Ricky Tomlinson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-09-26 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Acting

2001

The 51st State

as Leopold Durant

1997

Preaching to the Perverted

as Fibbin' Gibbins

1993

2009

Nativity!

as Mayor

1991

Riff-Raff

as Larry

1997

Mojo

as Ezra

1999

Dockers

as Macca Macauley

1997

The Fix

as Gordon

2002

2023

Our Kid

as Phil Reilly

2014

Northern Soul

as John's Grandad

2023

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

as Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)

1999

2003

2016

Grimsby

as Paedo Pete

1996

Hillsborough

as John Glover

1995

2000

Nasty Neighbours

as Harold Peach

1996

2002

Al's Lads

as Billy

2017

Gloves Off

as Mick

2018

The More You Ignore Me

as Bert Wildgoose

2017

2017

Kenny

as Himself

1981

2013

Ragged

as Himself

1990

Dear Sarah

as Warder #1

2012

Barbara's Old Ring

as Jim Royle

2008

The New Sofa

as Jim Royle

2010

2009

The Golden Egg Cup

as Jim Royle

2017

Boys On Film 17: Love Is the Drug

as Dad (segment "Tellin' Dad")

2001

Strange Relations

as Uncle Alfred

Production

2011

Overtime

as Original Music Composer

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