Dominic Coleman

Dominic Coleman
Born	Dominic Andrew Coleman (1970-01-29) 29 January 1970 Solihull, Warwickshire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present

Dominic Andrew Coleman (born 29 January 1970 in Solihull, Warwickshire) is a British actor. He went to secondary school at Tudor Grange Academy Solihull which then led him to train at Leeds University's Bretton Hall where he studied a BA (hons) in Dramatic Arts. He lives in London with his wife and children.

Acting history

Born in the Shirley district of Solihull, he has appeared in Stupid!, Sex Lives of the Potato Men and in The Cup as Vincent Farrell. In 2003, he presented the series The People's Book of Records. He also appeared in an episode of My Hero as the shady journalist Kevin Trent in the episode "Shock, Horror!" He also provides the voice of Arthur Weasley in various Harry Potter video games.

He appeared on TV as a recurring customer in the BBC comedy series Miranda and reprised his role for episodes in 2013 and 2015. He also starred as Nan's husband Jake in Nan's Christmas Carol, and was introduced as the character 'Gaz' in ITV's Coronation Street. In 2012 Coleman played Neville in the Sky1 sitcom Trollied. 2013 saw Coleman playing the role of Jamie in Heading Out.

In 2014, Labour supporter Coleman starred as David Cameron in the Labour Party (UK) Party Political Broadcast, The Un-Credible Shrinking Man. He appeared as a mechanoid called Butler in a series 11 episode of the TV comedy series Red Dwarf first aired in 2016.

Coleman features in the BBC Radio 4 comedy sketch series Recorded for Training Purposes, and was also in the music video for Groove Armada's "If Everybody Looked The Same". He starred in episode 6 of Hank Zipzer playing Mick McKelty. He appeared in the BBC one-off remake of Porridge as Mr Braithwaite, a placid prison officer.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The White Room	Man in white	Short film
2000	Wetwork	Un­known	Short film
2001	Large	Dennis	Short film
	Beginner's Luck	Scott
	Tommy Tough	Jonesy	Short film
2003	Little Clumps of Hair	Simon	Short film
	Round	Laurence	Short film
2004	Sex Lives of the Potato Men	Tolly
2006	Land of the Blind	Skinny comedian
2007	Special People	Jasper
2008	Clubbed	Clinger
2009	Hands Solo	Narrator	Short film
2011	The Organ Grinder's Monkey	Felix	Short film
	Weekend Retreat	Duncan
2013	We Are the Freaks	Mr. Parsons
2014	Paddington	Policeman
	About a Dog	Jack Cravan	Short film
2015	The Bad Education Movie	Zipwire Guy
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Village Hall Photographer
2017	The Current War	White House Butler
	The Overcoat	The Tailor	Short film
2018	Twelfth Night	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
	Head Full of Honey	Officer at Police Station
2019	Yesterday	Ipswich TV Host
2020	His House	Lead Officer
	The Show	Bobbles the Clown
2022	Meet Me Where I Am	Tom	Short film
2023	Wonka	Donovan
	Napoleon	Clerk
	The Devil Went Down to Islington	The Devil

