Neil Stuke
{{Short description|British actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Neil Stuke
| birth_name = Neil Robert Stuke
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|2 |22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Deal, Kent, England
| nationality = British
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1991–present
}}
Neil Robert Stuke ({{IPAc-en|s|t|uː|k}} {{Respell|STOOK}};{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=860870324377733|title=The legendary Neil Stuke is in the house!|work=Facebook|date=April 2, 2020|accessdate=5 May 2023}} born 22 February 1966 in Deal, Kent) is an English actor best known for his role of Matthew in the TV sitcom Game On and more recently for playing Billy Lamb in the BBC legal drama Silk.
Career
Stuke played Matthew in the second and third series of Game On, replacing Ben Chaplin. He also played the role of Senior Clerk Billy Lamb in the BBC television series Silk. His television career also includes Between the Lines, Trust, Reggie Perrin, At Home with the Braithwaites, Monday Monday, Office Gossip, Bedtime, A Touch of Frost, The Catherine Tate Show and playing an alcoholic footballer/policeman in a 1997 episode of Pie in the Sky. He played Hal in a 1997 Radio 3 production of Loot by Orton, repeated in 2017.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2017/33/loot Loot, BBC Media Centre notice] accessed 4 April 2025.
In 2006, he guest-starred in The Bill; his character (James Tennant) was involved in the storyline of missing child Amy Tennant.
In the summer of 2010, Stuke was featured on Celebrity MasterChef, where it was discovered that he was not a very good chef, despite his claim that he was. He has also been a panellist on several episodes of the topical discussion series The Wright Stuff.
In August 2014, Stuke was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics |work=The Guardian|date=7 August 2014}}
In January 2020, he appeared in an episode of Doctor Who, alongside Jodie Whittaker, Jo Martin and The Judoon.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-27|title=Doctor Who recap: series 38, episode five – Fugitive of the Judoon|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/27/doctor-who-recap-series-38-episode-five-fugitive-of-the-judoon|access-date=2021-10-28|website=the Guardian|language=en}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television |
| style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year ! TV Show ! Role ! Notes |
| rowspan=2|1991
| The Bill | Thomas Jeffries | Episode: "Empire Building" |
| Drop the Dead Donkey
| Star Batter | Episode: "Baseball" |
| rowspan=3|1993
| Peter Baker | Episode: "The Case of the Missing Will" |
| The Bill
| Dave Slater | Episode: "By Hook or by Crook" |
| Between the Lines
| Det. Con. Green | Episode: "Crack Up" |
| rowspan=2|1994
| The Bill | Lewis | Episodes: "Living Legend" and "Inquest" |
| Heartbeat
| Snakey | Episode: "Treading Carefully" |
| rowspan=3|1995
| Bobby Dean | 1 episode |
| Cardiac Arrest
| Director | Episode: "The Critical Hour" |
| Resort to Murder
| Skins | 4 episodes |
| rowspan=5|1996
| The Bill | Alex Easby | Episode: "No Assistance Required" |
| A Touch of Frost
| Det. Sgt. Nash | Episode: "The Things We Do for Love" |
| Karaoke
| Peter (Movie) | 4 episodes |
| Cold Lazarus
| Peter (Movie) | 1 episode |
| Out of the Blue
| Tommy Defty | 1 episode |
| 1996–98
| Game On | Matthew | Series 2 & 3 (12 episodes) |
| rowspan=2|1997
| Kirk Flowerbridge | Episode: "Return Match" |
| Light Lunch
| Himself (guest) | Episode: "We're Game On" |
| rowspan=5|1998
| Seesaw | Jon | 3 episodes |
| Silent Witness
| Andy Fox | Episode: "Divided Loyalties: Part 1 & Part 2" |
| Casualty
| Tony | Episode: "Eye Spy" |
| Grafters
| Paul | 7 episodes |
| Drop the Dead Donkey
| Wes Jasper | 2 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2000
| At Home with the Braithwaites | Keith Kershaw | Pilot episode |
| The Sins
