Ricky tomlinson autobiography in five short
Ricky tomlinson autobiography in five short
Ricky tomlinson autobiography in five short sentences!
To millions, Ricky Tomlinson is Jim Royle, star of the hit BBC series The Royale Family. Ricky's had considerable success as an actor, appearing as Bobby Grant in 'Brookside' (1982-1988) and DCI Charlie Wise in 'Cracker'.
In 2002 he starred in the BBC TV Series Nice Guy Eddie' playing a Liverpool private investigator and he featured heavily in BAFTA nominated series two of Paul Abbott's series Clocking Off.
He has also starred in several films, notably Mike Bassett: England Manager, Raining Stones and Hillsborough, a made-for-TV film about the families' of the victims of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, in which he portrayed John Glover - the father of victim Ian Glover.
However, Ricky's transformation to national superstar came in 1998 when, reunited with his Brookside screen wife Sue Johnston, he starred as grumpy Dad in The Royle Family.
Ricky has fronted a series of television adverts for British Gas and in 2010 appeared in a series of adverts for frozen food chai