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It's a guess the actor one

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DappledThings · 26/02/2022 15:24

DH and I were both reminded of someone when watching someone else last night but neither of us can identify him.

He is probably late 60s now. Yorkshire accent with a gravelly voice. Very jowly cheeks. Bald or little hair. Always plays characters who are cynical, sad or just generally unimpressed with life. I'm sure he's been in loads of things.

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JellybabyGina87 · 26/02/2022 15:26

Mark Addy

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DappledThings · 26/02/2022 15:27

@JellybabyGina87

Mark Addy
Older and thinner than him
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LazyMareofEastown · 26/02/2022 15:27

Alun Armstrong.

It's a guess the actor one
LazyMareofEastown · 26/02/2022 15:28

The age is off though.

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DappledThings · 26/02/2022 15:28

@LazyMareofEastown

Alun Armstrong.
Not him but definitely similar. That's the right vibe!
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BonusJonas · 26/02/2022 15:29

Who was the someone else that you were watching?

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DappledThings · 26/02/2022 15:30

@BonusJonas

Who was the someone else that you were watching?
Someone very minor. Doesn't even have a photo on imdb. We were watching Case Histories and it was this guy - www.imdb.com/name/nm1289388/
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Ratched · 26/02/2022 15:33

Warren Clarke
Pete Postlethwaite

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DappledThings · 26/02/2022 15:34

@Ratched

Warren Clarke Pete Postlethwaite
Neither I'm afraid. Both in the same area though I think
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Vampirethriller · 26/02/2022 15:35

George Costigan? Was in Line of Duty

JellybabyGina87 · 26/02/2022 15:36

I'm thinking of an actor who died a while ago who fits your description but I can't remember the name so no good. He looks like the one who played a teacher off Waterloo Road though. Mr Budgen I think.

JellybabyGina87 · 26/02/2022 15:37

Pete Postlethwaite, thats what I was going to say

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DappledThings · 26/02/2022 15:38

Not George Costigan. Just looked up Waterloo Road and that guy is also very similar but not it.

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Bordois · 26/02/2022 15:39

Gary Lewis - the dad in Billy Elliot (amongst other things)

Laney79 · 26/02/2022 15:40

Jim Broadbent?

CeleriacOfTheNight · 26/02/2022 15:41

Dave Hill

(Not the Slade fringey one Grin)

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DappledThings · 26/02/2022 15:42

@CeleriacOfTheNight

Dave Hill

(Not the Slade fringey one Grin)

Yes!! Top work Celeriac. Thank you.
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DappledThings · 26/02/2022 15:43

Blimey. 142 credits on imdb and I've never known his name till now. If I'm ever trying to recall him again I will bring Slade to mind!

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BonusJonas · 26/02/2022 15:43

Brian Glover?

CeleriacOfTheNight · 26/02/2022 15:44

I knew it was him immediately upon reading.

But I didn't know his name, or what he'd been in. I've just been cursing you for the last 10 minutes scrolling through cast lists for gritty Yorkshire tv/films Grin

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DappledThings · 26/02/2022 15:45

@CeleriacOfTheNight

I knew it was him immediately upon reading.

But I didn't know his name, or what he'd been in. I've just been cursing you for the last 10 minutes scrolling through cast lists for gritty Yorkshire tv/films Grin

Ha! In my mind he is continuously calling people daft buggers but I think his range is somewhat broader.

So satisfying to have an answer.

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romany4 · 26/02/2022 15:46

David Bradley?

He's in so many things!

romany4 · 26/02/2022 15:47

oops. Didn"t read the whole thread!

Riseholme · 26/02/2022 15:51

Ooh. He went to Ermysted's.
That's posh Yorkshire.
Boys only school.

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