Actor profile

John Thomson

2nd April 1969 Salford, Lancashire, England, UK Acting

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Patrick Thomson (born Patrick Francis McAleer on 2 April 1969) is an English comedian and actor, known for his roles in The Fast Show and Cold Feet. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Thomson (comedian), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

60 Movies 93 TV Shows 1 In Production 154 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Fackham Hall poster

Fackham Hall 5th December 2025 as Bill

The People Before poster

The People Before 24th January 2025 as Knotweed Man

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy poster

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy 25th December 2023 as Self

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa poster

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa 17th September 2023 as Self

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After poster

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After 23rd December 2022 as Plank

Hi-De-Hi!: All the Laughs & More poster

Hi-De-Hi!: All the Laughs & More 26th March 2022 as Self

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs poster

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs 5th March 2022 as Self

Last Train to Christmas poster

Last Train to Christmas 18th December 2021 as Vic

Les Dawson Lost Tapes poster

Les Dawson Lost Tapes 21st July 2021 as Self

Wetherspoons: How Do They Do It?! poster

Wetherspoons: How Do They Do It?! 5th July 2021 as Narrator

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years poster

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years 7th December 2020 as Self

The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases poster

The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases 30th August 2020 as Self

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases poster

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases 29th August 2020 as Self/Various Characters

Inside Cadbury: Chocolate Secrets Unwrapped poster

Inside Cadbury: Chocolate Secrets Unwrapped 15th September 2019 as Narrator

7 Up & Me poster

7 Up & Me 3rd June 2019 as Self

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story poster

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story 29th March 2019 as Himself

Inside Bentley: A Great British Motor Car poster

Inside Bentley: A Great British Motor Car 17th December 2017

Dying Laughing poster

Dying Laughing 24th February 2017 as Self

Caroline Aherne at the BBC poster

Caroline Aherne at the BBC 31st December 2016 as Self - Presenter

Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle poster

Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle 30th March 2016 as Kevin Ruddock

Grimsby poster

Grimsby 24th February 2016 as Bob Tolliver

Billionaire Boy poster

Billionaire Boy 1st January 2016 as Len

Fungus The Bogeyman 27th December 2015

Northern Soul poster

Northern Soul 17th October 2014 as Terry

The Power of Darts 27th November 2013 as Narrator (voice)

Help Point poster

Help Point 8th November 2013 as Stephen

Dementamania poster

Dementamania 23rd August 2013

Pulp poster

Pulp 4th March 2013 as Dave Burns

Uncle Wormsley's Christmas poster

Uncle Wormsley's Christmas 25th December 2012 as Mr. Goodington and the Crabcatchers

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke poster

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke 30th May 2012 as Himself

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa poster

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa 10th November 2010 as Self

The Road to Coronation Street poster

The Road to Coronation Street 15th September 2010 as Harry Kershaw

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley poster

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley 13th November 2009 as Bill (Flowerpot Man)

Inkheart poster

Inkheart 11th December 2008 as Darius

Sgt. Pepper: 'It Was 40 Years Ago Today...' poster

Sgt. Pepper: 'It Was 40 Years Ago Today...' 2nd June 2007 as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Dealer poster

The Dealer 10th January 2006 as Bat

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit poster

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 15th September 2005 as Mr. Windfall (voice)

Fat Slags poster

Fat Slags 15th October 2004 as Foreman

Appointment with Dr. Terrible poster

Appointment with Dr. Terrible 4th August 2003 as Interviewee – Actor

24 Hour Party People poster

24 Hour Party People 13th February 2002 as Charles

Station Jim 30th December 2001 as Harold

Dog Eat Dog poster

Dog Eat Dog 7th December 2001 as Football Coach

Born Romantic poster

Born Romantic 14th September 2000 as First Cab Driver

The Flint Street Nativity poster

The Flint Street Nativity 22nd December 1999 as Christian Jerrums / Innkeeper

Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show poster

Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show 11th September 1999 as Self

