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David Jason
Known for: ActingEnglish actor and comedian. He played Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the long-running BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses, and Detective Inspector Jack Frost on the ITV crime drama A Touch of Frost. Other high-profile television roles were as Granville in the sitcom Open All Hours, and Pop Larkin in the comedy drama The Darling Buds of May as well as the voices of Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Count Duckula. His last original appearance as Del Boy was in 2014, while Jason retired his role as Frost in 2010. One of the best loved actors in British popular culture, in September 2006 Jason topped the poll to find TV's 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations. He was knighted in 2005 for services to drama. Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), (1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four British Comedy Awards (1990, 1992, 1997, 2001) and six National Television Awards (1997, 2001, 2002 twice).
Filmography 23
A Touch of Frost
as DI Jack Frost
Only Fools and Horses
as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter
Count Duckula
as Count Duckula (voice)
Danger Mouse
The Colour of Magic
as Rincewind
Hogfather
as Albert / Alberto Malich
The Darling Buds of May
as Pop Larkin
The Wind in the Willows
as Toad (voice)
Still Open All Hours
as Granville
Open All Hours
as Granville
Do Not Adjust Your Set
as Various Characters
Porterhouse Blue
as Skullion
The Royal Bodyguard
as Captain Guy Hubble
The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs
as Edgar Briggs
The BFG
as The BFG (voice)
All the King's Men
as Capt. Frank Beck
Royal Flash
as Mayor
The Snow Queen
as Eric
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
as Rincewind
The Water Babies
as (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
as Toad
Come Rain Come Shine
as Don Mitchell
The Odd Job
as The Odd Job Man