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Morrissey in 2011
Born
Neil Anthony Morrissey

(1962-07-04) 4 July 1962 (age 62)
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • businessman
  • narrator
  • presenter
Years active1983–present
Notable work Men Behaving Badly
Bob the Builder
Waterloo Road
Spouse
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(m. 1987;div. 1991)​
Partner Amanda Holden (2000)
Children1

Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July 1962) is an English actor, businessman, narrator and presenter. He is known for his role as Tony in Men Behaving Badly . Other notable acting roles include Deputy Head Eddie Lawson in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road , Nigel Morton in Line of Duty , and Rocky in Boon . Morrissey also provided the voice of the titular character, Lofty, Roley, and others in Bob the Builder .

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Early life

Morrissey was born in Stafford, Staffordshire [1] on 4 July 1962, [2] the third of four sons of Irish parents who were both psychiatric nurses. He and his older brother Stephen spent much of their childhood in separate children's homes, [3] Morrissey spending most of his time at Penkhull Children's Home, [3] [4] under the care of Margaret Cartlidge. [4]

He attended Thistley Hough High School in Penkhull, [2] where he passed all nine CSEs with O-Level-equivalent grades, [3] despite purportedly being downgraded from taking GCE exams on account of his being raised in care. [3] He went on to further study for his A-levels at the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College. [2]

Morrissey had developed his skills and reputation as an actor through his teenage years at Stoke Schools Theatre, Stoke Repertory Theatre, [3] performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1979. [2] He further studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, [2] after receiving an educational grant, and he 'sofa-surfed' with friends, and performed street theatre, to survive first year. [3]

Career

Acting

In 1984, Morrissey, in his film debut, played Able Seaman Matthew Quintal in historical mariner drama The Bounty , [5] alongside Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Olivier. [5] In 1987, Morrissey rose to notoriety as dim biker Rocky in the ITV drama series Boon , [6] alongside Michael Elphick. [6] Many of the actors from Boon , were also involved in the 1990 British spoof horror film I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle , where he played the lead role of Noddy. [6] In 1992, Morrissey took on the role of Tony in Men Behaving Badly , created to replace Harry Enfield, who departed after series one. [7] The series became one of the most popular UK sitcoms of the 90s and Morrissey became a national celebrity. [7]

During the early 1990s he appeared as "Sammy the Chamois" in Noel Edmonds' Noel's House Party . [8]

In 1998, Morrissey starred in the John Godber rugby league film Up 'n' Under . [6] Neil also voiced Wilfred Toadflax and Dusty Dogwood in Brambly Hedge (1997), which was produced by HIT Entertainment. After this, Neil voiced several characters in the HIT Entertainment children's television series Bob the Builder , [9] including the lead character, Bob, for over a decade between 1999 and 2011. [6] During his voice acting role, he achieved two UK number 1 singles, with "Can We Fix It?" (which was the 2000 UK Christmas No 1), and "Mambo No 5" in 2001. [9] He later provided voice narration for Morph, [10] and Maisy. [6]

In 2000, Morrissey starred in TV comedy film Happy Birthday, Shakespeare, where he played a coach driver, in a cast that included Amanda Holden, Les Dennis, and Freddie Highmore. [11] In 2002, Morrissey returned to TV screens in the drama series Paradise Heights , [12] which ran for two series. He then had a starring role in the BBC sitcom Carrie and Barry from 2004 until 2005. [12]

His work in West End theatre work includes Speed, Robin Hood , The Daughter In-Law and his critically acclaimed West End performance in A Passionate Woman. In 2005 Morrissey performed in Victoria Wood's musical adaptation of Acorn Antiques alongside Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston and Josie Lawrence. [13] Morrissey took over the role of Nathan Detroit from Nigel Lindsay in the London revival of Guys and Dolls from March to June 2006. [13]

In 2007, he appeared in British TV show Skins , [12] as Marcus Ainsworth, the father of Hannah Murray's character Cassie Ainsworth. [2] He reprised the role in 2013, when appearing in both parts of Skins Pure . [6] In 2007, he appeared in the BBC One school-based drama series, Waterloo Road as the new deputy headteacher, Eddie Lawson. [12]

In January 2012, Morrissey took on the role of Fagin in Lionel Bart's musical Oliver at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. [14] Morrissey starred alongside Adrian Edmondson, Robert Webb and Miles Jupp in the play Neville's Island at Duke of York's Theatre, London during Autumn 2014. [15]

