Mark Addy Biography

Mark Addy Johnson (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the British sitcom The Thin Blue Line, Dave in the film The Full Monty, father Bill Miller in the US sitcom Still Standing, King Robert Baratheon in the HBO medieval fantasy epic Game of Thrones and Hercules in the British fantasy drama series Atlantis.

Personal life

Addy was born in Tang Hall, York, and was educated in the city. In 1982-84 he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He lives with his wife Kelly and three children (Ruby, born 2000; Charlie, born 2003; and Oscar, born 2005) in Rufforth, close to Upper Poppleton village, near York. Addy's ancestors have lived in York at least since 1910 when his great-grandfather was living there. His father Ian has spent his working life as a glazier at York Minster.

Television

Addy made his first TV appearance in 1988 in A Very Peculiar Practice, followed by TV performances in shows such as Heartbeat, Band of Gold, Married... with Children (one episode), Bruised Fruit, Peak Practice, The Thin Blue Line, Too Much Sun, Sunnyside Farm, Trollied and most recently The Syndicate for the BBC.

He played Bill Miller in Still Standing and played Detective Boyle in the second series of the British sitcom The Thin Blue Line. He also appeared on ITV1's comedy drama series Bonkers, and another ITV comedy drama, Bike Squad, in early 2008 as Sergeant John Rook.

Addy played the character Robert Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Since 2009 Addy has starred with Fay Ripley in a series of adverts for the relaunched Tesco Clubcard.

Addy is currently playing the role of Hercules, one of the main characters in the new BBC One fantasy drama series Atlantis that started airing on 28 September 2013 in the UK.

Film

He had a leading role in the film The Full Monty, and played the role of Fred Flintstone in the 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. In that role, as well as in Still Standing, he played the role of a blue-collar American (or, more accurately, an American-accented Pangean in the case of Fred Flintstone). He also played a supporting role as Mac McArthur in the 1998 film Jack Frost, with Michael Keaton. In 2001, he played a butler of Chris Rock's character in the movie Down to Earth and also appeared in A Knight's Tale as Roland. Addy played the role of David Philby in The Time Machine and made a guest appearance as the Ship Captain in Around the World in 80 Days with Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan and made an appearance as Friar Tuck in Ridley Scott's 2010 film Robin Hood.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	'		TV series
	'		Episode: "Monday"
1988	A Very Peculiar Practice	Mal Prentis	Episode: "The Big Squeeze" Episode: "Death of a University"
1990	Dark Romances Vol. 2	Sam	Video
	'	Matthew Holden	Episode: "The Night Watch" Episode: "A Case to Answer"
1992	Married... with Children	Lower Uncton Local (uncredited)	Episode: "England Show II: Wastin' the Company's Money" Episode: "England Show III: We're Spending as Fast as We Can"
1994	Between the Lines	PC	Episode: "Unknown Soldier"
1995	Band of Gold	DC Sherrington	3 episodes
	Peak Practice	Alec Kitson	Episode: "A Normal Life"
	Ghostbusters of East Finchley	DC Newley	Episode: "1.5" Episode: "1.6"
	Heartbeat	Norman Greengrass	Episode: "Domestic"
1996	Heartbeat	Norman Greengrass	Episode: "Old Colonials"
	Bruised Fruit	Angel	Short film
	Out of the Blue	Robbo	Episode: "2.6"
	Respect	Joe Carr	TV film
	'	D.C. Boyle	7 episodes
1997	Sunnyside Farm	Ken Sunnyside	TV series
	'	Phil Mycroft	TV film
	'	David 'Dave' Horsefall	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated"?BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated"?Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated"?Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
1998	Closer		Short film
	Jack Frost	Mac MacArthur
1999	'	Frank
	'	Ass	TV film
2000	'	Andy
	'	Fred Flintstone
	Married 2 Malcolm	Malcolm
	Too Much Sun	Nigel Conway	6 episodes
2001	Down to Earth	Cisco
	A Knight's Tale	Roland
2002	'	David Philby
	Heartlands	Ron
2002-2006	Still Standing	Bill Miller	88 episodes
2003	'	Thomas Garrett
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Steamer Captain
2007	Bonkers	Tony Barker	6 episodes
2008	Bike Squad	Sgt. John Rook	TV film
2009	Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983	John Piggott
2010	It's a Wonderful Afterlife	D I Smythe
	Robin Hood	Friar Tuck
	National Theatre Live	Squire Max Harkaway	Episode: "London Assurance"
	Barney's Version	Detective O'Hearne
2011	Game of Thrones	King Robert Baratheon	7 episodes Nominated"?Scream Award for Best Ensemble Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2011-2013	Trollied	Andy
2011	Great Expectations	Pumblechook	TV serial
2013	The Syndicate	Alan	TV serial
2013	Atlantis	Hercules	TV serial

Theatre

Addy played Kevin Snell in the 2006 revival of Donkeys' Years at the Comedy Theatre in London, and in 2007-08 he has appeared at the National Theatre as Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing and as Hjalmar Johansen in Fram. In 2011, he played Vladimir, an NKVD officer, in Collaborators at the National Theatre, which also featured in the National Theatre Live programme, where live performances are broadcast to cinemas around the world.