Bryan Dick
| Bryan Dick | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 February 1978 Denton Holme, Carlisle, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Parent(s) | Jim, Jenny |
Bryan Dick (born 1 February 1978) is an English TV, stage and film actor.
Bryan is best known for playing Ernie Wise alongside Daniel Rigby in the BBC's BAFTA-winning biopic of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, Eric and Ernie.
Aged eleven he won a scholarship to Elmhurst Ballet School and left home to train as a dancer. Three years later, he was talent-spotted by ITV scouts and cast as the titular anti-hero of 1990s cult classic The Life and Times of Henry Pratt. Since graduating from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 2000, he has worked on some of the best dramas on British television. In 2015 he was DI Mill in the BBC's Capital, based on the best-selling novel by John Lanchester, and Sir Richard Riche in Wolf Hall.
In 2016 he played Willie Mossop in Hobson's Choice with Martin Shaw in London's West End.
Early career highlights include White Teeth, based on Zadie Smith's best-selling novel, in which he played Archie (old Archie was played by Phil Davis), Blackpool in which he was David Tennant's cheeky sidekick DC Blythe, Simon Curtis' 20,000 Streets Under the Sky, based on the trilogy by Patrick Hamilton in which he co-starred with Sally Hawkins, and The Long Firm with Mark Strong. Bryan also played Thomas Wyatt in The Virgin Queen, which starred Anne-Marie Duff. He was dance teacher Prince Turveydrop in the multi-award-winning BBC version of Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Freddie Trent in The Old Curiosity Shop.
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