Personal Info
Birth date
1939-09-26 (85 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as
Rick Tomlinson
Ricky Tomlinson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eric Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939), known by his stage name Ricky Tomlinson, is an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in Brookside, DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker and James "Jim" Royle in The Royle Family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ricky Tomlinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The One Show
4.741
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Dalziel & Pascoe
6.5
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.Who Do You Think You Are?
6.729
Overview:
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.The Bill
6.646
Overview:
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.Never Mind the Buzzcocks
6.964
Overview:
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.Clocking Off
7.4
Overview:
How much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh Textiles appears to run smoothly, but in a community with so many secrets to hide, things are far from straightforward. In six powerful, self-contained dramas, everyday life is fractured by tumultuous marriages, snatched passions, disappearing husbands and gang harassment.Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
5
Overview:
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auctionCracker
6.602
Overview:
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.Loose Women
3.2
Overview:
A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.The Alan Titchmarsh Show
3.7
Overview:
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.Cold Feet
7.794
Overview:
Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their relationships on track. In this wry and funny look at a generation which is as confused as it is liberated by the choices it faces, will the chill in their feet put out the passion that burns in their hearts?The Royle Family
7.6
Overview:
British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.GMTV
5.6
Overview:
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.Grimsby
5.955
Overview:
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.Playing the Field
5.2
Overview:
The on-the-field trials and tribulations and the off-the-field lives, loves and infidelities of 'The Castlefield Blues', an under funded, badly managed ladies football team from South Yorkshire in the north of England whose loyalty to the team, the game and each other far exceeds their chances of ever winning the championship.Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
7.083
Overview:
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.Roughnecks
6.5
Overview:
Roughnecks is a BBC comedy-drama series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC One. The show centred on the working and personal lives of those who worked on the fictional oil rig "The Osprey Explorer" in the North Sea.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.In the Flesh
7.213
Overview:
Thousands of dead people have risen from their graves and nearly destroyed Britain. A cure has been found - but can the treated zombies be rehabilitated back into living society?The 51st State
6.111
Overview:
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.Angela and Friends
5
Overview:
Daily chat show, hosted by Angela Griffin, that combines topical debate with five lifestyle clubs: Diet and Health, Beauty, Books and Travel, Entertainment and Fashion.Duck Quacks Don't Echo
5.7
Overview:
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.Made in Britain
6
Overview:
From the mass produced to the hand crafted, Made in Britain is a behind the scenes look at how Britain's most iconic brands are made.Countdown
6
Overview:
The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.The Last Dragonslayer
6
Overview:
In a fantasy world where magic is being superceded by technology, an orphaned teen discovers her destiny to become a dragonslayer.Mike Bassett: Manager
7.8
Overview:
The series picks up some time after Mike took England to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup. The side's attempt at qualifying for the 2004 European Championships ended in disaster, resulting in Mike being sacked. Since then, a spell at Newcastle ended in similar fashion after getting them relegated two seasons in a row, while his returns to former clubs Norwich and then Colchester fared little better. Mike decides to retire, but at the last minute is offered the manager's job at Wirral County F.C., for whom his father was a player. They seem doomed to be relegated to the Football Conference. Not helping his job is the fact that the chairman is senile, the chief executive is eagerly awaiting relegation so that he can sell their ground and Karine isn't pleased with the idea of retiring in Ellesmere Port rather than Spain.Monkey Trousers
7
Overview:
