Nick Stringer
Born: 1948-08-10 in Torquay, Devon, England
Known For: Acting
Biography
Nick Stringer is an English actor. In a thirty year career, Stringer has appeared in numerous well-known British television shows, including The Bill, Open All Hours, Only Fools and Horses, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Coronation Street, Family Affairs, Minder, Johnny Jarvis, Butterflies and My Family. He also had a small part in the film, The Long Good Friday. Stringer appeared in the first two series of The New Statesman as the fictional Member of Parliament Bob Crippen, a Labour opponent of the Conservative Alan B'Stard. Other roles have included a cameo role in Goodnight Sweetheart in the episode "You're Driving Me Crazy" as an undercover detective, and as a deputy headmaster Mr Sullivan in Press Gang (mainly appearing in the first two seasons). He appeared in the BBC drama Holby City, in an episode entitled "Doctor's Dilemma", on 18 June 2008. Stringer lives in Swansea, Wales, and is married with two children. Stringer has also made two guest appearances in the BBC Sictom Only Fools and Horses, in the episodes Go West Young Man, as an australian man, and in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, he plays Del's old business partner, Jumbo Mills.
Filmography
2009
- Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide as De Ruyter
- I Know You Know as Mic the Barman
2008
2005
- Oliver Twist as Inspector Blather
2002
- Born and Bred as Labour MP Reg Samuel
2001
- Gentlemen's Relish as Edward Shelburne
1999
- Captain Jack as Toby
1997
- Stella Does Tricks as Edward
- The Missing Postman as Farmer Flint
1993
- Peak Practice as PC Pete Greenhalgh
- Goodnight Sweetheart
1990
- Shoot to Kill as Kavin Taylor
1989
- Birds of a Feather as Police Supt.
- Work Experience as Man on Phone
- Press Gang as Mr. Sullivan
1988
- We Think the World of You as Butcher
- Home Front as Dave
- The Black and Blue Lamp as Sgt. Brooks
1987
- The New Statesman as Bob Crippen
- Personal Services as P.C. Baker
1985
- Dempsey and Makepeace as Piglet
- Super Gran as Mad Mick
1984
- The Bill as Ron Smollett
1983
- Gaskin as Labour Councillor
- The Terence Davies Trilogy
- Johnny Jarvis
1981
- Bergerac as George Lacey
- Only Fools and Horses as Aussie Man
1980
- The Long Good Friday as Billy
1979
- Minder as Tommy
- The Knowledge as Cabbie
- That Summer! as Policeman
1978
- The Shout as Cobbler
- Affront as Carron
- Soldiers Talking, Cleanly as Terry
1977
- The Professionals as Twig
- Target as Matthews
1975
- The Sweeney as Patsy Kearny
1970
- Play for Today as Terry