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Pearson came from a poor London family, and as a boy, attended Woolverstone Hall , an experimental boarding school, where he learned to act. After graduating from the Central School Of Speech And Drama , he made his first television appearance in 1982 and starred alongside Leonard Rossiter in Joe Orton 's play '' Loot '' at the Lyric Theatre in London in 1984 , where Rossiter died in his dressing room. Pearson then became an acquaintance of Hat Trick Productions and won a part in their historical Sitcom '' Chelmsford 123 ''. He also appeared with Hat Trick executive Jimmy Mulville in '' That's Love ''. It was in the roles of Associate Editor and office lothario, Dave Charnley, in the sitcom '' Drop The Dead Donkey '' - another Hat Trick show - and of Detective Superintendent Tony Clark in the thriller, '' Between The Lines '', that he made his greatest impact on the viewing public. Pearson put the " Pea " into "sex appeal" when he narrated Colin Wyatt's animated series '' The Poddington Peas '' in 1986. Since then he has appeared in such varied roles as Dr Jameson in ''Rhodes'' ( 1998 ), Jack Green in the children's serial ''The Magician's House'' ( 1999 ), Trevor Heslop in '' Trevor's World Of Sport '' ( 2003 ) and John Diamond in ''A Lump in My Throat'' (2003). He has also been in several hit films, including '' Fever Pitch '' ( 1997 ) and '' Bridget Jones's Diary '' ( 2001 ). He recently appeared in the 2006 Radio Four series '' Vent '' as Ben. Pearson was recently a 'judge' on Channel 4's '' The Play's The Thing '', which sought to find a play written by an unknown writer and give it a run in the West End. The winning play, written by Kate Betts, was called ''On the Third Day'' and opened at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London in June 2006. He is now a keen Texas hold'em poker player, often to be seen in London poker clubs. Pearson is currently appearing in a touring revival of Sir Peter Hall's production of Harold Pinter's "Old Times". He owns a dog called 'Houdini'. He is strongly identified with the British left - having made a Party Election Broadcast for the British Labour Party for the 1994 European Elections , though later prominently supported Ken Livingstone when he ran as an independent candidate for Mayor Of London in 2000 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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