Neil Morrissey

Neil Morrissey
Biographical Background
Born	Neil Anthony Morrissey 4 July 1962 (age 61) Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK
Nationality	English
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, businessman
Years Active	1983-present

Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July 1962) is an English actor, media personality and businessman. He is best known for his role as Tony in Men Behaving Badly. He is also known for his role as Rocky in Boon, and deputy head Eddie Lawson in Waterloo Road. He was the voice of Bob, Roley, Lofty, Mr. Sabatini, Mr. Fothergill, Scruffty and Farmer Pickles in Bob the Builder

Early life

Morrissey was born in Stafford to Irish parents. He and his brother Stephen (died 1997) were placed under a care order after they went on multiple theft and burglary sprees. They were legally separated from their parents, Larry and May, psychiatric nurses who often left their sons at home without an adult for many hours at a time, as a result. The boys spent much of their childhood in separate foster homes, Morrissey spending most of his time at the Penkhull Children's Home. While studying at Thistley Hough High School in Stoke, he advertised for foster parents and lived with his friend Mark Langston and his family for nearly two years after having left the children's home at 17 and was fostered. He studied for his A levels at the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College. During this time he was a member of the Stoke Repertory Theatre, Stoke Schools Theatre, and Stoke Original Theatre, and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. He subsequently gained an unconditional scholarship allowing him to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Voices

UK

• Bob (1997-2011)
• Roley (1998-2011)
• Lofty (1998-2011)
• Farmer Pickles (1998-2011)
• Mr. Fothergill (2000-2003)
• Angelo Sabatini (2001-2008)
• David Dixon (2003-2008)
• Tony the Hairdresser (2003)
• Mr. Costello (2004)
• Micky Picker (2006-2008)
• Oscar Flicks (2007)
• The Workshop Owner (2007)
• The Dock Manager (2007)
• The Ferry Captain (2007)

UK/US

• Scruffty (2000-2011; uncredited in the US)
• Drummer (2001)
• A cock (2001)
• Baby reindeer (2001)
• The sheep with overgrown wool (2006; uncredited in the US)

Filmography

Film The Bounty (1984) Playing Away (1987) I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990) The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy (1992) Staggered (1994) Trafford Tanzi (1995) The Vanishing Man (1996) Roger Roger (1996) The Chest (1997) Jack and the Beanstalk (1998) Up 'n' Under (1998) My Summer with Des (1998) Hunting Venus (1999) The Match (1999) The Flint Street Nativity (1999) The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) Happy Birthday Shakespeare (2000) Bob the Builder Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember (2001) Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot (2003) Bob the Builder: Snowed Under: The Bobblesburg Winter Games (2004) Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild (2006) Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish Another World (2001) Triggermen (2002) Monkey Trousers (2004) The Adventures of William Shakespeare (2005) Acorn Antiques: The Musical (2006) Curious George (2006) Clubbed (2008) Inn Mates (2010) The Adventures of William Shakespeare Vol. 2 (2011) Care for Kids (2011) Run for Your Wife (2012) A Gert Lush Christmas (2015) Sing Television Juliet Bravo Ellis Island Roll Over Beethoven Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Travellers by Night C.A.T.S. Eyes Pulaski Boon (1985-1995) Men Behaving Badly (1992-1999) Cluedo Comedy Playhouse The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer The Morph Files (1995) Noel's House Party The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge (1997)

Trivia

• Before voicing Bob, he was voicing characters on Brambly Hedge, which gave him to opportunity to voice Bob.
• Some TV sites incorrectly list him for voicing Skip in the UK dub when it was really Colin McFarlane.

Gallery

Neil with Bob