You Are Here poster

You Are Here 30th December 1998 as Peter Keggy

The Fast Show Live poster

The Fast Show Live 28th December 1998

Ted & Ralph poster

Ted & Ralph 26th December 1998 as Vicar

Up 'n' Under poster

Up 'n' Under 23rd January 1998 as Stan

The Man Who Knew Too Little poster

The Man Who Knew Too Little 14th November 1997 as Dimitri

The Girl with Brains in Her Feet 6th September 1997 as Mr. Loughborough

Roger Roger poster

Roger Roger 26th August 1996 as Barry

VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon poster

VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon 15th July 1996

Dangerous Lady 23rd May 1995

The Young Poisoner's Handbook poster

The Young Poisoner's Handbook 20th January 1995 as Nathan

Pauline Calf's Wedding Video 29th December 1994 as Fat Bob

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era poster

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era 4th April 1994 as Simon Joke

Steve Coogan: Live 'n' Lewd poster

Steve Coogan: Live 'n' Lewd 1st January 1994 as Bernard Right On/Various

Paul Calf's Video Diary poster

Paul Calf's Video Diary 30th December 1993 as Fat Bob

The Weekenders poster

The Weekenders 17th July 1992 as Policeman 1

Secret Life of the Auction House poster

Secret Life of the Auction House 31st July 2025 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Celebrity Puzzling poster

Celebrity Puzzling 23rd June 2025 as Self - Panellist

Art Detectives poster

Art Detectives 9th June 2025 as William Titchfield

The 1970s: Those Were the Days poster

The 1970s: Those Were the Days 25th May 2024 as Self - Narrator

Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two poster

Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two 19th March 2024 as Self

The Gentlemen poster

The Gentlemen 7th March 2024 as Frank

Captivated poster

Captivated 14th February 2024 as Geoff

Best Year Ever poster

Best Year Ever 28th December 2022 as Self - Actor

Celebrity Lingo poster

Celebrity Lingo 4th September 2022 as Self - Contestant

Sister Boniface Mysteries poster

Sister Boniface Mysteries 11th March 2022 as Leonard Monk

Dodger poster

Dodger 6th February 2022 as Farmer Grundles

The Weakest Link poster

The Weakest Link 18th December 2021 as Self

Paul Sinha's TV Showdown poster

Paul Sinha's TV Showdown 9th January 2021 as Self - Contestant

Dog Loves Books poster

Dog Loves Books 2nd March 2020 as Dog (voice)

McDonald & Dodds poster

McDonald & Dodds 1st March 2020 as Jimmy Daly

Brassic poster

Brassic 22nd August 2019 as Colin Popov

This Time with Alan Partridge poster

This Time with Alan Partridge 25th February 2019 as Joe Beasley

The People's Vet poster

The People's Vet 4th August 2018 as Self - Narrator

Celebrity Catchphrase poster

Celebrity Catchphrase 17th June 2018 as Self

Shane the Chef poster

Shane the Chef 2nd April 2018

Richard Osman's House of Games poster

Richard Osman's House of Games 4th September 2017 as Self - Contestant

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit poster

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit 5th September 2016 as Self

Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun poster

Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun 5th January 2016 as Self - Narrator

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 16th June 2014 as Self

Through the Keyhole poster

Through the Keyhole 31st August 2013 as Self - Panelist

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 9th June 2013 as Self - Contestant

Strange Hill High poster

Strange Hill High 8th May 2013 as Various (voice)

Catchphrase poster

Catchphrase 7th April 2013

Plebs poster

Plebs 25th March 2013 as Mr. Adolphus

The Mimic poster

The Mimic 13th March 2013 as Nigel Lord

Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners poster

Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 13th February 2013 as Self - Narrator

Father Brown poster

Father Brown 14th January 2013 as John Banks

BBC Comedy Feeds 24th August 2012 as Steve

The Chase: Celebrity Special 29th October 2011 as Self

Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise 25th October 2011 as DCI Chris Ricketts

