Who plays Boycie in Fools and Horses
"father and the family patriarch. Despite the difference in age, personality and outlook, the brothers share a constant bond throughout. The situation focuses mainly on their attempts to become millionaires through questionable get rich quick schemes and by buying and selling poor-quality and illegal goods. They have a three-wheeled Reliant Regal van and trade under the name of ""Trotters Independent Traders"", mainly on the black market. Initially, Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad were the only regulars, along with the occasional appearances of roadsweeper Trigger (Roger Lloyd-Pack) and pretentious used car salesman Boycie (John Challis). Over time, the cast expanded, mostly"
"John Challis John Challis (born 16 August 1942) is an English actor best known for portraying Aubrey ""Boycie"" Boyce in the long-running BBC television comedy series ""Only Fools and Horses"" and its sequel/spin-off ""The Green Green Grass"". Since 2015, he has made guest appearances as ""Monty Staines"" from the seventh series onwards in the hit ITV comedy ""Benidorm"", later becoming a regular from series 10 in 2018. An only child, Challis was born in Bristol but brought up in South East London. His father James Alec, from Sheffield, was a Civil Servant. Challis attended the state boarding Ottershaw School near"
"Feet"", also for Granada. Films include ""That'll Be the Day"" (1973) and ""It Could Happen to You"" (aka ""Intimate Teenage Secrets"") (1975). Sue also appeared in the low budget feature ""Meat Draw"" and ""Out of Sight"" for Granada. Sue regularly appears in pantomime. and has appeared in productions across the UK. In 2014, Holderness appeared in the BBC One medical drama Casualty as Alice Sweeney. Sue Holderness Susan Joan Pringle Holderness (born 28 May 1949) is an English actress. She played the role of Marlene Boyce in the British sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" (from 1985 to 2003) and its"
"after the events of ""Sleepless in Peckham"" and ""Beckham in Peckham"". In marketing for the book, John Challis and Sue Holderness reprised their roles as Boycie and Marlene. It is mentioned in the book that during the events of ""The Green Green Grass"", Del thought Boycie to be dead. Del Boy Derek Edward Trotter, more commonly known as Del Boy (born 10 December 1945), is the fictional lead character in the popular BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" and one of the main characters of its prequel, ""Rock & Chips"". He was played by David Jason in the original series"
"Arnold has formed her own production company, Debbie Arnold Productions which has produced numerous radio and TV productions. She has also been the face of the clothing company Etam UK and the hair company Goldwell. Debbie is also founder and face of the online beauty recommendation service Looking Gorgeous. She has written many beauty articles for top magazines and is writing a book on self-development. Arnold has been married twice. In 1981, she married the actor John Challis, best known for playing Boycie in the hit BBC comedy ""Only Fools and Horses"". They divorced in 1985. In 1989, she married"
"Chelcie Ross Chelcie Claude Ross (born June 20, 1942) is an American character actor, most known for ""Major League"", ""Basic Instinct"", ""Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"", ""Hoosiers"" and ""The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"". He served in Vietnam as an officer in the United States Air Force where he had been awarded a Bronze Star, and earned an MFA from the Dallas Theater Center. He left the air force in 1970. His son, Ian Ross, plays bass in the band John 5 and The Creatures, the instrumental group fronted by guitarist John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie.) In 2007, Ross appeared,"
"Sue Holderness Susan Joan Pringle Holderness (born 28 May 1949) is an English actress. She played the role of Marlene Boyce in the British sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" (from 1985 to 2003) and its spin-off ""The Green Green Grass"" (from 2005 until 2009). Holderness was born in Hampstead, London. After taking her A-levels, she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She began her acting career with Manchester’s 69 Theatre Company in ""A Midsummer Night’s Dream"", ""Peer Gynt"" and as Desdemona in ""Catch My Soul"" (Jack Good’s rock-musical version of ""Othello""). She has worked consistently in theatre,"
"Del Boy Derek Edward Trotter, more commonly known as Del Boy (born 10 December 1945), is the fictional lead character in the popular BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" and one of the main characters of its prequel, ""Rock & Chips"". He was played by David Jason in the original series and was portrayed as a teenager by James Buckley in the prequel. Del Boy is often regarded as one of the greatest comedy characters in the history of British television, and is regarded as an iconic character in British culture. Encompassing everything Cockney (though coming from Peckham not an"