In 2015, he played a character called Keith, who is Johnny (Joe Maw) and Tee's (Mia McKenna Bruce) villainous mother's former boyfriend, in the CBBC sitcom The Dumping Ground . [16] In December 2015, Morrissey starred in BBC Two's comedy-drama A Gert Lush Christmas , playing the father of Russell Howard's character. [17]

In 2016, he joined the cast of Grantchester for the second series, where he played the role of Harding Redmond. [18] Also in 2016, he took part in the second series of ITV's reality series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive . [19]

From 2017, Morrissey played Greg McConnell in ITV's The Good Karma Hospital , [1] for several seasons until 2022. He portrayed Peter Carr in Series 3 of Unforgotten in 2018. [6] In 2021, he starred as Frank Stevenson in series four of the BBC series The Syndicate , starring alongside Katherine Rose Morley. [13] In 2023, he was the subject of DNA Journey with Adrian Dunbar. [20]

Morrissey played the part of Captain Perrot, an accomplice of Colonel Blood, in The Crown Jewels, a humorous play written by screenwriter Simon Nye and performed at the Garrick Theatre in London in 2023, about Blood's theft of the Crown Jewels) in 1671. The part of Blood was played by Aidan McArdle, Al Murray played King Charles II, and the cast also included Mel Giedroyc.

Spoof show

On 1 April 2006, a BBC Three spoof programme titled Neil Morrissey's Secret documented sides of Morrissey's life that were previously unknown to the world at large. [21] It alleged he has a house, wife and two children in Jordan, [21] as well as a degree in botany, [21] for which he had studied for 20 years. [21] These studies were integral to his motivation to find a breakthrough in anti-ageing, which supposedly occurred naturally amongst the local population. It was said that he had invented a cream called The Essence which contains extracts of a plant found only in a remote Jordanian village. [21] In the documentary the cream's acolytes include celebrities such as Jane Seymour, Gloria Hunniford and Philippa Forrester. [21] The hoax documentary was launched on 1 April, and despite the suspicions caused by this date as April Fool's Day, it still managed to convince some people that it was true. [21]

Business

Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn, the lease of which was part-owned by Morrissey Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn.jpg
Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn, the lease of which was part-owned by Morrissey
The Plume of Feathers in Barlaston The Plume of Feathers in Barlaston.jpg
The Plume of Feathers in Barlaston

Morrissey's love of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas led him to buy up numerous properties in the village of Laugharne, including the Hurst Hotel, the New Three Mariners pub and Brown's Hotel in April 2004 for £670,000. [22] In October 2006, it was announced that the business had put Brown's Hotel on the market to finance the redevelopment of the Hurst Hotel, [23] and the expansion of the private members' club, Hurst House in Covent Garden, London. [24]

In July 2008, with delays encountered on the construction of Hurst House-at-the-Mill, a luxury hotel in Hertfordshire due to open in 2009, the Laugharne-based assets of the Hurst House group went into a packaged administration. The assets were subsequently bought by new investors, resulting in the end of Morrissey's association with Laugharne. [25]

Morrissey part-owned the lease on the Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn in Marton, North Yorkshire. From this base came the Morrissey Fox range of real ale, developed by Morrissey and chef Richard Fox which is still in production. In June 2009, it was reported that his Welsh pub had failed and the lease to Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn was handed back to the owner after just 18 months on 22 October 2009. [26]

Morrissey avoided bankruptcy over his failed business ventures but entered an IVA. [27] Morrissey went on to own a chain of pubs in Staffordshire, including The Plume of Feathers in Barlaston, [1] and later The Old Bramshall Inn in Bramshall. The latter opened its doors as a Neil Morrissey pub on 28 June 2018, an event which Morrissey attended. In December 2021 the leasehold was sold and the pub was renamed 'The Butchers Arms'. [28]

Personal life

Morrissey married Amanda Noar in 1987 after meeting her when she was a guest in an episode of Boon ; the couple have a son born in 1989. They divorced in 1991. He then became engaged to actress Elizabeth Carling, whom he had first met in 1989, when she too was working on Boon. They parted on good terms, and she later guest-starred alongside him in Men Behaving Badly . His subsequent affairs have been well documented by the British tabloids, including dating Rachel Weisz after starring together in My Summer with Des in 1998. They lived together at his flat in Crouch End, north London. [29] Morrissey had an affair with Amanda Holden in 2000, whom he met filming Happy Birthday, Shakespeare, [11] leading to her divorce in 2003 from comedian Les Dennis. [30]

