Mike Packer

Mike Packer (born Lusaka, Zambia) is an English actor and dramatist. He has written several plays, among them To Live Like a King, Cardboys, A Carpet, a Pony and a Monkey, and tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ! His debut play To Live Like a King was a runner-up for the Allied Domecq New Playwrights Award. His most recent play tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ! opened to rave reviews at London's Bush Theatre, which has hosted two other plays by Packer.

As an actor, Packer has also appeared on television, making appearances in several TV series, and one off drama's. He also worked extensively in the theatre, performing in classic works by Pinter, Miller, and Shakespeare. As well as numerous new plays at The Royal Court, The Riverside Studios, and The Old Half Moon.

In the late 1980s Packer could frequently be seen cycling in and around Chiswick whilst working as a bicycle courier.

He lives with the Actress and Director Julia Ford and their two children in Honor Oak, South East London.

External links

• Guardian review of tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ!
• http://arts.Telegraph.co uk/theatre/reviews/Never Mind The Horlicks

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