"and snubbed by his superior Sgt. Foster, who also lets Del and Jumbo off with a warning and seizes their records. Roy Slater Roy Slater (born 15 May 1945) is a recurring character in the British sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". He was played by Jim Broadbent, and in the prequel ""Rock and Chips"", by Calum MacNab. Despite only ever making three on-screen appearances, Slater's background is revealed in some detail during the course of the show's history. As a child, Slater longed to be part of Del Boy's gang at school as they used to sit next to each"
"lower price of around nine thousand pounds, Boycie stills ends up paying more. He ends up paying around eighteen thousand pounds as he got more drunk. He then attempts to return home but Marlene has locked up and Elgin has taken his car keys so it looks like he's going to have a night out in the wild. The next morning, the bull (Rocky) arrives and Boycie finds himself face to face with it but the staff find out that Rocky is gay. This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of ""Only Fools and Horses"". The whole of the"
"violent aspects of later episodes but, despite this, viewer complaints continued and, from episode 5 onwards, some ITV regions moved transmission to a later timeslot; two ITV regions (Southern Television and Anglia Television) stopped transmission of the serial completely. The serial was directed by Mike Newell (later of ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"") and Michael Apted. It gave an early role to John Challis, later Boycie of ""Only Fools and Horses"", and an important role for Priscilla Morgan, wife of ""Dad's Army"" star Clive Dunn. Peter Egan is also better known these days for sitcoms like ""Ever Decreasing Circles"" (1984–89),"
"Nicholas Lyndhurst Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor. He played Rodney Trotter in ""Only Fools and Horses"", Gary Sparrow in ""Goodnight Sweetheart"", Dan Griffin in the BBC drama ""New Tricks"" and Adam Parkinson in Carla Lane's series ""Butterflies"". Lyndhurst also starred as Ashley Philips in ""The Two of Us"", as Fletch's son Raymond in ""Going Straight"", the sequel to the sitcom ""Porridge"", Jimmy Venables in ""After You've Gone"", and Freddie 'The Frog' Robdal in the ""Only Fools and Horses"" prequel ""Rock & Chips"". Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst was born on 20 April 1961 in Emsworth, Hampshire,"
"to take a sip, so without him knowing she slips some in his coffee – but, what she does not know is that she gave him a different potion, and that Boycie has been drinking the same potion that the cows use to increase the size of their udders. This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of ""Only Fools and Horses"". The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan. During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 6.40 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that"
"Paul Opacic Paul Opacic (born 1966 in Halifax, West Yorkshire) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Jules in Only fools and Horses and Carl Costello in ""Hollyoaks"", Steve Marchant in ""Emmerdale"" and Mark Waddle in Bad Girls. After racking up several minor television credits in the early 1990s, including comedies ""Only Fools and Horses"" and ""Birds of a Feather"", it was in 1996 that Opacic got his big break when he was cast in ""Emmerdale"" as Steve Marchant, a new love interest for Kim Tate. Opacic enjoyed several high-profile storylines in his time on"
"appearing at The Theatre Royal, St. Helens. Paul Opacic Paul Opacic (born 1966 in Halifax, West Yorkshire) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Jules in Only fools and Horses and Carl Costello in ""Hollyoaks"", Steve Marchant in ""Emmerdale"" and Mark Waddle in Bad Girls. After racking up several minor television credits in the early 1990s, including comedies ""Only Fools and Horses"" and ""Birds of a Feather"", it was in 1996 that Opacic got his big break when he was cast in ""Emmerdale"" as Steve Marchant, a new love interest for Kim Tate. Opacic enjoyed"
"Paul Barber (actor) Patrick Barber, known by the stage name Paul Barber (born 18 March 1951), is an English actor from Liverpool. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he is best known for playing Denzil in ""Only Fools and Horses"" and Horse in ""The Full Monty"". Barber was taken into care at the age of seven, following the death of his mother from tuberculosis. His mother was from Middlesbrough. His father, originally from Sierra Leone, died when Paul (or Paddy as he was then known) and his security guard brother Brian were very young. Whilst he was in"
"depth and, particularly in the case of Boycie, more warmth and humanity than previously displayed in the parent series. The series introduced many new characters played by actors who are relatively unknown. Characters from ""Only Fools and Horses"" did not pass over to the spin-off, however there are four exceptions to this stated below. Several cast members of ""Only Fools and Horses"" have made guest appearances. The first was Denzil (Paul Barber), who appeared in the début episode. The Driscoll brothers have made three appearances since the show's debut. Sid (Roy Heather) made a brief cameo appearance in the 2005"
