John Pickard (British actor)
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| John Pickard | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Pickard 2 November 1977 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Relatives | Nick Pickard (brother) |
John Pickard is a British actor, best known for playing David Porter in the BBC One 1991 TV series 2point4 Children and playing Dominic Reilly (brother of Tony Hutchinson, played by Pickard's own brother Nick Pickard) in Channel 4's Hollyoaks.[1] He left on 2 October 2010.[2] In 2008, he became a Doctor Who companion Thomas Brewster in the Doctor Who Audio Books in The Haunting of Thomas Brewster. Due to this and other audio books, he attended Gallifrey One in February 2010, an annual North American science fiction convention in Los Angeles, California.
Career
He trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
He has performed on stage, in films and on TV. He is a close friend of the actor Duncan Pow, and the two regularly appear at grassroots venues in London. Pickard is currently unmarried.
Theatre
- 2016 - Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night - (Grassroots Shakespeare London, Leicester Square Theatre)[3]
- 2012 – Beauty and the Beast – (Newark Palace Theatre, Newark-on-Trent)[4]
- 2003 – Wishy Washy – Aladdin – The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare[4]
As well as pantomimes, he has also performed as George in Same Time, Next Year (at Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon), James in Writebites (at Upstairs at The Bell), Trevor in Aphrodite Blugs (at New End Theatre, Hampstead), Ben in Stroke Me (at Finborough Theatre, Earls Court), Colin in Saved (at Octagon Theatre, Bolton), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre) and Morton in An Enemy of the People (at Playhouse Theatre).
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Bill | Wayne | |
| 1990–91 | Grange Hill | Neil Timpson | |
| 1991–99 | 2.4Children | David Porter | |
| 1993–96 | EastEnders | Kevin | As Robbie Jackson's friend[5] |
| 1994–95 | Live and Kicking | Himself | 3 appearances |
| 1999 | Sunburn | Ryan Eastwood | |
| 2000 | The Bill | Kevin Maguire | |
| 2004 | Mile High | Jack Fields | 2nd Series |
| 2007 | Soapstar Superchef | Himself | Appeared with his brother, they came 18 out of 19 |
| 2008, 2009 & 2013 | Hollyoaks Later | Dominic Reilly | Series 1 (3 episodes), Series 2 (5 episodes) and Series 6 (5 Episodes) |
| 2005–10 | Hollyoaks | Dominic Reilly | |
| 2012 | Casualty[5] | PC Chris Bidner | |
| 2015 | Casualty | Anthony Simms |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | More than Dreams | Peter | A small Swiss feature film by Mikaël Ivan Roost |
| 1999 | Rage | Thomas "T" Brecknock | Won an award at the Amiens International Film Festival in 2001 |
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