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Mark Addy is a British actor born on January 14, 1964, in York. He works as a stage, film, and television actor, with a career that began in 1987. Addy is a citizen of the United Kingdom and speaks English. He received his education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His notable work includes the series *Game of Thrones*, and he has performed in Shakespearean comedy.
Addy has three children. His birth name is Mark Ian Addy. While primarily recognized for his acting roles, he is also associated with the work *Horror in the House*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
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Film & TV
Acting · Tang Hall, York, North Yorksire, England, UK
Mark Addy (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor. He is known for varied roles in British television, including Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996), Hercules in the fantasy drama series Atlantis (2013–2015), and King Robert Baratheon on the first season of Game of Thrones (2011). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
- Mother's Pride — Paxman2026
- Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions — Himself2026
- The Choral — Joe Fytton2025
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry — Harold Fry2025
- Dune: Prophecy — Evgeny Harkonnen2024
- The Full Monty — Dave Horsefall2023
- The Rig — Coake2023
- The Lost King — Richard Buckley2022
- Sherwood — Ron St Clair2022
- Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After — Englebert2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 36
- Total plays
- 114
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
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- 1
- Cited by
- 20
Research areas
Most cited works
- The full monty1997 · 20 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,877x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,083x
- Managing Legitimacy: Strategic and Institutional Approaches
· 1995 · cited 40,222x
- <tt>edgeR</tt>
: a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data
· 2009 · cited 39,702x
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,414x
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Key facts
- Born
- Mark Ian Addy , ( 1964-01-14 ) 14 January 1964 (age 62) , York , England
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( GrDip )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Spouse
- Kelly Biggs ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Mark Ian Addy (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor best known for his roles as DC Gary Boyle in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996), Bill Miller in the American TV comedy Still Standing (2002–2006), Andy Richmond in Trollied (2011–2013), King Robert Baratheon in the first season of Game of Thrones (2011), and as Dave Horsefall in the film The Full Monty (1997) and its sequel TV series (2023).
For his debut film role in The Full Monty, Addy earned a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His other notable film roles include Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000), Roland in A Knight's Tale (2001), Friar Tuck in Robin Hood (2010), Mr. Bakewell in Downton Abbey (2019), and Richard Buckley in The Lost King (2022).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mark Addy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.