"Christopher Ryan Christopher Ryan (born Christopher Papazoglou; 25 January 1950) is an English actor best known for his roles as Mike in the BBC comedy series ""The Young Ones"", Tony Driscoll in the BBC comedy series ""Only Fools and Horses"", and as Edina Monsoon's ex-husband Marshall Turtle in the BBC sitcom ""Absolutely Fabulous"". Ryan was born in Bayswater, London and trained at East 15 Acting School from 1968 to 1971. He began his professional acting career with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre in 1971. He is of paternal Greek descent. Ryan was the only ""Young Ones"" cast member who was not already"
"of GQ's 50 best dressed British men in 2015. Aaron Taylor-Johnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born Aaron Perry Johnson; 13 June 1990) is an English actor and screenwriter, best known as the titular character in the ""Kick-Ass"" films, as well as Robbie from ""Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"" (2008). He has also played Quicksilver in """" (2015). Taylor-Johnson began performing at age six and has appeared in films such as ""Shanghai Knights"" (2003), playing a young Charlie Chaplin, ""The Illusionist"" (2006) and ""Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"" (2008). He had his breakthrough performance in the John Lennon biopic ""Nowhere Boy"" (2009). He"
"Roy Slater Roy Slater (born 15 May 1945) is a recurring character in the British sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"". He was played by Jim Broadbent, and in the prequel ""Rock and Chips"", by Calum MacNab. Despite only ever making three on-screen appearances, Slater's background is revealed in some detail during the course of the show's history. As a child, Slater longed to be part of Del Boy's gang at school as they used to sit next to each other in class; but he was always an outsider, widely reviled amongst his peers and renowned for his slyness. Eventually, out"
"a shotgun to his head whilst giving a lecture about Wales. Llewellyn latter holds Rocky for ransom when he wanders onto his land. Boycie then seeks legal advice and is told that he has to pay the mad Welsh man. This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of ""Only Fools and Horses"". The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan. During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 5.86 million, in the 9pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that sitcoms such as ""My Family"" attract. This episode has"
"Boycie"" and ""Boycie & Beyond"". From April 2012 he embarked on a book tour to promote ""Being Boycie"", starting at Waterstones in Uxbridge, and the same year became the narrator of the National Geographic Channel series ""Strippers: Cars for Cash"". In 2014, Challis began a theatre tour of his one-man show titled ""Only Fools and Boycie"", which charted his life before, during and after his time as 'Boycie'. In February 2016 Challis performed An Evening With John Challis in Derby. On 19 February 2016 Challis was cast in the role of Captain Peacock taking over the role originally played by"
"Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated on UKTV comedy channel Gold and occasionally repeated on Yesterday and BBC One. Set in Peckham in south-east London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek ""Del Boy"" Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney Trotter, and Lennard Pearce as their elderly Grandad. After Pearce's"
"Aaron Taylor-Johnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born Aaron Perry Johnson; 13 June 1990) is an English actor and screenwriter, best known as the titular character in the ""Kick-Ass"" films, as well as Robbie from ""Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"" (2008). He has also played Quicksilver in """" (2015). Taylor-Johnson began performing at age six and has appeared in films such as ""Shanghai Knights"" (2003), playing a young Charlie Chaplin, ""The Illusionist"" (2006) and ""Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"" (2008). He had his breakthrough performance in the John Lennon biopic ""Nowhere Boy"" (2009). He went on to portray Ben in the Oliver Stone-directed"
"Christmas comedy events in publications such as TimeOut and Londonist. Only Fools and Horses and Horses and Horses and Horses and Horses - A comedy-cum-performance art piece loosely inspired by the classic sitcom Only Fools and Horses, this show had a one-off performance at the Museum of Comedy which was a critic's choice event in Londonist. The piece was written by Larter, who also played Del Boy and co-starred Marny Godden as Uncle Albert and Trigger, Gareth Morinan as Boycie, Jon Brittain as Marlene and the Geographical Area of Peckham, Letty Butler as Mickey Pearce, Alwin Solanky as Denzil and"
"the 2005 Christmas Special, a short special entitled 'Grass Roots' and a short documentary on 'Rocky'. The episode was commissioned part way through the original broadcast of the first series. John Sullivan was asked to produce an hour-long special that would be aired on Christmas Day. The special was written, filmed and aired at 8pm on Christmas Day. The episode was designed for the Driscoll Brothers to make a return and for Boycie is narrowly miss them. The episode was filmed late 2005 and featured a guest appearance for Only Fools and Horses regular, Sid as played by Roy Heather."
