Craig CharlesCraig Charles (born July 11, 1964) is a British actor, poet and television presenter. He was born in Liverpool, and is best known for playing Dave Lister in Red Dwarf. Before turning to entertainment, Charles played football (most notably for Tranmere Rovers). He started his career as a performance poet on the British cabaret circuit, appearing on the late-night comedy programme, Saturday Live, and later as a presenter of children's television programmes. He was married to Cathy Tyson from 1984 to 1989 and married his second wife, Jackie, on August 9, 1999. Craig Charles finally acquired cult status as the Liverpudlian slob, Dave Lister, in the series Red Dwarf. As of 2002, he has been presenting the BBC2 game show Robot Wars. He is also a DJ on the radio station BBC 6 Music. In 1994, Charles and a friend were arrested and remanded in custody for several months on a rape charge. At their trial the following year, they were exonerated. Craig was the voice-over man for the Japanese hit TV-show Takeshi's Castle, shown on Challenge. This page about Craig Charles includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Craig Charles News stories about Craig Charles External links for Craig Charles Videos for Craig Charles Wikis about Craig Charles Discussion Groups about Craig Charles Blogs about Craig Charles Images of Craig Charles |
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Craig was the voice-over man for the Japanese hit TV-show Takeshi's Castle, shown on Challenge. Perry Cox. At their trial the following year, they were exonerated. In 2001, McGinley began work on Scrubs as the acerbic Dr. In 1994, Charles and a friend were arrested and remanded in custody for several months on a rape charge. He joined forces with Koontz and Fox once more for Sole Survivor in 2000. He is also a DJ on the radio station BBC 6 Music. The four-part miniseries became Fox's highest-rated miniseries. As of 2002, he has been presenting the BBC2 game show Robot Wars. McGinley received critical acclaim for his starring role in Dean Koontz's suspense drama, Intensity (1997). Craig Charles finally acquired cult status as the Liverpudlian slob, Dave Lister, in the series Red Dwarf. He worked almost continually throughout the 1990s on a swathe of movies, most notably in David Fincher's Seven (1995), and perhaps least notably in the widely disparaged Highlander II: The Quickening (1991). He was married to Cathy Tyson from 1984 to 1989 and married his second wife, Jackie, on August 9, 1999. McGinley showcased his screenwriting talents with 1990's Suffering Bastards, in which he also co-starred. He started his career as a performance poet on the British cabaret circuit, appearing on the late-night comedy programme, Saturday Live, and later as a presenter of children's television programmes. That was followed the next year with Wall Street (1987), and again the next with Talk Radio (1988). Before turning to entertainment, Charles played football (most notably for Tranmere Rovers). While working as John Turturro's understudy in John Patrick Shanley's 1984 production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea he was noticed by a casting scout, which led to an audition for the role of Sergeant Red O'Neill in the Oscar winning Platoon, although his first movie role was Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty (1986). He was born in Liverpool, and is best known for playing Dave Lister in Red Dwarf. Upon completing his education, McGinley did a variety of different work, including on- and off-Broadway productions, and a two year stint on the soap opera Another World. Craig Charles (born July 11, 1964) is a British actor, poet and television presenter. McGinley studied acting at Syracuse University, and later at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He owns a stake in one of Billy Gilroy's New York SoHo bistros along with fellow actor Willem Dafoe. McGinley is known for his cynical, wacky, sometimes sinister character portayals. He came to fame in Oliver Stone's Platoon in 1986, and went on to work on no less than four other Stone productions. McGinley, sometimes credited as John McGinley, has had a most prolific career, primarily as a supporting character actor. John C. McGinley (born August 3, 1959 in New York) is an American actor, producer, and writer. John C. |