Neil Robert Stuke ( ; born 22 February 1966 in

Deal, Kent Deal is a coastal town in Kent, England, which lies where the North Sea and the English Channel meet, north-east of Dover, England, Dover and south of Ramsgate. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town whose history is closely linked t ...

) is an English actor best known for his role of Matthew in the TV sitcom '' Game On'' and more recently for playing Billy Lamb in the

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legal drama ''

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''.

Career

Stuke played Matthew in the second and third series of '' Game On'', replacing

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. He also played the role of Senior Clerk Billy Lamb in the BBC television series ''Silk''. His television career also includes '' Between the Lines'', ''

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'', '' Reggie Perrin'', '' At Home with the Braithwaites'', ''

Monday Monday ''Monday Monday'' is an ITV comedy drama. It stars Fay Ripley, Jenny Agutter, Neil Stuke, Holly Aird, Morven Christie, Tom Ellis, and Miranda Hart. It is set in the head office of a supermarket that has fallen on hard times and had to re- ...

'', ''

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'', '' Bedtime'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and playing an alcoholic footballer/policeman in a 1997 episode of '' Pie in the Sky''. He played Hal in a 1997 Radio 3 production of '' Loot'' by Orton, repeated in 2017. In 2006, he guest-starred in ''

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''; his character (James Tennant) was involved in the storyline of missing child Amy Tennant. In the summer of 2010, Stuke was featured on ''

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'', where it was discovered that he was not a very good chef, despite his claim that he was. He has also been a panellist on several episodes of the topical discussion series ''

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''. In August 2014, Stuke was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''

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'' opposing

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in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. In January 2020, he appeared in an episode of ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'', alongside

Jodie Whittaker Jodie Auckland Whittaker (born 17 June 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles on television as Beth Latimer in ''Broadchurch'' (2013–2017) and the Thirteenth Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' (2017–2022, 2025). She came to pro ...

Jo Martin Joanna Lisa Martin (born 29 April 1969) is a British actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC series '' The Crouches'' (2003–2005) as Natalie Crouch, '' Back to Life'' (2019–2021) as Janice, ''Holby City'' (2019–2022) ...

and The Judoon.

Filmography

References

External links

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Rookery Nook website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stuke, Neil 1966 births English male stage actors English male television actors Living people Male actors from Kent People from Deal, Kent 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Actors from Dover District