Mark Addy

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::summary English actor (born 1964) ::

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name	Mark Addy
image	Mark Addy.JPG
caption	Addy in 2006
birth_name	Mark Ian Addy
birth_date
birth_place	York, England
education	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (GrDip)
children	3
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1987–present
spouse
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::callout[type=note] the British actor ::

|name = Mark Addy |image = Mark Addy.JPG |caption = Addy in 2006 |birth_name = Mark Ian Addy |birth_date = |birth_place = York, England |death_date = |death_place = |education = Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (GrDip) |children = 3 |occupation = Actor |yearsactive = 1987–present |spouse = Mark Ian Addy (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor best known for his roles as DC Gary Boyle in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996), Bill Miller in the American TV comedy Still Standing (2002–2006), Andy Richmond in Trollied (2011–2013), King Robert Baratheon in the first season of Game of Thrones (2011), and as Dave Horsefall in the film The Full Monty (1997) and its sequel TV series (2023).

For his debut film role in The Full Monty, Addy earned a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His other notable film roles include 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).

During Comic Con 2012, it was revealed that Mark is scared of penguins.

Early life

Addy was born 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. Addy was educated at Joseph Rowntree School in York. He furthered his acting education by attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating with an Acting Diploma in 1984. Whilst still at school, Addy had three weeks of work experience at the York Theatre Royal, and loved it so much he that continued working there, eventually deciding acting was to be his career goal.

Career

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

He portrayed Bill Miller (using an improvised American accent) in the CBS sitcom Still Standing from 2002-2006 (88 episodes) 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.

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

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. 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.

He portrayed 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 television 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 (1997), and portrayed Fred Flintstone in the 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. He portrayed Mac McArthur in the 1998 film Jack Frost. 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 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, he portrayed Paltraki in the Doctor Who episode "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos".

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.

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

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.

Stage

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

In 2011, he portrayed 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.

Honours

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.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Dark Romances Vol. 2	Sam
1996	Bruised Fruit	Angel	Short film
1997	**	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	**	Frank
2000	**	Andy
**	Fred Flintstone
Married 2 Malcolm	Malcolm
2001	Down to Earth	Cisco
A Knight's Tale	Roland
2002	**	David Philby
Heartlands	Ron
2003	**	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
2025	The Choral	Mr. Fyton
TBA		TBA	Post-production
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	**
**		Episode: "Monday"
1988	A Very Peculiar Practice	Mal Prentis	2 episodes
1990	**	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"
**	D.C. Boyle	7 episodes
Respect	Joe Carr	Television film
1997	**	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"
The Salisbury Poisonings	Ross Cassidy	TV series
2021	Hansel and Gretel: After Ever After	Englebert	Television film
2022	Sherwood	Ron St. Clair
2023	The Full Monty	David "Dave" Horsfall	Miniseries
2023–2025	The Rig	Coake
2024	Dune: Prophecy	Evgeny Harkonnen	2 episodes
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Other appearances

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
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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
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Audio books

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2025	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Full-Cast Audio Edition)	Rubeus Hagrid
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Full-Cast Audio Edition)
2026	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Full-Cast Audio Edition)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Full-Cast Audio Edition)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Full-Cast Audio Edition)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Full-Cast Audio Edition)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Full-Cast Audio Edition)
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Awards and nominations

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Year	Group	Award	Work	Result	Ref
1998	51st British Academy Film Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	**		url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004692/awards/?ref_=nm_ql_2
Chlotrudis Awards	Best Supporting Actor
MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Dance Sequence
Online Film & Television Association	Best Breakthrough Performance - Male
2nd Golden Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared)
2004	Young Artist Awards	Most Popular Mom & Pop in a Television Series (shared with Jami Gertz)	Still Standing
2012	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared)	Game of Thrones
2020	CinEuphoria Awards	Merit - Honorary Award (shared)
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References

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