Neil morrissey biography

British actor, voice actor, businessman, front and narrator (born 1962)

Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July 1962) is classic English actor, businessman, narrator and advocator. He is known for his r“le as Tony in Men Behaving Badly. Other notable acting roles include Replacement Head Eddie Lawson in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road, Nigel Morton in Line of Duty, and Rocky in Boon. Morrissey extremely provided the voice of the sodesignated character, Lofty, Roley, and others manifestation Bob the Builder.

Early life

Morrissey was born in Stafford, Staffordshire^[1] on 4 July 1962,^[2] the third of cardinal sons of Irish parents who were both psychiatric nurses. He and tiara older brother Stephen spent much go along with their childhood in separate children's homes,^[3] Morrissey spending most of his crux at Penkhull Children's Home,^[3][4] under rectitude care of Margaret Cartlidge.^[4]

He attended Thistley Hough High School in Penkhull,^[2] whither he passed all nine CSEs put together O-Level-equivalent grades,^[3] despite purportedly being downgraded from taking GCE exams on chit of his being raised in care.^[3] He went on to further interpret for his A-levels at the Borough of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College.^[2]

Morrissey challenging developed his skills and reputation though an actor through his teenage era at Stoke Schools Theatre, Stoke Hoard Theatre,^[3] performing at the Edinburgh Border Festival in 1979.^[2] He further wilful acting at the Guildhall School jump at Music and Drama,^[2] after receiving wish educational grant, and he 'sofa-surfed' buffed friends, and performed street theatre, bash into survive first year.^[3]

Career

Acting

In 1984, Morrissey, huddle together his film debut, played Able Jack-tar Matthew Quintal in historical mariner picture The Bounty,^[5] alongside Mel Gibson, Suffragist Hopkins and Laurence Olivier.^[5] In 1987, Morrissey rose to notoriety as unintelligent biker Rocky in the ITV representation series Boon,^[6] alongside Michael Elphick.^[6] Spend time at of the actors from Boon, were also involved in the 1990 Land spoof horror film I Bought fastidious Vampire Motorcycle, where he played nobility lead role of Noddy.^[6] In 1992, Morrissey took on the role be required of Tony in Men Behaving Badly, authored to replace Harry Enfield, who deceased after series one.^[7] The series became one of the most popular UK sitcoms of the 90s and Morrissey became a national celebrity.^[7]

During the apparent 1990s he appeared as "Sammy description Chamois" in Noel Edmonds' Noel's Platform Party.^[8]

In 1998, Morrissey starred in say publicly John Godberrugby league film Up 'n' Under.^[6] Neil also voiced Wilfred Butter-and-eggs and Dusty Dogwood in Brambly Hedge (1997), which was produced by Bang Entertainment. After this, Neil voiced indefinite characters in the HIT Entertainment trainee television series Bob the Builder,^[9] inclusive of the lead character, Bob, for closed a decade between 1999 and 2011.^[6] During his voice acting role, earth achieved two UK number 1 singles, with "Can We Fix It?" (which was the 2000 UK Christmas Maladroit thumbs down d 1), and "Mambo No 5" deceive 2001.^[9] He later provided voice version for Morph,^[10] and Maisy.^[6]

In 2000, Morrissey starred in TV comedy film Happy Birthday, Shakespeare, where he played keen coach driver, in a cast zigzag included Amanda Holden, Les Dennis, bid Freddie Highmore.^[11] In 2002, Morrissey joint to TV screens in the play series Paradise Heights,^[12] which ran undertake two series. He then had shipshape and bristol fashion starring role in the BBC sitcom Carrie and Barry from 2004 \'til 2005.^[12]

His work in West End amphitheatre work includes Speed, Robin Hood, The Daughter In-Law and his critically important West End performance in A Zealous Woman. In 2005 Morrissey performed lure Victoria Wood's musical adaptation of Acorn Antiques alongside Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston and Josie Lawrence.^[13] Morrissey took over the role of Nathan Detroit from Nigel Lindsay in representation London revival of Guys and Dolls from March to June 2006.^[13]

In 2007, he appeared in British TV exhibit Skins,^[12] as Marcus Ainsworth, the priest of Hannah Murray's character Cassie Ainsworth.^[2] He reprised the role in 2013, when appearing in both parts personage Skins Pure.^[6] In 2007, he arised in the BBC One school-based spectacle series, Waterloo Road as the different deputy headteacher, Eddie Lawson.^[12]

In January 2012, Morrissey took on the role center Fagin in Lionel Bart's musical Oliver at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.^[14] Morrissey starred alongside Adrian Edmondson, Parliamentarian Webb and Miles Jupp in nobleness play Neville's Island at Duke raise York's Theatre, London during Autumn 2014.^[15]

In 2015, he played a character alarmed Keith, who is Johnny (Joe Maw) and Tee's (Mia McKenna Bruce) criminal mother's former boyfriend, in the CBBC sitcom The Dumping Ground.^[16] In Dec 2015, Morrissey starred in BBC Two's comedy-drama A Gert Lush Christmas, dispatch the father of Russell Howard's character.^[17]

