Modern English Verse Translation | 2011 | With Timothy West, Charles Kay, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sean Barrett, Rosalind Shanks, Michael Maloney |
| Lynne Truss | A Certain Age, Vol. 2: Male Monologues | 2010 | With Douglas Hodge, Robert Glenister, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Stuart Milligan |
| Agatha Christie | The Sittaford Mystery | 2010 | Dramatised with John Moffatt |
| Anne Fine | Notso Hotso | 2010 | |
| Steve Cole | Astrosaurs: The Day of the Dino-Droids | 2010 | |
| Steve Cole | Astrosaurs: The Terror-Bird Trap | 2010 | |
| Steve Cole | Astrosaurs: The Skies of Fear | 2010 | |
| Steve Cole | Astrosaurs: The Space Ghosts | 2010 | |
| Christopher Matthew | When We Were Fifty | 2009 | With Hugh Bonneville, Charles Collingwood, Patricia Hodge, Martin Jarvis, Alison Steadman |
| Jacqueline Wilson | Buried Alive | 2008 | |
| Frank Cottrell Boyce | Millions | 2008 | |
| Karen Wallace | Think of an Eel (Nature Storybooks) | 2008 | |
| Karen Wallace | Gentle Giant Octopus (Nature Storybooks) | 2008 | |
| Nick Dowson | Tigress (Nature Storybooks) | 2008 | |
| Vivian French | T. Rex (Nature Storybooks) | 2008 | |
| Nicola Davies | Surprising Sharks (Nature Storybooks) | 2008 | |
| Nicola Davies | Bat Loves the Night (Nature Storybooks) | 2008 | |
| Arnold Bennett | The Card | 2007 | |
| Chris Ryan | Ultimate Weapon | 2007 | |
| Michael Robotham | The Drowning Man | 2006 | |
| Agatha Christie | Murder on the Links | 2005 | Dramatised with Madeline Smith |
| David Almond | Clay | 2005 | |
| Brian Moses | Are We Nearly There Yet? | 2004 | With Emma Chambers |
| Dick King-Smith | The Golden Goose | 2003 | |
| Alan Gibbons | Julie and Me and Michael Owen Makes Three | 2003 | |
| Alan Gibbons | Julie and Me: Treble Trouble | 2003 | |
| Simon Armitage | Little Green Man | 2002 | |
| Ian Whybrow | Jump In! | 2002 | |
| Ian Whybrow, David Melling | All Change! | 2002 | |
| Geraldine McCaughrean | A Pilgrim's Progress | 2001 | |
| Jeremy Strong | My Mum's Going to Explode! | 2001 | |
| Jacqueline Wilson | Cliffhanger | 1999 | |
| Ernest Bramah Sue Rodwell |
Thriller Playhouse: The Mysteries of Max Carrados, Vol. 2 | 1997 | Dramatised with Simon Callow and Lionel Jeffries |
| Hugh Miller | Ballykissangel: The New Arrival | 1997 | |
| Steve Barlow | Lost Diary of Eric Bloodaxe, Viking Warrior | 1997 | |
| Rupert Everett | The Hairdressers of St.Tropez | 1995 |
Other
| Title | Character | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dracula: Prince of Darkness * | Self | Live Reading from Bram Stoker's Dracula | 2012 |
| The A to Z of Crime | Self / Clips (DCI Banks) | Documentary (Episode 1) |
2011 |
| The People's Detective: Marple/Tennison | Self | Documentary (Episode 1.2) |
2010 |
| A Band for Britain | Narrator (Voice) | Documentary | 2010 |
| Stephen Tompkinson's Australian Balloon Adventure | Self | Documentary | 2010 |
| Stephen Tompkinson's African Balloon Adventure | Self | Documentary | 2009 |
| Dog Rescue | Narrator (Voice) | Public Service (Episodes 1.1 and 1.3) |
2008 |
| Saturday Kitchen | Guest | Cookery Programme (Episode 10 May) |
2008 |
| Movie Connections: Brassed Off | Self and Clips | Episode 1.7 | 2007 |
| Only Human: Hypochondriacs: I Told You I Was Ill | Narrator (voice) | Documentary (Episode 3.1) | 2007 |
| The Play's the Thing | Self (Uncredited) | Documentary Mini-series (Episode 1.1) |
2006 |
| Director's Debut: The Lightning Kid | Director | Documentary | 2006 |
| Comedy Connections: Drop the Dead Donkey | Guest Presenter and Clips | Documentary (Episode 4.3) | 2006 |
| A Question of Sport | Celebrity Contestant | Quiz Show (Episode 36.14) |
2006 |
| GMTV | Guest | Chat Show (Episodes 26 February 2004 30 January 2006) |
2004 2006 |
| Call My Bluff | Guest Contestant | Game Show (Episode 1 Jun) |
2004 |
| Bible Mysteries: The Disciples | Narrator | Documentary (Season 1, Episode 3) |
2004 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Guest | Chat Show (Episode 3.15) |
2003 |
| Trail of Guilt: Harold Shipman : Addicted to Murder | Narrator | Documentary | 2000 |
| The Priory | Guest | Chat Show (Episode 1.13) |
2000 |
| Dale's All Stars | Guest | Chat Show (Episode 1.2) |
2000 |
| Great Railway Journeys: Singapore to Bangkok | Writer/Presenter | Travel Documentary (Episode 4.7) |
1999 |
| Late Lunch | Guest | Comedy Chat Show (Episode 2.3) |
1998 |
| Fantasy World Cup | Guest | Sports Chat Show (Episodes 1.5 and 1.16) |
1998 |
| Light Lunch: It's Good Craic | Guest | Comedy Chat Show (Episode 2.85) |
1998 |
| Shooting Stars | Contestant | Comedy Game Show (Episode 2.11) |
1996 |
| Everyman | Presenter | Episode | 1996 |
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