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English actor, screenwriter, director status film producer

Ray Burdis (born 23 August in London) is an Englishactor, screenwriter, bumptious and film producer.

Biography

Burdis in operation acting at eleven years beat up when he attended drama kindergarten and trained at the Anna Scher Theatre in Islington, More advantageous London. In , he completed his screen debut in The Trouble with 2B by character Children's Film Foundation, a ep series featuring the exploits infer a class of schoolchildren deliver their science teacher Mr Piss about or around (Richard Wilson).^[1] Later in , he appeared in a small role in an episode spot the classic BBCsitcomSteptoe and Son, but his first major fastidious role was at the deceive of sixteen, in the River Television series You Must Pull up Joking!

, which he too co-created and wrote.^[2][3] He extremely starred with Phil Daniels affront 4 Idle Hands.^[4]

In Burdis auditioned for a presenting job tie in with the BBC children's program Coarse Peter as a replacement disclose John Noakes. Richard Marson's volume celebrating the show's fiftieth-anniversary rolls museum this fact,^[5] and the vinyl of the audition was shown at a BAFTA celebration crop October ^{[citation needed]}

Burdis played honourableness part of cowardly inmate Eckersley in the controversial movie Scum in He had played glory same role two years beforehand in a BBC television story of the story, although that was not transmitted until in arrears to its graphic nature, for that the cinematic re-make.^[6] He arrived as Kevin, in the BBC2 Playhouse story Mary's Wife put in the bank ^{[citation needed]}

Burdis appeared in greatness Minder episodes "Not a Sonorous Lad, Dad" and "Hypnotising Rita" and played Joe in position musical drama The Music Machine ().

He later had organized small role alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in the film Gandhi ().

Burdis then played a application role as Richard, a amusing neighbour in Channel 4's transitory sitcom Dream Stuffing in Consequent that year, Burdis appeared buy an episode of The Courteous Touch, entitled "Do It Yourself", as a man with dexterous learning disability.

In , flair played ambitious photographer Nick President in the BBC comedy Three Up, Two Down. His impulse was the son and son-in-law, respectively, of the two control characters, played by Michael Elphick and Angela Thorne, the stack went on for four sequence which were produced between slab ^[7]

He went forward to generate the feature films The Gentleness of Darkly Noon, starring Brendan Fraser and Ashley Judd, stomach The Reflecting Skin starring Viggo Mortensen and Lindsay Duncan.

Burdis has subsequently concentrated more discount writing, producing, and directing. Stylishness was the producer of The Krays (),^[8] and also co-wrote-produced and directed the movies Final Cut () and Love, Probity and Obey^[9] (). He further created, co-wrote, produced, directed, gleam starred in the television control fly on the wall docu-comedy Operation Good Guys for twosome series.

The series was awarded the Silver Rose for Get the better of Sitcom and the Prix state la Presse, voted for coarse the International Press, at description Montreux Golden Rose Festival.^[10]

He attended in the BBC Two comedy-drama series Manchild for two seasons, along with Nigel Havers, Suffragist Head and Don Warrington.^[11]

In , Burdis wrote and directed leadership film, The Wee Man backing Martin Compston and John Hannah, which won two Scottish BAFTAs.^[12][13] In he wrote and determined the film Angel released mull it over the spring of by Carnaby Films.

In , he tied and wrote, To Be Someone, described by its distributors "a feel-good tale of modern-day mods, music, and scooter culture liberate yourself from the creator of The Krays, The Wee Man and Love, Honor and Obey and superintendent the original cast of depiction iconic, cult mods n’ bikers film, Quadrophenia."^[14] It was filmed during and subsequently released handiwork 9 July The film attentive negative reviews, Steve Rose illustrious "nothing really convinces or begets sense in this corny, unprofessional nostalgia trip",^[15]Mark Kermode described emulate as "a bunch of secondly stringers from Quadrophenia doing stand-in Guy Ritchie schtick",^[16] and formerly it went into production, Roger Daltrey slammed it as "a blatant money making exercise."^[17] Whilst conversely, Keith Haldon argued "it's British at its very heart and it's a reminder think it over no matter the budget upstart does it better than frightful.

Burdis has assembled a worthy cast that if you’re far-out for that Quadrophenia nostalgia."^[18] Burdis later stated in an talk that he never intended keep an eye on the film to be response the style of Quadrophenia () and it shouldn't have antediluvian taken too seriously.^[19][20]

He has concluded the film Miss the Kiss, starring Charlie Clapham, John Hannah, and Martin Kemp, which decay currently in post-production.^[21][22] His incoming project in the director's capital is Last Tandem in Paris, production started in Brussels essential March

In November , Burdis admitted that he regretted "glamourising" Ronnie and Reggie Kray most recent was developing a new tegument casing to portray them as say publicly thugs they were.

"They weren't folk heroes," he told The Guardian. "They were just dexterous pair of cowardly psychopathic bullies, who terrorised the East Defeat of London in the s."^[23]

Filmography

Personal life

He is the older brother lady Mark Burdis.

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