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Mark Addy

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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 60)
York, England
EducationRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art (GrDip)
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Spouse
Kelly Biggs
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(m. 1996)​
Children3

Mark Ian Addy (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor. He is known to television audiences for his roles as Detective Constable Gary Boyle on the sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–96), Bill Miller on the American sitcom Still Standing (2002–06), Andy Richmond on Trollied (2011–13), Hercules on Atlantis (2013–15), and King Robert Baratheon on the first season of Game of Thrones (2011).

For his debut film role as Dave Horsefall in The Full Monty (1997), Addy earned a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His other notable film roles Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000), Roland in A Knight's Tale (2001), Friar Tuck in Robin Hood (2010), Mr. Bakewell in Downton Abbey (2019), and Richard Buckley in The Lost King (2022).

He reprised his Full Monty role on the television series of the same name, which premiered in June 2023.

Early life

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Addy was born 14 January 1964[citation needed] in York, where his family has lived since at least 1910 when his paternal great-grandfather was recorded there. His father, Ian, spent his working life as a glazier at York Minster.[1] Addy was educated at Joseph Rowntree School in York.[2] Addy furthered his acting education by attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating with an Acting Diploma in 1984.[3] Whilst still at school, Addy had three weeks work experience at the York Theatre Royal, loved it so much he continued working there, eventually deciding acting was to be his career goal.[2]

Career

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Addy made his first television appearance in 1987 in The Ritz,[4] followed in 1988 by A Very Peculiar Practice, followed by television performances in shows such as Heartbeat,[5] Band of Gold,[4] Married... with Children,[4] Peak Practice,[5] Too Much Sun,[4] Sunnyside Farm,[4] Trollied and The Syndicate.[5]

He portrayed Bill Miller (using an improvised American accent) in Still Standing and portrayed 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.[5][4]

In 2009, Addy starred with Fay Ripley in a series of adverts for the relaunched Tesco Clubcard.[6]

In 2011, He portrayed King 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.[7] Although Robert was a main character in the series beginning, the king's enthusiasm for a "drinking, whoring, and fighting" eventually took its toll, and Addy's character was killed off in season 1 after a hunting incident with a wild boar.[8]

He portrayed Hercules, one of the main characters in the BBC One fantasy drama series Atlantis,[9] which started airing on 28 September 2013 in the UK. In the BBC television drama New Blood (2016),[4] featuring young detectives from the Serious Fraud Office and the London Police Service, Addy played D.S. Derek Sands.[10]

In film, Addy had a leading role in The Full Monty (1997),[11] and portrayed Fred Flintstone in the 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.[5] He portrayed Mac McArthur in the 1998 film Jack Frost.[12] In 2001, he portrayed 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 portrayed David Philby in The Time Machine[4] and made an appearance as the Ship Captain in Around the World in 80 Days[5] with Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan, and made an appearance as Friar Tuck in Ridley Scott's 2010 film Robin Hood.[5][4]

In 2018, he portrayed Paltraki in the Doctor Who episode "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos".[13]

In 2019, he appeared in the Downton Abbey movie as Mr. Bakewell, who owns the shop from which Mrs. Patmore buys her supplies; a character who was mentioned in the television series but hadn't yet appeared onscreen.[14]

In 2020, he portrayed DS Stan Jones in the detective drama series White House Farm.[15]

In 2023, Addy starred as David Coake, causing issues on the Kinloch Bravo oil rig in The Rig, in a cast that included Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire, and Martin Compston.[16]

Stage

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Addy portrayed Kevin Snell in the 2006 revival of Donkeys' Years at the Comedy Theatre in London.[17] In 2007–08 he has appeared at the National Theatre as Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing alongside Zoe Wanamaker,[18] and as Hjalmar Johansen in the Tony Harrison play Fram, also at the Royal National Theatre.[19]

In 2011, he portrayed Vladimir, an NKVD officer, in Collaborators at the National Theatre,[2] 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.[20]

Honours

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On 20 July 2019, Addy was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of York, having given a speech at the Roses Varsity opening ceremony a few months prior.[21][22]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 Dark Romances Vol. 2 Sam
1996 Bruised Fruit Angel Short film
1997 The Full Monty David "Dave" Horsfall 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
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
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
Elsewhere Terry Short film
The Runaways Reith
2019 Downton Abbey Mr. Bakewell
2020 Swan Ian Short film
2022 The Lost King Richard Buckley

