Mark Addy

This article is about the British actor. For the 19th-century Albert Medal (Lifesaving) recipient, see Mark Addy (Albert Medal). For the schoolmaster and politician in Ghana, see Mark Diamond Addy.

Mark Addy
Addy in 2006
Born	Mark Ian Addy (1964-01-14) 14 January 1964 (age 55) York, Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor, voice artist
Years active	1987–present
Spouse(s)	Kelly Biggs (m. 1996)
Children	3

Mark Ian Addy (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor and voice artist. He is known for varied roles in British television, including Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996) and Hercules in the fantasy drama series Atlantis (2013–2015). He made his film debut as Dave Horsefall in The Full Monty (1997), earning a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Other notable roles include Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000), Bill Miller in the CBS sitcom Still Standing (2002–2006) and King Robert Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011).^[1][2]

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  1 Early life
  


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  2 Career
  
  
  
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    2.1 Stage
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Filmography
  
  
  
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    3.1 Film
    
  
  
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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

Early life

Addy was born in York. His family has lived in York since at least 1910, when his great-grandfather was living there. His father Ian spent his working life as a glazier at York Minster.^[3] Addy was educated at Nunthorpe Grammar School, and from 1982 to 1984 attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career

Addy made his first TV appearance in 1987 in The Ritz, followed in 1988 by A Very Peculiar Practice, followed by TV performances in shows such as Heartbeat, Band of Gold, Married... with Children, Peak Practice, The Thin Blue Line, Too Much Sun, Sunnyside Farm, Trollied and most recently The Syndicate for the BBC.

He played Bill Miller (using an improvised American accent) in Still Standing and played Detective Boyle in the second series of the British sitcom The Thin Blue Line. He also appeared on ITV1's comedy drama series Bonkers, and another ITV comedy drama, Bike Squad, in early 2008 as Sergeant John Rook.

Since 2009, Addy has starred with Fay Ripley in a series of adverts for the relaunched Tesco Clubcard.^[4] He played Robert Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones: Addy's audition for the role was, according to showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, the best they saw, he being the easiest actor to cast for the show.^[5] He played Hercules, one of the main characters in the BBC One fantasy drama series Atlantis, which started airing on 28 September 2013 in the UK. In the BBC TV drama New Blood (2016), featuring young detectives from the Serious Fraud Office and the London Police Service, Addy played D.S. Derek Sands.

In film, Addy had a leading role in The Full Monty, and played Fred Flintstone in the 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. In that role, as well as in Still Standing, he played a blue-collar American (or, more accurately, an American-accented Pangean, in the case of Fred Flintstone). He played Mac McArthur in the 1998 film Jack Frost. In 2001, he played Roland in A Knight's Tale and a butler to Chris Rock's character in the film Down to Earth. In Down to Earth, his character was an American who was pretending to be British.

Addy played David Philby in The Time Machine and made an appearance as the Ship Captain in Around the World in 80 Days with Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan, and made an appearance as Friar Tuck in Ridley Scott's 2010 film Robin Hood.

In 2018, Addy played Paltraki in the Doctor Who episode "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos".^[6]

Stage

Addy played Kevin Snell in the 2006 revival of Donkeys' Years at the Comedy Theatre in London, and in 2007–08 he has appeared at the National Theatre as Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing and as Hjalmar Johansen in Fram. In 2011, he played Vladimir, an NKVD officer, in Collaborators at the National Theatre, which also featured in the National Theatre Live programme, where live performances are broadcast to cinemas around the world. In 2016, Addy appeared in Richard Bean's The Nap at Sheffield Crucible with Jack O'Connell and Ralf Little, directed by Richard Wilson.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Dark Romances Vol. 2	Sam
1996	Bruised Fruit	Angel	Short film
	Respect	Joe Carr	Television film
1997	The Heart Surgeon	Phil Mycroft
	The Full Monty	David "Dave" Horsefall	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
1998	Closer		Short film
	Jack Frost	Mac MacArthur
1999	The Last Yellow	Frank
	The Flint Street Nativity	Ass	Television film
2000	The Announcement	Andy
	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Fred Flintstone
	Married 2 Malcolm	Malcolm
2001	Down to Earth	Cisco
	A Knight's Tale	Roland
2002	The Time Machine	David Philby
	Heartlands	Ron
2003	The Order	Thomas Garrett
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Steamer Captain
2008	Bike Squad	Sgt. John Rook	Television film
2009	Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983	John Piggott
2010	It's a Wonderful Afterlife	DI Smythe
	Robin Hood	Friar Tuck
	Barney's Version	Detective O'Hearne
2018	The More You Ignore Me	Keith
	Mary Poppins Returns	Clyde the Horse	Voice
2019	The Runaways

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Continental
	The Ritz		Episode: "Monday"
1988	A Very Peculiar Practice	Mal Prentis	2 episodes
1990	The Bill	Matthew Holden
1992	Married... with Children	Lower Uncton Local
1994	Between the Lines	PC	Episode: "Unknown Soldier"
1995	Band of Gold	DC Sherrington	3 episodes
	Peak Practice	Alec Kitson	Episode: "A Normal Life"
	Ghostbusters of East Finchley	DC Newley	2 episodes
1995–96	Heartbeat	Norman Greengrass	2 episodes
1996	Out of the Blue	Robbo	Episode: "2.6"
	The Thin Blue Line	D.C. Boyle	7 episodes
1997	Sunnyside Farm	Ken Sunnyside	TV series
2000	Too Much Sun	Nigel Conway	6 episodes
2002–2006	Still Standing	Bill Miller	88 episodes
2007	Bonkers	Tony Barker	6 episodes
2010	National Theatre Live	Squire Max Harkaway	Episode: "London Assurance"
2011	Game of Thrones	Robert Baratheon	7 episodes Nominated—Scream Award for Best Ensemble Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
	Great Expectations	Pumblechook
2011–2013	Trollied	Andy
2013	The Syndicate	Alan
2013–2015	Atlantis	Hercules	25 episodes
2014	Remember Me	Rob Fairholme	3 episodes
2016	Jericho	Earl Bamford
	New Blood	DS Derek Sands
	Borderline	Himself
	Young Hyacinth	Daddy
2018	Doctor Who	Paltraki	Episode: "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos"
2019	Vera	Tony Briggs	Episode: "Cuckoo"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth	Daelin Proudmoore

References

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   ^ "Film - Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998". Awards.BAFTA.org. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
   


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   ^ Bilton, Richard (21 October 2010). "From grinding poverty to Hollywood in three generations". BBC News. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
   


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   ^ Thomas, Joe (12 May 2009). The strategy behind the Tesco Clubcard relaunch, marketingmagazine.co.uk; retrieved 27 July 2009.
   


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   ^ Walsh, Michael (March 12, 2017). "What We Learned From Game Of Thrones' SXSW Panel, and What It Might Mean". Nerdist Industries. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
   


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   ^ Doctor Who Magazine #532 Page 46
   


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   ^ "Richard Bean's THE NAP, Starring Jack O'Connell, Begins Tonight at the Crucible". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
   

External links

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  Mark Addy at the British Film Institute
  


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  Mark Addy on IMDb


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  Mark Addy at Rotten Tomatoes
  

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