George Costigan
Biography
George Costigan is an English actor, born in Portsmouth and raised in Salford, who has worked in television since 1978 and is best known for playing Bob in Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987). He joined the Liverpool Everyman Theatre Company in 1974 and later created the role of Mickey Johnstone in Willy Russell's musical Blood Brothers in Liverpool and London. Early television work included The Barchester Chronicles in 1982 and an episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in 1984, while his film credits take in Shirley Valentine (1989) and Calendar Girls (2003). He played Max Capricorn in the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special Voyage of the Damned and appeared as Nevison Gallagher in Happy Valley, a role he resumed in 2016. He has also written novels and continued to act on stage.
79years old
Turns 80 on August 8in 271 days
- Born Portsmouth
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 23 years1987 to 2010
Every film, newest first
- 2010The ArborIMDb rating 7.3
- 2007Doctor Who: Voyage of the DamnedIMDb rating 7.6
- 2003Calendar GirlsIMDb rating 6.9
- 1989Shirley ValentineIMDb rating 7.3
- 1987Rita, Sue and Bob TooIMDb rating 6.6
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Behind the camera
Costigan's first novel, The Single Soldier, was published in Spring 2017, and two further parts of the trilogy followed through Urbane Publishers.
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Worked with
George Costigan made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Helen Mirren's page
Ciarán Hinds's page
Celia Imrie's page
David Tennant's page
Julie Walters's page
Penelope Wilton's page
Nigel ColeDirector, 1 film, 2003
All films by Nigel Cole
All films by Lewis Gilbert
James StrongDirector, 1 film, 2007
All films by James Strong
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.