John Pickard (British actor)

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|name = John Pickard

|birth_name = John Pickard

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|11|2|df=yes}}

|birth_place = London, England

|occupation = Actor

|years_active = 1989–present

|relatives = Nick Pickard (brother)

}}

John Pickard (born 2 November 1977 in London) is an English actor, best known for playing David Porter in the BBC sitcom 2point4 Children, and Dominic Reilly (brother of Tony Hutchinson, played by Pickard's own brother Nick Pickard) in Channel 4's Hollyoaks.{{cite news | url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/21/hollyoaks-stars-take-to-the-pitch-for-charity-100252-20941514/ | publisher=Liverpool Echo | accessdate=26 May 2009 | date=21 May 2008 | title=Hollyoaks stars take to the pitch for charity | first=Tina | last=Miles}}

Career

He trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.{{cite web |title=Alumni |url=https://www.syts.co.uk/page/?title=Alumni&pid=74 |publisher=syts.co.uk |accessdate=9 November 2020}}

He has performed on stage, in films and on TV.

Between 1990 and 1991, he appeared in Series 13 and 14 of the children's BBC drama series Grange Hill as the character Neil Timpson.Mark Bennison {{Google books|zCy5BAAAQBAJ|The Soap Quiz Book: 1,000 Questions Covering all Television Soaps|page=48}}

In 1991 he was cast as David Porter, alongside Gary Olsen and Belinda Lang, in the BBC1 sitcom 2point4 Children, which ran for eight series until 1999.

He then joined Hollyoaks in 2005 as Dominic Reilly, and left in 2010.[https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-06-12/new-hollyoaks-later-to-feature-return-of-jeremy-edwards-james-redmond-and-john-pickard/ RadioTimes]

In 2008, he was cast as Doctor Who companion Thomas Brewster for Doctor Who Audio Dramas in The Haunting of Thomas Brewster. Due to this and other audio dramas, he attended Gallifrey One in February 2010, an annual North American science fiction convention in Los Angeles, California.

Theatre

2016 – Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night – (Grassroots Shakespeare London, Leicester Square Theatre){{Cite web|title = Grassroots Shakespeare London takes residency at Leicester Square Theatre {{!}} News {{!}} The Stage|url = https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/grassroots-shakespeare-london-takes-residency-at-leicester-square-theatre/|website = The Stage|access-date = 2016-01-23|language = en-US|date = 22 January 2016}}
2012 – Beauty and the Beast – (Newark Palace Theatre, Newark-on-Trent)
2003 – Wishy Washy – Aladdin – The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare{{cite news|url=https://audioboo.fm/boos/960262-panto-star-john-pickard-tells-us-what-to-expect-from-this-year-s-show-at-newark-palace-theatre-beauty-an-the-beast|title=Panto star John Pickard tells us what to expect from this year's show at Newark Palace Theatre, Beauty and the Beast|publisher=BBC|date=17 December 2012|accessdate=20 January 2013|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202114705/https://audioboo.fm/boos/960262-panto-star-john-pickard-tells-us-what-to-expect-from-this-year-s-show-at-newark-palace-theatre-beauty-an-the-beast|url-status=dead}}

As well as pantomimes, he has also performed as George in Same Time, Next Year (at Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon), James in Writebites (at Upstairs at The Bell), Trevor in Aphrodite Blugs (at New End Theatre, Hampstead), Ben in Stroke Me (at Finborough Theatre, Earls Court), Colin in Saved (at Octagon Theatre, Bolton), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre) and Morton in An Enemy of the People (at Playhouse Theatre).

Filmography

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1989 \|The Bill \|Wayne \|
1990–1991 \|Grange Hill \|Neil Timpson \|
1991–1999 \|2point4 Children \|David Porter \|
1993–1996 \|EastEnders \|Kevin \| recurring role
1994–1995 \|Live and Kicking \|Himself \|3 appearances
1999 \|Sunburn \|Ryan Eastwood \|
2000 \|The Bill \|Kevin Maguire \|
2004 \|Mile High \|Jack Fields \|Series 2
2007 \|Soapstar Superchef \|Himself \|
2008-09, 2013 \|Hollyoaks Later \|Dominic Reilly \|recurring role
2005–2010 \|Hollyoaks \|Dominic Reilly \|
2012 \|Casualty{{cite news\|last=Hilton\|first=Beth\| url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a385065/hollyoaks-john-pickard-eyes-eastenders-role.html \|title=Hollyoaks John Pickard eyes EastEnders role \|publisher=Digital Spy \|date=2 June 2010\|accessdate=5 September 2010}} \|PC Chris Bidner \|
2015 \|Casualty \|Anthony Simms \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1989

|The Bill

|Wayne

1990–1991

|Grange Hill

|Neil Timpson

1991–1999

|2point4 Children

|David Porter

1993–1996

|EastEnders

|Kevin

| recurring role

1994–1995

|Live and Kicking

|Himself

|3 appearances

1999

|Sunburn

|Ryan Eastwood

2000

|The Bill

|Kevin Maguire

2004

|Mile High

|Jack Fields

|Series 2

2007

|Soapstar Superchef

|Himself

2008-09, 2013

|Hollyoaks Later

|Dominic Reilly

|recurring role

2005–2010

|Hollyoaks

|Dominic Reilly

2012

|Casualty{{cite news|last=Hilton|first=Beth| url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a385065/hollyoaks-john-pickard-eyes-eastenders-role.html |title=Hollyoaks John Pickard eyes EastEnders role |publisher=Digital Spy |date=2 June 2010|accessdate=5 September 2010}}

|PC Chris Bidner

2015

|Casualty

|Anthony Simms

=Films=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1998 \|More than Dreams \|Peter \|A short Swiss feature film by Mikaël Ivan Roost
1999 \|Rage \|Thomas "T" Brecknock \|Won an award at the Amiens International Film Festival in 2001

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1998

|More than Dreams

|Peter

|A short Swiss feature film by Mikaël Ivan Roost

1999

|Rage

|Thomas "T" Brecknock