Neil Pearson
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Neil Pearson (born London, England, April 27, 1959) is a popular British actor.
Pearson came from a poor London family, and as a boy, attended Woolverstone Hall, an experimental boarding school, where he learned to act. After graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama, he made his first television appearance in 1982 and starred alongside Leonard Rossiter in Joe Orton's play Loot at the Lyric Theatre in London in 1984, where Rossiter died in his dressing room. Pearson then became an acquaintance of Hat Trick Productions and won a part in their historical sitcom Chelmsford 123. He also appeared with Hat Trick executive Jimmy Mulville in That's Love.
It was in the roles of associate editor and office lothario, Dave Charnley, in the sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey - another Hat Trick show - and of Detective Superintendent Tony Clark in the thriller, Between The Lines, that he made his greatest impact on the viewing public.
Since then he has appeared in such varied roles as Dr Jameson in Rhodes (1998), Jack Green in the children's serial The Magician's House (1999), Trevor Heslop in Trevor's World of Sport (2003) and John Diamond in A Lump in My Throat (2003). He has also been in several hit films, including Fever Pitch (1997) and Bridget Jones's Diary (2001). He recently appeared in the 2006 Radio Four series Vent as Ben.
Pearson was recently a 'judge' on Channel 4's The Play's The Thing, which sought to find a play written by an unknown writer and give it a run in the West End. The winning play, written by Kate Betts, was called On the Third Day and opened at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London in June 2006.
He is now a keen Texas hold'em poker player, often to be seen in London poker clubs.
