Garry Roost
Actor
Garry Roost trained at E15 Acting School and has extensive experience in Television, Theatre, Film. His main grounding was in theatre in his early career including; Theatre Royal Stratford East, The Citizens Theatre Glasgow, Birmingham Rep, West Yorkshire Playhouse and playing 'Ralph' in the highly successful West End run of Bouncers for Hull Truck. Best known for Creepy Guy in Black Books, Alan Daniels in EastEnders, Mickey Doolan Irish Jockey in 'At the Races' sketch with Steve Coogan, The Day Today voted 35th best comedy sketch of all time! Garry’s inaugural solo show project directed by Gareth Armstrong at the Edinburgh Festival 2012 at The Gilded Balloon ignited his second solo venture directed by Paul Garnault, Pope Head (The Secret Life of Francis Bacon). The play has attracted the attention of producers and major festivals globally after a successful Edinburgh Festival 2014. His work has taken him throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East and a hit east coast tour of Australia of Pope Head taking in The Sydney Mardis Gras 2015. Culminating in conversation with Richard Fidler, ABC Radio, Brisbane. He returned to Edinburgh in 2015 at Summerhall; the largest Art Centre in Europe. Pope Head featured in The Kings Head Festival 45 in November 2015 and enjoyed a successful run at Pentameters Theatre Hampstead in Dec 2015 and April 2016. A series of performances at Vout-O-Reenee's have received a rapturous reception in May, June, July and November 2016. Warhol Bullet Karma premiered Edinburgh 2018 , and then Adelaide 2019 to critical acclaim and posted a podcast version of Warhol during the global pandemic of 2020. Flowing into 2021 Virtual theatre was a thing and a successful show in April for GSA followed by WAF 2021 online platform. A critically acclaimed Brighton Fringe run at The Rialto Theatre after 18 long months, and finally back on stage! Edinburgh Fringe 2021 and 2022 Fringe Online. Leicester Comedy Festival 2022 most recently LCF 30th Anniversary 2023. Brighton Fringe 2023. Bullet Karma was very well received to critical acclaim at The Rochester Fringe, New York 2023 at The Geva Theatre Center in September to a standing ovation on the last night. A dream New York debut.
Series11
TV4.3SoapDramaThe everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
EastEnders
1985 · 230 votes
TV6.8Action & AdventureDramaDempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985 · 33 votes
TV7.0DramaThe Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
The Chief
1990 · 2 votes
TV8.1ComedyBlack Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. Bearded, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn’t and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran, their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. Black Books is a haven of books, wine and conversation, the only threat to the group’s peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity.
Black Books
2000 · 644 votes
TV8.0CrimeDramaAmbitious DS Franky Drinkall's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with epilepsy. His refusal to accept his condition leads him into a downward spiral and ultimately to his demise. DS Rebecca Bennett gives an ever-present emotional charge as she finds herself the subject of both PC Holder's and DC Allen's affections.
Out of the Blue
1995 · 1 votes
TV7.8ComedyTalk ShowThe king of sports casual. Alan puts the chat among the pigeons with incisive interrogations, light-hearted entertainment and only one fatality. A-ha!
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
1994 · 74 votes
TV8.2ComedyA spoof of the British news — including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On the Hour'.
The Day Today
1994 · 64 votes
- TV6.0Comedy
Whimsical tales of the Tollit family, who live in the picturesque Northern town of Sutton Moor. The husband, Len, is a soft-hearted, well-meaning chap who holds strong views on certain subjects and is fiercely proud of his working-class roots. But his determination to prove himself the equal of those who may consider themselves his betters often leads to confrontation and infuriates his wife, Pat. They have two children, the pre-teen Sean and the sexually-maturing Siobhan, who, at 15, is at that 'awkward age'. Living in the granny flat in their yard is Mr Bebbington, who had been Len's late mother's boyfriend but has remained with them for six months since her death. Pat constantly cajoles Len into getting Bebbington out but he is quite content to let him stay and treats him as one of the family. Len's brother, Morris, who lives nearby, is a spiritual man who comes across as half-hippy and half-witted.
Once Upon A Time In The North
1994 · 2 votes
TV7.3ComedyDavid Deacon is a football mad milkman working at Dawsons Diaries, The laughs circle around the fact that he is constantly trying to deliver to the local housewives, and not just dairy products. His misfit work colleagues also seem to interested in doing anything but their job.
Bottle Boys
1984 · 6 votes
TV8.0DramaKidsDrama about the lives of a team of bicycle couriers in London.
Streetwise
1989 · 3 votes
TV7.0ComedyIn 1996, the UK production company Carlton Television produced Married for Life, a seven-episode sitcom that lasted one series. It was a remake of the American sitcom Married... with Children.
Married for Life
1996 · 2 votes
Movies3
Movie5.9AdventureFantasyErik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
Erik the Viking
1989 · 260 votes
Movie4.8HorrorDramaThe story of Borley Rectory, said to be the most haunted building in the world before it was mysteriously destroyed by fire just before WWII.
The Haunting of Borley Rectory
2019 · 12 votes
Movie8.0ComedyDramaGritty and powerful Screen One film that takes an unflinching look at drug addiction. Lenny Henry plays a dealer convinced he is untouchable, Robbie Coltrane the ex-gangster turned drug counsellor who is determined to break him. Writer Al Hunter (The Firm) was inspired by the true story of a football team founded to help drug addicts kick their habit.
Alive and Kicking
1991 · 3 votes