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Geff Francis | |
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| Born | Geffrey Francis 1964 (age 60–61) |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
Geffrey Francis (born 1964), best known as Geff Francis, is a British actor from England who portrayed Lynford, a hoodlum, in the 1988 drama film For Queen and Country . [1] In 1986, he appeared as the title character in Channel Four's Zastrozzi, A Romance and in a minor role in The Singing Detective . In the popular Peckham-set comedy Desmond's he played the title character's eldest son (Michael) (Channel 4, 1989–94), before moving on to the spin-off series Porkpie (1995–96). [2]
Francis has since become a regular character actor on British television. He portrayed the Metropolitan Police desk sergeant Viv James in the BBC TV series Ashes to Ashes . He also appeared in "The Bells of Saint John", a 2013 episode of fellow BBC TV series Doctor Who .
To science fiction fans, Francis is known as Admiral Frantis Griss, a minor antagonist in Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker , the 2019 final instalment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
