Mark Addy’s television career began in 1987 with The Ritz, followed by A Very Peculiar Practice in 1988. He later appeared in Heartbeat, Band of Gold, Married… with Children, Peak Practice, Too Much Sun, Sunnyside Farm, Trollied, and The Syndicate, among other shows.
Addy played Bill Miller in Still Standing, adopting an exaggerated American accent. He also appeared in the second series of the British sitcom The Thin Blue Line as Detective Boyle. He also participated in the ITV1 comic drama Bonkers, as well as the ITV comedy drama Bike Squad in early 2008, when he played Sergeant John Rook.
Addy appeared in a series of adverts for the revamped Tesco Clubcard in 2009, featuring Fay Ripley.
In 2011, he was cast as King Robert Baratheon in HBO’s Game of Thrones. Addy’s audition for the character was the best they saw, according to showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, making him the easiest actor to cast for the show.
While Robert was a significant character in the story at first, his excessive drinking, womanizing, and hunting eventually led to his demise. In season one, Addy’s character was killed off after a hunting mishap involving a wild boar.
Who is Addy in Doctor Who?
Paltraki was played by Mark Addy in the Doctor Who episode “The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos” in 2018.
What movies is Mark Addy in?
Mark Addy is featured in the following:
- Andor
- Game of Thrones
- Doctor Who
- New Blood
- Lucky Hank
- Downton Abbey
- The Neighborhood
- Trollied
- Red Riding
- White House Farm
- Succession
- The Order
- Mrs. Davis
- The Bill
- Still Standing
- Moving On
- Jericho
- The Salisbury Poisonings
- Remember Me
- White House Plumbers
- Vera
- Married… with Children
- The Company You Keep
- The View