Daniel Rigby
Acting
Biography
Daniel Rigby (born December 6, 1982) is an English actor and comedian. He received a BAFTA TV Award for his leading role as Eric Morecambe in the 2011 BBC television film Eric and Ernie.
Born: December 6, 1982
Place of Birth: Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Known For
Summerwater
Set against the backdrop of a remote loch-side Scottish holiday cabin park and set over the course of one single rainy summer’s day, Summerwater looks at the simmering tensions between holidaymakers that eventually erupt into a devastating climax.
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love. The nearby households of Olivia and Orsino are overrun with passion. Even Olivia's upright housekeeper Malvolia is swept up in the madness. Where music is the food of love, and nobody is quite what they seem, anything proves possible.
Black Mirror
Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.
Ideal
Sitcom about a small-time dope dealer and his strange collection of acquaintances.
Agatha Christie's Marple
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
Lilies
Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920. Three girls on the edge of womanhood, a world on the brink of change." Due to lower than expected ratings, the BBC did not commission a second series.
Flowers
Dark comedy about the eccentric members of the Flowers family. Maurice and Deborah are barely together but yet to divorce. They live with Maurice's batty mother and their maladjusted twin children.
From There to Here
From There To Here is set in the aftermath of the 1996 Arndale bombing and follows Daniel Cotton, a Manchester family man who is torn between the life he wants and the life he could have.
Renegade Nell
England, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her superpowered sidekick, a plucky little sprite called Billy Blind, Nell realizes that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason. A reason much bigger than she could have ever imagined: to defeat a magical plot against the Queen of England.
Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After
Hansel and Gretel have fled the gingerbread house, but what if the wicked witch survived after all?
Filmography
as Steve Tindall
as John Wright
as Jack Trotter
as Benjamin Partridge
as Hebble
as Jester
as DCI Tony Collier
as Bendigo
as Himself - Narrator
as Dandelion (voice)
as Officer Hayward
as Martin
as PC Clarke
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
as Donald Flowers
as Narrator (voice)
as Chris
as Mr Kirkby
as Charlie
as Mr Martin
as Jamie Salter
as Alan Dangle
as Eric Morecambe
as Eric Morecambe (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Demetrius / Robin Starveling
as David
as John J Jones
as Billy
as Hugh
as Canon Prescott