Monkey Trousers was a short-lived comedy series on ITV in 2005, featuring Alistair McGowan, John Thomson, Ronni Ancona, Mackenzie Crook, Griff Rhys Jones, Neil Morrissey, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Marc Wootton and Steve Coogan. It was directed by David Kerr and produced by Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves' production company, Pett Productions. It succeeded The All Star Comedy Show, which was written by Reeves and Mortimer, and produced by Coogan. Sketches of the show included the moronic, yet fearless 'Croc Botherer', Roy the eerie, lonely toy-shopkeeper, Alistair the hopeless estate agent, who replies to every question with "I don't know", the swearing chef, and the 'Geordie Astronauts'. A DVD of the series was released on 4 July 2005.Raining Stones
6.974
Overview:
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.Acting
TBARicky Tomlinson: Football My Arse as Unknown
2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness as Unknown
2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved as Unknown
2024Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two (3 Episodes) as Himself
2023Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy as Self
2023Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family as Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)
2023Our Kid as Phil Reilly
2022The Witchfinder (1 Episode) as Crockett
2021Tales of the Creeping Death as Dad
2020Ricky and Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip (6 Episodes) as Himself
2019DNA Journey (1 Episode) as Self
2019Testosterone: Volume Three as Unknown
2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were as Self
2018Made in Britain (10 Episodes) as Narrator
2018The More You Ignore Me as Bert Wildgoose
2018The Production Line (10 Episodes) as Narrator
2017Boys On Film 17: Love Is the Drug as Dad (segment "Tellin' Dad")
2017Kenny as Himself
2017Gloves Off as Mick
2017Tellin' Dad as Dad
2017We Have Been Watching (5 Episodes) as Self
2016The Last Dragonslayer as Moobin
2016Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self - Actor
2016Grimsby as Paedo Pete
2014Northern Soul as John's Grandad
2014Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2014Duck Quacks Don't Echo (1 Episode) as Unknown
2013Ragged as Himself
2013In the Flesh (4 Episodes) as Ken Burton
2013Great Night Out (6 Episodes) as Warren
2012Barbara's Old Ring as Jim Royle
2011Christmas with the Loose Women as Self
2011Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (1 Episode) as Self - Participant
2010Joe's Crackers as Jim
2010The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self
2009The Golden Egg Cup as Jim Royle
2009Nativity! as Mayor
2009Angela and Friends (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009Live from Studio Five (1 Episode) as Self
2008The New Sofa as Jim Royle
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show (1 Episode) as Self
2006The One Show (2 Episodes) as Self
2006Petrolheads (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Carry On Ken as Unknown
2005Mike Bassett: Manager (6 Episodes) as Mike Bassett
2005Monkey Trousers (7 Episodes) as Unknown
2004Who Do You Think You Are? (1 Episode) as Self
2003The Virgin of Liverpool as Frank Conlon
2002Once Upon a Time in the Midlands as Charlie
2002Al's Lads as Billy
2002Nice Guy Eddie (6 Episodes) as Eddie McMullen
2002Five Ways John Wayne Didn't Die as Dead Man (voice)
2002Another Audience With Ken Dodd as Self
2001The 51st State as Leopold Durant
2001Mike Bassett: England Manager as Mike Bassett
2001Strange Relations as Uncle Alfred
2000Nasty Neighbours as Harold Peach
2000Clocking Off (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2000Lounge Act as Unknown
1999Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire as Santa Claus (voice)
1999The Greatest Store in the World as Santa
1999Loose Women (1 Episode) as Self
1999Dockers as Macca Macauley
1998Cold Feet (1 Episode) as Unknown
1998The Royle Family (20 Episodes) as Jim Royle
1998Playing the Field (32 Episodes) as Unknown
1998Parkinson (2 Episodes) as Self
1997Mojo as Ezra
1997Preaching to the Perverted as Fibbin' Gibbins
1997Life Is All You Get as Buddy
1997The Fix as Gordon
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1 Episode) as Self
1996Cracker: White Ghost as Wise
1996Hillsborough as John Glover
1996Bob's Weekend as Jack
1996Dalziel & Pascoe (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Butterfly Kiss as Robert
1994Roughnecks (13 Episodes) as Cinders
1993Cracker (13 Episodes) as Wise
1993Raining Stones as Tommy
1993GMTV (1 Episode) as Self
1991Riff-Raff as Larry
1990Dear Sarah as Warder #1
1988This Morning (2 Episodes) as Self
1984The Bill (1 Episode) as Unknown
1982Countdown (15 Episodes) as Unknown
1982Boys from the Blackstuff (5 Episodes) as Doctor
1981United Kingdom as Dennis
1962The Late Late Show (1 Episode) as Self
Sound
2011Overtime ... Original Music Composer