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2	[[caption-width-right:344:"[[Series/AufWiedersehenPet Aye, and 'donkey shite' to you too, pal]]"]]
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4	->''"Would I change anything about my performance in Series 1 and 2? I don't think so. It was what it was, and I'm proud of the contribution I was able to make. For many reasons, ''{{Series/A\|ufWiedersehenPet}}WP'' burned itself into the nation's collective consciousness, struck a chord and that's gratifying."''
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6	Jimmy Nail, born James Michael Aloysius Bradford, (16 March 1954), is a British actor best known for playing Oz in ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet''.
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8	Despite having no acting experience, he was convinced to audition for a TV show. After auditioning for an extra in ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'', Nail was cast in the lead role of Oz, a role he would play in all 40 episodes from 1983 to 2004. His sister, Creator/ValMcLane, appeared alongside him in Series 2 as Norma.
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10	In the early '90s, he starred in ''Spender'' as the titular Freddie Spender, and in both ''Crocodile Shoes'' and ''Crocodile Shoes II'' as Jed Shepperd. It was around this time that Nail also had a number of pop hits, such as "Ain't No Doubt". In 1996, he had a lead singing role in ''Film/{{Evita}}'' as Agustín Magaldi.
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12	In 2008, he created ''Parents of the Band'' and starred in it as Phil Parker, but sadly the series was axed after disappointing ratings.
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15	!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
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17	* ''Film/HowlingIIStirbaWerewolfBitch'' (1985) -- Dom
18	* ''Film/{{Evita}}'' (1996) -- Agustín Magaldi
19	* ''Film/StillCrazy'' (1998) -- Les Wickes
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21	* ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet'', 40 episodes (1983-2004) -- Leonard "Oz" Osborne
22	* ''Series/{{Minder}}'', episode "The Car Lot Baggers" (1984) -- Nathan Loveridge
23	* ''Series/The10thKingdom'', 3 episodes (2000) -- Clayface

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