Craig Charles (I)

Actor | Soundtrack | Writer

Date of Birth 11 July 1964, Liverpool, England, UK

Height 5' 7" (1.7 m)

Mini Bio (1)

Craig Charles was born on July 11, 1964 in Liverpool, England. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Red Dwarf (1988) and Ghostwatch (1992). He has been married to Jackie Fleming since August 9, 1999. They have two children. He was previously married to Cathy Tyson.

Spouse (2)

Jackie Fleming (9 August 1999 - present) (2 children)

Cathy Tyson (1984 - 1989) (divorced) (1 child)

Trade Mark (2)

Short stature

Thick scouse accent

Trivia (3)

Brother of Dean and Emile Charles.

In addition to his abilities as a skilled actor, comedian and poet, he also had a stint as a professional footballer for Wirral club Tranmere Rovers.

Children: Jack Joseph (born June 1988) with wife Cathy Tyson; Anna-Jo (born January 1998) and Nellie-Rose (born May 2003) with wife Jackie Fleming.

Personal Quotes (8)

What's amazing is that I'm recognised all over the world through Red Dwarf. In New York City, I nipped into a store on Broadway and the owner pointed to the TV, and Red Dwarf was on! The show's enabled me to travel all over the world too, partly for fan club conventions. British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse. It makes you feel like a rock star! Oh, and I got to snog William Shatner when he was a panelist on Space Cadets, in which I was a team captain.

[on the long-running success of Red Dwarf (1988)] When we first started, we thought we'd do two series, which is twelve episodes, of this quaint little curious BBC Two comedy set in space, and then we'd all go our separate ways. If I knew that I'd have to still take Robert Llewellyn's calls 25 years later, I don't know if I'd have taken the job!

There was never any career plan. When Red Dwarf (1988) started I thought we were doing a curious little sitcom on BBC2, I didn't think I was becoming an actor. I didn't see that 21 years later I'd still be talking about it, let alone filming a new one. For me, everything's always been an accident.

My mother was Liverpool-Irish and my father was Guyanese and they met outside a boarding house in Liverpool that said, 'No Irish, no niggers, no dogs'. They left together hand-in-hand.

[on the Red Dwarf (1988) movie that was never made] I spent thousands of pounds getting my teeth done because we were gonna be on fifty foot screens all over Hollywood.

I certainly wouldn't want to not do the series and wait for this mythical movie. I'd rather just get on making a sitcom. Red Dwarf is a sitcom. Let's keep it as a sitcom, and do more of it.

When you're doing it with a single camera on film, you've got to wait months and months before you get a reaction. When you're in front of a live audience, and people are laughing their socks off, you've got your instant review there. And because you've got that, you can relax a bit more. That intensifies your performance. Plus you've got the adrenaline.

I know The Office (2001) changed the landscape of sitcoms by doing it without an audience, but that's not the way Red Dwarf (1988) works. Because we're all natural show-offs, Red Dwarf works when we can all get in front of an audience and show off.

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Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is an English actor, comedian, author, poet, television presenter and radio and club DJ. He is best known for playing Dave Lister in the British science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, and Lloyd Mullaney in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street.

Charles first appeared on television as a performance poet, which led on to minor presenting roles. After finding fame in Red Dwarf, he regularly featured on national television, with celebrity appearances on many popular shows, while he continued to host a wide variety of programmes. He has toured the UK extensively as a stand-up comedian.

Charles notably presented the gladiator-style game show Robot Wars and narrated the comedy endurance show Takeshi's Castle. His acting credits include playing inmate Eugene Buffy in the ITV drama The Governor, and leading roles in the British films Fated and Clubbing to Death. As well as starring in Coronation Street and occasional Red Dwarf series, Charles continues to host The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC radio, and performs DJ sets at numerous clubs and festivals nationally and internationally.

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Craig Charles

Active - 1988 - 2005 | Genres - Science Fiction

Filmography

Title Year

Fated

Actor

2005 3

Red Dwarf: Series 08

Actor

1999

Red Dwarf: Series 07

Actor

1997

Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs

Actor

1995

Prince Cinders

Voice

1994 6

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

Actor

1994

Red Dwarf: Series 06

Actor

1993

Red Dwarf: Series 05

Actor

1992

Red Dwarf: Series 04

Actor

1991

Red Dwarf: Series 03

Actor

1989

Red Dwarf: Series 01

Actor

1988

Red Dwarf: Series 02

Actor

1988

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