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Recent Role:: Guest on Carpool

Gender:: Male

Born:: 7-11-1964

Birthplace:: Liverpool, England

Birth Name:: Craig Charles

Craig's career began at the age of 12 when he won the Guardian Poetry Award. The runner up was 33 years old! He performed as a warm-up act for various bands in Liverpool, and made his TV debut performing his poetry on Riverside and Wogan.

Nowadays he is perhaps best known for his role of Dave Lister on Red Dwarf. When going for the auditions for Red Dwarf, Craig had no acting experience what so ever, which sowed the seeds of

… More doubt into Doug Naylor's mind at the time, coupled with the fact they believed him to have a non-likable persona and just didn't have a Scouser in mind for the part of Lister. However Craig blew them all away at his reading, turned out to be one of the nicest blokes they'd ever met and made a good double act with Chris Barrie when pairing auditionees up for Rimmer and Lister. All the Liverpool references that are heard throughout the entire series were written in specifically for Craig as Lister.

Craig has also been seen and heard as a performer or presenter on a whole host of programmes as diverse as Through the Keyhole, The Bill, Radio 4's Kaleidoscope and of course the irresistible carnage of Robot Wars.

In addition to his abilities as a skilled actor, comedian and poet, he also had a stint as a professional footballer for Liverpool based club Tranmere Rovers. In the past Craig has also been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has toured various venues with his stand-up show and even done some panto (in Dick Whittington). He has had several bands (one of which even played tracks included on the Red Dwarf soundtrack), though currently continues to front his own band, The Eye.

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Red Dwarf's Easter special 'Back to Earth'

Craig Charles as Dave Lister in Red Dwarf's Easter special 'Back to Earth'

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It's time for Red Dwarf to come out of stasis hide show

Craig Charles will in time be remembered for playing "Lister" on Red Dwarf, his role of a larakin sits well with the average bloke and is the poor mans Charlton Heston....( meant to be a compliment Craig )
I am curious why a Red Dwarf movie is taking so long to go to prodution, I immagine a budget of around 30-40 Million would cover the cost, and I am sure there are many people willing to finance this project.
It would lead to another 4-5 series for television, and would certainly spin off into the retail sector for merchandise.
I f anyone can give me the contact details for whomever "owns" the concept of Red Dwarf I woulb be happy to chase up the finance and try get this back on the agenda...before any of these silly buggas die.

regards
Allan

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