Television

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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
1995–1996 Heartbeat Norman Greengrass 2 episodes
1996 Out of the Blue Robbo Episode: "2.6"
The Thin Blue Line D.C. Boyle 7 episodes
Respect Joe Carr Television film
1997 The Heart Surgeon Phil Mycroft
Sunnyside Farm Ken Sunnyside TV series
1999 The Flint Street Nativity Ass Television film
2000 Too Much Sun Nigel Conway 6 episodes
2002–2006 Still Standing Bill Miller 88 episodes
2007 Bonkers Tony Barker 6 episodes
2008 Bike Squad Sgt. John Rook Television film
2010 National Theatre Live Squire Max Harkaway Episode: "London Assurance"
2011 Game of Thrones Robert Baratheon Main cast; 7 episodes (series 1)
Nominated—Scream Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated—SAG Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Great Expectations Pumblechook
2011–2013 Trollied Andy Richmond Main cast: Series 1–3 (27 episodes)
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"
2020 White House Farm DS Stan Jones 6 Episodes
Moving On Josh Episode: "Man of Steel"[23]
The Salisbury Poisonings Ross Cassidy TV series[24]
2021 Hansel and Gretel: After Ever After Englebert Television film[25]
2022 Sherwood Ron St. Clair
2023 The Rig Coake
The Full Monty David "Dave" Horsfall Disney+ Series

Other appearances

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Theatre

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Year Play Role Theatre
2011 Collaborators Valdimir National Theatre
2016 The Nap Bobby Spokes Crucible Theatre
2019 Hangmen Harry Wade Atlantic Theatre Company
2020 Hangmen Harry Wade Golden Theatre

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Daelin Proudmoore
2020 Chivalry 2 Narrator Trailer only

Awards and nominations

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Year Group Award Work Result Ref
1998 51st British Academy Film Awards BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role The Full Monty Nominated [26][27]
Chlotrudis Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [26]
MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Dance Sequence Nominated [26]
Online Film & Television Association Best Breakthrough Performance - Male Nominated [26]
2nd Golden Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy Nominated [26]
Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG Award Outstanding Performance by a Cast (film) (shared) Won [26]
2004 Young Artist Awards Most Popular Mom & Pop in a Television Series (shared with Jami Gertz) Still Standing Nominated [26]
2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared) Game of Thrones Nominated [26]
2020 CinEuphoria Awards Merit - Honorary Award (shared) Won [26]

References

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  1. ^ Bilton, Richard (21 October 2010). "From grinding poverty to Hollywood in three generations". BBC News. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "The Big Interview: Mark Addy". 21 November 2011.
  3. ^ "RADA Student & graduate profiles - Mark Addy". rada.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mark Addy". independenttalent.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Mark Addy". tvguide.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ^ "The strategy behind the Tesco Clubcard relaunch". marketingmagazine.co.uk. 12 May 2009.
  7. ^ Walsh, Michael (12 March 2017). "What We Learned From Game Of Thrones' SXSW Panel, and What It Might Mean". Nerdist Industries. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Mark Addy: When I Died on Game of Thrones". ign.com. 2 April 2019.
  9. ^ Heritage, Stuart (11 November 2013). "Have you been watching ... Atlantis?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Meet the cast of New Blood". Radio Times. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Mark Addy". Rotten Tomatoes. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  12. ^ Caro, Mark (11 December 1998). "'JACK FROST' LEAVES KEATON OUT IN THE COLD". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  13. ^ Mulkern, Patrick (9 December 2018). "Doctor Who: The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  14. ^ Anderson, John (19 September 2019). "'Downton Abbey' Review: When Royalty Comes Calling". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  15. ^ Penfold, Phil (5 January 2020). "Mark Addy on playing detective who caught Jeremy Bamber in White House Farm: "Parts like this don't come along often"". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Meet the cast of The Rig". radiotimes.com. 6 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Donkeys' Years". londontheatre.co.uk. 8 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Cast update for "Much Ado.." at the National Theatre". londontheatre.co.uk. 8 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Fram -Tony Harrison -RNT Olivier (2008)". britishtheatreguide.info. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Richard Bean's THE NAP, Starring Jack O'Connell, Begins Tonight at the Crucible". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Honorary graduates for 2019 announced". University of York. 15 July 2019.
  22. ^ "Game of Thrones star will be at York University tournament". yorkpress.co.uk. 29 April 2019.
  23. ^ Writer: Andrew Lynch; Director: Reece Dinsdale; Producers: Colin McKeown and Donna Molloy (4 March 2020). "Man of Steel". Moving On. BBC. BBC One.
  24. ^ "Meet the cast of The Salisbury Poisonings". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  25. ^ "Hansel and Gretel: After Ever After – Release date, cast, plot and news". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mark Addy Awards". IMDB (Index source only). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  27. ^ "Film - Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998". Awards.BAFTA.org. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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