A fat, grumpy
Northerner.
That's how he comes across on screen anyway, in his most famous role as Dalziel in
Dalziel and Pascoe. But the guy's done a lot more than that.
He's been in
Coronation Street, but rather surprisingly he's also a
Fake Russian.
With bar (that means twice, at least). This troper didn't realise until he wrote this entry that the guy played a major role in
Firefox.
Oh and who can forget his guesting in
Blackadder III?
Or, for that matter, the fact that he was Dim in
A Clockwork Orange?