Editing Mark Heap

{{Short description|British actor and comedian (born 1957)}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Mark Heap
| image              = Mark Heap in The World's End 2013.jpg
| caption            = Heap in ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]'' in 2013
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=y|1957|5|13}}<ref name="hello"/>
| birth_place        = [[Kodaikanal]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| nationality        = British
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}}
| years_active       = 1983–present
}}

'''Mark Heap''' (born 13 May 1957)<ref name="hello">{{cite web |url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/mark-heap/ |work= [[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]] |title= Mark Heap - Biography |date= 8 October 2009 |access-date= May 30, 2023 |archive-date= 28 March 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200328033100/https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/mark-heap/ |url-status= live }}</ref> is a British actor and comedian. Television credits include ''[[Ghost Train (TV series)|Ghost Train]]'' (1991), ''[[Alas Smith and Jones|Smith & Jones]]'' (1997–1998), ''[[Brass Eye]]''  (1997–2001), ''[[Kiss Me Kate (TV series)|Kiss Me Kate]]'' (1998), ''[[Zig and Zag (puppets)#TV work|The Zig and Zag Show]]'' (1998), ''[[How Do You Want Me?]]'' (1998–1999), ''[[Stressed Eric]]'' (1998–2000), ''[[Green Wing]]'' (2004–2007), ''[[Spaced]]'' (1999–2001), ''[[The Strangerers]]'' (2000), ''[[Jam (TV series)|Jam]]'' (2000), ''[[Saving Grace (2000 film)#Spin-offs|Doc Martin]]'' (2000), ''[[Happiness (British TV series)|Happiness]]'' (2001–2003), ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]'' (2008–2011), ''[[Desperate Romantics]]'' (2009), ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]'' (2011–2020), ''[[Upstart Crow]]'' (2016–2018), and ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'' (2017–2018).

Film credits include ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]'' (2002), ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]'' (2007), ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]'' (2013), ''[[Time Travel is Dangerous]]'' (2024). 

==Early life==
Heap was born in [[Kodaikanal]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India,<ref name="tv">{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mark-heap/credits/3030476284/ |work=TV Guide |title=Mark Heap Credits |access-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-date=29 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729204544/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mark-heap/credits/3030476284/ |url-status=live }}</ref> to an English father and American mother, the youngest of four boys.<ref name="hello"/> When the family moved to the United Kingdom, they lived in Wales. He stayed there until he moved to northern England, where he lives now. He began acting in the 1970s as a member of the Medieval Players,<ref name="madness"/> a touring company performing medieval and early modern theatre, and featuring [[stilt-walking]], [[juggling]] and [[puppetry]].<ref name="madness"/> His brother Carl Heap, who is also an actor, was the artistic director of the company.<ref name="madness">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jun/12/medieval-theatre-shakespeare-carl-heap|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Finding the method in medieval theatre's madness|first=Carl|last=Heap|date=12 June 2014|access-date=20 July 2022|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709150444/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jun/12/medieval-theatre-shakespeare-carl-heap|url-status=live}}</ref> After its demise, he became part of the [[street theatre]] duo ''The Two Marks'' (with Mark Saban).<ref name="zany">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/02/mark-heap-plays-jeeves-perfect-nonsense-pg-wodehouse|work=The Guardian|title=Mark Heap: Mr Zany buttons up|first=Catherine|last=Love|date=2 April 2014|access-date=20 July 2022|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424231521/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/02/mark-heap-plays-jeeves-perfect-nonsense-pg-wodehouse|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
===Television===
Heap starred in the [[BBC]] [[sketch comedy|sketch]] show ''[[Big Train]]'', where he performed a barefoot gymnastics routine and other sketches between 1998 and 2002, alongside other burgeoning comedy stars [[Simon Pegg]], [[Julia Davis]], [[Kevin Eldon]], [[Catherine Tate]], [[Amelia Bullmore]], [[Rebecca Front]], [[Nick Frost]] and [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]].<ref name="train">{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/apr/25/big-train-cult-comedy |author= Victoria Gooch |work= [[The Guardian]] |title= Big Train: a cult comedy that proved an early platform for top talent |date= April 25, 2012 |access-date= 29 July 2023 |archive-date= 14 August 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180814040556/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/apr/25/big-train-cult-comedy |url-status= live }}</ref> He appeared as struggling artist Brian Topp in ''[[Spaced]]'' (1999–2001),<ref name="hello2"/> and the pompous [[Dr. Alan Statham]] in ''[[Green Wing]]'' (2004–07).<ref name="hello2">{{cite web|url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2020041087749/all-you-need-to-know-about-friday-night-dinner-star-mark-heap/ |work=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]] |title= All you need to know about Friday Night Dinner star Mark Heap |date= April 10, 2020 |author= Francesca Shillcock |archive-date= June 4, 2022 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220604032741/https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2020041087749/all-you-need-to-know-about-friday-night-dinner-star-mark-heap/ }}</ref>

