- Joe Caffrey
Joe Caffrey is an English actor.
Caffrey was born in the shipbuilding town of
Wallsend ,Tyneside . His father had worked at Swan Hunter's Shipyards and both of his grandfathers were miners. Joe's grandfather, Ned Murray, was an active Trade Unionist and Labour politician and a District and County Councillor.Caffrey chose to become an actor and was trained for three years at the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . In 1984-85 he was also a member of thea cappella band, "The Workey Tickets", who did several fund raising gigs for the striking miners and their families.Caffrey first began performing theatre in London. He achieved West End stardom in
Lee Hall 's farceCooking with Elvis . He had also several TV appearances inITV andBBC productions and appeared in theBridget Jones film, "The Edge of Reason " (2004).He played Billy's older brother Tony in the original London cast of
Billy Elliot the Musical and will return to the show in December 2008, this time in the role of Jackie Elliot, Billy's father.According to his own words, Caffrey is a huge fan of playwright
Alan Plater . He says: "When you get a writer of Alan's calibre saying 'I'm going to write you a part in this' you think 'Christ almighty, most actors would bite your hand off for that kind of chance.' "External links
* [http://www.billyelliotthemusical.com/cast/Joe_Caffrey.html Billy Elliot, the musical: Joe Caffrey]
* [http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2004/3/4/59908.html The Northern Echo: Art of comedy]
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