Morrissey's older brother Stephen died in 1997 following a drug overdose. [2] Morrissey has numerous tattoos. According to one version of their origin, he applied them himself with needles and Indian ink. On his left arm are his first name and a blob, which was going to be his initials before it became infected, causing him to require a tetanus jab. On his right is a squiggle, which is a reversed version of The Saint logo. [29] Morrissey himself says the tattoos were done by other boys at the children's home. The boys there apparently saw that he did not have a tattoo and so gave him the option of a tattoo or a beating. He decided on the tattoo and now regrets not taking the other option. [31]

In 2006, Morrissey was awarded an honorary degree from Staffordshire University. [32] [33] [34] He is a supporter of Crystal Palace. [35] A fan of real ale, in 2011 he produced a real ale with the club called Palace Ale. [36]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 The Bounty Seaman Matthew QuintalFilm debut
1987 Playing Away Ian
1990 I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle Noddy, aka Nick Oddie
1992The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney CowboyCass Malone
1994 Staggered Jeff the Videographer
1995 Trafford Tanzi Dean RebelTV film
1996 Roger Roger Phil
1997 The Vanishing Man Nick Cameron
The Chest John Croft
1998Jack and the BeanstalkJack
Up 'n' Under Steve
My Summer with Des MartinTV film
1999 Hunting Venus Charlotte
The Match Piss Off (Mr. Doris)
The Flint Street Nativity Adrian Atherton / Wise Man 3TV film
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything Director
2000Happy Birthday ShakespeareWill Green
2001Bob the Builder: A Christmas to RememberBob (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Roley (UK)/ Farmer Pickles (UK)Direct-to-video animated film (voice only)
Another WorldCaptain Ronald BrimstoneAnimated film (voice only)
2002 Triggermen Pete Maynard
Bob the Builder: Live!Bob / Lofty / RoleyAnimated film (voice only)
2003Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-LotBob (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Roley (UK)/ Farmer Pickles (UK)Animated TV film (voice only)
2004Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a BuilderBob (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Roley (UK)/ Farmer Pickles (UK)Direct-to-video animated film (voice only)
Monkey Trousers Various rolesTV film
Bob the Builder: Snowed Under: The Bobblesburg Winter GamesBob (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Roley (UK)Direct-to-video animated film (voice only)
2005The Adventures of William Shakespeare Richard III
Bob the Builder: Bob's Big PlanBob (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Roley (UK)/ Scruffy (UK/US)Direct-to-video animated film (voice only)
2006 Acorn Antiques: The Musical John / TonyDirect-to-video film
Bob the Builder: Built to Be WildBob (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Roley (UK)Direct-to-video animated film (voice only; Singing voice US dub)
2007Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the RescueBob (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Roley (UK)/ Farmer Pickles (UK)/ Angelo Sabatini (UK)Direct-to-video animated film (voice only)
2008 Clubbed Simon
Bob the Builder: Race to the FinishBob (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Roley (UK)/ Angelo Sabatini (UK), Micky Picker (UK)Direct-to-video animated film (voice only)
2010Inn MatesBrianTV film
2011The Adventures of William Shakespeare Vol. 2 Richard III
2012 Run for Your Wife Gary Gardner
2015I Am UrbanDoc
A Gert Lush Christmas Dave ColmanTV film
2016As OneDouglasShort film
2017 Diana and I Colin TaylorTV film
2019Crucible of the VampireRobert

