Neil Robert Stuke ( ;) is an English actor best known for his role of Matthew in the TV sitcom Game On and for playing Billy Lamb in the BBC legal drama Silk.
Career Stuke played Matthew in the second and third series of Game On, replacing Ben Chaplin. He also played the role of senior clerk Billy Lamb in the BBC television series Silk. His television career also includes Between the Lines, Trust, Reggie Perrin, At Home with the Braithwaites, Monday Monday, Office Gossip, Bedtime, A Touch of Frost, The Catherine Tate Show and playing an alcoholic footballer/policeman in a 1997 episode of Pie in the Sky.
He played Hal in a 1997 Radio 3 production of Loot by Orton, repeated in 2017.Loot, BBC Media Centre notice accessed 4 April 2025.
In 2006, he guest-starred in The Bill; his character (James Tennant) was involved in the storyline of missing child Amy Tennant.
In January 2020, he appeared in an episode of Doctor Who, alongside Jodie Whittaker, Jo Martin, and The Judoon. Personal life In August 2014, Stuke was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.
Filmography Television Year TV Show Role Notes1991 The Bill Thomas Jeffries Episode: "Empire Building" Drop the Dead Donkey Star Batter Episode: "Baseball"1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot Peter Baker Episode: "The Case of the Missing Will" The Bill Dave Slater Episode: "By Hook or by Crook" Between the Lines Det. Con. Green Episode: "Crack Up"1994 The Bill Lewis Episodes: "Living Legend" and "Inquest" Heartbeat Snakey Episode: "Treading Carefully"1995 The Chief Bobby Dean 1 episode Cardiac Arrest Director Episode: "The Critical Hour" Resort to Murder Skins 4 episodes1996 The Bill Alex Easby Episode: "No Assistance Required" A Touch of Frost Det. Sgt. Nash Episode: "The Things We Do for Love" Karaoke Peter (Movie) 4 episodes Cold Lazarus Peter (Movie) 1 episode Out of the Blue Tommy Defty 1 episode 1996–98 Game On Matthew Series 2 & 3 (12 episodes)1997 Pie in the Sky Kirk Flowerbridge Episode: "Return Match" Light Lunch Himself (guest) Episode: "We're Game On"1998 Seesaw Jon 3 episodes Silent Witness Andy Fox Episode: "Divided Loyalties: Part 1 & Part 2" Casualty Tony Episode: "Eye Spy" Grafters Paul 7 episodes Drop the Dead Donkey Wes Jasper 2 episodes2000 At Home with the Braithwaites Keith Kershaw Pilot episode The Sins Carl Rogers 7 episodes 2001 Office Gossip Simon 6 episodes 2002 Murder in Mind Colin Edwardson Episode: "Victim"2003 Trust Martin Greig 6 episodes Murphy's Law Carl Episode: "Reunion" Madre Teresa Kline TV film Bedtime John 3 episodes2005 The Afternoon Play Steve Passmore Episode: "The Hitch" Faith Nigel TV film Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky Andy 2 episodes Murder in Suburbia Steve Episode: "Old Dogs" Chopratown Det. Insp. Nigel Caro TV film Life and Death in Rome Himself (narrator) Documentary (unknown episodes)2006 The Virgin Queen Francis Bacon 2 episodes Soundproof Chris Groves TV film 2006–07 The Bill James Tennant 18 episodes 2007 Kingdom Damien 1 episode2009 Midsomer Murders Glen Jarvis Episode: "Secrets and Spies" Monday Monday Max 7 episodes Saturday Kitchen Himself (guest) 1 episode (16 May 2009) 2009–10 Reggie Perrin Chris Series 1 & 2 (10 episodes)2010 Agatha Christie's Marple Dr. Haydock Episode: "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" New Tricks Duncan Miller Episode: "Dark Chocolate" The Slammer Agent Alec Baldwin Episode: "Gov on the Run" Celebrity Masterchef Himself (contestant) 7 episodes Jane Goodall: Beauty and the Beasts Himself (narrator) Documentary 2010–11 BBC Breakfast Himself (guest) 2 episodes (12 August 2010 & 28 February 2011)2011 Death in Paradise Lucas Talbot 1 episode Fern Himself (special guest) 1 episode2011–14 Silk Billy Lamb 18 episodes The Wright Stuff Himself (panelist) 26 episodes2012 Fathers Day (unknown) TV film One Night Kenny Mini-series (3 episodes) Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Himself 1 episode 2013 Lewis Professor Andrew Crane Episode: "Down among the Fearful" 2014 Plebs Cornelius 2 episodes2015 The Interceptor Reid 1 episode 2015–2017 Doctor Foster Chris Parks Recurring role; 6 episodes2016 Suspects Mo Jones 4 episodes Silent Witness Det. Insp. Laurence Cooke Episode: "In Plain Sight" (2 parts) Paranoid Michael Niles2017PortersHutch1 episode 2018 Silent Witness Chief Insp. Laurence Cooke Episode: "Family" (2 parts) 2019 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Jeremy Bright Episode: "Dressed to Kill" 2020 Doctor Who Lee Episode: "Fugitive of the Judoon" 2020 Midsomer Murders Curtis Ferabbee Episode: "Send in the Clowns" 2023 Hijack Neil Walsh Episode: 4-7 Film Year Film Role Notes 1993 Century Felix 1994 Borderland Soldier Short film 1995 Suckers Dave Short film 1996 Masculine Mescaline Mike Short film1998 Shark Hunt (unknown) Uncredited Sliding Doors Defensive bloke If Only... Freddy1999 Let the Good Times Roll Mike Short film Dead Bolt Dead The Assassin Mad Cows Desk Sergeant2000 The Suicide Club Captain May Circus Roscoe The Wedding Tackle Salty Christie Malry's Own Double Entry Headlam 2001 The Dark Apprentice (voice) 2004 School for Seduction Craig 2005 Out on a Limb Simon 2008 Le Petit Mort Promoter Short film by Jason Merrells 2016 The Comedian's Guide to Survival Adam 2022 I Used to Be Famous Dennis
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