Neil Pearson

AKA: Neil Joshua Pearson

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1959-04-27

London, England, UK

Biography

Neil Pearson is an English stage, screen and television actor.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {72}

Narrator (voice)

2001-12-31 6

Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot

Documentary discussing the casting and making of "Some Like It Hot", the film voted as the Best Comedy ever made by the American Film Institute. ...

Genre :Documentary

Nick

1986-01-01 0

Loose End

A 5 minute drama. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

Brendan

2001-01-01 6.5

Trance

Tony works in an auction house, where he is surrounded by many valuable works of art. Enlisting the help of London gangster Brendan and his associates, Tony hatches a plan to steal a priceless Goya pa ...

Genre :Thriller, TV Movie

Gerry Tudor

1999-06-24 5

Bostock's Cup

Former players and associates of third division club Bostock Stanley gather for a celebratory dinner to commemorate their famous FA Cup victory twenty-five years previously during which a shocking tru ...

Genre :Comedy

Greg

1989-11-16 6.7

Work Experience

Work Experience is a 1989 short film directed by James Hendrie. It follows Terence who is caught in a vicious circle. He cannot get a job because he has no experience, but he cannot gain experience wi ...

Genre :Comedy

Patrick Steadman

1993-09-12 3.5

The Secret Rapture

Upon her father's death, a woman comes into emotional and psychological conflict with her young lover, her overbearing sister and her alcoholic stepmother. ...

Genre :Drama

Richard Finch

2004-11-10 6.232

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones is working as a TV host and still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. But Bridget is jealous of the time Mark spends with a gorgeous co-worker Rebecca and ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Julian Wyatt

1999-08-30 1

The Mystery of Men

Four middle-aged men concoct a scheme which involves them insuring their lives, so that if one of them dies the others inherit a tidy sum. Suddenly fate throws a darkly comic chain of mishaps their wa ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Nik Targett

1987-02-04 0

Up Line

Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventuall ...

Genre :Comedy

Narrator

1999-01-01 6.3

Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island

A documentary about the life and tragic death of abstract artist Jackson Pollock. Features are interviews with Lee Krasner (Pollock's wife), and other friends and fellow artists. Also featured are sce ...

Genre :Documentary

Jack Bing

1988-08-03 0

Eskimos Do It

When the widowed Mrs Bing goes into hospital for a routine operation, she little realises she will soon make a dramatic bid for the most essential freedom of all. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Narrator

2007-10-16 0

Matt Monro: The Man with the Golden Voice

Documentary telling the story of Matt Monro, the young Londoner who became one of the world's most popular ballad singers. ...

Genre :

Self

2023-01-14 8

Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful

Hancock fan Jack Dee presents Tony Hancock: Very Nearly An Armful. Taking its title from celebrated Hancock episode The Blood Donor, this two-hour retrospective features previously unseen scripts, scr ...

Genre :Documentary

Dave Charnley

1991-12-28 4

Amnesty International's Big 30

In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversary live at Radio City Music Hall. ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

1995-01-01 1

Latin for a Dark Room

In 19th century Edinburgh, against her husband's wishes, Maria McKillop opens the first camera obscura visitor attraction, but to one man it is Maria herself who is the main attraction. ...

Genre :History, Drama, Thriller, Romance

Joe Farrelly

2006-06-07 6.5

The Kindness of Strangers

Ellie and Joe Farrelly are a busy couple bringing up a teenage son while running a large building company. When they suddenly have twins, a stranger comes into their life at just the time when they ne ...

Genre :Drama

Frank Winterton

2007-07-22 6.6

Clapham Junction

Set in the Clapham district of south London, England, the film is inspired by true events. The paths of several men intersect during a dramatic thirty-six hours in which their lives are changed foreve ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Adam

1982-05-11 0

Shades

1999: A tower block contains youths ‘bought off’ by the government, in a climate of microchip-created endless leisure, who experience (often pornographic) virtual reality-style fantasies by donning th ...

Genre :

Napper

1982-04-17 7.5

Oi for England

In the Moss Side, Manchester "race riots" of 1981 a struggling punk band are tempted by a sinister entrepreneur to perform at a major gig in support of British extreme Right political organizations. ...

