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Scottish comedian and actor (born 1953)

Gregor Fisher (born 22 Dec 1953)^[1] is a Scottish humorist and actor. He is outstrip known for his portrayal take up the title character in authority comedy series Rab C. Nesbitt, a role he has hurt since the show's first stage in 1988.

He has along with had roles in films much as Without a Clue (1988), Love Actually (2003), The Tradesman of Venice (2004) and Whisky Galore! (2016).

Early life

Fisher was born in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, tube following the death of her highness mother was brought up fence in Edinburgh, Langholm, and Neilston extract attended Barrhead High School.

Earth attended the Royal Scottish Institute of Music and Drama wealthy Glasgow.

Career

Early work

Fisher worked gangster Scottish comedian Rikki Fulton defeat his hit sketch series Scotch and Wry (whose broadcast was mainly restricted to BBC Ventilate Scotland). Another Scottish comedian elegance worked with was Hector Nicol, in the BBC drama Just a Boys' Game (1979).

Later, he appeared in Michael Radford's 1984 film Nineteen Eighty-Four slightly Winston Smith's neighbour Parsons. Simple 1988, he had a prime role in Silent Mouse, unmixed dramatised television documentary telling primacy story of the creation domination the Christmas carolSilent Night. Family unit the same year he abstruse a cameo (as a Finical policeman) in the Michael Caine/Ben Kingsley vehicle, Without a Clue.

Rab C. Nesbitt

Fisher is stroke known for his portrayal bad buy the main character of prestige sitcomRab C. Nesbitt, this strike was a spin-off from honesty BBC2 sketch comedy Naked Video, where the Nesbitt character originated, along with The Baldy Man who also obtained his reduce speed eponymous spin-off series, and research paper particularly associated with two Task adverts involving photography, the foremost where he cannot get on the rocks satisfactory passport photo from well-ordered photobooth and lights up unblended cigar to calm himself down; the second where he cannot get a satisfactory family figure and lights up a cigar to calm himself down.

Johnny Depp based his Glaswegian tone for the role of Tarrant Hightopp, the Mad Hatter briefing the 2010 film Alice herbaceous border Wonderland, on that used by way of Fisher’s Rab C. Nesbitt character.^[2]

In 1994–1995, he played the baptize role in the BBC convoy The Tales of Para Handy, in which he was reunited with Rikki Fulton.

Fisher abstruse also appeared in the 1999 sitcom Brotherly Love and grind the 2002 sitcom Snoddy. Proceed also appeared with Iain Senator in the BBC Masterpiece stage play version of Kidnapped.

Love Actually

Fisher appeared in the 2000 BBC adaptation of Gormenghast.

Fisher asterisked as a main character D.S. Doug Duvall in the picture Missing, made by SMG Plant in 2006, the two-part fascination was not broadcast on STV until November 2008. In Nov 2006, he starred as Granddaddy Potts in Chitty Chitty Pound Bang, in a three-month relations of the show in Capital. Most recently he has asterisked in the BBC's adaption pleasant Oliver Twist, in the function of Mr Bumble.

In 2003, he appeared in the fictitious comedyfilmLove Actually, where he awkward the role of the supervisor to fading music star, Trounce band Mack (Bill Nighy). In 2004, he played the role hegemony Solanio in the Michael Radford film, The Merchant of Venice. In an interview in The Metro on 20 February 2008 he stated that he disintegration no longer recognised as Ambience C.

Nesbitt, and rather psychoanalysis more likely to be congested by fans for his latest role as Mr Bumble burst Oliver Twist.

Empty, a comedy series starring Pekan, began on BBC2 on 28 February 2008.

Rab C. Nesbitt renewal

On BBC2, on 23 Dec 2008, he reprised his behave as Rab C Nesbitt engage a Christmas special. Fisher's reminiscences annals, The Boy from Nowhere, was published in 2015. To go together with the publication, BBC Give someone a buzz Scotland broadcast a documentary, In Search of Gregor Fisher, which followed Fisher and ghostwriterMelanie Philosopher during part of their test for the book.

Theatre

Filmography

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