Neil Stuke

Neil Robert Stuke (/stuːk/ STOOK;^[1] born 22 February 1966 in Deal, Kent) is an English actor best known for his role of Matthew in the TV sitcom Game On and more recently for playing Billy Lamb in the BBC legal drama Silk.

Neil Stuke
Born	Neil Robert Stuke (1966-02-22) 22 February 1966 (age 58) Deal, Kent, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present

Career

Stuke played Matthew in the second and third series of Game On, replacing Ben Chaplin. He also played the role of Senior Clerk Billy Lamb in the BBC television series Silk. His television career also includes Between the Lines, Trust, Reggie Perrin, At Home with the Braithwaites, Monday Monday, Office Gossip, Bedtime, A Touch of Frost, The Catherine Tate Show and playing an alcoholic footballer/policeman in a 1997 episode of Pie in the Sky.

In 2006, he guest-starred in The Bill; his character (James Tennant) was involved in the storyline of missing child Amy Tennant.

In the summer of 2010, Stuke was featured on Celebrity MasterChef, where it was discovered that he was not a very good chef, despite his claim that he was. He has also been a panellist on several episodes of the topical discussion series The Wright Stuff.

In August 2014, Stuke was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.^[2]

In January 2020, he appeared in an episode of Doctor Who, alongside Jodie Whittaker, Jo Martin and The Judoon.^[3]

Filmography

Television
Year	TV Show	Role	Notes
1991	The Bill	Thomas Jeffries	Episode: "Empire Building"
	Drop the Dead Donkey	Star Batter	Episode: "Baseball"
1993	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Peter Baker	Episode: "The Case of the Missing Will"
	The Bill	Dave Slater	Episode: "By Hook or by Crook"
	Between the Lines	Det. Con. Green	Episode: "Crack Up"
1994	The Bill	Lewis	Episodes: "Living Legend" and "Inquest"
	Heartbeat	Snakey	Episode: "Treading Carefully"
1995	The Chief	Bobby Dean	1 episode
	Cardiac Arrest	Director	Episode: "The Critical Hour"
	Resort to Murder	Skins	4 episodes
1996	The Bill	Alex Easby	Episode: "No Assistance Required"
	A Touch of Frost	Det. Sgt. Nash	Episode: "The Things We Do for Love"
	Karaoke	Peter (Movie)	4 episodes
	Cold Lazarus	Peter (Movie)	1 episode
	Out of the Blue	Tommy Defty	1 episode
1996–98	Game On	Matthew	Series 2 & 3 (12 episodes)
1997	Pie in the Sky	Kirk Flowerbridge	Episode: "Return Match"
	Light Lunch	Himself (guest)	Episode: "We're Game On"
1998	Seesaw	Jon	3 episodes
	Silent Witness	Andy Fox	Episode: "Divided Loyalties: Part 1 & Part 2"
	Casualty	Tony	Episode: "Eye Spy"
	Grafters	Paul	7 episodes
	Drop the Dead Donkey	Wes Jasper	2 episodes
2000	At Home with the Braithwaites	Keith Kershaw	Pilot episode
	The Sins	Carl Rogers	7 episodes
2001	Office Gossip	Simon	6 episodes
2002	Murder in Mind	Colin Edwardson	Episode: "Victim"
2003	Trust	Martin Greig	6 episodes
	Murphy's Law	Carl	Episode: "Reunion"
	Madre Teresa	Kline	TV film
	Bedtime	John	3 episodes
2005	The Afternoon Play	Steve Passmore	Episode: "The Hitch"
	Faith	Nigel	TV film
	Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky	Andy	2 episodes
	Murder in Suburbia	Steve	Episode: "Old Dogs"
	Chopratown	Det. Insp. Nigel Caro	TV film
	Life and Death in Rome	Himself (narrator)	Documentary (unknown episodes)
2006	The Virgin Queen	Francis Bacon	2 episodes
	Soundproof	Chris Groves	TV film
2006–07	The Bill	James Tennant	18 episodes
2007	Kingdom	Damien	1 episode
2009	Midsomer Murders	Glen Jarvis	Episode: "Secrets and Spies"
	Monday Monday	Max	7 episodes
	Saturday Kitchen	Himself (guest)	1 episode (16 May 2009)
2009–10	Reggie Perrin	Chris	Series 1 & 2 (10 episodes)
2010	Agatha Christie's Marple	Dr. Haydock	Episode: "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side"
	New Tricks	Duncan Miller	Episode: "Dark Chocolate"
	The Slammer	Agent Alec Baldwin	Episode: "Gov on the Run"
	Celebrity Masterchef	Himself (contestant)	7 episodes
	Jane Goodall: Beauty and the Beasts	Himself (narrator)	Documentary
2010–11	BBC Breakfast	Himself (guest)	2 episodes (12 August 2010 & 28 February 2011)
2011	Death in Paradise	Lucas Talbot	1 episode
	Fern	Himself (special guest)	1 episode
2011–14	Silk	Billy Lamb	18 episodes
	The Wright Stuff	Himself (panelist)	26 episodes
2012	Fathers Day	(unknown)	TV film
	One Night	Kenny	Mini-series (3 episodes)
	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Himself	1 episode
2013	Lewis	Professor Andrew Crane	Episode: "Down among the Fearful"
2014	Plebs	Cornelius	2 episodes
2015	The Interceptor	Reid	1 episode
2015–2017	Doctor Foster	Chris Parks	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2016	Suspects	Mo Jones	4 episodes
	Silent Witness	Det. Insp. Laurence Cooke	Episode: "In Plain Sight" (2 parts)
	Paranoid	Michael Niles
2017	Porters	Hutch	1 episode
2018	Silent Witness	Chief Insp. Laurence Cooke	Episode: "Family" (2 parts)
2019	Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan	Jeremy Bright	Episode: "Dressed to Kill"
2020	Doctor Who	Lee	Episode: "Fugitive of the Judoon"
2020	Midsomer Murders	Curtis Ferabbee	Episode: "Send in the Clowns"
2023	Hijack	Neil Walsh	Episode: "tbc"

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Century	Felix
1994	Borderland	Soldier	Short film
1995	Suckers	Dave	Short film
1996	Masculine Mescaline	Mike	Short film
1998	Shark Hunt	(unknown)	Uncredited
	Sliding Doors	Defensive bloke
	If Only...	Freddy
1999	Let the Good Times Roll	Mike	Short film
	Dead Bolt Dead	The Assassin
	Mad Cows	Desk Sergeant
2000	The Suicide Club	Captain May
	Circus	Roscoe
	The Wedding Tackle	Salty
	Christie Malry's Own Double Entry	Headlam
2001	The Dark	Apprentice (voice)
2004	School for Seduction	Craig
2005	Out on a Limb	Simon
2008	Le Petit Mort	Promoter	Short film by Jason Merrells
2016	The Comedian's Guide to Survival	Adam
2022	I Used to Be Famous	Dennis

References

1. "The legendary Neil Stuke is in the house!". Facebook. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
2. "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics". The Guardian. 7 August 2014.
3. "Doctor Who recap: series 38, episode five – Fugitive of the Judoon". the Guardian. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

External links

• Neil Stuke Official Website
• Neil Stuke at IMDb
• Neil Stuke at BBC Online
• Rookery Nook website