Ralf Little

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name = Ralf Little
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location = Bury, Greater Manchester, England

Ralf Alistair J.B. Little (born 8 February 1981) is an English actor, writer and footballer, working mainly on television. He is perhaps best known for playing Anthony Royle, the son in the series "The Royle Family", Jonny Keogh in the first six series of sitcom "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" and Danny in Massive.

Personal life

Little was born in Bury. Although from Oldham, Greater Manchester, [http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8964&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983] . Ancestry.co.uk. URL accessed 21 June 2007.] his footballing allegiance is to Bury FC. When the club was in financial trouble Little lent his support.

Early work

Some of Little's early television roles included minor roles in various programs such as "Elidor", "Children's Ward", "Bostock's Cup", "Always and Everyone", and a production of "Aladdin".

The Royle Family and Two Pints

Ralf's "big break" came when he was offered to play Anthony Royle in the BBC sitcom, "The Royle Family". He took three months out of his 'A' Level studies to record the series, after which he returned to school and scraped the grades he needed to get into his chosen course in university.

Shortly after starting his medical degree at university, the first series of The Royle Family began to air and offers to audition started coming Little's way, as many as five per week. This prompted him to abandon his studies and focus on his acting career.

The original run of the series was from Autumn 1998 to December 2000, and returned for a one-off special in 2006. It was rumoured in Summer 2008 that another one-off special is currently being written and is planned for Christmas.

After the original run of "The Royle Family", Ralf was cast in another sitcom, "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" (or "Two Pints"), as Jonny Keogh. The first series ran from February 2001, and has been running for seven series so far. Though during an interview for "This Morning" in September 2007 that he would not be returning for the next series due to an overwhelming schedule, and his character was therefore killed off screen in the first episode of the seventh series.

Other Work (1998-present)

Little has also appeared in films, including "24 Hour Party People" (playing Joy Division and New Order bass player Peter Hook) and "Al's Lads". Little also starred as Stephen, alongside Anne-Marie Duff, in Oscar-nominee Roger Goldby's film "The Waiting Room", released throughout the UK in June 2008.

In early 2008 Little appeared in adverts for McVitie's digestive biscuits, and did the voiceover for "SMA" baby formula adverts. He also provided the narration for series two of Monkey Life.

In October 2008, he appeared in the one man show, "Stacy", written by Jack Thorne at the Trafalgar Studios in London and on TV in "Robin Hood" as a sinister scientist Joseph, in the episode The Angel of Death.

In August 2007 he released his first online novel (co written with Stephen Morris), "The Golden Generation", a coming of age tale about a recently single man who is taken under the wings of two city traders who show him the trappings of big money in the big city but that it comes at a price. Money taken from the sale of the novel went to the charity Shelter. [ [http://www.thegoldengeneration.co.uk The Golden Generation - A novel by Stephen Morris and Ralf Little ] ]

He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in "Notes on Falling Leaves" at the Royal Court Theatre.

Little was a member of the cast of "KateModern", a web series which is a spin-off of the more well-known "lonelygirl15". The series started in July 2007 and posted its final video in June 2008.

In September 2008 Little starred in "Massive", a BBC comedy about an indie record label.

Football career

Ralf is a keen footballer and signed for non-league club Stone Dominoes on July 8 2008. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7495408.stm BBC SPORT | Football | Actor Little joins Stone Dominoes ] ] He has also on a few occasions played celebrity football matches for charity, and played quite a bit with members of Hollywood United while in the district for acting career purposes. He also plays for the Arsenal Ex-Pro and Celebrity XI.

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