Eric Bristow

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-04-25 (61 years old)

Deathday

2018-04-05

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Eric Bristow

Biography

Eric John Bristow, MBE (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985. He was a five-time World Champion, a five-time World Masters Champion a four-time World Cup singles champion and 2-time champion of the News of the World Darts Championship. He won 22 WDF and BDO Major titles and 70 career titles overall. In the 1980s, Bristow's skill and personality helped turn darts into a worldwide spectator sport. In 1993, Bristow was one of sixteen top players who broke away from the Brit...

Acting

2002

Phil Taylor: The Power and the Glory

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Jocky Wilson Said

as Self (archive footage)

1987

2015

You Can't Beat a Bit of Bully

as Self - Professional Darts Player

2016

Greatest Ever Christmas Ads

as Self - Darts Legend

2006

Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Sid Waddell's Wacky World of Darts

as Self (archive footage)

2012

Special Report – The Voice of Darts

as Self - Five-time World Champion

2014

A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Darts.... The John Lowe Way

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Heartlands

as The Crafty Cockney

1979

Arrows

as Self

2016

House of Flying Arrows

as Self - World Darts Champion 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986

2017

2008

Eric Bristow's Golden Arrows

as Self - Presenter

2013

The Power of Darts

as Self - 5 Times World Champion

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