George Costigan | |
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| Born | George J. Costigan 8 August 1947 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1975–present |
George J. Costigan (born 8 August 1947) [1] is an English actor who is best known for portraying Bob in the 1987 film Rita, Sue and Bob Too and for roles in TV series such as Happy Valley and So Haunt Me .
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Costigan grew up in Salford, Greater Manchester. After attending St Augustine's C of E Primary School on Bolton Road in Pendlebury, he went to Wardley Grammar School on Mardale Avenue in Wardley near Swinton.
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Costigan has appeared regularly on television since 1978. He played Tom Towers in the 1982 series of The Barchester Chronicles , an adaption of the novels by Anthony Trollope, and in the same year starred as Tom Hannaway in a BBC adaptation of Fame is the Spur . [2]
In 1984, he appeared as lead guest actor playing Wilson Kemp in "The Greek Interpreter", an episode of the successful Granada TV series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , and, in the same year, also played Philip the Bastard in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Life and Death of King John (alongside Leonard Rossiter in the title role). [3]
In 1986, he played the lead role of Bob, an adulterous businessman in the small independent comedy film Rita, Sue and Bob Too, which has since achieved cult status. He has since starred or featured in many television productions, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (channelling Peter Lorre) Kavanagh QC , Coogan's Run , Connie , A Touch of Frost , Inspector Morse , Murder Most Horrid , London's Burning , The Bill , Holby City , The Long Firm , City Central , Vera , Dalziel and Pascoe , The Ruth Rendell Mysteries , The Inspector Lynley Mysteries , The Beiderbecke Connection , New Tricks , Linda Green and Casualty . His film work includes Calendar Girls and Shirley Valentine .
He appeared in the role of Max Capricorn in the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned". [4]
In 1974, he joined the Liverpool Everyman Theatre Company, where he met his second wife, Jooles, remaining with the company for eight years. Whilst at the Everyman he appeared as Bert in the Willy Russell musical John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert alongside Trevor Eve, Anthony Sher, and Bernard Hill.
In the theatre, he created the role of Mickey Johnstone in Willy Russell's musical Blood Brothers , originally at the Liverpool Playhouse, and later at the Lyric Theatre, London. He then played the role of Estragon in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot at the Manchester Library Theatre for three weeks from 16 February to 8 March 2008, and played Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at York Theatre Royal in November 2008. In December 2009, it was announced that he is to join Emmerdale as a friend of Rodney Blackstock. He made his debut in the soap in March 2010 and his last appearance was shown on 23 July 2010. In April 2010, he starred as Alan, the ex-husband of Christine, Inspector Frost's new love interest in A Touch of Frost . In 2012, he appeared in William Shakespeare's King Lear at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, alongside David Hayman. In 2014, he appeared in Happy Valley . He resumed the role, Nevison Gallagher, in the 2016 series. He also starred in the hit TV series Line of Duty as Patrick Fairbank.
In July 2016, he played Sir Ethelred in the BBC's 3-part television adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel The Secret Agent . [5]
His first novel The Single Soldier was published in Spring 2017. The second and third parts of the trilogy, The Soldier's Home are also published via Urbane Publishers.[ citation needed ]
His partner is the writer Julia North, with whom he wrote a 1990 episode of Birds of a Feather . [6] They have three sons. [7] He supports Everton FC.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Jenny Can't Work Any Faster | Brian | TV film |
| 1978 | The Sailor's Return | Harry Targett | |
| 1980 | Bloody Kids | School Master 2 | TV film |
| 1981 | Somewhere More Central | Hotel Manager | TV film |
| 1983 | Red Monarch | Projectionist | TV film |
| 1984 | The Life and Death of King John | Philip | TV film |
| 1986 | The Great Paper Chase | Sargeant Jones | TV film |
| 1987 | Rita, Sue and Bob Too | Bob | |
| 1989 | Shirley Valentine | Dougie | |
| 1993 | The Hawk | Stephen Marsh | |
| 1995 | A Mind to Murder | Robin Cheeseman | TV film |
| 1998 | Girls' Night | Steve | |
| The Tribe | Micky | ||
| 2000 | Paranoid | Bryan | Uncredited |
| 2001 | Love or Money | Ted | TV film |
