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Roger Blake
Acting

Roger Blake
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1957-12-21,Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Roger Donald Blake (born 21 December 1957) is a Welsh actor, impressionist and entertainer. He is best known for his portrayal of Prince Philip in Spitting Image and The Big Impression and Noël Coward in television commercials, and narrated Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile, The Twits, as well as the Topsy and Tim animated series from 1984 to 1989. Blake had a steady career, he made appearances in British television sitcoms such as Blackadder II, Only Fools and Horses and Dear John. In 1990, he joined the cast of Spitting Image, where he became well known as the voice of Prince Philip, he also voiced other characters including George H. W. Bush, Robert Maxwell, John Prescott and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was on Spitting Image that he met Alistair McGowan, when the show was axed in May 1996, McGowan invited him to join him on his new television show The Big Impression, where again he voiced Prince Philip but also he became famous as the voice of Jim Royle in The Royle Family sketches. Blake was also known for his impression of Noël Coward, he played the playwright in television commercials for coffee and he appeared as Coward himself in the Series Four finale of Red Dwarf (Meltdown). He made a brief appearance in the film Patriot Games, as a Constable. He voiced a policeman, as well as a balloon seller, in the movie Flushed Away in November 2006.

Filmography

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

8

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994-01-01

6.3

Flushed Away
2006-10-22

A Certain Justice

5

A Certain Justice
1998-01-01

5.8

Buddy's Song
1991-03-01

4.5

The Fix
1997-01-04

0

Phoelix
1979-08-01

6.678

Patriot Games
1992-06-04

8.1

Red Dwarf
1988-02-15

7.645

Hustle
2004-02-24

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

6.8

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001-12-02

8

Blackadder
1983-06-15

All Along the Watchtower

8

All Along the Watchtower
1999-02-28

0

Tittybangbang
2005-09-20

London's Burning

7.6

London's Burning
1986-12-07

Home Farm Twins

0

Home Farm Twins
1999-01-07