Simon James Greenall (born 3 January 1958) is an English

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, producer,

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and voice

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. He has portrayed Michael in the

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television series ''

I'm Alan Partridge ''I'm Alan Partridge'' is a British sitcom written by Steve Coogan, Peter Baynham and Armando Iannucci. Coogan stars as Alan Partridge, a tactless and inept radio DJ and television presenter who has been left by his wife and dropped from the BB ...

'', as well as in '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa,'' the Caretaker in the CBBC game show '' Trapped! and'' Richard in ''

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.'' He has also appeared in various roles in television comedies such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson ''The Impressions Show (also known as The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson)'' is a British comedy sketch show which stars impressionists Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson. A second series began broadcasting on 14 November 2010 and ende ...

'' and ''

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''. As a voice artist, Greenall is best known for voicing Mr Aleksandr Orlov and Sergi in the Compare the Meerkat advertising campaign for comparethemarket.com along with Captain Barnacles in ''

The Octonauts ''Octonauts'' is a children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for the BBC channel CBeebies, and based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy. The show follows an underwater exploring crew made up ...

.'' He also voiced Iqbal and Martin in ''

Bromwell High ''Bromwell High'' is an adult animated series about a British high school in South London. It first aired on Teletoon in Canada and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom (incomplete run). It is a co-production between Hat Trick Productions in the UK a ...

'', the Twins in the ''

Shaun the Sheep Movie ''Shaun the Sheep Movie'' is a 2015 stop-motion animated adventure comedy film based on the 2007 British television series ''Shaun the Sheep'', created by Nick Park, in turn a spin-off of the ''Wallace and Gromit'' film, ''A Close Shave'' (1995) ...

'' along with its sequel '' A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon'', Snout In

Kerwhizz ''Kerwhizz'' (strapline: ''The Quiz with added Whizz'') is a live-action animated British children's television game show which originally aired on CBeebies between 2008 and 2011. The series uses a mix of CGI and Live action, and is targeted tow ...

and multiple voices in Monkey Dust.

Early life

Greenall was born on 3 January 1958 in Longtown,

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. He attended the

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, part of Manchester Polytechnic.

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was two years below him.

Career

Greenall has appeared in TV series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Fortysomething'', '' Between the Lines'', ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...

'', ''

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and p ...

'', ''

Kiss Me Kate ''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical written by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off-sta ...

'', ''

Harry Enfield and Chums ''Harry Enfield & Chums'' (originally titled ''Harry Enfield's Television Programme'') is a British sketch show starring Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke. It first broadcast on BBC2 in 1990 in the 9 pm slot on Thursday night ...

'', ''

Monkey Dust ''Monkey Dust'' is a British adult animated satirical sketch comedy series created by Harry Thompson and Shaun Pye. The series is characterized by its dark humour, frequent shifts in animation styles, and handling of taboo topics such as be ...

'', '' People Like Us'', ''

Doc Martin ''Doc Martin'' is a British medical comedy drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film '' Saving Grace''. The ...

'', '' W1A'', ''

Time Gentlemen Please ''Time Gentlemen Please'' is a British sitcom primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray and broadcast on Sky One from 2000 to 2002. Premise The show is set in a forgotten, unwelcoming pub whose opinionated landlord, 'Guv' (short for ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

'', as Mr Skinner in the 2006 ''

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'' episode " Love & Monsters", and as the voice of Mervin in the MTV puppet show ''

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''. His film credits include '' Wimbledon''. He wrote for and appeared in ''

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''. He also contributed his voice to the video games '' Dragon Quest VIII'' and '' Tomb Raider II'', among several others. He plays several characters in the British version of '' The Mr. Men Show'', provides the speaking voice of Captain Barnacles in CBeebies' '' The Octonauts'', and played the Caretaker in the

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game shows '' Trapped!'' and ''Trapped! Ever After''. He also appeared as the voice of Zom Zom the far out in Sumo Digital's game LittleBigPlanet 3. In the second series of ''

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'' that started to air on

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and

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on 23 August 2007, Greenall was reunited with ''I'm Alan Partridge'' star

. He played an ex- roadie friend of Tommy (Coogan) who has since become the managing director of a sleek technology company. He plays a variety of different roles in the popular BBC Radio 2 sitcom '' On the Blog''. He was one of Grant Bovey's sparring partners when he was training for the BBC charity boxing match against comedian

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. In 1998, Greenall voiced a number of characters in the Canadian-British animated series '' Bob and Margaret''. In 2002, he appeared in the Chris Morris production My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117 with a brief role as the father of a child being baptised. In 2006, he provided the voice of the main character

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in the animated film made for the ''BKN Classic Series'' trilogy ''Robin Hood: Quest for the King''. In 2007, he provided the voice of Prince Charming in the English-French-Belgian-Japanese adult-animated '' Snow White: The Sequel'', which is based on TV Funhouse alongside the voices of

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as the narrator and

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as the Seven Dwarves. He currently provides the voice in the Weetabix adverts and is also the voice of Aleksandr Orlov the

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in the comparethemarket.com adverts. He appears in the Channel 4 sitcom '' Pete versus Life'' as one of the two commentators remarking on the title character's life. He also voices the character of Murgo in the

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video game franchise. Since October 2010, he has been responsible for voicing the character of Captain Barnacles Bear in ''

''. In 2011, he appeared in the BBC drama '' Holy Flying Circus''. He was credited as co-executive producer of the 2011 film adaptation of '' We Need to Talk About Kevin''. In December 2011, Greenall voiced three VIZ ''Comedy Blaps'' for Channel 4. In 2013, he returned to his role of

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in the feature film '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa''. In 2014, he starred as a Cornish person and Mebyon Kernow member in the BBC series W1A. Actual Mebyon Kernow leader Dick Cole suggested Simon "wasn't nearly as handsome as any of the Mebyon Kernow front bench." He currently plays the Sid James character part in BBC Radio'
''Missing Hancocks''
series, in which the cast recreate the original Hancock roles in re-recordings of original scripts where the original recordings of the episodes have been wiped. He plays the role of "Ron Bone" -- manager of The Mallard Theatre -- in BBC Radio 4's sit-com ''The Simon Day Show'', from 2012 (6 half-hour-long episodes) - also repeated several times through the years on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Starting in 2014, Greenall narrated the UK version of Storage Hunters on

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. He was also the winner of Celebrity Mastermind in 2015 and voiced the character of Dave Thompson in '' Peter Kay's Car Share''. In 2015, Greenall provided the voice of Terry in an episode of '' Thunderbirds Are Go'', and replaced Cam Clarke in '' Final Fantasy XIV'' as the voice of Lord Lolorito; Greenall would also voice the dragon Nidhogg in all languages of the game. In 2017, he had a five-episode guest stint in ITV's

. In 2018 he provided the voice-overs on the

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series ''Rob Beckett's Playing for Time''.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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