Dominic Coleman
Dominic Coleman | |
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| Born | Dominic Andrew Coleman 29 January 1970 Solihull, Warwickshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Dominic Andrew Coleman (born 29 January 1970 in Solihull, Warwickshire)[1] is a British actor. He went to secondary school at Tudor Grange Academy Solihull which then led him to train at Leeds University's Bretton Hall where he studied a BA (hons) in Dramatic Arts. He lives in London with his wife and children.
Acting history
Born in the Shirley district of Solihull, he has appeared in Stupid!, Sex Lives of the Potato Men and in The Cup as Vincent Farrell.[2] In 2003 he presented the 2003 series The People's Book of Records. He also appeared in an episode of My Hero as the shady journalist Kevin Trent in the episode "Shock, horror!" He also provides the voice of Arthur Weasley in various Harry Potter video games.
He appeared on TV as a recurring customer in the BBC comedy series Miranda and reprised his role for episodes in 2013 and 2015. He also starred as Nan's husband Jake in Nan's Christmas Carol, and was introduced as the character 'Gaz' in ITV's Coronation Street. In 2012 Coleman played Neville in the Sky1 sitcom Trollied. 2013 saw Coleman playing the role of Jamie in Heading Out.
In 2014, Labour supporter Coleman starred as David Cameron in the Labour Party (UK) Party Political Broadcast, The Un-Credible Shrinking Man.[3][4] He appeared as a mechanoid called Butler in a series 11 episode of the TV comedy series Red Dwarf first aired in 2016.
Coleman features in the BBC Radio 4 comedy sketch series Recorded for training Purposes, and was also in the music video for Groove Armada's "If Everybody Looked The Same". He starred in episode 6 of Hank Zipzer playing Mick McKelty. He appeared in the BBC one-off remake of Porridge as Mr Braithwaite, a placid prison officer.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The White Room | Man in white | Short film |
| 2000 | Wetwork | Unknown | Short film |
| 2001 | Large | Dennis | Short film |
| Beginner's Luck | Scott | ||
| Tommy Tough | Jonesy | Short film | |
| Cyclops | Mate | Television film | |
| 2002 | Dead Gorgeous | Workman | Television film |
| 2003 | Little Clumps of Hair | Simon | Short film |
| Round | Laurence | Short film | |
| 2004 | Sex Lives of the Potato Men | Tolly | |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | Skinny comedian | |
| 2007 | Special People | Jasper | |
| Stuart: A Life Backwards | Attacking man | Television film | |
| Ladies and Gentlemen | PC Jackson | Television film | |
| 2008 | Clubbed | Clinger | |
| 2009 | Brave Young Men | Iain Beasley | Television film |
| Hands Solo | Narrator | Short film | |
| 2011 | The Organ Grinder's Monkey | Felix | Short film |
| Verlobt, verliebt, verwirrt | Unknown | Television film | |
| Weekend Retreat | Duncan | ||
| 2013 | We Are the Freaks | Mr. Parsons | |
| 2014 | Morning Has Broken | Unknown | Television film |
| Paddington | Policeman | ||
| About a Dog | Jack Cravan | Short film | |
| 2015 | The Bad Education Movie | Zipwire guy | |
| 2016 | Porridge | Officer Braithwaite | Television film |
| Bridget Jones's Baby | Village hall photographer | ||
| 2017 | The Current War | White House Butler | |
| 2018 | Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek | |
| Head Full of Honey | Officer at Police Station | ||
| 2019 | Yesterday | Ipswich TV Host | |
| 2020 | His House | Lead Officer | |
| The Show | Bobbles the Clown | ||
| 2023 | Wonka | Donovan | |
| Napoleon | Clerk | ||
| TBA | The Devil Went Down to Islington | The Devil | Completed |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | London's Burning | Max Harris | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Heartburn Hotel | Barman | Episode: "Kin" |
| 2002 | My Hero | Kevin Trench | Episode: "Shock, Horror!" |
| 2000 | The Bill | Des | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Comedy Lab | Unknown | Episode: "Orcadia" |
| 2002 | The Bill | Leon Hawks | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Comedy Lab | Policeman | Episode: "Matthew and Tone: Tales of Friendship and Innocence" |
| 2003 | Doctors | Lenny Watts | Episode: "Call Me the Wanderer" |
| 2003 | Red Cap | Steven Telford | Episode: "Crush" |
| 2003 | Keen Eddie | Uniformed PC | Episode: "Achtung, Baby" |
| 2003 | Absolute Power | Steve Beach | Episode: "Mr Fox" |
| 2004 | Stupid! | Various characters | 9 episodes |
| 2005 | Life Begins | Paramedic | Episode: "Hidden Pain" |
| 2005 | EastEnders | David | Episode: 4 August 2005 |
| 2005 | Swinging | Dab Allen Don Lorrie patient |
7 episodes |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Policeman in Snagsby's | TV serial (1 episode) |
| 2005 | Rome | Centurion | Episode: "Triumph" |
| 2006 | Masterpiece Theatre | Jeremiah Blyth | Episode: "The Ruby in the Smoke" |
| 2007 | Thieves Like Us | Customer | Episode: "The Warehouse Job" |
| 2007 | Silent Witness | Reporter | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | The Whistleblowers | Marvin | Episode: "Fit for Purpose" |
| 2008 | Torchwood | Police officer | Episode: "Sleeper" |
| 2008 | Pulling | Policeman | 1 episode |
| 2008 | The Cup | Vincent Farrell | Main cast |
| 2008 | Doctors | Rob Warrener | Episode: "Smokescreen" |
| 2009 | Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | Hugo | Episode: "Our Bounties Ourselves" |
| 2009 | Psychoville | Colin | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Big Top | Warder | Episode: "Dad" |
| 2009 | Nan's Christmas Carol | Jake Taylor | TV special |
| 2009 | Miranda | Customer | Episode: "Excuse" |
| 2010 | My Family | PC Collins | Episode: "Slammertime" |
| 2010 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Parliament policeman | Episode: "What Can Only Be Considered a Dreadful Day for Todd" |
| 2010 | Meet the Parents | Dad | Episode: "Headmaster" |
| 2010 | Hotel Trubble | Cupid L'Amour | Episode: "Bridezilla" |
| 2011 | Doctors | Peter Blundell | Episode: "The Hoarse Whisperer" |
| 2011 | Law & Order: UK | Michael Hunter | Episode: "Crush" |
| 2011 | Spy | Judge | Episode: "Codename: Portis" |
| 2011 | The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff | Policeman | Episode: Christmas special |
| 2012 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Police officer | Episode: "Todd’s Terrible Day Ends and His Next Terrible Day Begins" |
| 2012 | White Heat | Estate agent | Miniseries (Episode: "The Personal is Political") |
| 2012 | Starlings | Windsurfer | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Parade's End | Penn | 1 episode |
| 2012–2018 | Trollied | Neville | Main cast, 55 episodes |
| 2013 | Miranda | Customer | Episode: "Three Little Words" |
| 2013 | Heading Out | Jamie | Main cast |
| 2013 | Up the Women | Officer Thackeray | Episode: "Picket" |
| 2014–15 | Hank Zipzer | Mick McKelty | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | The Driver | Matthew | Miniseries (1 episode) |
| 2014 | Crackanory | Unknown | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Miranda | Jim | Episode: "The Final Curtain" |
| 2015 | Up the Women | Officer Thackeray | Episode: "Vote" |
| 2015 | The Delivery Man | Dave Fisher | Episode: "Youth" |
| 2015 | Doctors | Dominic Soames | Episode: "Climb Every Mountain" |
| 2015 | Doc Martin | News presenter | Episode: "Rescue Me" |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | John Burton | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Job Lot | Inspector Hughes | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Capital | PC Jenkins | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Suspects | Reverend Daniel Matthews | Episode: "Ricochet" |
| 2016 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Passport officer | Episode: "The Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret Part 2" |
| 2016–2018 | Upstart Crow | Henry Condell | 19 episodes |
| 2016 | Peaky Blinders | Priest | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Cold Feet | Floyd Vardy | 5 episodes |
| 2016 | Red Dwarf | Butler | Episode: "Krysis" |
| 2017 | Episodes | Writer N.2 | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Death in Paradise | Reverend Matthew Dawson | Episode: "Murder in the Polls" |
| 2016–2017 | Porridge | Officer Braithwaite | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Moving On | Darren | Episode: "Two Fat Ladies" |
| 2019 | Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Adrian Messenger | Episode: "The Play's the Thing" |
| Plebs | Nigellus | Episode: "The Hooligans" | |
| 2019−2022 | The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk | Jonny Wallop | 9 episodes |
| 2021 | Bloods | Brock | Episode: "Bike Patrol" |
| Malory Towers | Mr. Thomas | 3 episodes | |
| 2022 | Bridgerton | Lord Cowper | 3 episodes |
| Brassic | Geoff | Episode: "Lost in the Woods" | |
| Whitstable Pearl | Tony Dooly | Episode: "The Offer" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Arthur Weasley | |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Arthur Weasley Sarcastic gargoyle Gryffindor Common Room portrait Percival Pratt Phineas Nigellus Black Timothy the Timid |
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| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Arthur Weasley Announcer |
References
- ^ "findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk.
- ^ "The Cup – a six-part comedy series for BBC Two". BBC. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ^ The Guardian (7 May 2014). "Labour video mocks Nick Clegg as the 'Un-Credible Shrinking Man'"
- ^ Labour Party (7 May 2014). "The Un-credible Shrinking Man". YouTube.