Christopher Ryan
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| Born | 1950 St.Helens, England, UK |
Christopher Ryan (born 1950) is an English actor who trained at East 15 Acting School in London. He played Mike TheCoolPerson, a member of The Young Ones gang in the British television series of the same name -- the only member of the cast who was not already well-known in comedy circles, he was a last-minute replacement for Peter Richardson, for whom the role of "straight man" Mike was originally intended.
Ryan later played Dave Hedgehog in Bottom and Marshall, one of Edina's unloved ex-husbands on Absolutely Fabulous. He has also appeared in two major sitcoms: he played one of the Driscoll brothers in an episode of Only Fools And Horses and spin-off The Green Green Grass, a pair of identical twin builders in the One Foot in the Grave episode 'Hole In The Sky' and also a plumber in the One Foot in the Grave episode 'The Return of the Speckled Band'. He also appeared in Mr Bean Goes Back To School, in two episodes of My Family, in Saxondale and two episodes of The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle.
In 1986, he appeared in the science fiction series Doctor Who as the alien creature Lord Kiv in the serial The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp. In 2008, he again guest starred in Doctor Who in the episodes "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky", as the Sontaran leader General Staal.
