Ricky Tomlinson
Known for acting · Born 26 September 1939 · 87 · Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
99 credits
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eric Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939), known by his stage name Ricky Tomlinson, is an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in Brookside, DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker and James "Jim" Royle in The Royle Family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ricky Tomlinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Cracker
1993
The Royle Family
1998
Playing the Field
1998
Mike Bassett: England Manager
2001
Nativity!
2009
Raining Stones
1993
Life Is All You Get
1997
Countdown
1982
Riff-Raff
1991
The 51st State
2001
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
2002
Hillsborough
1996
Acting (98)
2026Semolina PilchardTrain PassengerFilm
2025Creatures of the NightFilm
2025Ken Dodd: A Legacy of HappinessFilm
2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedFilm
2024Ricky, Sue & a Trip or TwoHimself · 3 episodesSeries
2023Caroline Aherne: Queen of ComedySelfFilm
2023Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle FamilySelf / Jim Royle (archive footage)Film
2023Our KidPhil ReillyFilm
2023The Royle Family - Down the Back of the SofaSelf / Jim Royle (archive footage)Film
2022The WitchfinderCrockettSeries
2022Remembers…SelfSeries
2021Tales of the Creeping DeathDadFilm
2020Ricky and Ralf's Very Northern Road TripHimself · 6 episodesSeries
2019Celebrity Gogglebox · 2 episodesSeries
2019Testosterone: Volume ThreeFilm
2019DNA JourneySelfSeries
2018The More You Ignore MeBert WildgooseFilm
2018Made in BritainNarrator · 10 episodesSeries
2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We WereSelfFilm
2018The Production LineNarrator · 10 episodesSeries
2017KennyHimselfFilm
2017Gloves OffMickFilm
2017Tellin' DadDadFilm
2017Boys On Film 17: Love Is the DrugDad (segment "Tellin' Dad")Film
2017We Have Been WatchingSelf · 5 episodesSeries
2016GrimsbyPaedo PeteFilm
2016The Last DragonslayerMoobinFilm
2016Versus: The Life and Films of Ken LoachSelf - ActorFilm
2016Celebrity Advice BureauSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2014Northern SoulJohn's GrandadFilm
2014Alan Davies: As Yet UntitledSelf - GuestSeries
2014Duck Quacks Don't EchoSeries
2013In the FleshKen Burton · 4 episodesSeries
2013Great Night OutWarren · 6 episodesSeries
2013Tipping Point: Lucky StarsSelf - ContestantSeries
2013RaggedHimselfFilm
2012The Royle Family: Barbara's Old RingJim RoyleFilm
2012Playhouse PresentsSelfSeries
2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - ParticipantSeries
2011Christmas with the Loose WomenSelfFilm
2010The Royle Family: Behind the SofaSelfFilm
2010The Royle Family: Joe's CrackersJimFilm
2009Nativity!MayorFilm
2009Live from Studio FiveSelfSeries
2009The Golden Egg CupJim RoyleFilm
2009Angela and FriendsSeries
2008The Royle Family: The New SofaJim RoyleFilm
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelfSeries
2006The One ShowSelfSeries
2006Carry On KenFilm
2006PetrolheadsSeries
2005Mike Bassett: ManagerMike Bassett · 6 episodesSeries
2005Monkey Trousers · 7 episodesSeries
2004Who Do You Think You Are?SelfSeries
2003The Virgin of LiverpoolFrank ConlonFilm
2002Once Upon a Time in the MidlandsCharlieFilm
2002Al's LadsBillyFilm
2002Another Audience With Ken DoddSelfFilm
2002Nice Guy EddieEddie McMullen · 6 episodesSeries
2002Five Ways John Wayne Didn't DieDead Man (voice)Film
2001The 51st StateLeopold DurantFilm
2001Mike Bassett: England ManagerMike BassettFilm
2001Strange RelationsUncle AlfredFilm
2000Nasty NeighboursHarold PeachFilm
2000Lounge ActFilm
1999Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of FireSanta Claus (voice)Film
1999Loose WomenSelfSeries
1999DockersMacca MacauleyFilm
1999The Greatest Store in the WorldSantaFilm
1998The Royle FamilyJim Royle · 20 episodesSeries
1998Cold FeetCabbieSeries
1998Playing the Field · 32 episodesSeries
1998ParkinsonSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1997Life Is All You GetBuddyFilm
1997Preaching to the PervertedFibbin' GibbinsFilm
1997MojoEzraFilm
1997The FixGordonFilm
1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelfSeries
1996Dalziel and PascoeRowan PriestleySeries
1996HillsboroughJohn GloverFilm
1996TFI FridaySeries
1996Bob's WeekendJackFilm
1996Cracker: White GhostWiseFilm
1995HollyoaksBobby GrantSeries
1995Butterfly KissRobertFilm
1994RoughnecksCinders · 13 episodesSeries
1993Raining StonesTommyFilm
1993CrackerWise · 13 episodesSeries
1993GMTVSelfSeries
1991Riff-RaffLarryFilm
1990Dear SarahWarder #1Film
1988This MorningSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1984The BillSeries
1982Countdown · 15 episodesSeries
1982Boys from the BlackstuffDoctor · 5 episodesSeries
1981United KingdomDennisFilm
1962The Late Late ShowSelfSeries
—Ricky Tomlinson: Football My ArseFilm
Sound (1)
2011OvertimeOriginal Music ComposerFilm