born february english actor born father working management consultant family moved dublin ireland enrolled anglican boarding school family moved england transferred sussex took amateur age read law university_of_cambridge joined group graduating took acting time professional stage debut playing noises ran year knowledge working stage joined supplemented stage roles 1980s television roles appearing comedies aborted pilot episode henry episode won major television role playing semi autobiographical bbc sitcom thirteen episodes role remains favourite career concluded cast management consultant itv comedy drama cold feet ran series played fictional prime minister bbc sitcom dad prime minister fact based drama coup man daughter goes missing itv thriller stepfather return theatre roles playing sisters members government whip alex alex following years starred television dramas joined cast wild heart appeared play present laughter followed role spirit married children early life born modern day february née father major second world war working west_africa management consultant mother children nicholas charlotte family lived moved dublin ireland brother attended schools dublin school sent preparatory school compared time brother catholics spent anglican boarding school lord flies incarcerated huge georgian house treated brutally family moved england transferred boarding school sussex preferred school age began acting minor read old copies magazine studying floor plans theatres reading new theatres built interested acting family saw dublin watched actors waiting cues wings left worth age read law cambridge describing hopeless academic spent time university performing cambridge alongside secretary group president participated wrote directed appeared season took london allowed practising stuck acting instead acting career early career graduating cambridge spent year touring australia revue musical described bunch youths flying round press conferences chat shows enjoyed work continue performing troupe worrying washed having coat tailed success early career leaving found considered resulted taking longer expected accepted actor professional role university series injury time alongside fellow performers role television came appeared pilot episode appeared training video director got role henry way thanks character recast downgraded series commissioned black professional stage debut came year joined second cast noises replaced stayed year roles worked television presenter declining offer presenter life joined appeared background actor regards job grateful theatre experience gave following year appeared man moon pub theatre judgement hour monologue opening night audience people good reviews national press audience grew average casting director james_bond film living persuaded audition bond believes audition arm twisting exercise producers wanted pressure role telling auditioning actors noted bond actors different continued minor appearances television 1980s auditioned role bbc north science fiction sitcom eventually went given role episode series second officer ship killed minutes years later invited reprise role storyline series allowed characters return filming commitments prevented appearing appeared television playing programme broadcast little fanfare performed live programme broadcast apart working auditioned television comedy called earlier day noticed fellow performer reading script prepare audition went audition room colleague leaving told break legs got threat entirely got pilot broadcast installment bbc comic strand returned series appeared sitcom writer series series broadcast critic called best comedy newcomer punctuated fantasy sequences character performed thoughts stand routine small club commentary interview dvd says told filming idea abandoned expense idea sequences older self retrospective feeling said believes mark wishes bit role favourite career described enjoyable job considers episodes series timeless beautifully constructed endure recognised appearance series mentioning stop public transport tell details plot favourite episode punishment arriving late series press launch café royal london writer pledged write episode mark naked large extent realised second series appeared television job lady stage choice getting married nose adapted played nottingham filmed role wind wider recognition appearing got audition television comedy pilot cold feet arrived audition account role play expect win role upper middle class management consultant role pilot minor created minute support characters played character note script david related high salary identified character merely post boy reprised role cold feet series ran years described character david emotional originally little depth series features affair david political activist played appreciated opportunity bring depth previously dimensional character impressed storylines came affair affair deception guilt actual affair interesting remarkable like cast members able suggest storylines series went episode features david celebrating birthday suggested character paid lessons test day test filming scene david takes new bike scheduled missed camera crashed pavement leading director funniest thing seen episode david buys ostensibly birthday present wife plot borne love role widely received prospective scripts obvious character turned preferring play good person interesting dramatic point view television appearances goodbye starring opposite declared dead pupils computer records relating adaptation stage appeared theatre role years daily telegraph described role weird casting choice called acting brave stab appeared music video comic relief single girl straight finishing went straight filming dad prime minister series portrays fictional british prime minister series broadcast sunday afternoon slot watched debates house_of_commons prepare role base portrayal returned theatre time years play sisters opposite seen sisters starring director advised turn advantage feel live previous portrayals run concluded special edition sisters filmed cast television broadcast bbc second series dad prime minister broadcast moved friday night timeslot advantage adult humour year starred itv thriller stepfather playing man daughter goes missing pleased white collar worker emotional comparison accepting sorts roles played adaptation thief lord present played coup attempted coup starred opposite premiere members studios accepted funny plausible absurd cruel liked translation original french play enjoyed working telling stage nick good actor good work completely frank discussions tiny issues totally ego free discussing point playing games working practice easier play equally responsible blame goes wrong greater risk hiding end year appeared opposite play fictional government research role watched debates season bush theatre end transferred march june tour coincided appearance titular character alex based comic daily_telegraph play ran october november featured interacting characters projected screen attracted role alex uses tight situations role won nomination best solo performance stage awards reprised role international tour september november playing melbourne sydney hong_kong singapore alex presented series classic won gold award performs alex corporate dinner entertainment saw perform charles series sitcom reprised role series final appearance art dealer family played role bbc costume drama emma broadcast bbc october previously played adaptation emma january april starred national touring revival present laughter seen present laughter seen plays imitate speech patterns performing present laughter time appeared play cast spirit later year plays opposite cold feet star played toured theatres southern england early beginning month run london television starred german canadian miniseries pillars earth recurring role sir period drama starred biopic joined cast long running itv drama wild heart recurring role sitcom london star andy upcoming television film television film adaptation novel personal life met artist mutual friends married daughters honor filmography written works robert december yes cold feet beat cost daily telegraph robert october alex tour getting smile easier daily telegraph review section written works festival sport racing print
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