Neil Fitzmaurice
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| Born | Neil Fitzmaurice 20 August 1959 Liverpool, England[1] |
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| Occupation | Actor, comedian | ||||||
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Neil Fitzmaurice (born 20 August 1959) is an English actor, comedian and writer.
Fitzmaurice's writing projects include That Peter Kay Thing, for which he received a British Comedy Award, and the critically acclaimed Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, in which he also appeared as Ray-Von.[2]
As an actor, Fitzmaurice has appeared in Going off Big Time (which he also wrote), played Jeff in the Channel 4 comedy series Peep Show, and starred in the prison drama series Buried. He appeared on the first episode of The Office as the applicant whom David Brent interviews for the warehouse position. He plays the same character in the sixth episode, only this time Brent is giving him redundancy notice.[2]
Fitzmaurice has also performed alongside Paul O'Grady in the BBC comedy Eyes Down, had guest roles in the long-running police drama The Bill and on the Casualty spin-off Holby City.
In 2007, he played a lead role in the ITV drama Mobile, as an ex-telecoms worker suffering from a terminal brain tumour. Since 2000 he has been working on the film Charlie Noades RIP with his brother Tony. The film was in development hell due to funding not being available. Work finally began in 2007, despite the full budget not being in place.[1] The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.[2] Around the time of the premiere, Fitzmaurice returned to the stage for the first time in ten years, playing Shaun in On the Ledge at the Royal Court Theatre.[2] Due to begin filming in 2008 is the FilmFour film Rough Justice.[2]
Fitzmaurice is a survivor of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c O'Keeffe, Gregg. "Standing up to be counted ...", Liverpool Echo, 2008-05-26. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b c d e Davis, Laura. "Actor Neil Fitzmaurice has found that living life on the edge suits him for the moment", 2008-05-16. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
- ^ Hillsborough Agony of New TV Thriller's Star. Daily Mirror (2007-03-15). Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
