Personal Info
Birth date
1951-03-18 (74 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Also known as
-Paul Barber
Biography
Paul Barber was born on March 18, 1951 in Liverpool, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Full Monty (1997), Formula 51 (2001) and The Long Good Friday (1980).
Filmography
Death in Paradise
7.439
Overview:
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.Minder
6.8
Overview:
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.The Drew Carey Show
6.553
Overview:
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.Only Fools and Horses
8
Overview:
The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of 'Trotters Independent Traders PLC' who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires.I Didn't Know You Cared
6.8
Overview:
I Didn't Know You Cared is a British comedy series set in a working class household in South Yorkshire in the 1970s, written by Peter Tinniswood loosely based upon his books A Touch Of Daniel, I Didn't Know You Cared and Except You're A Bird. It was broadcast by the BBC in four series from 1975 to 1979. The main characters are Carter Brandon; his Uncle Mort; his mother, Annie; his father, Les; his girlfriend, Pat Partington; and Uncle Staveley. Auntie Lil appears in the first two series. Other recurring characters, mostly from Carter's workplace, are Linda Preston; Mrs Partington; Sid SkelhornCasualty
6.1
Overview:
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.An Audience with...
5.3
Overview:
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.Cracker
6.6
Overview:
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.The Chinese Detective
7.2
Overview:
Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the pattern of the maverick detective, prepared to use unorthodox methods to solve his cases, which emerged in series like Z Cars and The Sweeney.The Full Monty
7.3
Overview:
The Full Monty gang is back after 25 years, swapping their stage costumes for dognapping, racing pigeons, and one very unconventional hostage situation. Gaz might be older, but he's no wiser. And his best friend, Dave, refuses to get sucked into any more of his antics. But when tragedy strikes, the whole Monty gang must pull together for a common purpose: to honor an old friend.Taggart
6.3
Overview:
Taggart is a Scottish detective television program. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.Dalziel & Pascoe
6.44
Overview:
British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.Going Postal
7.2
Overview:
Moist von Lipwig is a con-man with a particular talent-- he is utterly unremarkable. When his execution is stayed in Terry Pratchett's remarkable Discworld, he must work off his debt to society as the land's head Postman. Things are not always as they seem, and soon Lipwig is delivering mail for his very life!Gangsters
8
Overview:
A pioneering show starring Maurice Colbourne as Birmingham gangster John Kline. The show was noted for its gritty true-life quality, and often graphic violence.Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up
3
Overview:
Following the work of enforcement agents as they execute High Court writs on behalf of people desperate to recover money they are owed.The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
7
Overview:
Adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of the charming Tom.Muck and Brass
6
Overview:
The story of a no-holds-barred, go-getting property dealer played by celebrated comedian Mel Smith, who has the view that everyone has a price though the price may not always be money.To the Manor Born
6.9
Overview:
Sitcom about the love-hate relationship between upper-class Audrey fforbes Hamilton and Richard DeVere, the nouveau rich businessman who buys her manor house when she can no longer afford to keep it.Taking the Floor
6
Overview:
Ballroom dancers Brian and Karen are a glory on the floor, but neither they nor their respective parents, get on when the music stops.The Street
7.667
Overview:
Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.The Brothers McGregor
4
Overview:
Liverpool-set sitcom about black and white half-brothers Wesley and Cyril who run an extremely dodgy second-hand car business. The series is a spin-off of ITV soap opera Coronation Street, featuring two characters that originally appeared in the soap for one episode in May 1982. Unable to get Carl Chase and Tony Osoba back to play the roles, Philip Whitchurch and Paul Barber were cast instead.The Crust
NYR
Overview:
The Crust is a British television series about a pizza parlour which was originally shown by CBBC.The Front Line
