Simon Rouse
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Simon Rouse | |
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| Born | 24 June 1951 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972-present |
| Spouse | Annie Holloway (m. 1978) |
| Children | 2 |
Simon Rouse (born 24 June 1951) is an English actor, known for playing the role of Detective Chief Inspector, later Superintendent, Jack Meadows in the long-running ITV police drama The Bill.
Early life
Rouse was born in Heaton, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire. He first began acting with the National Youth Theatre while still at school. He later studied drama with the Rose Bruford College but cut short his studies to join the Royal Shakespeare Company.[1]
Acting Career
Early Career
Rouse early career involved working mainly with the BBC, appearing twice in their Play for Tomorrow strand, a sci-fi offshoot of the Play for Today series. He also guest starred in the 1982 Doctor Who story Kinda as the deranged Hindle, and played an unnamed character simply credited as "Yizzel's mate" in Carla Lane's Bread in 1986. In 1988 he played Graham Farrell, a business associate of Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street. He appeared in EastEnders in 1990 playing the role of Superintendent Alan Millward.[2]
He also appeared in films, including The Ragman's Daughter (1972), Butley (1974), Pop Pirates (1984) and Parker (1985).
The Bill
He first appeared on The Bill as Detective Superintendent Jack Meadows, drafted in from the Major Incident Team. The character became a regular from 1992 when he was demoted to Detective Chief Inspector,[3] and later promoted back to Superintendent, until the show's cancellation in 2010.
Other television appearances
He later played the role of another police officer, Detective Sergeant Vernon Cooper, in Operation Julie, a three-hour dramatisation (shown in three parts) of the real-life drugs investigation. Coincidentally, Robert Gwilym also appeared as Detective Constable Dan Richard: he would return opposite Rouse for a recurring role in The Bill in 2004.
He has guest starred on such shows as Boon, Robin of Sherwood, The Professionals, Casualty and Minder.
In 2013, he appeared in Coronation Street as Lewis Archer's old friend Patrick Woodson, and as journalist Len Danvers in Broadchurch.[4]
In May 2023, Rouse appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Frank Watson.[5]
Theatre Career
Rouse appeared in J.B. Priestley's When We Are Married, playing Albert Parker. The production ran at London's Garrick Theatre from 19 October 2010 to 26 February 2011 and also starred Maureen Lipman and Sam Kelly. In February and March 2012 he appeared in The Bomb, a series of short plays about nuclear weapons at the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn.
In 2013, Rouse toured the UK in a stage production of Simon Beaufoy's 1997 comedy-drama film The Full Monty, in which he plays the role of Gerald.[6] He continued playing the role in the West End in 2014, at the Noël Coward Theatre.[7]
References
- ^ Big Red Book, Simon Rouse, This is Your Life.
- ^ "EastEnders". BBC. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "My Yorkshire: Simon Rouse". Yorkshire Post. Yorkshire. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ^ "Broadchurch". www.tellyprofiles.com. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: WHAT is Emma Reid doing in bed with Rob Hollins?!". What to Watch. (Future plc). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (19 February 2013). "The Full Monty, Sheffield Lyceum / Bull, Sheffield Crucible, review". London: telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ "Full Monty play gets West End run". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
External links
- Simon Rouse at IMDb
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