Dominic Coleman
{{Short description|British actor (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dominic Coleman
| birth_name = Dominic Andrew Coleman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1970|01|29}}
| birth_place = Solihull, Warwickshire, England
| nationality = British
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1994–present
}}
Dominic Andrew Coleman (born 29 January 1970 in Solihull, Warwickshire){{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=dominic+a&20a&lastname=coleman&eventyear=1970&eventyear_offset=0&district=solihull&county=warwickshire|title=findmypast.co.uk|website=search.findmypast.co.uk}} is a British actor. He went to secondary school at Tudor Grange Academy Solihull which then led him to train at Leeds University's Bretton Hall where he studied a BA (hons) in Dramatic Arts. He lives in London with his wife and children.
Acting history
Born in the Shirley district of Solihull, he has appeared in Stupid!, Sex Lives of the Potato Men and in The Cup as Vincent Farrell.{{cite web|title=The Cup – a six-part comedy series for BBC Two|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/06/the_cup7.shtml|publisher=BBC|date=6 August 2008|accessdate=5 November 2009}} In 2003, he presented the series The People's Book of Records. He also appeared in an episode of My Hero as the shady journalist Kevin Trent in the episode "Shock, Horror!" He also provides the voice of Arthur Weasley in various Harry Potter video games.
He appeared on TV as a recurring customer in the BBC comedy series Miranda and reprised his role for episodes in 2013 and 2015. He also starred as Nan's husband Jake in Nan's Christmas Carol, and was introduced as the character 'Gaz' in ITV's Coronation Street. In 2012 Coleman played Neville in the Sky1 sitcom Trollied. 2013 saw Coleman playing the role of Jamie in Heading Out.
In 2014, Labour supporter Coleman starred as David Cameron in the Labour Party (UK) Party Political Broadcast, The Un-Credible Shrinking Man.The Guardian (7 May 2014). [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/07/labour-video-nick-clegg-un-credible-shrinking-man "Labour video mocks Nick Clegg as the 'Un-Credible Shrinking Man'"]Labour Party (7 May 2014). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIH-2lZF2yw "The Un-credible Shrinking Man"]. YouTube. He appeared as a mechanoid called Butler in a series 11 episode of the TV comedy series Red Dwarf first aired in 2016.
Coleman features in the BBC Radio 4 comedy sketch series Recorded for Training Purposes, and was also in the music video for Groove Armada's "If Everybody Looked The Same". He starred in episode 6 of Hank Zipzer playing Mick McKelty. He appeared in the BBC one-off remake of Porridge as Mr Braithwaite, a placid prison officer.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| The White Room | Man in white | Short film |
| 2000
| Wetwork | {{Unknown}} | Short film |
| rowspan="3"|2001
| Large | Dennis | Short film |
| Beginner's Luck
| Scott | |
| Tommy Tough
| Jonesy | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2003
| Little Clumps of Hair | Simon | Short film |
| Round
| Laurence | Short film |
| 2004
| Tolly | |
| 2006
| Skinny comedian | |
| 2007
| Jasper | |
| 2008
| Clubbed | Clinger | |
| 2009
| Hands Solo | Narrator | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| The Organ Grinder's Monkey | Felix | Short film |
| Weekend Retreat
| Duncan | |
| 2013
| Mr. Parsons | |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Policeman | |
| About a Dog
| Jack Cravan | Short film |
| 2015
| Zipwire Guy | |
| 2016
| Village Hall Photographer | |
| rowspan="2"|2017
| White House Butler | |
| The Overcoat
| The Tailor | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| |
| Head Full of Honey
| Officer at Police Station | |
| 2019
| Ipswich TV Host | |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| Lead Officer | |
| The Show
| Bobbles the Clown | |
| 2022
| Meet Me Where I Am | Tom | Short film |
| rowspan="3"|2023
| Wonka | Donovan | |
| Napoleon
| Clerk | |
| The Devil Went Down to Islington
| The Devil | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2000
| Max Harris | Episode #12.3 |
| Heartburn Hotel
| Barman | Episode: "Kin" |
| 2000–2002
| The Bill | Des / Leon Hawks | 5 episodes |
| 2001
| Shockers | Mate 1 | Episode: "Cyclops" |
| 2001–2002
| Policeman | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2002
| My Hero | Kevin Trench | Episode: "Shock, Horror!" |
| Dead Gorgeous
| Workman | Television film |
| rowspan="3"|2003
| Red Cap | Steven Telford | Episode: "Crush" |
| Keen Eddie
| Uniformed PC | Episode: "Achtung, Baby" |
| Absolute Power
