Chris Jury

Last updated

Chris Jury
Born (1956-09-28) 28 September 1956 (age 68)
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Occupation(s)Actor, writer and director
Years active1979 to present

Chris Jury (born 28 September 1956 in Coventry, Warwickshire) is an English actor, writer and director with a range of television credits. He is best known for his role as Eric Catchpole in the BBC television series Lovejoy , which he played between 1986 (series 1) and 1993 (series 5), with a brief return in 1994 (series 6), for the show's finale. [1] [2]

Contents

Jury studied Drama/English at Hull University and began working as an actor in the theatre with such names as Mike Bradwell, Danny Boyle and Anthony Minghella, and with companies as diverse as Hull Truck, the Bush and Stratford East. [3]

Having made his name in Lovejoy, Jury was a strong contender to play the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who in 1987, a role which was ultimately cast with Sylvester McCoy. [4] A year later, Jury appeared as a guest star in the story The Greatest Show in the Galaxy . [5]

Through his own company, Picture That, in 1993 he produced and directed To Baldly Go, a short romantic comedy which was sold to Channel 4 in the UK, and also secured an international distribution contract, selling to numerous TV stations throughout Europe and the USA. After a brief spell working in drama script development at BBC Pebble Mill, in Birmingham, in 1996 he made two more short films for Picture That: Poppy's Present, which he produced and directed, and Puke Fiction (The Vomit Trilogy), which he wrote and directed. [6]

Puke Fiction was shown in competition at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton and won the Electric Pavilion Award, for Best Film, awarded by the Halloween Society. It was also chosen for a screening at the ICA as part of the 'Uncut' season of short films and was also shown in the 'British Shorts' section of the Manchester Film Festival and the Big Fix Festival in Birmingham.[ citation needed ]

His broadcast directing credits include Dream Team , Coronation Street , Crossroads , Family Affairs and over 40 episodes of EastEnders . His writing credits include, The Dig, a two act comedy for the Cambridge Theatre Company, Mancini's Empire, One Inch of Heaven, Roeg's Rage, Wired, plus numerous episodes of The Bill and Doctors , Casualty and Holby City . He also appeared as teacher Mr Knowles in Grange Hill . In 2006 he moved into writing feature films including Human Resources. [7]

He has lectured on scriptwriting and Film & TV production at the University Of West London, Leeds Metropolitan University, Bath Spa University, Ruskin College Oxford, University Of The Creative Arts. [8]

He has been a trade unionist for over 40 years and a member of Equity, the Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB), Directors UK, University and College Union (UCU) and the Writers' Guild (WGGB). He was founding Chair of the Midlands TUC Creative & Leisure Industries Committee retiring in 2018. Before retiring he had been a member of the National Exec and Chair of the TV Committee of the DGGB, Branch Chair and South West Regional Executive Communications Officer of UCU, and a member of the TV Committee of the WGGB.[ citation needed ]

Selected Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 Jonny Jarvis Benny2 episodes
1983 -

1984

 Grange Hill Mr. Knowles7 episodes
1984 Play for Today BazSeries 14, Episode 6: "No Hard Feelings"
1986 Dramarama RawlingsSeries 4, Episode 10: "Just a Game"
When If It's Raining?Chris2 episodes
1986 -

1994

 Lovejoy Eric Catchpole55 episodes
1988 A Very Perculiar Practice Peter WagstaffSeries 2, Episode 3: "May the Force Be With You"
1988 -

1989

 Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Deadbeat3 episodes
1989 Casualty DC MonahanSeries 4, Episode 4: "Day Off"
Stay Lucky Kevin3 episodes
1990 Perfect Scoundrels Harvey TrotterSeries 1, Episode 3: "The Milk of Human Kindness"
1991 Screen One Festival StewardSeries 2, Episode 10: "Happy Feet"
1994CasualtyMr. SkinnerSeries 9, Episode 7: "A Breed Apart"
Heartbeat PC Normal LittleSeries 4, Episode 6: "Nice Girls Don't"
1995The Big GameWalterTV Movie
1997 Noah's Ark Nicky Baldwin4 episodes
1998 Wycliffe Toby PenwarrenSeries 5, Episode 4: "Feeding the Rat"
1999Starting OutLouie9 episodes
2009A Season of MisfitsJonathan
2010The ExamSamShort film
2017 Holby City Richard CuthbertSeries 19, Episode 22: "Other People's Dreams"
2023Buckle UpGovernor, Timothy Oxford

Related Research Articles

<i>Lovejoy</i> British television comedy drama series (1986–1994)

Lovejoy is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the novels by John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 1986 and 4 December 1994, although there was a five-year gap between the first and second series. It was adapted for television by Ian La Frenais.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Summer Glau</span> American actress (born 1981)

Summer Glau is an American actress best known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy television series: as River Tam in Firefly (2002) and its continuation film Serenity (2005), as Tess Doerner in The 4400 (2005–2007), as Cameron in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009), and as Isabel Rochev / Ravager in Arrow (2013–2014).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lawrence Sher</span> American cinematographer

Lawrence Sher, ASC is an American cinematographer and film director, best known for comedy films such as Garden State, The Dictator, and The Hangover series, frequently collaborating with directors Todd Phillips and Zach Braff. He made his directorial debut with Father Figures, which began a wide theatrical release on December 22, 2017, by Warner Bros. Pictures. He was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for the 2019 film Joker, directed by Phillips.