Heap worked with [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]], in ''[[Blue Jam]]'', radio predecessor to ''[[Jam (TV series)|Jam]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and the documentary parody series ''[[Brass Eye]]''.<ref name="hello"/> He voiced the lead character of Eric Feeble in the animated comedy ''[[Stressed Eric]]''. Other recurring roles included: Terry Roche in [[Paul Whitehouse]]'s comedy-drama ''[[Happiness (British TV series)|Happiness]]'' and Derek Few in ''[[How Do You Want Me?]]''.<ref name="hello"/> He played Harry in the short-lived [[Rob Grant]] TV series ''[[The Strangerers]]'', in 2000.<ref name="tv"/> He also guested in the second series of the [[BBC]] comedy ''[[Look Around You]]'' as Leonard Hatred.<ref name="tv"/>

He appeared as an unsuccessful businessman who became a [[bellboy]], in the 2007 [[BBC One]] drama ''[[Hotel Babylon (BBC series)|Hotel Babylon]]''.<ref name="tv"/> Between 2008 and 2010, he appeared as head postman Thomas Brown, in 32 episodes of the BBC period drama ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|''Lark Rise to Candleford'']]''.<ref name="hello"/> He was the super villain Lightkiller, in an episode of the sitcom ''[[No Heroics]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He also appeared as the father of [[Chris Miles (Skins)|Chris Miles]] in the [[Channel 4]] programme ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''.<ref name="tv"/> Heap played the love interest of the main character in the second series of the BBC comedy ''[[Love Soup]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He played the role of [[Charles Dickens]] in the 2009 [[BBC Two]] drama ''[[Desperate Romantics]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He also played [[Jessica Hynes]]' husband in the one-off comedy written by Hynes and [[Julia Davis]]: ''Lizzie & Sarah''.<ref name="tv"/>

In 2010, Heap appeared as Bob Stevens, the leader of a [[rambling]] group in the [[BBC Four]] series ''[[The Great Outdoors (British TV series)|The Great Outdoors]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He also appeared as a [[psychiatrist]] in [[Miranda Hart]]'s [[BBC2]] comedy ''[[Miranda (TV series)|Miranda]]''.<ref name="tv"/> In October 2010, he appeared as Robin in the four-part BBC drama ''[[Single Father (TV series)|Single Father]]''.<ref name="tv"/> From 2011 to 2020, Heap played eccentric neighbour Jim Bell in the Channel 4 sitcom ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]'', alongside [[Simon Bird]], [[Paul Ritter]], [[Tom Rosenthal (actor)|Tom Rosenthal]] and [[Tamsin Greig]].<ref name="hello2"/> He also played Andrew Thorogood in the BBC Four comedy ''[[Holy Flying Circus]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and Jonas in the eighth episode of [[E4 (channel)|E4]]'s sci-fi comedy-drama ''[[Misfits (TV series)|Misfits]]'' in Series 3.<ref name="tv"/> He appeared as a misguided church minister during an outbreak of smallpox in the BBC series ''[[The Indian Doctor]]''.<ref name="tv"/> In 2012, he joined the cast of the [[Sky1]] original series ''[[Spy (2011 TV series)|Spy]]'',<ref name="tv"/> for its second series commencing in October 2012, replacing [[Tom Goodman-Hill]] as Philip Quil, Judith's partner and Marcus' headteacher.<ref name="tv"/>

He appeared in the spin-off episode of ''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]'',<ref name="tv"/> the Christmas special episode, aired on 24 December 2012 in which he portrayed Norris, for this single episode.<ref name="tv"/> He played the owner of a pet crematorium in [[Sue Perkins]]'s 2013 comedy ''[[Heading Out]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He had a leading role in [[BBC Radio 4]]'s adaptation of [[Gogol]]'s ''[[Dead Souls]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He appeared as [[Robert Greene (dramatist)|Robert Greene]] in three series of ''[[Upstart Crow]]'' (2016–18),<ref name="tv"/> a [[BBC Two]] sitcom about [[Shakespeare]], written by [[Ben Elton]].<ref name="hello"/> He also appeared as Dr. John Hall in the stage show based on the programme.<ref name="hello"/>

