Ralph Little
| Ralf Little | |
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Little at Soccer Aid 2010
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| Born |
Ralf Alastair John B. Little 8 February 1980 (age 37) Oldham, England |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, footballer |
| Senior career* | |||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–03 | Staines Town | ||
| 2003 | Maidstone United | ||
| 2004 | Edgware Town | ||
| 2007–08 | Chertsey Town | ||
| 2008 | Stone Dominoes | ||
| National team | |||
| 2012– | Sealand | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer and semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He has played Antony Royle in The Royle Family and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.
Little was born in Oldham and attended Bolton School (Boys' Division). He is the son of two accountants.
Some of his early television roles included minor roles in various programmes such as Elidor, Children's Ward and Sloggers.
Little's break came when he was offered the role of Antony Royle in the BBC sitcom, The Royle Family. This prompted him to abandon his studies (at Manchester Medical school) and focus on his acting career. The original run of the series was from autumn 1998 to December 2000, and after a one-off special in 2006 returned for a series of Christmas specials from 2008 to 2012, with Little returning to the role of Antony in 2006, 2009 and 2010.
After the original run of The Royle Family, he was cast in another sitcom, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (or Two Pints), as Jonny Keogh. The first series ran from February 2001, and the programme ran for nine series in total. During an interview for This Morning in September 2007 Little said that he would not be returning for the next series due to an overwhelming schedule. His character was subsequently killed off. In 1999 Little played the Star of Bethlehem in the ITV comedy drama The Flint Street Nativity.
In December 2000, Little played Wishee Washee in the ITV Panto Aladdin, which was filmed in the New Wimbledon Theatre.
In 2001, he played the young George Harrison in Presence at the Royal Court Theatre, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance. In 2004, he played the title character in Billy Liar at the Theatre Royal in Windsor. He appeared in Juliet McKoen's 2005 ghost story/murder mystery film Frozen, set in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Between November 2002 and January 2003 He hosted three one-hour-long episodes of the Ralf Little Show on BBC3.
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