Bryan Dick (born 1 February 1978Birthday: day (from Twitter) ) is a British television, stage and film actor from Carlisle, England. He is perhaps best known for playing Ernie Wise in the BBC's BAFTA-winning biopic of Morecambe and Wise, Eric and Ernie.

Career

Aged 11, Dick won a scholarship to Elmhurst Ballet School and left home to train as a dancer. Three years later, he was talent-spotted by ITV scouts and cast as the titular anti-hero of 1990s cult classic The Life and Times of Henry Pratt. Since graduating from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 2000, he has worked on some of the best dramas on British television. In 2015 he was DI Mill in the BBC's Capital, based on the best-selling novel by John Lanchester, and Sir Richard Riche in Wolf Hall.

Early career highlights include White Teeth, based on Zadie Smith's best-selling novel, in which he played Young Archie (old Archie was played by Phil Davis); Blackpool in which he was David Tennant's cheeky sidekick DC Blythe; Simon Curtis's Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, based on the trilogy by Patrick Hamilton, in which he co-starred with Sally Hawkins; and The Long Firm with Mark Strong. Bryan also played Thomas Wyatt in The Virgin Queen, which starred Anne-Marie Duff. He was dance teacher Prince Turveydrop in the multi-award-winning BBC version of Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Freddie Trent in The Old Curiosity Shop.

Other TV work includes the lead with Kris Marshall in the ITV comedy drama series, Sold and Ordeal By Innocence in the Agatha Christie Agatha Christie's Marple with Geraldine McEwan. In 2008 he appeared as Adam in an episode of the same name in the BBC's cult Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood. He also appeared in the popular television show Shameless and played teacher Ian Bateley in the BBC's critical hit school drama Excluded.

Dick has had several roles on the big screen, notably the role of Joseph Nagle with Russell Crowe in Peter Weir's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and a werewolf in Katja von Garnier's Blood and Chocolate (2007). Other film work includes Brothers of the Head (2005) and Colour Me Kubrick (2006), in which he co-starred with John Malkovich.

On stage he starred at the Hampstead Theatre in Seminar. He has worked with many of the UK theatre's top directors, appearing three times at the Royal Court in Sliding With Suzanne for Max Stafford-Clark, Plasticine, directed by Dominic Cooke, and Bone, by John Donnelly. At the National Theatre he starred as Andrea Sarti in Bertolt Brecht's The Life of Galileo and as Dapper in The Alchemist, both for Nicholas Hytner. He played the title role in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus,Interview with Bryan Dick on BBC website about his role in Amadeus again at the Crucible Theatre, with Gerard Murphy as Salieri.Sheffield Theatres Education Resource Other theatre includes Edward Bond's Lear at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and School Play at the Soho Theatre.

In 2016 he played Willie Mossop in Hobson's Choice with Martin Shaw in London's West End.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Losing It Tom TV film 2001 Dream Bobby 2002 Morvern Callar Guy with Hat's Mate 2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Joseph Nagle2004 The Bunk Bed Boys Phil TV film Passer By Ruddock TV film2005 Brothers of the Head Paul Day Colour Me Kubrick Sean2007 Blood & Chocolate Rafe The Old Curiosity Shop Freddie Trent TV film I Want You Boy Short film 2008 He Kills Coppers Peter TV film 2010 Excluded Ian TV film 2011 Eric and Ernie Ernie Wise TV film2012 I, Anna D.C. Peter Hicock Day of the Flowers Conway2013 Survival Code Clive TV film The Numbers Station David 2016 The Complete Walk: As You Like It Touchstone Short film 2017 Joe Orton Laid Bare Joe Orton TV film 2018 Shakespeare's Globe: The Two Noble Kinsmen Arcite

