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Tom Cotcher | |
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| Born | 28 July 1950 |
| Occupation | actor |
| Website | http://www.tomcotcher.com |
Tom Cotcher (born 28 July 1950) is a British actor from Scotland who played DC Alan Woods in the long-running ITV police drama The Bill from 1992 to 1996. He also appeared briefly in an earlier episode of the police drama (as did several of the cast) as a local resident with a missing dog. Since then he has appeared in Taggart and Night and Day , and in October 2007 as a doctor in EastEnders . He has also made recurring appearances as Chief Superintendent Hobbs in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City . and as Mr. Mann in Ted Lasso . [1] He appeared as Daniel Brown in the 2017 Holby City episode "Sleep Well" and is the narrator of the UK editions of Ice Road Truckers .
Cotcher voiced the character of Rick, the spotter in the racing video games TOCA Race Driver 2 and 3 , in 2004 and 2006, respectively, as well as the characters of Benhart of Jugo and Cromwell the Pardoner in the action role-playing video game Dark Souls II in 2014.
He is a husband and father living in Brighton, England. In 2018, he recorded a two-part edition of The Bill Podcast to discuss his life and career.