From 2017 to 2018, Heap also appeared in the sitcom ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'',<ref name="hello"/> playing the character Malcolm Barrett, the controlling and manipulative boyfriend of Pauline Maltby.<ref name="hello"/> In 2019, he appeared in [[Acorn TV]]'s ''[[Queens of Mystery]]'' alongside [[Olivia Vinall]].<ref name="tv"/>

In 2020, Heap appeared in ''[[Intelligence (British TV series)|Intelligence]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and played headmaster and husband in ITV's ''[[The Trouble with Maggie Cole]]''.<ref name="tv"/>

===Film===
In 1983, Heap made a brief appearance as a torch-juggler in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Octopussy]]''. He played Duncan, Rik Mayall's hapless personal assistant, in ''[[Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis]]'' (1997).<ref name="tv"/> He played a school teacher in the 2002 film ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He made a cameo appearance with [[Kevin Eldon]] in [[Tim Burton]]'s 2005 ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He played supporting roles in ''[[Confetti (2006 film)|Confetti]]'' (2006), ''Tunnel of Love'' (2004), ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]'' (2007).<ref name="tv"/> In 2008, he co-starred in the surreal sci-fi B-movie spoof ''[[Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth]]'', and was a publican in ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]''.<ref name="tv"/>

===Other acting===
In 1993, Heap played a villain, Hans Schultze, in an episode of ''[[Crimewatch File]]'', “Double Identity”. Schultze was the German alter ego of an Englishman, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/kidnap-gang-took-250-000-pounds-in-four-raids-court-told-1555682.html John Calton]. Schultze/Calton led a gang of kidnappers who robbed banks and a Tesco branch, holding families hostage.

