Roger Lloyd Pack

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name = Roger Lloyd Pack


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othername = Roger Lloyd-Pack
Owen Lloyd Pack
yearsactive = 1965 —
spouse = Jehane Markham
Sheila Ball (divorced)
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Roger Lloyd Pack (born 8 February 1944) is an English actor.

Career

Lloyd Pack attended Bedales School in Hampshire, where he achieved 3 A Level passes and RADA. On British television, he is known for his role as Colin "Trigger" Ball in the BBC sitcom "Only Fools And Horses". To international audiences, he recently achieved fame starring as Barty Crouch, Sr. in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", he has appeared on Doctor Who, and is also known for his role in "The Vicar of Dibley" as Owen Newitt.

He is sometimes credited as Roger Lloyd-Pack (with a hyphen) and occasionally as Owen Lloyd Pack. It has been suggested that Owen is a reference to his popular role in "The Vicar of Dibley".

Personal life

Lloyd Pack was born in London, the son of Ulrike (née Pulay), a travel agent, and Charles Lloyd Pack, who was also an actor. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/65/Roger-Lloyd-Pack.html Roger Lloyd Pack Biography (1944-) ] ] He has been married twice; his first wife was Sheila Ball, and his second is poet and dramatist Jehane Markham. He has one daughter Emily Lloyd who is also an actress, and has three sons: Spencer, Hartley and Louis. In his spare time, Lloyd Pack enjoys snooker, yoga and playing the piano. He currently resides in Kentish Town, North London.

Lloyd Pack speaks French, German and Italian and achieved A-Levels in English, French and Latin. He supports Tottenham Hotspur. In June 2008 he appeared as a guest on The Politics Show (BBC2), arguing the case for better integrated public transport - specifically railways.

Acting career

Television

*"Doctor Who" (2006 series) as John Lumic in "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel"
*"What We Did On Our Holiday" as Jim Taylor
*"Agatha Christie's Poirot":"The Mystery of the Blue Train" as Inspector Caux (2005)
*"Mr Bean" as a waiter
*"Selling Hitler" as David Irving
*"Murder Rooms" as Dr. Ibbotson.
*"The Bill" as Mick Mortimer
*"The Vicar of Dibley" as Owen Newitt
*"Only Fools and Horses" as Trigger
*"Moving" as Jimmy Ryan
*"The Professionals" as Ramos in Episode 'Long Shot' (1978)
*"The Naked Civil Servant" as Liz
*"Survivors" as Wally (Series 2 - Lights of London episodes - 1976)
*"Byker Grove" as Mr Beckett (Series 2 - 1990)
*"Doc Martin" as Phil Pratt (Series 2 - 2005)
*"2 point 4 children" as Jake Klinger (1995-1996)

Film

*"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" as Barty Crouch, Sr.
*"Wilt" as Dr. Pittman
*"Prick Up Your Ears"
*"Preaching to the Perverted"
*"American Friends"
*"Interview with the Vampire" as piano player
*"The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" as Geoff
*"1984" as the waiter in the Chestnut Tree Café
*"Fiddler on the Roof" as the Sexton
*"U.F.O. as Solo the Clitoran on the spacecraft that captures Roy Chubby Brown

tage roles

*"Kafka's Dick" by Alan Bennett - He played Kafka
*"Blue/Orange" by Joe Penhall
*"'Art'"
*"Dick Whittington" - a family pantomime by Mark Ravenhill at the Barbican Centre
*"One For The Road
*"Dealer's Choice" by Patrick Marber - He played Ash, alongside Malcolm Sinclair and Stephen Wight.

References

External links

* [http://www.surreyartists.co.uk/aaw/websites/surreyartists/trigger-only-fools-and-horses.htm Portrait of Roger Lloyd Pack as Trigger]
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/roger_lloydpack.shtml BBC biography]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2006/05/13/tv_doctor_who_roger_lloyd_pack_may06_feature.shtml BBC interview with Roger Lloyd Pack about appearing in "Doctor Who"]