Neil Dudgeon Biography

Neil Dudgeon is an English actor. Since 2011 he ,has played DCI John Barnaby in the ITV drama series Midsomer Murders.  Neil replaced John Nettles in the lead role.

Neil Dudgeon Age

Neil was born on 2 January 1961 in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire. He is 58 years old as of 2019.

Neil Dudgeon Family

Neil was born and brought up in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire. The information about his parents and siblings is not yet revealed.  Neil  went to Intake Secondary Modern school, among others. He acted in several school plays (including Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead) and went on to study drama at the University of Bristol (1979–82).

Neil Dudgeon Wife

Neil is married to BBC Radio producer Mary Peate. The couple has two children.

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In 1987 Neil made his first screen appearance. The  year which followed he appeared as a Second World War pilot in Piece of Cake, alongside Tim Woodward, Jeremy Northam and Nathaniel Parker.

He occasionally appeared  in series such as Casualty, London’s Burning and Lovejoy. In 1994 Neil also appeared as Detective Constable Costello, a one-episode subordinate to Detective Inspector William Edward “Jack” Frost  which was played by David Jason , in the TV series A Touch of Frost, he appeared  in The Mrs Bradley Mysteries in as George the Chauffeur  (alongside Dame Diana Rigg), in Inspector Morse (episode ” The Way Through The Woods”), Between The Lines,  In 1994 and 1997 he appeared on Common As Muck , Out of the Blue, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, The Street and four series of Messiah with Ken Stott.

He also appeared in the romantic comedy film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, playing the taxi driver who takes the title character to meet Mark Darcy (played by Colin Firth), towards the end of the film.

Neil  appeared in the eponymous role of self-made millionaire Roman Pretty in the BBC2 sitcom Roman’s Empire in 2007 . He played a main character in BBC’s Life of Riley in 2009.  The  series was recommissioned and aired in April 2011, the same month that Neil  played the role of one time Football League secretary Alan Hardaker in the TV drama United, which was centred on the events of the 1958 Munich air disaster involving Manchester United.

Neil appeared in an episode of the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders in 2010 , called “The Sword of Guillaume”. Neil in the drama he  was introduced in the episode as the cousin of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, played by John Nettles, who retired from the role. He, also cast as a senior detective, took over as the lead character in Midsomer Murders after the last episodes featuring John Nettles were screened in 2011.

His character name is DCI John Barnaby, which has been suggested may be a vehicle for continued sales to territories where the show is known as “Inspector Barnaby”.  Neil  had first appeared in Midsomer Murders in the opening episode of the fourth series (“Garden of Death”), playing a secondary character

Neil began as Norman Birkett on BBC Radio 4’s Afternoon Play series in four plays written by Caroline and David Stafford in  2012.  Which was based on Birkett’s cases.

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