Mark Perry (born Phillip Perry) is a British

impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passag ...

and his notable impressions include David Dickinson,

John Prescott John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, he w ...

and

Robin Cook Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook (28 February 19466 August 2005) was a British Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 until his death in 2005 and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 until 2001 wh ...

. Perry is known for playing various public figures in '' Dead Ringers'' and ''

2DTV ''2DTV'' is a British satirical animated television series which was co-created and produced by Giles Pilbrow for ITV. It premiered on ITV1 on 14 October 2001 and was nominated for the Rose d'Or Award in both 2002 and 2003. The programme was co ...

''.New Statesman – Volume 139- Page 13 2010 "Mark Perry, star of the TV and radio series Dead Ringers, was offered a slice of Ashcroft's zillions to impersonate the dour Broon. David Cameron never tires of telling us how he deplores Labour's negative campaigning but it's a safe bet that " In 2007 he appeared in the radio comedy '' Bleak Expectations''. He has won several awards, including a Sony Radio Award for ''Dead Ringers'' (2000), a BAFTA for ''Double Take'' and

Golden Rose of Montreux The Rose d'Or ('Golden Rose') is an international awards festival in entertainment broadcasting and programming. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) first acquired the Rose d’Or in 1961, when it was created by Swiss Television in the lakesi ...

for 2DTV.PERRY, Mark (né Philip Perry), ''Debrett's People of Today'', November 2007. He can also be seen as an extra playing a Gallifreyan Guard in the 1983 Doctor Who story ''

Arc of Infinity ''Arc of Infinity'' is the first serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 12 January 1983. The serial is set in Amsterdam ...

''. He was recently heard as Gerry (temporary chairman of the board of directors of Borchester Land) in the

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of Talk radio, spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history fro ...

soap The Archers. Perry is involved with the charities NCH and The Heritage Foundation.

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