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John Thomson

John Thomson

  • 55 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and comedian
Caroline Aherne At The BBC. John Thomson. Copyright: BBC

John Thomson is a 55-year-old English actor, writer and comedian.

Year Production Role
2024 The Gentlemen
  1. E4 - An Unsympathetic Gentleman
Frank
2024 An Evening With The Fast Show Self
2023 Royle Exclusive: Behind The Sofa Self
2023 Arena: Caroline Aherne: Queen Of Comedy Self
2022 After Ever After - Red Riding Hood
  1. Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Plank
2022 Secrets & Scandals Of The Good Life Self
2022 Secrets & Scandals Of Only Fools And Horses Self
2022 Secrets & Scandals Of Are You Being Served? Self
2022 Deep Heat
  1. E3 - The Panther
Enrique
2022 Comic Relief
  1. E20 - Comic Relief 2022
Narrator
2022 Comedy Gold: Last Of The Summer Wine Self
2022 Comedy Gold: Hi-De-Hi Self
2022 Secrets & Scandals Of Steptoe & Son Self
2022 Secrets & Scandals Of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Self
2022 The Downing Street Doppelganger Danny/PM
2021 Blankety Blank - Series 18
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2021 The Complaints Department
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2021 Les Dawson: The Lost Tapes Self
2021 This Time With Alan Partridge - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Joe Beasley
2021 Caroline Aherne At The BBC Host / Presenter
2021 Paul Sinha's TV Showdown - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2020 The Likely Dads - Series 1
  1. E4 - Absence
Guest
2020 Scream Street - Series 2
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Various (Voice)
2020 Comedy Game Night
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2020 The Fast Show: Just A Load Of Blooming Catchphrases
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Writer
2020 The Fast Show: Just A Load Of Blooming Catchphrases
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Self
2020 We Love...
  1. E3 - We Love Dad's Army
  2. E4 - We Love Only Fools And Horses
Self
2020 Britain's Greatest Comedy Character Self
2020 Down The Line - Lockdown Special
  1. E2 - BBC Sounds Exclusive
Ensemble Actor
2020 Brassic - Series 2
  1. E1 - The Circus
  2. E6 - Stealing A Wedding
Colin Popov
2020 Cold Feet - Series 9
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Pete Gifford
2019 Trust Morecambe & Wise...
  1. E2 - Work And Money
Guest
2019 Celebrity Juice - Series 22
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Trapped And Alone
Guest
2019 Plebs - Series 5
  1. E2 - The Paedos
Mr Adolphus
2019 Gaby's Talking Pictures - Series 2
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Team Captain
2019 Zone Of Champions
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Jack Bullman
2019 Britain's Greatest Comedian Self
2019 The Comedy Years
  1. E4 - 2003
Self
2019 Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (as John Thompson) Self
2019 Cold Feet - Series 8
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Pete Gifford
2018 Bradley Walsh: When Dummies Took Over The World Self
2018 The Keith & Paddy Picture Show - Series 2
  1. Special - Gremlins
Ran Peltzer
2018 Celebrity Juice - Series 20
  1. E2 - The Power Cut Special
Guest
2018 Gaby's Talking Pictures - Series 1 Team Captain
2018 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit - Series 3
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2017 Trollied - Christmas Special
  1. The Robbery
Tim
2017 Cold Feet - Series 7
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Pete Gifford
2017 Dying Laughing Executive Producer
2017 Dying Laughing Self
2017 Comedy Gold: TV's Funniest Ever Sketches Host / Presenter
2017 Drunk History - Series 3
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Winston Churchill
2017 Brian Pern - Brian Pern: A Tribute (as John Thompson)
  1. Special - Brian Pern: A Tribute
Perry Boothe
2017 Through The Keyhole - Series 4
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2017 Gaby's Talking Pictures - Pilot Team Captain
2017 Miranda: Morecambe & Wise And Me Self
2016 Brian Butterfield sitcom Development Actor
2016 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 11
  1. E7 - Phil Collins, Cold Feet cast, Joe Lycett
Guest
2016 Celebrity Juice - Series 16
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Xmas Gogglyboxers
  3. Special - Bestest Unseenest Bits
Guest
2016 Cold Feet - Series 6
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Pete Gifford
2016 Start/Stop - Series 3
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  1. E1 - The Third Way
  2. E2 - Therapy
  3. E3 - Tinder
  4. E4 - Cathy's Dad
  5. E5 - B&B
  6. E6 - Friends
Evan
2016 Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle Kevin Ruddock
2016 Stop/Start Evan
2016 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E5 - Episode Five
Self
2016 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show - Series 2
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Various
2016 Brian Pern - Brian Pern: 45 Years Of Prog And Roll (as John Thompson)
  1. E1 - Episode One
Perry Boothe
2016 Billionaire Boy Len Spud
2015 The Show What You Wrote - Series 3
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Various
2015 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Out-takes
Guest
2015 After Hours
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Geoff