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	London's Burning	Max Harris	Episode #12.3
	Heartburn Hotel	Barman	Episode: "Kin"
2000–2002	The Bill	Des / Leon Hawks	5 episodes
2001	Shockers	Mate 1	Episode: "Cyclops"
2001–2002	Comedy Lab	Policeman	2 episodes
2002	My Hero	Kevin Trench	Episode: "Shock, Horror!"
	Dead Gorgeous	Workman	Television film
2003	Red Cap	Steven Telford	Episode: "Crush"
	Keen Eddie	Uniformed PC	Episode: "Achtung, Baby"
	Absolute Power	Steve Beach	Episode: "Mr Fox"
2003–2017	Doctors	Various	5 episodes
2004–2006	Stupid!	Various characters	15 episodes
2005	Life Begins	Paramedic	Episode: "Hidden Pain"
	EastEnders	David	Episode #1.2987
	Swinging	Dab Allen / Don Lorrie / Patient	7 episodes
	Bleak House	Policeman in Snagsby's	Episode #1.4
	Rome	Centurion	Episode: "Triumph"
2005–2007	Dream Team	Policeman	5 episodes
2006	Masterpiece Theatre	Jeremiah Blyth	Episode: "The Ruby in the Smoke"
2007	Thieves Like Us	Customer	Episode: "The Warehouse Job"
	Silent Witness	Reporter	2 episodes
	The Whistleblowers	Marvin	Episode: "Fit for Purpose"
	Stuart: A Life Backwards	Attacking man	Television film
	Ladies and Gentlemen	PC Jackson	Television film
2007–2008	Singles Files	Steve	5 episodes
2008	Torchwood	Police officer	Episode: "Sleeper"
	Pulling	Policeman	Episode #2.4
	The Cup	Vincent Farrell	6 episodes
2009	Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire	Hugo	Episode: "Our Bounties Ourselves"
	Psychoville	Colin	2 episodes
	Big Top	Warder	Episode: "Dad"
	Nan's Christmas Carol	Jake Taylor	TV special
	Brave Young Men	Iain Beasley	Television film
2009, 2013, 2015	Miranda	Customer / Jim	3 episodes
2010	My Family	PC Collins	Episode: "Slammertime"
	Meet the Parents	Dad	6 episodes
	Hotel Trubble	Cupid L'Amour	Episode: "Bridezilla"
2010, 2012, 2016	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	Various	3 episodes
2011	Law & Order: UK	Michael Hunter	Episode: "Crush"
	Spy	Judge	Episode: "Codename: Portis"
	The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff	Policeman	Episode: Christmas special
	Rosemunde Pilcher	Un­known	Episode: "Verlobt, verliebt, verwirrt"
2011, 2018	Coronation Street	Gaz / Matt	3 episodes
2012	White Heat	Estate agent	Episode: "The Personal is Political"
	Starlings	Windsurfer	Episode #1.2
	Parade's End	Penn	Episode #1.3
2012–2018	Trollied	Neville	55 episodes
2013	Heading Out	Jamie	6 episodes
2013, 2015	Up the Women	Officer Thackeray	2 episodes
2014	Morning Has Broken	Un­known	Television film
	The Driver	Matthew	Episode #1.2
	Crackanory	Un­known	Episode: "Let Me Be the Judge & I'm Still Here"
2014–2016	Hank Zipzer	Mick McKelty	5 episodes
2015	The Delivery Man	Dave Fisher	Episode: "Youth"
	Doc Martin	News presenter	Episode: "Rescue Me"
	Unforgotten	John Burton	2 episodes
	The Job Lot	Inspector Hughes	Episode #3.3
	Capital	PC Jenkins	Episode #1.3
	Suspects	Reverend Daniel Matthews	Episode: "Ricochet"
2016	Porridge	Officer Braithwaite	Television film
	Peaky Blinders	Priest	Episode #3.4
	Cold Feet	Floyd Vardy	5 episodes
	Red Dwarf	Butler	Episode: "Krysis"
2016–2017	Drunk History	Adolf Hitler	2 episodes
2016–2018	Upstart Crow	Henry Condell	19 episodes
2017	Episodes	Writer N.2	3 episodes
	Death in Paradise	Reverend Matthew Dawson	Episode: "Murder in the Polls"
	Porridge	Officer Braithwaite	5 episodes
2018	Moving On	Darren	Episode: "Two Fat Ladies"
	Humans	Dorian	Episode 5
2019	Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators	Adrian Messenger	Episode: "The Play's the Thing"
	Plebs	Nigellus	Episode: "The Hooligans"
2019−2022	The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk	Jonny Wallop	9 episodes
2021	Bloods	Brock	Episode: "Bike Patrol"
	Malory Towers	Mr. Thomas	3 episodes
2022	Brassic	Geoff	Episode: "Lost in the Woods"
	Whitstable Pearl	Tony Dooly	Episode: "The Offer"
2022−2024	Bridgerton	Lord Cowper	6 episodes
2024	The Jetty	Brad	3 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Arthur Weasley
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Arthur Weasley Sarcastic gargoyle Gryffindor Common Room portrait Percival Pratt Phineas Nigellus Black Timothy the Timid
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Arthur Weasley Announcer

External links

• Dominic Coleman at IMDb
• Dominic Coleman at British Comedy Guide