Television Year Title Role Notes 1992 The Life and Times of Henry Pratt Young Henry Pratt Mini-series; 2 episodes 1993 Bonjour la Classe Adam Huntley Series regular; 6 episodes1994 Earthfasts Nellie Jack John Recurring role, 2 episodes Stages Karl Episode: "Speaking in Tongues"2000 North Square Rory McLeish Episode: "Series 1, Episode 10" Shockers Alan Compton Episode: "Parent's Night"2001 Clocking Off Scott Aindow Episode: "Bev's Story" The Bill Tristan King Episode: "Lick of Paint" Merseybeat David Carter Episode: "Dead Time" Superintendent Winter Sonen Episode: "Dans med en ängel - Del 2"2002 Strange Toby Episode: "Pilot" Bedtime PC Jones Recurring role; 3 episode Dalziel and Pascoe Marcus Vanstone Episode: "Mens Sana" White Teeth Young Archie Mini-series; 2 episodes2003 Blue Murder Dean Hendrix Episode: "Cry Me a River" Foyle's War Kenneth Hunter Episode: "Fifty Ships"2004 Red Cap Sergeant Terry Canavan Episode: "Long Time Dead" The Long Firm Beardsley Episode: "Jimmy's Story" Blackpool D.C. Blythe Series regular; 6 episodes2005 Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky Bob Mini-series; 3 episodes Bleak House Prince Turveydrop Recurring role; 6 episodes2006 Shameless Jack Wyatt Episode: "Dark Friends" The Virgin Queen Thomas Wyatt the Younger Mini-series; 1 episode Vincent Simon Nelson Episode: "Series 2, Episode 3"2007 Agatha Christie's Marple Micky Argyle Episode: "Ordeal by Innocence" Sold Danny Series regular; 6 episodes 2008 Torchwood Adam Episode: "Adam"2009 Lewis Phil Beaumont Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" All the Small Things Jake Barton Series regular; 6 episodes2010 Being Human Sykes Episode: "Educating Creature" Ashes to Ashes Daniel Stafford Episode: "Series 3, Episode 4" 2011 Haven Ian Haskell Episode: "Fear & Loathing"2013 Silent Witness Lucas Ballinger Episode: "Trust" Death in Paradise Benjamin Sammy Episode: "A Deadly Curse" The Ice Cream Girls Al Francis Mini-series; 3 episodes2015 Wolf Hall Solicitor General Richard Riche Recurring role; 3 episodes Capital DI Mill Mini-series; 3 episodes 2018 The Split Ramsey Sawyer Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4" 2019 Midsomer Murders Cyrus Babbage Episode: "The Sting of Death"

Theatre credits Year Title Role Venue Ref 2001 Sliding with Suzanne Luka UK Tour 2002 Plasticine Lyokha Jerwood Theatre, London 2004 Bone Jamie Jerwood Theatre, London 2005 Lear The Gravedigger's Boy Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield 2006 Life of Galileo Andrea Sarti Olivier Theatre, London The Alchemist Dapper Olivier Theatre, London 2007 Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield 2008 Tinderbox Perchik Bush Theatre, London 2013 Public Enemy Hovstad UK Tour 2014 Seminar Martin Hampstead Theatre, London 2016 Hobson's Choice Willie Mossop UK Tour 2017 Years of Sunlight Emlyn Theatre503, London 2018 The Two Noble Kinsmen Arcite Shakespeare's Globe, London The Art of Success William Hogarth Rose Theatre Kingston, Kingston upon Thames The Taste of the Town Samuel Rose Theatre Kingston, Kingston upon Thames Great Apes Simon Dykes Arcola Theatre, London 2021 A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander Shakespeare's Globe, London Twelfth Night Orsino Shakespeare's Globe, London 2022All of UsAidanRoyal National Theatre

Radio roles The Exorcist, BBC Radio 4 (2009) - Dyer Classic Serial: Barnaby Rudge, BBC Radio 4 (2014) - Simon Tappertit The Great Gatsby, BBC Radio 4 (2012) - Nick Carraway Saturday Play: On the Ceiling, BBC Radio 4 (2009) - Loti Shattered, BBC Radio 4 (2008) - Tyler Ruth Rendell's The Fever Tree: The Dreadful Day of Judgement, BBC Radio 4 (2006) - Gilly Classic Serial: Kipps - the Story of a Simple Soul, BBC Radio 4 (2006) - Arthur Kipps The Wire: The Colony, BBC Radio 3 (2005) - Vinnie 15 Minute Drama: CJ Sansom - Shardlake: Sovereign BBC Radio 4 (2015) Drama on 4: A Broken Order - Vic Siffer BBC Radio 4 (2026)

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