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Jason Watkins (born 28 October[1]^{[non-primary source needed]} 1962) is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in Being Human, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A, Gordon Shakespeare in the film series Nativity, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in Season 3 of The Crown and Detective Sergeant Dodds in McDonald & Dodds.

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Jason Watkins
Born	(1962-10-28) 28 October 1962 (age 60) Albrighton, Shropshire, England
Nationality	English
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Caroline Harding (divorced) Clara Francis (m. 2014)
Children	5

Early life

Watkins was born in Windsor Road, Albrighton, Shropshire, where he lived until the age of seven, when his parents moved to Wolverhampton.[2] His father Alan was a metallurgist and his mother a teacher at Albrighton's primary school. He credits his introduction to entertainment to taking lessons in clowning at Bridgnorth from mime artist Ben Benison, also a presenter on TV programme Vision On.[3]

Career

Stage

Following his training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,[4] Watkins established himself as a stage actor. He is a member of the National Theatre company.[5]

He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Servant For Two Masters (Young Vic, subsequently transferred to New Ambassadors Theatre).[6] His other theatre work includes Rafts and Dreams at the Royal Court Theatre, Philistines and Landscape with Weapon (by Joe Penhall) at the National Theatre, London (2007) and A Laughing Matter (by April De Angelis) at the Liverpool Playhouse in 2003.

In 2018, he played the predatory serial killer Ralph in a revival of Bryony Lavery's play Frozen at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.^{[citation needed]}

Television

Watkins's more prominent television roles have included the vampire leader William Herrick in Being Human; the crime suspect Jason Buliegh in Conviction; Bradley Stainer in Funland; and the dog-walking crime witness Francis Cross in Five Days. He also played Oswald Cooper in "The Great and the Good", an episode of Lewis;[7] Plornish in the 2008 BBC production of Little Dorrit; and Cabbage Patterson in the BBC adaptation of Lark Rise to Candleford. He had a cameo in episode seven of the second series of Life on Mars, as Gene Hunt's dissolute lawyer Colin Merric.[8]

In 2006, he played the pioneering radiologist Ernest Wilson in a BBC pilot, Casualty 1906. Also in 2006 he played the part of Sir Christopher Hatton in The Virgin Queen, a four-part BBC drama. He then featured in the second series of the BBC's comedy Psychoville, as Peter Bishop, owner of Hoyti Toyti, an antique shop specialising in toys. Additionally he appeared as Doctor Roger Brierley in Victoria Wood's television film Housewife, 49.

Since 2011, he has also appeared in the Sky1 sitcom Trollied as the store manager Gavin. In early 2012 he joined the cast of the BBC drama Prisoners' Wives, appeared as Detective Gilks in Dirk Gently and portrayed a smooth Church of England PR man in Twenty Twelve.

On 11 May 2013, he appeared in the Doctor Who story Nightmare in Silver, written by Neil Gaiman, featuring the Cybermen in their current design.[9] Also in 2013 he played an anaesthetist in The Wrong Mans. In 2014, he appeared as Simon Harwood in the BBC comedy series W1A. A second series aired in 2015 and a third was broadcast in 2017.

In 2014, he played the leading role in a two-part ITV drama entitled The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, about the innocent initial suspect in the 2010 murder of Joanna Yeates. He won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for this role.[10]

In 2016, Watkins played the role of Pastor Hansford in the four-part ITV drama The Secret. Watkins appeared in two episodes of The Hollow Crown and played the role of Malcolm Turner in the BBC sitcom series Love, Nina. He narrated the Channel 4 documentary series The Job Interview, appeared as Tony Michaels in an episode of Friday Night Dinner and was cast as Mr Humphries in the BBC revival of Are You Being Served?.[11]

In 2017, Watkins played Solomon Coop, private secretary to the Prince Regent (later George IV), in the BBC One series Taboo. Also on BBC One, Watkins performed as Wilfred Lucas-Dockery, the governor of the prison in the third episode of the BBC's adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel Decline and Fall.[12] He played Simon in the second series of the ITV drama Safe House in 2017.[13] In 2018 he played Roger in the BBC sitcom Hold the Sunset and Emlyn Hooson in the Russell T Davies miniseries A Very English Scandal.[14]

Watkins played Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the third series of the Netflix drama The Crown and provided the voice of Captain Orchis in the BBC adaptation of Watership Down.

Since 2020 he has appeared in a leading role as DS Dodds in the series McDonald & Dodds.

Film

Watkins's most prominent film role to date has been the vividly camp gay wedding planner Gregory Hough in the 2006 comedy Confetti. He has also played smaller roles in High Hopes, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Golden Compass, Wild Child and Nativity! and its follow-up Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger. His son, Freddie, played his pupil in Nativity!.