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Juliet Bravo OliverGuest appearance – 1 episode, series 5; "No Peace"
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense PolicemanGuest appearance – 1 episode; "Paint Me a Murder"
Ellis Island SeanMiniseries – 1 episode
1985 Roll Over Beethoven YouthGuest appearance – 1 episode
Travellers by Night FlickMiniseries – 2 episodes
1986 C.A.T.S. Eyes TrevorGuest appearance – 1 episode; series 2
1987 Pulaski Tarquin TaylorGuest appearance – 1 episode: "The Price of Fame"
1987–1995 Boon Rocky CassidyRecurring role – 74 episodes
1988 Gentlemen and Players Terry1 episode; "Stags at Bay"
Crossbow Peteraka William Tell. 1 episode; "Masterplan"
1992 Cluedo Gordon FerrarGuest appearance – 1 episode; series 3
1992–1999 Men Behaving Badly Tony SmartLeading role – 38 episodes [1]
1993 Comedy Playhouse DannyGuest appearance – 1 episode; "Stuck on You"
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer Ozzy Osbourne / HimselfGuest appearance – 1 episode; "Food and Drink"
A Woman's Guide to AdulteryDavid3 episodes
1993–1997 Noel's House Party Sammy the Chamois (pron. "shammy") / Himself8 episodes
1994 Paris Rochet6 episodes
1995 The Morph Files NarratorRecurring role – 25 episodes (voice only)
1996–1997 Soul Music MortRecurring role – 7 episodes (voice only)
1997Morph TV with Tony HartNarrator for the Morph segmentsRecurring role (voice only) [10]
1997–1998 Brambly Hedge Wilfred Toadflax2 episodes (voice only)
1997–2011 Bob the Builder Bob (UK)/ Roley (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Farmer Pickles (UK)Leading role – 201 episodes (voice only)
1998 The Vanishing Man Nick CameronRecurring role – 6 episodes
1999 Maisy Narrator (UK version)3 episodes (voice only) [6]
The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog StoryTony SmartTV Special
2001 Look and Read ZzaapGuest appearance – 1 episode (voice only)
2002–2003 Paradise Heights / The Eustace Bros. Charlie EustaceRecurring role – 6 episodes
2003 Murder in Mind Stephen KiteGuest appearance – 1 episode; series 3
2003–2008Bob the Builder: Bob's Mini ProjectsBob / Micky Picker / Lofty17 episodes (voice only)
2004 Unsolved History NarratorGuest appearance – 1 episode; "Aztecs: Temple of Blood"
2004–2005 Carrie & Barry BarryRecurring role – 12 episodes
2005 Bob the Builder: Project Build It [ broken anchor ]Bob (UK)/ Roley (UK)/ Lofty (UK)/ Farmer Pickles (UK)Leading role (voice only)
2006 Petrolheads Host6 episodes
2007 Skins Marcus AinsworthGuest appearance – 1 episode; series 1
Neighbours VicarGuest appearance – 1 episode; "Births, Deaths and Marriages"
2007–2009 Waterloo Road Eddie LawsonRecurring role – 40 episodes
2010–2011 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Aurillia / Elmore / Gary11 episodes (voice only)
2011 Inspector George Gently Tony HextonGuest appearance – 1 episode; series 4
2012 Me and Mrs. Jones Jason6 episodes
2012–2016 Line of Duty DC Nigel Morton9 episodes
2013 Skins Pure Marcus Ainsworth2 episodes
2014 Comedy Playhouse JezGuest appearance – 1 episode; "Over to Bill"
Men Behaving Badly Tony SmartStand Up to Cancer & Feeling Nuts Comedy Night Special
2015 The Dumping Ground KeithGuest appearance – 1 episode; series 3
Death in Paradise Disco Biscuit / Duncan RobertsGuest appearance – 1 episode; series 4
2016 Grantchester Harding RedmondGuest appearance – 5 episodes; series 2
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive Himself - ParticipantGuest appearance – 1 episode; series 2
The Night Manager Harry PalfreyMiniseries – 3 episodes
2017 Midsomer Murders Mitch McAllister1 episode; “Crime and Punishment”
2017–2018 Striking Out Vincent Pike, QCRecurring role – 10 episodes
2017–2022 The Good Karma Hospital Greg McConnellRecurring role – 24 episodes [1]
2018 Moving On Frank Barton1 episode; "The Registrar"
Unforgotten Peter Carr6 episodes
2019 The Trial of Christine Keeler Colin KeelerEpisode 6
2020 Penance Luke DouglasMiniseries – all 3 episodes
Finding JoyYoung Man1 episode; "Reborn"
2021 The Syndicate Frank Stevenson6 episodes
The Long Call Christopher Reasley4 episodes
2023DNA JourneyHimself1 episode; "Neil Morrissey and Adrian Dunbar" [20]
The Chelsea Detective Ross Pickard1 episode; "The Reliable Witness"
Love RatPeteMiniseries – 4 episodes
2024 Finders Keepers Martin StoneMiniseries – Main role – all 4 episodes [37]
2025Neil & Martin’s Bon VoyageHimeselfUpcoming travelogue miniseries with Martin Clunes [38]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[39] 		AUS
[40] 		IRE
[41] 		NZ
[42]
Bob the Builder: The Album
(as Bob the Builder)		415932
Never Mind the Breeze Blocks
(as Bob the Builder)		87———
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

SingleYearPeak chart
positions		 Certifications Album
UK
[39] 		AUS
[45] 		IRE
[41]
"Can We Fix It?"
(as Bob the Builder)		200013Bob the Builder: The Album
"Mambo No. 5"
(as Bob the Builder)		2001124
"Big Fish Little Fish"
(as Bob the Builder)		200881——Never Mind the Breeze Blocks
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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