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| Born | Mark Addy Johnson 14 January 1964 York, England, United Kingdom |
Mark Addy Johnson (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the UK sitcom The Thin Blue Line, Mad TV, Dave in the British film The Full Monty, father Bill Miller[1] in the U.S. sitcom Still Standing and most recently as King Robert Baratheon in the HBO medieval fantasy epic Game of Thrones.
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Addy was born in Tang Hall, York and was educated in the city. In 1982–84 he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He lives with his wife Kelly and three children (Ruby, born 2000; Charlie, born 2003; and Oscar, born 2005) in Rufforth, close to Upper Poppleton village, near York. Addy's ancestors have lived in York at least since 1910 when his great-grandfather was living there. His father Ian has spent his working life as a glazier at York Minster.[2]
Addy made his first TV appearance in 1988 in A Very Peculiar Practice, followed by TV performances in shows such as Heartbeat, Band of Gold, Married with Children (one episode), Bruised Fruit, Peak Practice, The Thin Blue Line, Too Much Sun,Sunnyside Farm and most recently Trollied.
He played Bill Miller in Still Standing and played Detective Boyle in the second series of the British situation comedy 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.
Addy played the character Robert Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Since 2009 Addy has starred with Fay Ripley in a series of adverts for the relaunched Tesco Clubcard.[3]
He had a leading role in the film The Full Monty, and played the role of Fred Flintstone in the 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. In that role, as well as in Still Standing, he played the role of a blue-collar American. He also played a supporting role as Mac McArthur in the 1998 film Jack Frost, with Michael Keaton. In 2001, he played a butler of Chris Rock's character in the movie Down to Earth and also appeared in A Knight's Tale as Roland. Addy played the role of David Philby in The Time Machine and made a guest 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.
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| 1987 | The Continental | TV series | ||
| 1987 | The Ritz | Episode: "Monday" | ||
| 1988 | A Very Peculiar Practice | Mal Prentis | Episode: "The Big Squeeze" Episode: "Death of a University" |
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| 1990 | Dark Romances Vol. 2 | Sam | Video | |
| 1990 | The Bill | Matthew Holden | Episode: "The Night Watch" Episode: "A Case to Answer" |
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| 1992 | Married with Children | Lower Uncton Local (uncredited) | Episode: "England Show II: Wastin' the Company's Money" Episode: "England Show III: We're Spending as Fast as We Can" |
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| 1994 | Between the Lines | PC | Episode: "Unknown Soldier" | |
| 1995 | Band of Gold | DC Sherrington | 3 episodes | |
| 1995 | Peak Practice | Alec Kitson | Episode: "A Normal Life" | |
| 1995 | Ghostbusters of East Finchley | DC Newley | Episode: "1.5" Episode: "1.6" |
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| 1995 | Heartbeat | Norman Greengrass | Episode: "Domestic" | |
| 1996 | Heartbeat | Norman Greengrass | Episode: "Old Colonials" | |
| 1996 | Bruised Fruit | Angel | Short film | |
| 1996 | Out of the Blue | Robbo | Episode: "2.6" | |
| 1996 | Respect | Joe Carr | TV movie | |
| 1996 | The Thin Blue Line | D.C. Boyle | 7 episodes | |
| 1997 | Sunnyside Farm | Ken Sunnyside | TV series | |
| 1997 | The Heart Surgeon | Phil Mycroft | TV movie | |
| 1997 | The Full Monty | David 'Dave' | ||
| 1998 | Closer | Short film | ||
| 1998 | Jack Frost | Mac MacArthur | ||
| 1999 | The Last Yellow | Frank | ||
| 1999 | The Flint Street Nativity | Ass | TV movie | |
| 2000 | The Announcement | Andy | ||
| 2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Fred Flintstone | ||
| 2000 | Married 2 Malcolm | Malcolm | ||
| 2000 | Too Much Sun | Nigel Conway | 6 episodes | |
| 2001 | Down to Earth | Cisco | ||
| 2001 | A Knight's Tale | Roland | ||
| 2002 | The Time Machine | David Philby | ||
| 2002 | Heartlands | Ron | ||
| 2002–2006 | Still Standing | Bill Miller | 88 episodes | |
| 2003 | The Order | Thomas Garrett | ||
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Steamer Captain | ||
| 2007 | Bonkers | Tony Barker | 6 episodes | |
| 2008 | Bike Squad | Sgt. John Rook | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983 | John Piggott | ||
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | D I Smythe | ||
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Friar Tuck | ||
| 2010 | National Theatre Live | Squire Max Harkaway | Episode: "London Assurance" | |
| 2010 | Barney's Version | Detective O'Hearne | ||
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | King Robert Baratheon | Nominated—Scream Award for Best Ensemble Pending—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series |
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| 2011 | Trollied | Andy | 8 episodes | |
| 2011 | Great Expectations | Pumblechook |
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.