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Christopher Ryan (born Christopher Papazoglou; 25 January 1950) is a

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actor best known for his roles as Mike TheCoolPerson in the

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comedy series '' The Young Ones'', Dave Hedgehog in the BBC comedy series ''

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'', Tony Driscoll in the BBC comedy series ''

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'', and as Edina Monsoon's ex-husband Marshall Turtle in the BBC sitcom ''

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''. He has also appeared as the McKendrick twins in ''

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'', and played Sontaran General Staal in '' Doctor Who'' in 2008.

Early life

Ryan was born Christopher Papazoglou in Bayswater,

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to an English mother and a Greek father. He trained at

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from 1968 to 1971, then began his professional acting career with

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Career

''The Young Ones''

Ryan was the only '' Young Ones'' cast member who was not already well known in British comedy circles, the other principal parts being taken by

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members

Rik Mayall Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English actor, stand-up comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University and was a pioneer of alternative ...

Adrian Edmondson Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the television series '' The Young Ones'' (1 ...

Nigel Planer Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is a British actor, comedian, musician, novelist and playwright. He played Neil in the BBC comedy '' The Young Ones'' and Ralph Filthy in ''Filthy Rich & Catflap''. He has appeared in many West End mu ...

, and

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. He was a last-minute replacement for Peter Richardson, for whom the "

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" role of "Mike TheCoolPerson" was originally intended. In 1986, Ryan reunited with the rest of the cast for the comedic charity single and music video for

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's hit song " Living Doll", with Richard himself, for

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Later career

In 1987, he starred in the short-lived BBC sitcom '' A Small Problem''. He played Lucky in Samuel Beckett's '' Waiting for Godot'' at the Queen's Theatre in the West End in 1991, alongside Mayall and Edmondson. He later played Dave Hedgehog in ''

'', and Marshall Turtle, one of Edina's unloved ex-husbands, on ''

''. He has also appeared in two major sitcoms: he played one of the Driscoll brothers in an episode of ''

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'' and spin-off ''

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'', a pair of

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builders in the ''

'' episode "Hole in the Sky", and a plumber in the episode "The Valley of Fear". He appeared in '' Back to School Mr. Bean'', ''

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'' and '' Saxondale.'' He joined up again with Jennifer Saunders for two episodes of ''The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle''. In 1986, he appeared in the

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series '' Doctor Who'' as the alien creature Lord Kiv in the serial ''

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'', and as one of the rose-painting playing cards in the 1999 TV version of '' Alice in Wonderland''. In 2008, he again guest-starred in ''Doctor Who'' in the episodes "

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" and "

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", as the Sontaran leader "General Staal", and in the 2010 episode "

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", playing another Sontaran character, "Commander Stark". In 2012 he appeared in the role of Marshall in Episode 3 "Olympics" of the ''

'' 20th-anniversary specials. Although his film appearances were few, he played small roles in '' Santa Claus: The Movie'' (1985) and the film '' Dirty Weekend'' (1993), directed by

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. Ryan starred as Baron Hardup in the pantomime of

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at the

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from 17 December 2013 to 19 January 2014.

Filmography

Film

Television

Audio drama

Video games

Music videos

Theatre

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Christopher 1950 births Living people Alumni of East 15 Acting School English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors English people of Greek descent Male actors from London The Flying Pickets members 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors