Geoffrey McGivern
Biografia
Geoffrey M. McGivern is a British actor in film, television, radio and stage, as well as a comedian. He is best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He played Ford Prefect in the radio series (1978–80) and subsequent LP releases of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams whom he knew from Cambridge University, and reprised the role for the four new series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 2004 and 2018. A more recent radio broadcast was in The Ape That Got Lucky and he has appeared in TV shows such as Noel's House Party, Press Gang, Chef!, Big Train, Blackadder the Third ("Dish and Dishonesty") as Ivor Biggun, Chelmsford 123, Jonathan Creek, 15 Storeys High, Armstrong and Miller, Toast of London and series three of Peep Show. McGivern appeared in the first series of the comedy show Big Train in 1998, and later that year for the 1998 radio SciFi drama Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (Colin Swash, BBC) McGivern teamed up with old Hitchhiker's colleague Stephen Moore and Lorelei King (member of cast in the 2005 Hitchhiker's radio show sequel). He later played the Supreme Ruler in BBC2's sci-fi comedy Hyperdrive (2006–2007). In 2007, he appeared in the BBC Radio 4 comedy Peacefully in their Sleeps and in 2008 he appeared as Professor John Mycroft in the BBC2 science sitcom Lab Rats and in the 2008 BBC series Little Dorrit where he played Mr Rugg. He also appeared in episode 5 of series 3 of the TV series A Bit of Fry and Laurie. In 2015, he guest-starred in EastEnders as Dickie Ticker, the crude comic brought in by Mick Carter for Kush Kazemi's stag night. In 2016, he appeared in four episodes of the Disney Channel musical drama The Lodge, as Patrick. McGivern played the narrator Charlie Swinburne in the BBC Radio's 2013 six part dramatisation of G. K. Chesterton's The Club of Queer Trades. In 2017, he appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Back, written by Simon Blackwell, alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Later that year, he began portraying the recurring role of Frank in the Netflix series Free Rein. Since 2019, he has appeared as recurring character Barclay Beg-Chetwynde in the BBC comedy Ghosts. In 2022, he appeared as the main character Russ, in Radio 4 comedy No-Platformed. The show's episode guide contains a humorous note about McGivern's extensive credit list, by starting a list of his credits and then adding "oh, hundreds of things". In 2024, he appeared as recurring character Lord Rookwood in the Apple TV+ series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Wymyślne przypadki Dicka Turpina
Serial • 2024
jako Lord Rookwood
Śledztwa siostry Bonifacji
Serial • 2022
jako Malise Bonham Crane
The Larkins
Serial • 2021
jako Station Master Fox
Stardust
Film • 2020
jako Mr Jones
Semi-Detached
Serial • 2020
jako Barry
Quiz
Serial • 2020
jako Lieutenant Colonel Village
Duchy
Serial • 2019
jako Barclay
This Time with Alan Partridge
Serial • 2019
jako Old Lady
Tower-D
Film • 2018
jako Alexander
Back
Serial • 2017
jako Uncle Geoff
Quacks
Serial • 2017
jako The Pub Landlord
Ghul
Film • 2017
jako Morland
Decline and Fall
Serial • 2017
jako Mr Wilson
Upstart Crow
Serial • 2016
jako Sir Thomas
Here Boy
Film • 2016
jako Des
Together
Serial • 2015
jako Douglas the Neighbour
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Film • 2015
jako Shop Keeper
Grantchester
Serial • 2014
jako Archdeacon
Outlander
Serial • 2014
jako Dr. Simms
Siblings
Serial • 2014
jako Frank
Vicious
Serial • 2013
jako Antonio St Alexis
Plebs
Serial • 2013
jako Simeon
The Mimic
Serial • 2013
jako Kingsley
Blandings
Serial • 2013
jako Sir Roderick Glossop
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Serial • 2012
jako Pharmacist
A Touch of Cloth
Serial • 2012
jako Andy Preacherman
Odleciany cyrk Monty Pythona
Film • 2011
jako Dog Walker /Petitioner /Man Whose Wife Malcolm Muggeridge Said Made a Lovely Breakfast
Odcinki
Serial • 2011
jako Bob
This Is Jinsy
Serial • 2010
jako Trince
Little Dorrit
Serial • 2008
jako Rugg
Lab Rats
Serial • 2008
jako Professor John Mycroft
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Film • 2008
jako Dartford Returning Officer
Hancock & Joan
Film • 2008
jako Billy Marsh
Half Broken Things
Film • 2007
jako Jack
Magicians
Film • 2007
jako Magic Shop Manager
Benidorm
Serial • 2007
jako Beverley Westwood
Hyperdrive
Serial • 2006
jako Supreme Ruler
The Worst Week of My Life
Serial • 2004
jako Santa
Doctors and Nurses
Serial • 2004
jako Walt
Peep Show
Serial • 2003
jako Gerard
Blackball
Film • 2003
jako Brian Cronk
15 Storeys High
Serial • 2002
jako Neville
Look Around You
Serial • 2002
jako Schoolmaster
Thunderpants
Film • 2002
jako Metallurgist
Oniegin
Film • 1999
jako Andrey Petrovitch
Big Train
Serial • 1998
jako Policeman
In the Red
Serial • 1998
jako Clarence Twist
Stressed Eric
Serial • 1998
Jonathan Creek
Serial • 1997
jako Barry Opper
Gobble
Film • 1997
jako Geoffrey Lester
Annie's Bar
Serial • 1996
jako Stiggy Bedford-Bounds
Młodzi Amerykanie
Film • 1993
jako Brian Carver
Chef
Serial • 1993
jako Bank Manager
Eye of the Storm
Serial • 1993
jako Customs Officers
Joking Apart
Serial • 1993
jako Dave
In Dreams
Film • 1992
jako Journalist/Emperor
Absolutnie fantastyczne
Serial • 1992
jako Customs Officer
Heartbeat
Serial • 1992
jako Denzil Arcourt
Murder Most Horrid
Serial • 1991
jako Mason
Lazarus and Dingwall
Serial • 1991
jako Film Director
Rita Rudner
Serial • 1990
Drop the Dead Donkey
Serial • 1990
jako Geoff
Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie
Serial • 1990
Birds of a Feather
Serial • 1989
jako Mr Blair
Wilt
Film • 1989
jako Mr. Yeo
Alas Sage & Onion
Film • 1988
Chelmsford 123
Serial • 1988
jako Blind Man
Noel's Christmas Presents
Serial • 1986
Mr. Pye
Film • 1986
jako Harry Portiner
Mr Pye
Serial • 1986
jako Harry Portiner
Czarna Żmija
Serial • 1983
jako Ivor Biggun
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
Film • 1974
jako Various