Genre :Music, Drama, TV Movie

Paul's Dad

1997-04-04 6.472

Fever Pitch

A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Rob

2005-12-25 8

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. In this episode the same characters go on a treasure hunt, and end u ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Rob

2006-05-21 7.3

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

The gang return for their third adventure, this time on a trip to scatter Grace's mother's ashes on the Yorkshire Moors. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Hugh Tomlinson

2010-02-23 0

On Expenses

Drama about journalist Heather Brooke's fight for the disclosure of MPs' expenses. ...

Genre :

Dominic Tracey

2001-04-14 8

The Whistle-Blower

A bank employee, Laura Tracey, places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting irregularities in the firm's overseas accounts to the National Criminal Intelligence Service. She learns t ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rob

2003-09-07 7.3

The Booze Cruise

A group of men from Kent; Clive (Martin Clunes), Rob (Neil Pearson), Dave (Mark Benton), Maurice (Brian Murphy) and Daniel (Ben Whishaw) - go on a booze cruise to France, with mixed success and many m ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

1983-11-01 0

Submariners

Play by Tom McClenaghan, about a routine patrol in the submarine HMS Superior. Strange, near-farcical take on tensions, eccentricities and sexuality among the crew of a Polaris submarine, on a six-wee ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

John Diamond

2001-07-15 0

A Lump In My Throat

Docudrama about the life of John Diamond - Author, jounalist and husband of food writer Nigella Lawson. Who wrote about the 'Stuff of life' in his weekly column in the Times. He then was diagnosed wit ...

Genre :

Pianist

1983-03-18 4.7

Privates on Parade

It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malayan Jungle to entertain the troops. The eccentric, ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, War, Music

Dave

2016-10-03 5

ID2: Shadwell Army

A young British Asian, Mo is a fast-rising police officer who goes under cover infiltrating Shadwell's resurgent hooligan element, who are fired up by Shadwells's takeover by a Russian oligarch and th ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Richard Finch

2016-09-14 6.412

Bridget Jones's Baby

After breaking up with Mark Darcy five years earlier, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top new ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Richard Finch

2001-04-13 6.745

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance, Drama

Quoth the Raven (voice)

2007-10-12 6.8

Hogfather

It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The beloved Hogfather - the jolly bearer of glee and pork-r ...

Genre :Fantasy, TV Movie

Doctor

2017-06-19 5.1

In Extremis

Alex is a man with everything – the well-paid executive job, the impressive house in the country and the beautiful wife and child. When he inexplicably decides to leave work early one Friday nothing w ...

Genre :Horror, Thriller

Narrator (voice)

2002-08-10 10

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

Tells the story of the photographers who cemented the image of swinging London and who, through their pictures, irreversibly altered the face of fashion and pop. ...

Genre :Documentary

Tom Peel

1996-10-05 6.7

Crossing the Floor

Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservativ ...

Genre :TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

Roger

2014-04-11 0

The Portrait

The film examines some complex dilemmas within three generations of one family. Through the painting of a portrait we are asked to consider: Is it ever better not to know some things than to know them ...

Genre :Drama

Narrator

2007-10-06 0

Don't Knock Yourself Out

A documentary about the classic TV series 'The Prisoner (1967)' ...

Genre :Documentary

Self

2000-09-25 0

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

Tribute to the much-loved character actor. ...

Genre :

Narrator

2004-02-27 10

Johnny Cash: The Last Great American

This first major retrospective of Cash's life, times and music features contributions from his daughter Rosanne Cash and son John Carter Cash, his longtime manager Lou Robin and fellow musicians inclu ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Richard Bennett

1998-02-22 3.5

Heaven on Earth

Richard Bennett's business fails and he discovers that his wife, Deborah, is having an affair, his whole world comes crashing down. Richard apparently has a vision from God; from then on Richard's pow ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

Richard Finch

2025-02-12 6.468

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe – just may ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Joe Glover

1988-10-02 0

The Bell-Run

Deep-sea diving is well paid and glamorous. But the strain is huge, living in a tiny compression chamber for four weeks at a time. And if anything goes wrong, you're a dead man.No wonder Joe can't sle ...

Genre :

1988-01-19 5

That's Love

That's love! is a British television sitcom about the domestic problems of a young married couple, lawyer Donald and designer Patsy. ...

Genre :Comedy

1984-10-16 6.7

The Bill

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Dr. Stringer

2007-02-18 7.6

Lewis

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Det. Supt. Tony Clark

1992-09-04 5.6

Between the Lines

Detective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims of corruption inside the police in England and Wale ...