Personal life

Watkins is married to jewellery and fashion designer Clara Francis. On New Year's Day 2011, their 2-year-old daughter Maude died of sepsis. He dedicated his 2015 BAFTA award to her and campaigns for greater awareness of sepsis.[15] He is a patron of Child Bereavement UK, a charity that supports children, young people and families when a child grieves or when a child dies. He and his wife have two other children, Bessie and Gilbert. He also has two sons, Freddie and Pip, from his first marriage to actress Caroline Harding.[4] Watkins is able to walk 60 yards on his hands.[16]

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Award	Nominated work	Result
2001	Olivier Awards[17]	"Best Supporting Actor"	Jason Watkins – A Servant To Two Masters	Nominated
2002	Helen Hayes Awards	"Outstanding Lead Actor"	Jason Watkins – A Servant of Two Masters	Won
2015	British Academy Television Awards[18]	"Leading Actor"	Jason Watkins – The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies	Won
		"Mini-Series"	The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies	Won
2016	Royal Television Society Awards	"Best Drama Serial"[19]	The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies	Won
2020	Screen Actors Guild Awards	"Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series"[20]	The Crown	Won

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987–1988	EastEnders	Gerry Fairweather	Appeared in eleven episodes as an Estate Agent
1991	Soldier Soldier	Cpl Geoff Porter	Appeared in episode "Battlefields"
1993	The Buddha of Suburbia	Terry
1993	The Good Guys	Paul	Appeared in the episode "All That Sparkles"
1993	Between The Lines	Custody Sergeant	Appeared in episode "Manslaughter"
1994	Casualty	Partridge	Appeared in episode "Love and Affection"
2005	The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt	Laurence	TV film
2005	Funland	Bradley Stainer
2006	Blue Murder	Barr	Episode: "In Deep"
2006	Housewife, 49	Dr Roger Brierley	TV film
2007	Life on Mars	Colin Merrick	Episode 15
2008	Miss Austen Regrets	James Stanley Clarke	TV film
2008	Hotel Babylon	Murray	Guest role
2009	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Joe Bland	Series 12, episode 1: "The Clocks"
2009–2012	Being Human	William Herrick	TV Series, 13 episodes
2010–2012	Dirk Gently	DI Gilks	Recurring role
2011–2018	Trollied	Gavin Strong	Main role, 67 episodes
2011	Psychoville	Peter Bishop	Recurring role
2012	Miranda	Dick Twist	Episode: "It Was Panning"
2012	Prisoners' Wives	William (Gemma boss)	Six episodes
2013	Doctor Who	Webley	Episode: "Nightmare in Silver"
2013	The Wrong Mans	Anaesthetist	Guest role
2013	Call the Midwife	Rev. Applebee-Thornton	Guest role Series 2: Episode 4
2014–2017	W1A	Simon Harwood	Three series, 14 episodes
2014	The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies	Christopher Jefferies	Two-part drama
2016	The Secret	Pastor Hansford	Four-part drama
	The Hollow Crown	Suffolk	Episodes: "Henry VI Part I" and "Henry VI part II"
	Love, Nina	Malcolm Turner	Sitcom series
	The Job Interview	Himself, narrator	Documentary series
	Friday Night Dinner	Tony Michaels	Episode: "The Two Tonys"
	Are You Being Served?	Mr Humphries	TV special
	Would I Lie to You?	Himself	Series 10, episode 8
2017	Inside No. 9	Kevin	Episode: "The Bill"
	Taboo	Solomon Coop	Episodes 2–8
	Line of Duty	Tim Ifield	Season 4, 2 episodes
	Decline and Fall	Governor Wilfred Lucas-Dockery	Part 3
	Safe House	Simon Duke	TV Series, 4 episodes
2018	Inside The Tower of London	Narrator
	Watership Down	Captain Orchis (voice)	Recurring role
	A Very English Scandal	Emlyn Hooson[21]	TV Mini-Series, 2 episodes
2019	The Crown	Harold Wilson	Main role (Season 3)
2018–2019	Hold the Sunset	Roger	Series 1–2
2020	Des	Brian Masters	TV miniseries
	Midsomer Murders	Joe Ferabbee	Series 20, Episode 6: "Send in the Clowns"
2020–present	McDonald & Dodds	DS Dodds
2021	The Trick	Professor Phil Jones	Dramatisation of the "climategate" controversy.[22]
	Around the World in 80 Days	Bernard Fortescue

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	High Hopes	Wayne
1992	Split Second	Coroner's Assistant
1997	Tomorrow Never Dies	Principal Warfare Officer
2004	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Charlie Parker-Knowles
2006	Confetti	Gregory Hough
2007	The Golden Compass	Bolvangar Official
2008	Wild Child	Mr Nellist
2009	Nativity!	Mr Gordon Shakespeare
2012	Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger
2014	Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?
2017	Hampstead	James Smythe
	The Children Act	Nigel Pauling
2018	The Man Who Killed Don Quixote	Rupert
2019	We Are Where We Are	Andy	Short

References

External links

• Jason Watkins on Twitter
• Jason Watkins at IMDb
• Jason Watkins at the National Theatre Company database
• Jason Watkins at comedy.co.uk

На других языках

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[de] Jason Watkins

Jason Watkins (* 28. Oktober[1] 1966 in Albrighton, England) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.[2]

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- [en] Jason Watkins

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[ru] Уоткинс, Джейсон

Джейсон Уоткинс (англ. Jason Watkins; род. 28 октября[1] 1966, Олбрайтон, Шропшир, Англия, Великобритания) — британский актёр театра, кино и телевидения. Известен по ролям Уильяма Херрика в телесериале «Быть человеком», Саймона Харвуда в телесериале W1A, Гордона Шекспира в телесериале «Рождество» и премьер-министра Великобритании Гарольда Вильсона в 3 сезоне телесериала «Корона».

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