In 2008, Heap played the role of Widmerpool in a Radio 4 serialisation of [[Anthony Powell]]'s ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]''. He played Eliza's husband in 2006 [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] play ''The Eliza Stories'' and appeared as Marmite the Dwarf in the short-lived Radio 4 sitcom ''[[The Sofa of Time]]''. He starred in the music video for [[Four Tet]]'s single "[[Smile Around the Face]]" in 2005, contributed a multitude of character voices in the audiobook "Do Ants Have Arseholes?". In 2012, he starred as Martin in the [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] play ''Cordite for Breakfast'', a comedy about Napoleonic-era battle re-enactments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kjt7r|work=[[BBC Radio 4]]|title=Cordite for Breakfast|date=10 July 2012|access-date=20 July 2022|archive-date=26 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526214559/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kjt7r|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2013, he appeared as Rincewind in a 4-part Radio 4 adaptation of Terry Pratchett's ''Eric''. He also played the angel Aziraphale in the 2014 BBC radio adaption of [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Good Omens]]''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/09/bbc-radio-brings-neil-gaiman-terry-pratchetts-good-omens-life/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125151158/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/09/bbc-radio-brings-neil-gaiman-terry-pratchetts-good-omens-life/|work=[[BBC America]]|title=BBC Radio Brings Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens to Life|first=Brigid|last=Brown|date=5 September 2014|archive-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> He also was the lead in a series of radio advertisements for telecommunications company [[TalkTalk Group|TalkTalk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v42vC9QZcGA/|work=[[YouTube]]|title=Terry's Story, a series of radio ads for TalkTalk, starring Mark Heap, written by Rich Johnston|first=Rich|last=Johnston|date=18 June 2024}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}
|Denotes works that have not yet been released
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Octopussy]]''
| Fire Juggler
| Uncredited role
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis]]''
| Duncan
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2002
| ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]''
| Maths Teacher
|
|-
| ''Ant Muzak''
| Tannoy Voice
| rowspan=2|Short films
|-
| rowspan=2|2004
| ''Out of Time''
| Charlie
|-
| ''[[The Calcium Kid]]''
| Sebastian Gore-Brown
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2005
| ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''
| Man with Dog
|
|-
| ''Blake's Junction 7''
| Avon
| Short film
|-
| ''Animal''
| Hugo Getner
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2006
| ''[[Confetti (2006 film)|Confetti]]''
| Registrar
|
|-
| ''[[Scoop (2006 film)|Scoop]]''
| M.C.
|
|-
| ''[[Alpha Male (film)|Alpha Male]]''
| Darwen
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]''
| Prince Tertius
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2008
| ''[[Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth]]''
| Scrutty Baker
|
|-
| ''The Pro''
|
| rowspan=4|Short films
|-
| 2011
| ''Muso Soup''
| Shash (voice)
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''
|
|-
| ''Is This a Joke?''
| Doctor
|-
| rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[All Stars (2013 film)|All Stars]]''
| Simon Tarrington
|
|-
| ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]''
| Publican 7
|
|-
| 2015
| ''The Last Post''
| The Reverend Brian Pile
| Short film
|-
| 2016
| ''[[The Comedian's Guide to Survival]]''
| Pick Up Driver
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Killer Weekend''
| Gerald
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2022
| ''[[The House (2022 film)|The House]]''
| Mr. Thomas (voice)
| Segment 'I'
|-
| ''[[The School for Good and Evil (film)|The School for Good and Evil]]''
| Professor Bilious Manley
|
|-
| ''[[Your Christmas or Mine?]]''
| Johnson
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Time Travel is Dangerous]]''
| The Regency Dandy
|
|-
| {{TableTBA}}
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"|''[[The Magic Faraway Tree (film)|The Magic Faraway Tree]]'' {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}
| Mr. Oom Boom Boom
| Post-production
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Martin Luther, Heretic]]''
| Medieval Player
| Television film
|-
| rowspan=2|1987
| ''[[Get Fresh]]''
| rowspan=2|The Two Marks
| Series 2; Episode 7
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[The Laughter Show|The Les Dennis Laughter Show]]''
| Series 1; Episode 2
|-
| 1988
| Various characters
| Series 2; 7 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Up Yer News]]''
| Film Assistant
| Episode dated 28 June 1990
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Ghost Train (TV series)|Ghost Train]]''