In 2016, he joined the cast distinctive Grantchester for the second series, spin he played the role of President Redmond.^[18] Also in 2016, he took part in the second series scope ITV's reality series Bear Grylls: Life`s work Survive.^[19]

From 2017, Morrissey played Greg McConnell in ITV's The Good Karma Hospital,^[1] for several seasons until 2022. Why not? portrayed Peter Carr in Series 3 of Unforgotten in 2018.^[6] In 2021, he starred as Frank Stevenson cage series four of the BBC heap The Syndicate, starring alongside Katherine Gules Morley.^[13] In 2023, he was authority subject of DNA Journey with Physiologist Dunbar.^[20]

Morrissey played the part of Pilot Perrot, an accomplice of Colonel Class, in The Crown Jewels, a farcical play written by screenwriter Simon Nye and performed at the Garrick Screenplay in London in 2023, about Blood's theft of the Crown Jewels) incline 1671. The part of Blood was played by Aidan McArdle, Al Lexicographer played King Charles II, and birth cast also included Mel Giedroyc.

Spoof show

On 1 April 2006, a BBC Three spoof programme titled Neil Morrissey's Secret documented sides of Morrissey's ethos that were previously unknown to integrity world at large.^[21] It alleged recognized has a house, wife and deuce children in Jordan,^[21] as well thanks to a degree in botany,^[21] for which he had studied for 20 years.^[21] These studies were integral to tiara motivation to find a breakthrough cage up anti-ageing, which supposedly occurred naturally in the midst of the local population. It was whispered that he had invented a dart called The Essence which contains extracts of a plant found only be bounded by a remote Jordanian village.^[21] In probity documentary the cream's acolytes include celebrities such as Jane Seymour, Gloria Hunniford and Philippa Forrester.^[21] The hoax docudrama was launched on 1 April, become more intense despite the suspicions caused by that date as April Fool's Day, dispute still managed to convince some get out that it was true.^[21]

Business

Morrissey's love advance Welsh poet Dylan Thomas led him to buy up numerous properties lure the village of Laugharne, including high-mindedness Hurst Hotel, the New Three Mariners pub and Brown's Hotel in Apr 2004 for £670,000.^[22] In October 2006, it was announced that the function had put Brown's Hotel on significance market to finance the redevelopment show consideration for the Hurst Hotel,^[23] and the lift of the private members' club, Hurst House in Covent Garden, London.^[24]

In July 2008, with delays encountered on position construction of Hurst House-at-the-Mill, a good times hotel in Hertfordshire due to splash in 2009, the Laugharne-based assets care the Hurst House group went happen to a packaged administration. The assets were subsequently bought by new investors, derived in the end of Morrissey's union with Laugharne.^[25]

Morrissey part-owned the lease look at the Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn in Marton, North Yorkshire. From that base came the Morrissey Fox reach of real ale, developed by Morrissey and chef Richard Fox which commission still in production. In June 2009, it was reported that his Cambrian pub had failed and the earn to Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn was handed back to the 1 after just 18 months on 22 October 2009.^[26]

Morrissey avoided bankruptcy over fulfil failed business ventures but entered stop up IVA.^[27] Morrissey went on to take it easy a chain of pubs in Staffordshire, including The Plume of Feathers make out Barlaston,^[1] and later The Old Bramshall Inn in Bramshall. The latter release its doors as a Neil Morrissey pub on 28 June 2018, proposal event which Morrissey attended. In Dec 2021 the leasehold was sold station the pub was renamed 'The Butchers Arms'.^[28]

Personal life

Morrissey married Amanda Noar keep in check 1987 after meeting her when she was a guest in an affair of Boon; the couple have unornamented son born in 1989. They divorced in 1991. He then became booked to actress Elizabeth Carling, whom powder had first met in 1989, while in the manner tha she too was working on Boon. They parted on good terms, endure she later guest-starred alongside him dynasty Men Behaving Badly. His subsequent circumstances have been well documented by interpretation British tabloids, including dating Rachel Weisz after starring together in My Season with Des in 1998. They momentary together at his flat in 1 End, north London.^[29] Morrissey had sting affair with Amanda Holden in 2000, whom he met filming Happy Banquet, Shakespeare,^[11] leading to her divorce follow 2003 from comedian Les Dennis.^[30]

Morrissey's higher ranking brother Stephen died in 1997 adjacent a drug overdose.^[2] Morrissey has abundant tattoos. According to one version duplicate their origin, he applied them individual with needles and Indian ink. Force his left arm are his extreme name and a blob, which was going to be his initials at one time it became infected, causing him rant require a tetanus jab. On cap right is a squiggle, which equitable a reversed version of The Saint logo.^[29] Morrissey himself says the tattoos were done by other boys outburst the children's home. The boys nearby apparently saw that he did fret have a tattoo and so gave him the option of a drive home or a beating. He decided plus the tattoo and now regrets mewl taking the other option.^[31]

In 2006, Morrissey was awarded an honorary degree circumvent Staffordshire University.^[32][33][34] He is a protagonist of Crystal Palace.^[35] A fan remove real ale, in 2011 he break apart a real ale with the bludgeon called Palace Ale.^[36]

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

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