NYR
Overview:
The Front Line was a 1984/1985 BBC sitcom about two half-brothers of West Indian descent who shared a house, one brother a policeman and one a dreadlocked Rastafarian. The series starred Paul Barber as the elder, policeman brother Malcolm, and Alan Igbon as the younger brother Sheldon. It was written by Alex Shearer, filmed in Bristol and Cardiff, and transmitted between 6 December 1984 and 17 January 1985. A pilot for the series, On The Frontline, was broadcast in the 1970s. The theme tune to the series was written and performed by Black Roots, and the opening credits of the show featured the band performing the song.Rik Mayall Presents
7.3
Overview:
Showcasing the talent and versatility of its star, Rik Mayall Presents comprises six episodes of dark humour spread over two series, where he plays such diverse roles as a paranoid TV show host, an uncontrollable liar who pretends to be a gangster and a man on a date who is trapped in a cycle of escalating comic violence!Boys from the Blackstuff
7.7
Overview:
Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac layers Dixie, Chrissie, Loggo and Yosser, and their revered older friend, retired longshoreman and union leader, George Malone. As they struggle to make ends meet in a depressed economy, and to hold together their financially battered families, they are harrassed by the petty bureaucrats of the DHSS. But the lumbering investigational juggernaut is, both comically and tragically, guided by drivers with only a provisional license.The Full Monty
6.995
Overview:
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.The Long Good Friday
7.133
Overview:
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.Priest
6.322
Overview:
The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.Acting
TBADog & Bull as Unknown
2025The Baby in the Basket as Amos
2024Gerrard: Born to Lead as Unknown
2023Elicit as Adam
2023The One Note Man as Florist
2023The Full Monty (8 Episodes) as Barrington 'Horse' Mitchell
2023Love Without Walls as Spiceman
2022Renegades as Harris
2021Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up (6 Episodes) as Self - Narrator
2020Everything: The Real Thing Story as Self
2019Susan Hill's Ghost Story as Thierry
2019Denmark as Kirk's Dad
2019A Very British Christmas as Paul
2014One Night in Istanbul as Gerry
2013The Pugilist's Son as Jimmy Gotts
2012The Turtle & the Nightingale as Liam's Dad
2011Death in Paradise (1 Episode) as Captain Jack
2010Going Postal (2 Episodes) as Dave Pins
2008The Invisibles (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Liverpool Nativity as Landlord at Dr Duncans
2006Dead Man's Cards as Paul
2006The Street (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005The Crust (2 Episodes) as Grandad Fred
2003The Virgin of Liverpool as Winston Churchill
2002Mad Dogs as Jimmy Joyce
2001The 51st State as Frederick
2000Wild About Harry as Prof. Simmington
1999Riot as Narrator
1997The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1 Episode) as Adderley
1997The Full Monty as Barrington "Horse" Mitchell
1996Dalziel & Pascoe (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995The Drew Carey Show (1 Episode) as Paul Barber
1995Priest as Charlie
1995Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One as Security guard
1993U.F.O. The Movie as Doctor Who (voice)
1993Cracker (1 Episode) as Ian McVerry
1993Rik Mayall Presents (1 Episode) as Security Guard
1991Alive and Kicking as Earl Preston
1991Taking the Floor (1 Episode) as Security Guard
1990Needle as Drugs Counsellor
1986Casualty (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Mungo, Cliff Sidwell, Carl Meyers, Taylor Blair, William Paynter
1985The Brothers McGregor (26 Episodes) as Wesley McGregor
1984The Front Line (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1984Charlie as 2nd Electrician
1983The Terence Davies Trilogy as Unknown
1983Taggart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1982Boys from the Blackstuff (5 Episodes) as Scotty
1982Muck and Brass (6 Episodes) as Louis Delano
1981Only Fools and Horses (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Denzil
1981The Chinese Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980Madonna and Child as Unknown
1980The Long Good Friday as Erroll
1979Minder (1 Episode) as Willie Reynolds
1979To the Manor Born (1 Episode) as Mackenzie McLeod
1979Porridge as Morgan
1978An Audience with... (1 Episode) as Self
1976Gangsters (6 Episodes) as Malleson
1975I Didn't Know You Cared (2, 13 Episode) as Unknown, Louis St John
1975Gangsters as Malleson
1974Lucky as Sam ‘Lucky’ Ubootu