| Mafia's Man / The Two Marks
| Series 3; 3 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Packing Them In]]''
| Fire-eating Stilt-walker
| 2nd series of ''[[Packet of Three (TV series)|Packet of Three]]''; Episode 1
|-
| rowspan=2|1993
| ''[[Viva Cabaret]]''
| The Two Marks
| Series 1; Episode 6
|-
| ''[[Crimewatch File]]''
| Hans Schultze
| Series 6; Episode 2: "Double Identity"
|-
| rowspan=3|1994
| ''[[The Bill]]''
| Chris Boxer
| Series 10; Episode 119: "Blackout"
|-
| ''Seaforth''
| Capt. Karl Von Berner
| Also known as ''How High the Moon''. Mini-series; Episodes 1–3
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[What's Up Doc? (British TV series)|What's Up Doc?]]''
| Mark the Security Guard
| Series 2; Episode 25
|-
| rowspan=2|1995
| Alfred the Butler
| Series 3; Episode 25
|-
| ''[[The World of Lee Evans]]''
| Platform Guard
| Episode 2: "Off the Rails"
|-
| rowspan=2|1997
| ''Hospital!''
| Dr. Ralph Crosby
| Television film
|-
| ''[[An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (TV series)|An Unsuitable Job for a Woman]]''
| DS Maskell
| Series 1; Episode 1: "Sacrifice". Uncredited role
|-
| 1997–1998
| ''[[Alas Smith and Jones|Smith & Jones]]''
| Various characters
| Series 9; Episode 3: "Massage.", and Series 10; Episode 5: "New T.V."
|-
| 1997–2001
| ''[[Brass Eye]]''
| Various characters
| Series 1 & 2; 7 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1998
| ''[[Kiss Me Kate (TV series)|Kiss Me Kate]]''
| Peter
| Series 1; Episodes 2–6
|-
| ''[[Zig and Zag (puppets)#TV work|The Zig and Zag Show]]''
| Various characters
| Episodes 8, 12 & 13
|-
| 1998–1999
| ''[[How Do You Want Me?]]''
| Derek Few
| Series 1 & 2; 8 episodes
|-
| 1998–2000
| ''[[Stressed Eric]]''
| Eric Feeble (voice)
| Series 1 & 2; 13 episodes
|-
| 1998–2002
| ''[[Big Train]]''
| Various characters
| Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1999
| ''[[All Along the Watchtower (TV series)|All Along the Watchtower]]''
| Mr. Carter
| Episode 3: "Keeping the Peace"
|-
| ''[[People Like Us (mockumentary)|People Like Us]]''
| Graham Atkinson
| Series 1; Episode 6: "The Head Teacher"
|-
| 1999–2001
| ''[[Spaced]]''
| Brian Topp
| Series 1 & 2; 14 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2000
| ''[[The Strangerers]]''
| Harry
| Episodes 1–9
|-
| ''[[Jam (TV series)|Jam]]''
| Various characters
| Mini-series; Episodes 1–6
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Saving Grace (2000 film)#Spin-offs|Doc Martin]]''
| Mitch
| Television film (First prequel to ''[[Saving Grace (2000 film)|Saving Grace]]'')
|-
| 2001–2003
| ''[[Happiness (British TV series)|Happiness]]''
| Terry Roche
| Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2003
| ''[[Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie]]''
| Mitch
| Television film (Second prequel to ''[[Saving Grace (2000 film)|Saving Grace]]'')
|-
| ''[[Spine Chillers]]''
| Balfus
| Episode 5: "Goths"
|-
| rowspan=3|2004
| ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|Dalziel and Pascoe]]''
| Julian Finch
| Series 8; Episode 2: "[[List of Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#ep30|The Price of Fame]]"
|-
| ''[[Swiss Toni]]''
| Terry Fragment
| Series 2; Episode 8: "Fothergill 2000"
|-
| ''Tunnel of Love''
| Gibson
| Television film
|-
| 2004–2007
| ''[[Green Wing]]''
| [[Dr. Alan Statham]]
| Series 1 & 2; 18 episodes & 2 short specials
|-
| rowspan=2|2005
| ''[[Look Around You]]''
| Leonard Hatred
| Series 2; Episodes 1 & 6: "Music" and "Live Final"
|-
| ''[[Casanova (2005 TV serial)|Casanova]]''
| Doctor Gozzi
| Mini-series; Episode 1
|-
| rowspan=2|2007
| ''[[Hotel Babylon (BBC series)|Hotel Babylon]]''
| Robert Kane
| Series 2; Episode 4
|-
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]''
| Mr. Humfries
| Series 3; Episode 1: [[At Bertram's Hotel#Television and radio adaptations|At Bertram's Hotel]]
|-
| 2007–2008
| ''Singles Files''
| Jeff
| Mini-series; Episodes 1–5
|-
| rowspan=3|2008
| ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''
| Graham Miles
| Series 2; Episode 10: "Everyone"
|-
| ''[[Love Soup]]''
| Douglas McVitie
| Series 2; Episodes 7–11
|-
| ''[[No Heroics]]''
| Lightkiller
| Episode 4: "Back Issues"
|-
| 2008–2011
| ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]''
| Thomas Brown
| Series 1–4; 37 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2009
| ''[[Desperate Romantics]]''
| [[Charles Dickens]]
| Mini-series; Episodes 1–5
|-
| ''[[Cast Offs]]''
| Darren
| Episode 6: "Carrie"
|-
| rowspan=3|2010
| ''Lizzie and Sarah''
| Michael
| Television film
|-
| ''[[The Great Outdoors (British TV series)|The Great Outdoors]]''
| Bob
| Episodes 1–3
|-
| ''[[Single Father (TV series)|Single Father]]''
| Robin
| Mini-series; Episodes 1–4
|-
| 2010, 2015
| ''[[Miranda (TV series)|Miranda]]''
| Anthony
| Series 2; Episode 5: "Just Act Normal" and final episode: "The Final Curtain"
|-
| rowspan=2|2011
| ''[[Holy Flying Circus]]''
| Andrew Thorogood
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Misfits (TV series)|Misfits]]''
| Jonas
| Series 3; Episode 8
