Ricky Grover

Ricky Grover is an English comedian and actor who first worked as a ladies' hairdresser and a boxer before moving into stand-up and television. He is best known for playing Andrew Cotton in EastEnders and for voicing Yangus in the English-language versions of the Dragon Quest games, a role he reprised in Dragon Quest Heroes in 2015. His television work includes Red Dwarf, Fist of Fun, Black Books, The 11 O'Clock Show and Getting On, on which he has played Matron Hilary Loftus since 2009. His 1996 short film Punch won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, and he took a Best Actor prize at the Brest European Short Film Festival in 2000 for Hungry (1998). He appeared in the horror drama Tony (2010), co-wrote and starred in Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011), and wrote a column for Loaded magazine.