"Rodger Boyce Rodger Boyce is an American character actor who has appeared in more than a dozen feature films, including Best Picture Oscar winner ""No Country for Old Men"" one of three films he has done with Tommy Lee Jones (the others including ""The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"" and ""The Good Old Boys""). Other notable feature film appearances include ""Where the Heart Is"", ""A Perfect World"" and ""Lone Star State of Mind"". He has also appeared in some 25 made-for-television movies. In addition, his television work has included episodic appearances in TV series ranging from Dallas, Dangerous Curves and"
"He was forced to leave Peckham due to an incident involving the Driscoll Brothers and illegal immigrants, which led to Boycie grassing on the brothers and getting them sent to prison. Marlene (Sue Holderness) – Marlene was initially just an unseen character in ""Only Fools and Horses"". She is a cheerful, slightly daft, optimistic person who is speculated to have had an ongoing affair with Del which resulted in the birth Tyler. The ongoing joke continued into ""The Green Green Grass"", as Jack Doolan, who plays Tyler, has looks similar to David Jason. The character has been expanded massively for"
"turned gentleman farmer. He is a frightful snob and looks down at most of the people in Oakham. Boycie made sporadic appearances in ""Only Fools and Horses"" before becoming the central character in ""The Green Green Grass"". Boycie used to be a Freemason. He is very self-centred and likes to boast about his social status back in Peckham and his money. He used to be teased by Del Boy due to his low sperm count. This is a joke that has continued into the spin-off series, along with the ongoing joke referring to an unseen affair between Marlene and Del."
"Cruella de Vil. He later reprised the character for the animated shorts """" and in the 2017 sequel ""Descendants 2"". In March 2018, Boyce was cast in the ABC comedy television pilot, ""Steps"", in the role of Becker. In a span of 40 days in 2017, Boyce helped raise over $27,000 for the Thirst Project, which helps bring clean water to underdeveloped countries. Cameron Boyce Cameron Boyce (born May 28, 1999) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the feature films ""Mirrors"", ""Eagle Eye"", ""Grown Ups"", and ""Grown Ups 2"", and for playing the character Carlos"
"Woody Harrelson Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. His breakout role came in 1985 as bartender Woody Boyd in the television sitcom ""Cheers"". He later became known for his portrayals of Billy Hoyle in ""White Men Can't Jump"" (1992), Mickey Knox in ""Natural Born Killers"" (1994), Larry Flynt in ""The People vs. Larry Flynt"" (1996), Tallahassee in ""Zombieland"" (2009), Capt. Tony Stone in ""The Messenger"" (2009), Dave Brown in ""Rampart"" (2011), Haymitch Abernathy in ""The Hunger Games"" film series (2012–2015), Merritt McKinney in the ""Now You See Me"" film series (2013–2016), the Colonel"
"and a son, Charlie, born c. 2000. Tessa Peake-Jones Tessa Peake-Jones (born 9 May 1957) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Raquel in the BBC sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"", whom she played from December 1988 until the programme ended in 2003. She was educated at Kenmore Park Junior School, Harrow and Downer Grammar School, now known as Canons High School, before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Peake-Jones is best known for playing Raquel Turner, the longtime partner of the main character Derek ""Del Boy"" Trotter, in the television comedy ""Only"
"although the production had yet to be commissioned. On 3 July 2009, the BBC announced that the prequel had been commissioned as a 90-minute comedy drama, titled ""Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Chips"", to be co-produced by the BBC and Sullivan's production company, Shazam Productions. Originally scheduled for August, filming began in October 2009 in London, lasting 19 days. Nicholas Lyndhurst, who played Rodney in ""Only Fools and Horses"", would play villain and art connoisseur Freddie Robdal in a reprise of his role in the ""Sleepless in Peckham"" photograph, Kellie Bright (""Bad Girls"", ""The Archers"") would play the ""glamorous"" Joan"