|-
| 2011–2020
| ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]''
| Jim Bell
| Series 1–6; 37 episodes
|-
| rowspan=4|2012
| ''[[The Indian Doctor]]''
| Rev. Herbert Todd
| Series 2; Episodes 1–5
|-
| ''[[A Moody Christmas]]''
| Heathrow Passenger
| Mini-series; Episode 1: "Separate Seats"
|-
| ''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]''
| Norris
| Series 4; Episode 8: "Christmas Special 2012"
|-
| ''[[Spy (2011 TV series)|Spy]]''
| Philip
| Series 2; Episodes 1–11
|-
| 2012–2016
| ''[[The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret]]''
| Lord Mountford
| Series 2 & 3; 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[Heading Out]]''
| Brian
| Episode 1
|-
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
| Simon Fergus-Johnson
| Series 16; Episode 1: "The Christmas Haunting"
|-
| rowspan=2|2014
| ''[[Death in Paradise]]''
| Alec Burton
| Series 3; Episode 6: "The Early Bird"
|-
| ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
| Brother Francis
| Series 16; Episode 3: "Monks"
|-
| rowspan=3|2015
| ''The Art of Foley''
| Jeremy
| Mini-series; Episodes 1 & 2: "Earrings" and "Crow"
|-
| ''[[Undercover (2015 TV series)|Undercover]]''
| DCI Langdon
| Episode 4
|-
| ''We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story''
| [[Clive Dunn]]
| Television film
|-
| rowspan=2|2016
| ''[[Endeavour (TV series)|Endeavour]]''
| Felix Lorimer
| Series 3; Episode 4: "Coda"
|-
| ''[[Digby Dragon]]''
| Mungo
| Series 1 & 2; 27 episodes
|-
| 2016–2017
| ''[[Maigret (2016 TV series)|Maigret]]''
| Dr. Moers
| Series 1 & 2; 4 episodes
|-
| 2016–2018
| ''[[Upstart Crow]]''
| [[Robert Greene (dramatist)|Robert Greene]]
| Series 1–3; 19 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Murder on the Blackpool Express]]''
| Graham
| Television film
|-
| 2017–2018
| ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]''
| Denis Walker <small>(Malcolm Barrett)</small>
| Series 9; Episodes 7 & 8, and Series 10, Episode 7
|-
| rowspan=3|2018
| ''[[The Team (2015 TV series)|The Team]]''
| Albert
| Series 2; Episodes 1–8
|-
| ''[[Zapped (TV series)|Zapped]]'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/zapped/videos/16829/zapped_series_3_guest_stars/|work=[[British Comedy Guide]]|title=Zapped Series 3 Guest Stars|access-date=20 July 2022|archive-date=26 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526192756/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/zapped/videos/16829/zapped_series_3_guest_stars/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Florian
| Series 3; Episode 6: "Amulet"
|-
| ''[[The Midnight Gang (film)|The Midnight Gang]]''
| Sir Quentin Strillers
| Television film
|-
| rowspan=2|2019
| ''[[Queens of Mystery]]''
| Kurt Lee
| Series 1; Episodes 3 & 4: "Death by Vinyl: First & Final Chapters"
|-
| ''[[Urban Myths (TV series)|Urban Myths]]''
| Ken Burrows
| Series 3; Episode 3: "The Trial of Joan Collins"
|-
| rowspan=2|2020
| ''[[Intelligence (British TV series)|Intelligence]]''
| Barnaby Bailer
| Series 1; Episode 4
|-
| ''[[The Trouble with Maggie Cole]]''
| Peter Cole
| Episodes 1–6
|-
| rowspan=2|2022
| ''Live at the Moth Club''
| George
| Episodes 1–5
|-
| ''Sky Comedy Shorts''
| Colin
| Mini-series; Episode 4: "Silo"
|-
| rowspan=2|2023
| ''[[Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]''
| Butler
| Series 19; 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Significant Other (2023 TV series)|Significant Other]]''
| Ray
| Episode 3
|-
| rowspan=5|2024
| ''[[Renegade Nell]]''
| Newspaper Editor
| Episodes 6 & 7: "Snatched by Strollers" and "Stop Printing This Muck"
|-
| ''[[The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin]]''
| John Turpin
| Series 1; Episodes 1–6
|-
| ''[[Sister Boniface Mysteries]]''
| Kirk Fabricant
| Series 3; Episode 4: "Professor Y"
|-
| ''[[Piglets (TV series)|Piglets]]''
| Superintendent Bob Weekes
| Lead role; Episodes 1–6<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/7867/piglets-cast/|website=British Comedy Guide|date=1 May 2024|accessdate=2 May 2024|title=Piglets}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Beyond Paradise (TV series)|Beyond Paradise]]''
| Bob Holland
| Series 3; Episode: "Christmas Special"
|-
| {{TableTBA}}
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''[[Can You Keep a Secret? (TV series)| Can You Keep a Secret?]]''
| William Fenton
| Filming<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/craig-roberts-dawn-french-bbc-harry-west-country-b1215645.html|website=Evening Standard|accessdate=10 March 2025|title= New BBC sitcom starring Dawn French begins filming in the West Country|first=Hannah|last=Roberts}}</ref>
|}

===Video Games===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable | Notes
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Wings of War (video game)|Wings of War]]''
| General Allied / Enemy General #2 (voice)
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Fable III]]''
| Brian (voice)
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/mark-heap/ Agency profile]

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