| Steve Beach | Episode: "Mr Fox" |
| 2003–2017
| Doctors | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2004–2006
| Stupid! | Various characters | 15 episodes |
| rowspan="5"|2005
| Paramedic | Episode: "Hidden Pain" |
| EastEnders
| David | Episode #1.2987 |
| Swinging
| Dab Allen / Don Lorrie / Patient | 7 episodes |
| Bleak House
| Policeman in Snagsby's | Episode #1.4 |
| Rome
| Centurion | Episode: "Triumph" |
| 2005–2007
| Policeman | 5 episodes |
| 2006
| Jeremiah Blyth | Episode: "The Ruby in the Smoke" |
| rowspan="5"|2007
| Customer | Episode: "The Warehouse Job" |
| Silent Witness
| Reporter | 2 episodes |
| The Whistleblowers
| Marvin | Episode: "Fit for Purpose" |
| Stuart: A Life Backwards
| Attacking man | Television film |
| Ladies and Gentlemen
| PC Jackson | Television film |
| 2007–2008
| Singles Files | Steve | 5 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2008
| Police officer | Episode: "Sleeper" |
| Pulling
| Policeman | Episode #2.4 |
| The Cup
| Vincent Farrell | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="5"|2009
| Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | Hugo | Episode: "Our Bounties Ourselves" |
| Psychoville
| Colin | 2 episodes |
| Big Top
| Warder | Episode: "Dad" |
| Nan's Christmas Carol
| Jake Taylor | TV special |
| Brave Young Men
| Iain Beasley | Television film |
| 2009, 2013, 2015 | Miranda | Customer / Jim | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2010
| PC Collins | Episode: "Slammertime" |
| Meet the Parents
| Dad | 6 episodes |
| Hotel Trubble
| Cupid L'Amour | Episode: "Bridezilla" |
| 2010, 2012, 2016 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Various | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|2011
| Michael Hunter | Episode: "Crush" |
| Spy
| Judge | Episode: "Codename: Portis" |
| The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
| Policeman | Episode: Christmas special |
| Rosemunde Pilcher
| {{Unknown}} | Episode: "Verlobt, verliebt, verwirrt" |
| 2011, 2018
| Gaz / Matt | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2012
| Estate agent | Episode: "The Personal is Political" |
| Starlings
| Windsurfer | Episode #1.2 |
| Parade's End
| Penn | Episode #1.3 |
| 2012–2018
| Trollied | Neville | 55 episodes |
| 2013
| Jamie | 6 episodes |
| 2013, 2015
| Officer Thackeray | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2014
| Morning Has Broken | {{Unknown}} | Television film |
| The Driver
| Matthew | Episode #1.2 |
| Crackanory
| {{Unknown}} | Episode: "Let Me Be the Judge & I'm Still Here" |
| 2014–2016
| Mick McKelty | 5 episodes |
| rowspan="6"|2015
| Dave Fisher | Episode: "Youth" |
| Doc Martin
| News presenter | Episode: "Rescue Me" |
| Unforgotten
| John Burton | 2 episodes |
| The Job Lot
| Inspector Hughes | Episode #3.3 |
| Capital
| PC Jenkins | Episode #1.3 |
| Suspects
| Reverend Daniel Matthews | Episode: "Ricochet" |
| rowspan="4"|2016
| Porridge | Officer Braithwaite | Television film |
| Peaky Blinders
| Priest | Episode #3.4 |
| Cold Feet
| Floyd Vardy | 5 episodes |
| Red Dwarf
| Butler | Episode: "Krysis" |
| 2016–2017
| 2 episodes |
| 2016–2018
| 19 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2017
| Episodes | Writer N.2 | 3 episodes |
| Death in Paradise
| Reverend Matthew Dawson | Episode: "Murder in the Polls" |
| Porridge
| Officer Braithwaite | 5 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Darren | Episode: "Two Fat Ladies" |
| Humans
| Dorian | Episode 5 |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Adrian Messenger | Episode: "The Play's the Thing" |
| Plebs
| Nigellus | Episode: "The Hooligans" |
| 2019−2022
| The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk | Jonny Wallop | 9 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2021
| Bloods | Brock | Episode: "Bike Patrol" |
| Malory Towers
| Mr. Thomas | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2022
| Brassic | Geoff | Episode: "Lost in the Woods" |
| Whitstable Pearl
| Tony Dooly | Episode: "The Offer" |
| 2022−2024
| Lord Cowper | 6 episodes |
| 2024
| Brad | 3 episodes |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Voice role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | |
| 2007
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Arthur Weasley | |
| 2010
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Arthur Weasley | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0171015|name=Dominic Coleman}}
- {{British Comedy Guide|people|dominic_coleman}}
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male video game actors
Category:English male voice actors
Category:Male actors from Warwickshire
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