Biography
Andy de la Tour (born 1948) is an English actor and screenwriter.
In films he appeared in Plenty, Notting Hill, the Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist, 44 Inch Chest, and The Confessions, and in television The Young Ones, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Bottom, Kavanagh QC and The Brief. On stage, he has appeared at the National Theatre in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land in 2001 and Alan Bennett's People in 2012.
His credits as a television writer include Boon, Lovejoy, Peak Practice, The Vet, Kavanagh QC and Clem. He wrote the stage play Safe In Our Hands (winner of the LWT Plays on Stage Award).As a stand-up comedian, he appeared in the 1980s with Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and French and Saunders. In 2012, he wrote Stand-Up or Die about his time as a stand-up comedian in New York.He appeared as George Porter in episode 13 of series 31 of Casualty "Not in Holby Anymore" and as General Hurst Romodi in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. On 6 June 2018 he appeared as Ted, an aging mechanic with a heart defect in BBC1's lunchtime soap Doctors.
On 27 January 2019, he signed an open letter in The Guardian expressing opposition to the USA's handling of the political situation in Venezuela and calling for more dialogue with the president, Nicolás Maduro.He is the brother of actress Frances de la Tour and partner of actress Susan Wooldridge.
Filmography
all 37
Movies 20
TV Shows 17
self 6
Writer 3
Voice 1
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021)
Good Omens (2019)
Strike (2017)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
The Confessions (2016)
Dough (2015)
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule (2014)
National Theatre Live: People (2013)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
44 Inch Chest (2009)
The Making of 'The Young Ones' (2007)
Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene (2007)
Oliver Twist (2005)
Pandaemonium (2001)
Waking the Dead (2001)
Notting Hill (1999)
The Wimbledon Poisoner (1994)
Butter (1994)
Peak Practice (1993)
Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie (1990)
The Act (1989)
A Perfect Spy (1987)
Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987)
Casualty (1986)
Boon (1986)
Lovejoy (1986)
Plenty (1985)
The Bride (1985)
Loose Connections (1984)
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt (1984)
Driving Ambition (1984)
The Young Ones (1982)
Burning an Illusion (1981)
Bergerac (1981)
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights (1980)
Flickers (1980)
An Audience with... (1978)
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GenderMale
Birthday1948-01-01 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceColchester, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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