Genre :Drama

2006-11-02 7.6

The State Within

Action-packed conspiracy thriller series about Sir Mark Brydon, British Ambassador to Washington, who finds himself at the centre of a terrifying conspiracy that could bring down Western governments. ...

Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Jack Green

1999-10-31 5.5

The Magician's House

The Magician's House is a quartet of children's fantasy books by William Corlett. Two mini-series were produced in 1999 for British television, which were directed by Paul Lynch. The series featured J ...

Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Dave Charnley

1990-08-09 7

Drop the Dead Donkey

Drop the Dead Donkey is a situation comedy that first aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998. It is set in the offices of “GlobeLink News”, a fictional TV news company. Recorde ...

Genre :Comedy

2008-11-13 7.2

Apparitions

Apparitions is a BBC drama about Father Jacob Myers, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, played by Martin Shaw, who examines evidence of miracles to be used in canonisation but also performs exorci ...

Genre :Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Mungo

1988-03-09 7

Chelmsford 123

Chelmsford, Britain in the year AD 123; there is a power struggle between Roman governor Aulus Paulinus and the British chieftain, Badvoc. Britain is a miserable place, cold and wet – just the place t ...

Genre :Comedy

Trevor Heslop

2003-08-15 5.5

Trevor's World of Sport

Trevor's World of Sport began as a 2003 BBC television sitcom written and directed by Andy Hamilton and starring Neil Pearson as Trevor. Only one television series was made, and Hamilton felt mistreat ...

Genre :Comedy

1989-09-14 6.3

The Poddington Peas

The Poddington Peas is an animated British children's television series made by Paul Needs and Colin Wyatt; the single series has 13 episodes and was first aired on the BBC in 1989. The theme song de ...

Genre :Animation

Rob Sewell

2003-09-07 6.7

The Booze Cruise

The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. The first episode in the series was first shown on ITV in 2003. The ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

2006-06-12 0

The Play's the Thing

Genre :

1983-01-11 0

Fair Ground!

Genre :

Greg

1997-05-09 6

See You Friday

Romantic comedy series about Greg & Lucy, a thirty-something couple. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Sir Toby Dobson

2013-01-14 7.565

Father Brown

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Vaughan Fitzgerald

2006-03-09 7.3

Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road is a UK television drama series the first broadcast was in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Originally set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, England, the loca ...

Genre :Drama

Morrie

1987-10-05 2

Intimate Contact

A self-satisfied, upper-middle-class husband discovers that his marital infidelities have caused him to contract AIDS. ...

Genre :Drama

Eric Morley

2023-10-09 7.2

The Reckoning

The life of Jimmy Savile, a man who, for decades, became one of the UK’s most influential celebrities, but in death has become one of the most reviled figures of modern history following revelations o ...

Genre :Drama

Stuart Wilsher

2001-04-22 8.4

Murder in Mind

Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Doug Anderson

2011-10-25 7.5

Death in Paradise

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Quoth the Raven (voice)

2006-12-17 7.6

Hogfather

On the night before Hogswatch, the holiday where kids anticipate presents from the beloved Hogfather, Death notices that the Hogfather's life-timer is lying broken on the floor of his castle. Could it ...

Genre :Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Michael Caddick

2009-03-31 10

All the Small Things

Uplifting drama series from the writer of Cutting It about family and community, played out with rousing choruses, joyous harmonies and booming basslines. ...

Genre :Drama

DI Steve Tudor

1996-02-21 7.6

Silent Witness

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Inspector Lejeune

2004-12-12 7.7

Agatha Christie's Marple

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumble ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Self - Narrator (voice)

2006-11-17 5

Legends

The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy. ...

Genre :Documentary

Phil

2019-12-16 6.4

Sticks and Stones

After badly bungling a pitch meeting, middle manager Thomas Benson is determined to win back the client but feels undermined by his team. Is someone really out to get him? And can Bartlett create the ...

Genre :Drama

Eddie Stanton

1997-03-23 7.5

Midsomer Murders

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tom Peel

1985-01-06 6.8

Screen Two

Series of single made-for-television dramas. ...

Genre :Drama

Alan Shepherd

2008-04-08 7.9

Inspector George Gently

Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred. ...