Neil Pearson
Biography
Neil Pearson is a British actor whose career has been based largely in television. Born in London in 1959 and raised in Battersea and Balham, he studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama between 1977 and 1980. He made an early stage appearance in Joe Orton's Loot in 1984 and later took roles in sitcoms such as Chelmsford 123 and That's Love. His widest recognition came as Dave Charnley in Drop the Dead Donkey and Detective Superintendent Tony Clark in Between the Lines, the latter earning him a 1994 BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actor. His film work includes Fever Pitch (1997) and the Bridget Jones films. On stage he appeared in Taking Sides in 2003, Old Times in 2006 and Arcadia in 2009. He also narrated The Poddington Peas, acted in radio dramas, and co-produced The Missing Hancocks for BBC Radio 4.
67years old
Turns 68 on April 27in 166 days
- Born London
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Neil John Pearson
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 33 years1983 to 2016
Every film, newest first
- 2016Bridget Jones's BabyIMDb rating 6.4
- 2006HogfatherIMDb rating 7.4
- 2004Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonIMDb rating 6.0
- 1997Fever PitchIMDb rating 6.7
- 1983Privates on ParadeIMDb rating 4.8
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Behind the camera
Pearson conceived and co-produced The Missing Hancocks for BBC Radio 4, re-creating wiped episodes of Hancock's Half Hour after he obtained a collection of the original radio scripts and found some recordings no longer existed.
Behind the camera
Pearson wrote Obelisk: A History of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press, a book about the publisher Jack Kahane. A collector of rare drama scripts, he opened an online bookshop in 2011 that specializes in theatrical material.
Neil Pearson movies on Netflix
Also appeared in
- Clapham Junction (2007)
Most often with
Colin Firth appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Colin Firth's page
Jim Broadbent's page
Shirley Henderson's page
Renée Zellweger's page
Gemma Jones's page
Sally Phillips's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- James CallisBridget Jones's Baby (2016) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.