| 2002 | Stranded | Quirk | TV film |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls | Eddie | |
| 2005 | Frozen | P.C. Pike | |
| 2007 | The Good Samaritan | Ralph Mayhew | TV film |
| Garage | Dan | ||
| 2008 | Hancock and Joan | George | TV film |
| Summer | Mr. Tanner | ||
| 2010 | The Arbor | Jimmy 'The Wig' | |
| Hereafter | Foster Father |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Second City Firsts | Trevor | Episode: "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" |
| 1978 | Pickersgill People | Duggie Butterworth | Episode: "The Sheik of Pickersgill" |
| 1981 | Screenplay | Ted | Episode: "Happy Since I Met You" |
| 1982 | Play for Today | Nolan | Episode: "Under the Skin" |
| Fame Is the Spur | Tom Hannaway | Mini-series, 5 episodes | |
| The Barchester Chronicles | Tom Towers | Mini-series, 2 episodes | |
| 1983 | Widows | Charlie | Mini-series, 4 episodes |
| 1985 | Connie | Arnie | Series regular |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Wilson Kemp | Episode: "The Greek Interpreter" | |
| 1988 | Rockliffe's Babies | Johnny Wilshire | Episode: "Top Man" |
| The Beiderbecke Connection | D.C. Ben | Mini-series, 4 episodes | |
| London's Burning | David | 2 episodes | |
| 1989 | Bergerac | Oliver Sutton | Episode: "Trenchard's Last Case" |
| The Jim Henson Hour | Father | Episode: "Monster Maker" | |
| 1990 | Inspector Morse | Ron Garrett | Episode: "The Infernal Serpent" |
| Stolen | Terry | 3 episodes | |
| Casualty | Robert | Episode: "Results" | |
| London's Burning | Michael | 2 episodes | |
| 1991 | Chimera | Schaffer | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
| Minder | Billy | 2 episodes | |
| 1992–1994 | So Haunt Me | Peter Rokeby | Series regular |
| 1993 | The Riff Raff Element | Vincent | 3 episodes |
| Screenplay | Sean | Episode: "Safe" | |
| 1994 | Screen Two | Don | Episode: "Sin Bin" |
| The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Det. Insp. Manciple | Episode: "Master of the Moor" | |
| 1995 | Kavanagh QC | Michael Duggan | Episode: "A Family Affair" |
| Coogan's Run | Barry Parry | Episode: "Get Calf" | |
| 1996 | Madson | George Dartnell | Episode: #1.2 |
| Murder Most Horrid | Dave Jones | Episode: "Confess" | |
| 1997 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Wallace Pickering | Episode: "Fisticuffs" |
| Casualty | Martin Gregory | Episode: "Always on My Mind" | |
| 1999 | Badger | Moncur | Episode: "The World According to Carp" |
| 2000 | City Central | DI Jack Carter | Series regular |
| The Bill | Roxanne | 2 episodes: "Old Enemies" & "New Friends" | |
| 2001 | Peak Practice | Roy Telford | Episode: "Win Some, Lose Some" |
| Holby City | James Campbell | 3 episodes | |
| 2002 | Dinotopia | Georgio | Episode: "Making Good" |
| Linda Green | Brian | Episode: "Like Father" | |
| Stan the Man | Deakin | Episode: #1.5 | |
| 2004 | The Long Firm | DI George Mooney | Mini-series, 4 episodes |
| 2005 | Down to Earth | Ken Ferris | Episode: "Cowboys" |
| Where the Heart Is | Ralph | Episode: "Together" | |
| Rose and Maloney | Marcus Roche | Episode: "Alan Richmond" | |
| 2006 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Barry Bendelow | Episode: "Glory Days" |
| The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Owen Harcourt-Baines | Episode: "Natural Causes" | |
| See No Evil: The Moors Murders | DCI Joe Mounsey | Mini-series, 2 episodes | |
| Casualty | Stephen Gregory MP | 2 episodes: "The Edge of Fear" & "In Good Faith" | |
| 2007 | The Royal | Hugh Etheridge | Episode: "Scabs" |
| The Whistleblowers | David Durrell | Episode: "No Child Left Behind" | |
| Doctor Who | Max Capricorn | Episode: "Voyage of the Damned" | |
| 2008 | New Tricks | Dave Dalston | Episode: "Loyalties and Royalties" |
| 2009 | Unforgiven | Eddie Ackroyd | Mini-series, 2 episodes |
| Midsomer Murders | Jack Filby | Episode: "The Creeper" | |
| 2010 | A Touch of Frost | Allen Moorhead | Episode: "If Dogs Run Free" |
| Emmerdale | Charlie Haynes | Series regular | |
| 2011 | Casualty | Father Vincent McConnell | Episode: "Mea Culpa" |
| 2012 | Homefront | Sgt. Howard Raveley | Mini-series, 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Scott & Bailey | Joe Bevan | 3 episodes |
| The Great Train Robbery | DCS Ernie Millen | Mini-series, 1 episode | |
| 2014–2023 | Happy Valley | Nevison Gallagher | Series regular |
| 2015 | Vera | Bill Telling | Episode: "Old Wounds" |
| 2016 | The Secret Agent | Sir Ethelred | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
| 2016, 2021 | Line of Duty | Patrick Fairbank | 6 episodes |
| 2019, 2022 | Gentleman Jack | James Holt | 7 episodes |
| 2022 | Ridley | Ray Trevice | Episode: "Swansong" |
| 2023 | Maryland | Richard | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
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