John Pickard (British actor)

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John Pickard
Born
John Pickard

(1977-11-02) 2 November 1977 (age 46)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present
Relatives Nick Pickard (brother)

John Pickard (born 2 November 1977 in London) is an English actor, best known for playing David Porter in the BBC sitcom 2point4 Children , and Dominic Reilly (brother of Tony Hutchinson, played by Pickard's own brother Nick Pickard) in Channel 4's Hollyoaks . [1]

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Career

He trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. [2]

He has performed on stage, in films and on TV.

Between 1990 and 1991, he appeared in Series 13 and 14 of the children's BBC drama series Grange Hill as the character Neil Timpson. [3]

In 1991 he was cast as David Porter, alongside Gary Olsen and Belinda Lang, in the BBC1 sitcom 2point4 Children, which ran for eight series until 1999.

He then joined Hollyoaks in 2005 as Dominic Reilly, and left in 2010. [4]

In 2008, he was cast as Doctor Who companion Thomas Brewster for Doctor Who Audio Dramas in The Haunting of Thomas Brewster. Due to this and other audio dramas, he attended Gallifrey One in February 2010, an annual North American science fiction convention in Los Angeles, California.

Theatre

As well as pantomimes, he has also performed as George in Same Time, Next Year (at Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon), James in Writebites (at Upstairs at The Bell), Trevor in Aphrodite Blugs (at New End Theatre, Hampstead), Ben in Stroke Me (at Finborough Theatre, Earls Court), Colin in Saved (at Octagon Theatre, Bolton), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre) and Morton in An Enemy of the People (at Playhouse Theatre).

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 The Bill Wayne
1990–1991 Grange Hill Neil Timpson
1991–1999 2point4 Children David Porter
1993–1996 EastEnders Kevin recurring role
1994–1995 Live and Kicking Himself3 appearances
1999 Sunburn Ryan Eastwood
2000 The Bill Kevin Maguire
2004 Mile High Jack Fields2nd Series
2007 Soapstar Superchef HimselfAppeared with his brother, they came 18 out of 19
2008-09, 2013 Hollyoaks Later Dominic ReillySeries 1 (3 episodes), Series 2 (5 episodes) and Series 6 (5 Episodes)
2005–2010 Hollyoaks Dominic Reilly
2012 Casualty [7] PC Chris Bidner
2015 Casualty Anthony Simms

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998More than DreamsPeterA small Swiss feature film by Mikaël Ivan Roost
1999 Rage Thomas "T" BrecknockWon an award at the Amiens International Film Festival in 2001

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