Early life

Addy was born in the Tang Hall area of York, Yorkshire, and was educated in the city. His ancestors have lived in York since at least 1910, when his great-grandfather was living there. His father Ian spent his working life as a glazier at York Minster. From 1982 to 1984, Addy attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career

Addy made his first TV appearance in 1987 in The Ritz, followed in 1988 by A Very Peculiar Practice, followed by TV performances in shows such as Heartbeat, Band of Gold, Married... with Children, Peak Practice, The Thin Blue Line, Too Much Sun, Sunnyside Farm, Trollied and most recently The Syndicate for the BBC.

He played Bill Miller in Still Standing and played Detective Boyle in the second series of the British sitcom The Thin Blue Line. He also appeared on ITV1's comedy drama series Bonkers, and another ITV comedy drama, Bike Squad, in early 2008 as Sergeant John Rook.

Since 2009, Addy has starred with Fay Ripley in a series of adverts for the relaunched Tesco Clubcard. He played Robert Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones. He played Hercules, one of the main characters in the BBC One fantasy drama series Atlantis, which started airing on 28 September 2013 in the UK.

Addy had a leading role in the film The Full Monty, and played Fred Flintstone in the 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. In that role, as well as in Still Standing, he played a blue-collar American (or, more accurately, an American-accented Pangean in the case of Fred Flintstone). He played Mac McArthur in the 1998 film Jack Frost. In 2001, he played Roland in A Knight's Tale and a butler to Chris Rock's character in the film Down to Earth. In Down to Earth, his character was an American who was pretending to be British.

Addy played David Philby in The Time Machine and made an appearance as the Ship Captain in Around the World in 80 Days with Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan and made an appearance as Friar Tuck in Ridley Scott's 2010 film Robin Hood.

Personal life

Addy married his wife, Kelly, in 1996. They live in Market Weighton, Yorkshire with their three children: Ruby (born 2000), Charlie (born 2003), and Oscar (born 2004).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Dark Romances Vol. 2	Sam
1996	Bruised Fruit	Angel	Short film
1996	Respect	Joe Carr	Television film
1997	Heart Surgeon, TheThe Heart Surgeon	Phil Mycroft	Television film
1997	Full Monty, TheThe Full Monty	David "Dave" Horsefall	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
1998	Closer		Short film
1998	Jack Frost	Mac MacArthur
1999	Last Yellow, TheThe Last Yellow	Frank
1999	The Flint Street Nativity	Ass	Television film
2000	Announcement, TheThe Announcement	Andy
2000	Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, TheThe Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Fred Flintstone
2000	Married 2 Malcolm	Malcolm
2001	Down to Earth	Cisco
2001	A Knight's Tale	Roland
2002	Time Machine, TheThe Time Machine	David Philby
2002	Heartlands	Ron
2003	Order, TheThe Order	Thomas Garrett
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Steamer Captain
2008	Bike Squad	Sgt. John Rook	Television film
2009	Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983	John Piggott
2010	It's a Wonderful Afterlife	DI Smythe
2010	Robin Hood	Friar Tuck
2010	Barney's Version	Detective O'Hearne

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Continental, TheThe Continental
1987	Ritz, TheThe Ritz		Episode: "Monday"
1988	A Very Peculiar Practice	Mal Prentis	2 episodes
1990	Bill, TheThe Bill	Matthew Holden	2 episodes
1992	Married... with Children	Lower Uncton Local	2 episodes
1994	Between the Lines	PC	Episode: "Unknown Soldier"
1995	Band of Gold	DC Sherrington	3 episodes
1995	Peak Practice	Alec Kitson	Episode: "A Normal Life"
1995	Ghostbusters of East Finchley	DC Newley	2 episodes
1995-1996	Heartbeat	Norman Greengrass	2 episodes
1996	Out of the Blue	Robbo	Episode: "2.6"
1996	Thin Blue Line, TheThe Thin Blue Line	D.C. Boyle	7 episodes
1997	Sunnyside Farm	Ken Sunnyside	TV series
2000	Too Much Sun	Nigel Conway	6 episodes
2002-2006	Still Standing	Bill Miller	88 episodes
2007	Bonkers	Tony Barker	6 episodes
2010	National Theatre Live	Squire Max Harkaway	Episode: "London Assurance"
2011	Game of Thrones	Robert Baratheon	7 episodes Nominated—Scream Award for Best Ensemble Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2011	Great Expectations	Pumblechook
2011-2013	Trollied	Andy
2013	The Syndicate	Alan
2013-2015	Atlantis	Hercules	26 episodes
2014	Remember Me	Rob Fairholme	3 episodes
2016	Jericho	Earl Bamford

Stage

Addy played Kevin Snell in the 2006 revival of Donkeys' Years at the Comedy Theatre in London, and in 2007-08 he has appeared at the National Theatre as Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing and as Hjalmar Johansen in Fram. In 2011, he played Vladimir, an NKVD officer, in Collaborators at the National Theatre, which also featured in the National Theatre Live programme, where live performances are broadcast to cinemas around the world.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]