| Carl Rogers | 7 episodes |
| 2001
| Simon | 6 episodes |
| 2002
| Colin Edwardson | Episode: "Victim" |
| rowspan=4|2003
| Trust | Martin Greig | 6 episodes |
| Murphy's Law
| Carl | Episode: "Reunion" |
| Madre Teresa
| Kline | TV film |
| Bedtime
| John | 3 episodes |
| rowspan=6|2005
| Steve Passmore | Episode: "The Hitch" |
| Faith
| Nigel | TV film |
| Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
| Andy | 2 episodes |
| Murder in Suburbia
| Steve | Episode: "Old Dogs" |
| Chopratown
| Det. Insp. Nigel Caro | TV film |
| Life and Death in Rome
| Himself (narrator) | Documentary (unknown episodes) |
| rowspan=2|2006
| Francis Bacon | 2 episodes |
| Soundproof
| Chris Groves | TV film |
| 2006–07
| The Bill | James Tennant | 18 episodes |
| 2007
| Kingdom | Damien | 1 episode |
| rowspan=3|2009
| Glen Jarvis | Episode: "Secrets and Spies" |
| Monday Monday
| Max | 7 episodes |
| Saturday Kitchen
| Himself (guest) | 1 episode (16 May 2009) |
| 2009–10
| Chris | Series 1 & 2 (10 episodes) |
| rowspan=5|2010
| Dr. Haydock | Episode: "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" |
| New Tricks
| Duncan Miller | Episode: "Dark Chocolate" |
| The Slammer
| Agent Alec Baldwin | Episode: "Gov on the Run" |
| Celebrity Masterchef
| Himself (contestant) | 7 episodes |
| Jane Goodall: Beauty and the Beasts
| Himself (narrator) | Documentary |
| 2010–11
| Himself (guest) | 2 episodes (12 August 2010 & 28 February 2011) |
| rowspan=2|2011
| Lucas Talbot | 1 episode |
| Fern
| Himself (special guest) | 1 episode |
| rowspan=2|2011–14
| Silk | Billy Lamb | 18 episodes |
| The Wright Stuff
| Himself (panelist) | 26 episodes |
| rowspan=3|2012
| Fathers Day | (unknown) | TV film |
| One Night
| Kenny | Mini-series (3 episodes) |
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
| Himself | 1 episode |
| 2013
| Lewis | Professor Andrew Crane | Episode: "Down among the Fearful" |
| 2014
| Plebs | Cornelius | 2 episodes |
| rowspan=1|2015
| Reid | 1 episode |
| 2015–2017
| Chris Parks | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| rowspan=3|2016
| Suspects | Mo Jones | 4 episodes |
| Silent Witness
| Det. Insp. Laurence Cooke | Episode: "In Plain Sight" (2 parts) |
| Paranoid
| Michael Niles | |
| 2017
|Hutch |1 episode |
| 2018
| Chief Insp. Laurence Cooke | Episode: "Family" (2 parts) |
| 2019
| Jeremy Bright | Episode: "Dressed to Kill" |
| 2020
| Lee | Episode: "Fugitive of the Judoon" |
| 2020
| Curtis Ferabbee | Episode: "Send in the Clowns" |
| 2023
| Hijack | Neil Walsh | Episode: "tbc" |
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film |
| style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |
| 1993
| Century | Felix | |
| 1994
| Borderland | Soldier | Short film |
| 1995
| Suckers | Dave | Short film |
| 1996
| Masculine Mescaline | Mike | Short film |
| rowspan=3|1998
| Shark Hunt | (unknown) | Uncredited |
| Sliding Doors
| Defensive bloke | |
| If Only...
| Freddy | |
| rowspan=3|1999
| Let the Good Times Roll | Mike | Short film |
| Dead Bolt Dead
| The Assassin | |
| Mad Cows
| Desk Sergeant | |
| rowspan=4|2000
| Captain May | |
| Circus
| Roscoe | |
| The Wedding Tackle
| Salty | |
| Christie Malry's Own Double Entry
| Headlam | |
| 2001
| The Dark | Apprentice (voice) | |
| 2004
| Craig | |
| 2005
| Out on a Limb | Simon | |
| 2008
| Le Petit Mort | Promoter | Short film by Jason Merrells |
| 2016
| The Comedian's Guide to Survival | Adam | |
| 2022
| Dennis | |
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110509045141/http://neilstuke.com/ Neil Stuke Official Website]}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0836146|name=Neil Stuke}}
- {{BBC Online|drama/faces/neil_stuke.shtml}}
- [http://www.menierchocolatefactory.com/rookery_nook Rookery Nook website]
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Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from Kent
Category:People from Deal, Kent
Category:20th-century English male actors