The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Since 1967, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the NFDC to a director for their work within Indian cinema. It is presented by the president of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Todd Graff</span> American actor, writer and director (born 1959)

Todd Graff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the musical comedy films Camp (2003), for which he was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Bandslam (2009), and Joyful Noise (2012). Graff is also known for his supporting roles in the science fiction films The Abyss (1989) and Strange Days (1995), as well as the black comedy crime film Death to Smoochy (2002).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">J. T. O'Sullivan</span> American gridiron football player (born 1979)

John Thomas O'Sullivan is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL), two seasons in NFL Europe and one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the UC Davis Aggies of the University of California, Davis, where he was a three-year starter and threw for career totals of 10,745 yards and 96 touchdowns. He was named a first-team All-American in 2000 and a second-team All-American in 2001. He was inducted into the Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">D. W. Moffett</span> American actor

Donald Warren Moffett is an American film, stage, and television actor. He began his career in stage productions in Chicago before starring in the original New York City production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart in 1985. He subsequently starred in a Broadway production of The Boys of Winter the same year. He made his feature film debut in Bob Rafelson's thriller Black Widow (1987) before portraying a serial killer in the thriller Lisa (1990).

Richard James Lumsden is an English actor, writer, composer and musician. He has made regular appearances on TV and film throughout his career. Notable series include Channel 4's Emmy-award winning Sugar Rush, Is it Legal, Wonderful You and The Singapore Grip. He played Ray in Radio 4's long-running comedy Clare in the Community.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dameon Clarke</span> Canadian actor

Dameon Clarke is a Canadian actor who has done work for anime, films, TV shows and video games. His voice acting roles have been with Funimation, where he voiced Cell in the Dragon Ball series, Younger Toguro in Yu Yu Hakusho, Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist, Proxy One in Ergo Proxy, Victor Hilshire in Gunslinger Girl, and George Kaminski in Case Closed. In video games, he voices Handsome Jack in the Borderlands series. On camera, he has appeared in TV shows such as Graceland, 24, Castle, Supernatural, and Prison Break.

Robert Mandell is an American animated series and film writer, director and producer. Mandell headed New Frontier Productions/New Frontier Entertainment and Red Sky Entertainment. He is now the head of the company Voyager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)</span> Film award

The Jury Prize is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. According to American film critic Dave Kehr, the award is "intended to recognize an original work that embodies the spirit of inquiry."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Petter Næss</span> Norwegian actor and film director (born 1960)

Petter Næss is a Norwegian actor and film director. His first film as a director was the comedy Absolutt blåmandag, released in 1999. Næss is known for his work directing two of the three films about Ingvar Ambjørnsen's character, Elling, from Ingvar Ambjørnsen's "Elling" tetralogy: Elling (2001), which was nominated for the 74th Academy Awards foreign language film Oscar in 2002, and Elsk meg i morgen. In addition, his directorial credits in Sweden include Bare Bea (2003), Mozart and the Whale (2005) and Hoppet. In 2008, Næss portrayed the war hero Martin Linge in the movie Max Manus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Agathiyan</span> Indian film director (born 1952)

Agathiyan is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, and actor. He was the first director in Tamil cinema to win the National Film Award for Best Direction for Kadhal Kottai (1996). For the film, he also won National Film Award for Best Screenplay and Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ramón Nomar</span> Venezuelan-born Spanish pornographic actor and director (born 1974)

Ramon Nomar is a Venezuelan-born Spanish pornographic actor and director. His accolades include the Hot d'Or Award for Best New Actor and the XBIZ Award for Male Performer of the Year. Nomar broke into the pornographic film industry after being discovered by Italian director Luca Damiano at a casting contest. He has worked with pornographic film producers Reality Kings, Brazzers and New Sensation.

Howard A. Rodman is a screenwriter, author and professor. He is the former President of the Writers Guild of America, West, professor and former chair of the writing division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, alumnus of Telluride Association Summer Program and an artistic director of the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rachel Bloom</span> American actress, comedian, and singer (born 1987)

Rachel Leah Bloom is an American actress, comedian, singer, writer, and producer. She is best known for co-creating and starring as Rebecca Bunch in The CW musical comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019). The role has won her numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a TCA Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fuwa-chan</span> Japanese comedian and YouTuber (born 1993)

Haruka Fuwa, known mononymously as Fuwa-chan, is a Japanese comedian and YouTuber. Since August 2020, she has worked as a freelance entertainer. She is known for her unique way of speaking, which is considered frank by most Japanese. She is also known for her hair style, which often features paired "devil horns." In 2022, Fuwa-chan became a professional wrestler and is currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrzej Malinowski</span> Polish artist (born 1947)

Andrzej Malinowski is a Polish artist, painter, graphic designer, illustrator, and poster creator. He resides and works in France.

Guy Norris is an Australian-American stuntman, film director, second unit director, and actor.

References

  1. ↑ Hogan, Michael (17 May 2024). "'He liked antiques and women – but not antique women': Why the BBC should bring back Lovejoy". The Telegraph.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ Behrens, Frank (8 April 2015). "Lovejoy, Series 5' sees big cast changes". Brattleboro Reformer.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Jury, Chris. "About". Chris Jury.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Almost 'Doctor Who': 12 stars who nearly played the Doctor". Cultbox. 30 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy". The Doctor Who Site.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Jury, Chris. "Director". Chris Jury.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "A&E - Chris Jury". A&E, Accessibility & Environment Film Festival.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Juke box Jury is on the air". Cotswold Journal. 18 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.