2015 Scream Street - Series 1
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Various (Voice)
2015 The Job Lot - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Kevin
2015 Legends Of Stand-Up And Bernard Righton
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Writer
2015 Legends Of Stand-Up And Bernard Righton
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Bernard Righton
2015 Knowing Steve, Knowing You Self
2015 Sunny D - Pilot
  1. Pilot
Steve
2015 Cleaning Up
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Dave Security
2015 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show - Series 1
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Various
2014 You've Got To Love Christmas Self
2014 Start/Stop - Series 2
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Evan
2014 Through The Keyhole - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Self
2014 The Mimic - Series 2
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Nigel
2014 The Fast Show Special
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Various
2014 Strange Hill High - Series 2
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Ensemble Actor
2013 The Two Ronnies Spectacle
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Self
2013 BBC New Comedy Award - 2013
  1. E3 - Heat 3
Guest
2013 Start/Stop - Series 1
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Evan
2013 The Show What You Wrote - Series 1
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Various
2013 Strange Hill High - Series 1
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Ensemble Actor
2013 John Bishop's Only Joking
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E4 - Episode Four
  4. E5 - Episode Five
  5. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2012 Uncle Wormsley's Christmas Mr. Goodington (Voice)
2012 BBC New Comedy Award - 2012
  1. Special - Grand Final
Guest
2012 Steve Coogan: Live 'N Lewd Writer
2012 Parents
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Kelvin
2012 Starlings - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Show Announcer (Voice)
2011 Greatest Ever Carry On Films Narrator
2011 The Grumpy Guide To... - 2011 Specials
  1. Special - The Grumpy Guide To Driving
Self
2011 Jennifer Saunders: Laughing At The 90s Self
2011 Odd One In - Series 2
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010
  1. E9 - David Baddiel's Little Cracker
DJ Geoff
2010 The Grumpy Guide To... - 2010 Specials
  1. Special - The Grumpy Guide To The Eighties
  2. Special - The Grumpy Guide To School Days
Self
2009 Steve Coogan - The Inside Story Self
2009 The Grumpy Guide To... - Grumpy Guide To Christmas
  1. The Grumpy Guide To Christmas
Self
2009 Big Top
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  1. E1 - Boyfriend
  2. E2 - Visa
  3. E3 - Skydiver
  4. E4 - Dad
  5. E5 - Clown
  6. E6 - Thief
Geoff
2009 Justin Moorhouse - The Big Am I Ensemble Actor
2008 Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments Self
2008 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 7
  1. E6 - Episode Five
Guest
2008 Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army Self
2008 Thank God You're Here
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2008 Pick Ups - Series 1
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  1. E1 - First Job
  2. E2 - Darts
  3. E3 - Rookie
  4. E4 - Brief Encounter
  5. E5 - DIY
  6. E6 - Cemetery
Mike
2007 The Comedy Christmas Self
2007 St Trinian's Male Inspector
2007 Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Self (Archive Material)
2007 Massive - Pilot
  1. Sound
Terry Frayne
2007 The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups
  1. E1 - The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2007
  2. E2 - 100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2010
Self
2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit Mr. Windfall (Voice)
2005 Monkey Trousers
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Various
2005 The Comedians' Comedian Self
2004 The All Star Comedy Show
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  1. E2 - Episode Two
Ensemble Actor
2003 Comedy From Merton To Enfield
  1. E2 - Paul Whitehouse
Self
2002 A Tribute To The Likely Lads Flint
2002 24 Hour Party People Charles
2001 Dog Eat Dog Football Coach
2001 Dr Terrible's House Of Horrible
  1. E2 - Frenzy of Tongs
Sir Donald Tyburn
2001 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) - Series 2
  1. E1 - Whatever Possessed You?
Lewton
2000 The Fast Show - The Last Fast Show Ever
  1. E1 - Part One
  2. E2 - Part Two
  3. E3 - Part Three
Writer
2000 The Fast Show - The Last Fast Show Ever
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  1. E1 - Part One
  2. E2 - Part Two
  3. E3 - Part Three
Various
2000 Rolf's Animal Hairdressers Rolf (Voice)
2000 Don't Panic! The Dad's Army Story Self
1999 The Fast Show - The Fast Show Night
  1. Special - You Ain't Seen These, Right?
Writer
1999 The Fast Show - The Fast Show Night
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  1. Special - You Ain't Seen These, Right?
Various
1999 The Fast Show - The Fast Show Night
  1. Special - Suit You, Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show
Self
1999 An Ideal Husband (as John Thompson) The Speaker
1999 If I Ruled The World - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
1999 The Galton And Simpson Playhouse
  1. E4 - The Offer
Harold Steptoe
1999 World Of Pub - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
Dodgy Phil
1998 You Are Here Writer (Additional Material)
1998 You Are Here Peter Keggy
1998 Ted & Ralph Vicar (Voice)
1998 World Of Pub - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
Dodgy Phil
1998 Roger Roger - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Even Quasimodo Pulled
  2. E2 - I Used To Be A Superb Rugby Player
  3. E3 - Socks With Little Tennis Players On Them
  4. E4 - There Are No Mini-Cabs In Heaven
  5. E5 - Some Get The Magic, Some Get The Tragic
  6. E6 - The Day The Music Died
Barry
1997 The Fast Show - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E4 - Episode Four
  4. E7 - Episode Seven
Writer
1997 The Fast Show - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
Various
1997 Men Behaving Badly - Series 6
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  1. E2 - Wedding
  2. Special - Jingle B***s!
Ken
1997 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 1
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
1997 Red Dwarf - Series VII
  1. E2 - Stoke Me A Clipper
Good Knight
1996 Shooting Stars - Series 2
  1. E13 - Episode Thirteen
Guest
1996 Roger Roger - Pilot Barry
1996 Men Behaving Badly - Series 5
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  1. E2 - The Good Pub Guide
  2. E3 - Cowardice
  3. E5 - Cardigan
Ken
1996 Murder Most Horrid - Series 3
  1. E3 - Dying Live
Daniel Hoffmeyer
1996 The Fast Show - Series 2
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  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Writer
1996 Jo Brand Through The Cakehole - Series 2
  1. E6 - What A State
Ensemble Actor
1996 The Fast Show - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. Special - Christmas Special
Various
1995 The Young Poisoner's Handbook Nathan
1995 Coogan's Run
  1. E6 - The Curator
Graham Lambert
1995 Coogan's Run
  1. E3 - Handyman For All Seasons
  2. E6 - The Curator
Robin Moss
1995 Coogan's Run
  1. E1 - Get Calf
Fat Bob
1995 Is It Legal? - Series 1
  1. E1 - Death In Hounslow
Ambulance Man
1995 The World Of Lee Evans
  1. E1 - The Late Shift / Meet the Folks
Customer
1995 Fist Of Fun - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
Alan Stevens
1995 Fist Of Fun - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Policeman
1995 Fist Of Fun - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Pied Piper
1994 Three Fights, Two Weddings And A Funeral Fat Bob
1994 Jo Brand Through The Cakehole - Series 1
  1. Special - Jo Brand Through The Christmas Cakehole
Ensemble Actor
1994 Spitting Image - Series 19
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Various (Voice)
1994 The Fast Show - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E4 - Episode Four
  4. E5 - Episode Five
  5. E6 - Episode Six
Writer
1994 The Fast Show - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Various
1994 Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Writer (Additional Material)
1994 Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Actor
1994 Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Joe Beasley
1994 Blue Heaven - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Waiter
1994 Spitting Image - Series 18
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Various (Voice)
1994 Week Ending - Series 74
  1. E21 - Episode Twenty-One
Ensemble Actor
1994 Smashie & Nicey - End Of An Era Ensemble Actor
1994 The Day Today - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E5 - Episode Five
Ensemble Actor
1994 The All-New Alexei Sayle Show - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E4 - Episode Four
Ensemble Actor
1994 The Paul Calf Video Diary Fat Bob
1993 Fist Of Fun
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E5 - Episode Five
  3. E6 - Episode Six
Ensemble Actor
1993 The Full Monty
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Writer
1993 The Full Monty
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Host / Presenter
1993 The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E4 - Episode Four
Ensemble Actor
1993 Spitting Image - Series 16
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Various (Voice)
1992 The Young Postmen Derek
1992 The Dead Good Show Writer
1992 The Dead Good Show Various
1992 Spitting Image - Series 15
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Various (Voice)
1992 Week Ending - Series 70
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Ensemble Actor
1992 The Weekenders (as John Patrick-Thomson) Policeman 1
1992 Week Ending - Series 69
  1. E14 - Episode Fourteen
Ensemble Actor
1991 Paul Merton - The Series - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Ensemble Actor
1990 Spitting Image - Series 11
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Various (Voice)
0000 The Day Today - Pilot
  1. Pilot
Ensemble Actor
Cold Feet - Series 10 Announced Pete Gifford
Steve Coogan: In Character With John Thomson Ensemble Actor

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
John Thomson on IMDb

Born
Wednesday 2nd April 1969 (55 years-old)
AKA
John Patrick-Thomson
Birth name
Patrick Francis McAleer
Nationality
English
North West Comedy Awards 2019
Legend Award (Winner)
British Comedy Awards 2001
Best TV Comedy Actor (Nominee)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 1992
Best Comedy Show (Winner)

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