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 24th October 2011 as Self - Participant

Sooty poster

Sooty 5th September 2011 as The Boss

The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show 3rd September 2011 as Self

The Lock Up poster

The Lock Up 4th February 2011 as Narrator

Heads or Tails 20th December 2009 as Self - Contestant

Big Top poster

Big Top 2nd December 2009 as Geoff

Angela and Friends poster

Angela and Friends 9th November 2009

Celebrity Juice poster

Celebrity Juice 24th September 2008 as Self

All Star Mr & Mrs poster

All Star Mr & Mrs 12th April 2008

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong poster

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong 1st February 2008 as Self

Kingdom poster

Kingdom 22nd April 2007 as Nigel Pearson

Mobile poster

Mobile 19th March 2007 as Ray Bould / Hypnotherapist

Engineering the World Rally poster

Engineering the World Rally 12th March 2007 as Himself - Narrator

Skins poster

Skins 25th January 2007 as Sam Brooks

Ghosthunting With... poster

Ghosthunting With... 12th December 2006

New Street Law poster

New Street Law 4th May 2006 as Charlie Darling

Waterloo Road poster

Waterloo Road 9th March 2006 as Nelson Smith

8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats 3rd June 2005 as Self

Monkey Trousers poster

Monkey Trousers 20th May 2005

Blackpool poster

Blackpool 11th November 2004

Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind 26th December 2003 as Self - Contestant

The Terry and Gaby Show 2nd June 2003

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy poster

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy 7th March 2003

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway poster

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 8th June 2002 as Self

Johnny Vaughan Tonight 7th January 2002 as Self

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible poster

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible 12th November 2001 as Sir Donald Tyburn

Murder in Mind poster

Murder in Mind 22nd April 2001 as Alan Squires

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) 18th March 2000

It's Only TV But I Like It 3rd June 1999 as Self

Cold Feet poster

Cold Feet 15th November 1998 as Pete Gifford

Roger Roger poster

Roger Roger 8th January 1998 as Barry

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Cooper Steinem

Pond Life poster

Pond Life 3rd December 1996

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12th November 1996 as Self - Panellist

Saturday Live 1st June 1996 as Cabbie

Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness 21st February 1996 as DI Warren Bull

Coogan's Run poster

Coogan's Run 17th November 1995

Crapston Villas poster

Crapston Villas 27th October 1995

The World of Lee Evans poster

The World of Lee Evans 2nd June 1995 as Customer

Fist of Fun poster

Fist of Fun 11th April 1995 as Pied Piper of Hamelin

Ready, Steady, Cook poster

Ready, Steady, Cook 24th October 1994 as Self - Guest

The Fast Show poster

The Fast Show 27th September 1994 as Various Characters

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge poster

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge 16th September 1994 as Joe Beasley

Pie in the Sky poster

Pie in the Sky 13th March 1994 as Andrew Vernon

The Day Today poster

The Day Today 19th January 1994 as Treasurer

Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars 27th December 1993 as Self

Harry 18th September 1993 as Royo

The Dead Good Show poster

The Dead Good Show 9th November 1992 as Various

Blue Heaven 10th June 1992 as Waiter 2

Men Behaving Badly poster

Men Behaving Badly 18th February 1992 as Ken

Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid 14th November 1991 as Daniel Hoffmeyer

Paul Merton: The Series poster

Paul Merton: The Series 25th September 1991

Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier 10th June 1991 as Sgt Dunn

This Morning poster

This Morning 3rd October 1988 as Self

Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops 1st January 1964 as Self - Host

Flower Pot Men 18th December 1952

Legends Of Stand-Up And Bernard Righton poster

Legends Of Stand-Up And Bernard Righton as Bernard Righton

Sally Lindsay's Quiz Night poster

Sally Lindsay's Quiz Night as Self - Team Captain

Nightborn poster

Coming soon

Nightborn 6th August 2026 as Jon's Father