Neil Dudgeon
Biography
Neil Dudgeon is an English actor who has led the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders as DCI John Barnaby since 2010, and took over the lead from John Nettles in 2011. He grew up in Doncaster, where he was born in 1961, and studied drama at the University of Bristol before he first appeared on screen in 1987. The following year brought a role as a Second World War pilot in Piece of Cake, and he later turned up in series including Casualty, London's Burning, Lovejoy, A Touch of Frost, Inspector Morse and four series of Messiah, along with Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004). He played Roman Pretty in the BBC2 sitcom Roman's Empire and a main character in Life of Riley from 2009 to 2011, and in the TV drama United (2011) he was Alan Hardaker.
65years old
Turns 66 on January 2in 82 days
- Born Doncaster
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 18 years1993 to 2011
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Big break
Dudgeon first appeared on Midsomer Murders in the fourth series opener, "Garden of Death," as a secondary character. He took over as the lead after the last episodes with John Nettles aired in 2011.
Beyond film
In 2012 Dudgeon starred as Norman Birkett in four BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play dramas written by Caroline and David Stafford and based on Birkett's cases.
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James StrongDirector, 1 film, 2011
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Christopher MenaulDirector, 1 film, 1994
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