artist profile
David Jason
TELEVISION includes:
| 2010 | COME RAIN, COME SHINE | Don | David Reynolds (producer) | ITV Productions | |
| 2010 | THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN | Presenter | Tim Miller | ITV Productions | |
| 2010 | THE SHOW MUST GO ON | Presenter | Michael Walderman | The Mob Film Company for Ch5 | |
| 1992/2009 | A TOUCH OF FROST | Insp. Jack Frost | David Reynolds (executive producer) | ITV Productions | |
| 2007 | THE COLOUR OF MAGIC | Rincewind | Vadim Jean | The Mob Film Company | |
| 2007 | DIAMOND GEEZER 4 | Des | David Reynolds (executive producer) | ITV Yorkshire | |
| 2006 | DIAMOND GEEZER 2 & 3 | Des | David Reynolds (executive producer) | ITV Yorkshire | |
| 2006 | HOGFATHER | Albert | Vadim Jean | The Mob Film Company | |
| 2005 | GHOSTBOAT | Hardy | Stuart Orme | YTV | |
| 2004 | DIAMOND GEEZER | Des | Paul Harrison | YTV | |
| 2004 | THE QUEST III | Dave | David Jason | YTV | |
| 2003 | THE QUEST II | Dave | David Jason | YTV | |
| 2002 | ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES | Del Trotter | Gareth Gwenlan | BBC | |
| 2001 | THE QUEST | David | David Jason | YTV | |
| 2000 | MICAWBER | Micawber | Adrian Shergold | YTV | |
| 1999 | ALL THE KING’S MEN | Beck | Julian Jarrold | BBC | |
| 1998/9 | DAVID JASON…IN HIS ELEMENT | Presenter | David Reynolds | YTV (2 series) | |
| 1997 | MARCH IN THE WINDY CITY | Steven March | Graham Theakston | YTV | |
| 1996 | ONLY FOOLS & HORSES 3 Christmas Specials | Del Trotter | Gareth Gwenlan | BBC | |
| 1993 | THE BULLION BOYS | Billy | Christopher Morahan | BBC | This won the 1994 International Emmy for Best Drama |
| 1990/3 | THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY | Pa Larkin | David Reynolds | YTV | |
| 1989 | AMONGST BARBARIANS | George | Jane Howell | BBC | |
| 1989 | SINGLE VOICES: THE CHEMIST Written for David by Roy Clarke | The Chemist | Robert Knights | BBC | |
| 1988/9 | A BIT OF A DO | Ted Simcock | Les Chatfield | YTV | |
| 1986 | PORTERHOUSE BLUE | Skullion | Robert Knights | Picture Partnership for Ch4 | |
| 1981/93 | ONLY FOOLS & HORSES | Del Trotter | various | BBC | |
| 1977/9 | A SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH | Starring role | Les Chatfield | ATV | |
| 1975/81 | OPEN ALL HOURS | Granville | Sydney Lotterby | BBC | |
| 1975 | PORRIDGE | Blanco | Sydney Lotterby | BBC | |
| 1975 | LUCKY FELLER | Shorty Mepstead | LWT | ||
| 1973/4 | THE TOP SECRET LIFE OF EDGAR BRIGGS | Edgar Briggs | LWT | ||
| THE RONNIE BARKER SHOW | |||||
| 1978 | THE ODD JOB | Odd Job Man | Mark Forstater | ||
| 1974 | ROYAL FLASH |
THEATRE includes:
| 1985/6 | LOOK NO HANS! | Fisher | Mike Ockrent | Strand Theatre | |
| 1983 | THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH | Tom Bryce | Tony Craven | Intercontinental Inc | |
| CINDERELLA | Buttons | Newcastle | |||
| THE RELAPSE | Lord Foppington | Jonathan Lynn | Cambridge Theatre Co | ||
| 1976 | THE NORMAN CONQUESTS | Norman | Mike Ockrent/Gordon McDougall | Oxford Playhouse |
RADIO includes:
| 2008 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Reader | Chris Wallis | BBC R4 | |
| 2004 | THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY | Pa Larkin | |||
| 2003 | BOYS FROM THE 113 | BBC R2 Remembrance programme | |||
| 2002 | THE MAGIC CITY | ||||
| CLASSIC WINTER TALES: THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER | Reader | Tim Lihoreau | Classic FM | ||
| MARKS IN HIS DIARY | Griff Rhys Jones | BBC Radio | |||
| PROS AND CONS | Roz Bartlett | BBC Radio | |||
| THE LAW GAME | Paul Mayhew-Archer | ||||
| THE JASON EXPLANATION | |||||
| NEWS HUDDLINES | |||||
| THE DAVID JASON SKETCHBOOK | |||||
| THE IMPRESSIONISTS | |||||
| THE BURKISS WAY | |||||
| THE HITCH HIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY | |||||
| A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY | |||||
| IT WAS ON THE SPACESHIP VENUS | Bob Oliver Rogers | BBC Radio |
Voice work includes:
David’s voice is often heard on commercials but he is probably best known for his work with Brian Cosgrove at Cosgrove Hall for whom he has appeared as ‘Toad’ in THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, COUNT DUCKULA, DANGERMOUSE and THE BFG. More recent work includes:
| 2008 | A KILLING FROST | Reader | Peter Rinne | Random House | |
| 2007 | ALBERT LE BLANC TO THE RESCUE | Reader | Peter Rinne | Harper Collins | |
| 2006 | THE NATION ON FILM | Narrator | Jacob Hickey | BBC Television | |
| 2006 | PREHISTORIC PARK | Narrator | Impossible Pictures for ITV | ||
| 2004 | ALBERT LE BLANC | Reader | Peter Rinne | Harper Collins | |
| 2000 | WINTER FROST | Reader | Peter Rinne | Harper Collins | |
| 1999 | ANGELMOUSE (26 episodes) | Jackie Edwards | Silver Fox Films | ||
| 1999 | NIGHT FROST | Reader | Peter Rinne | Harper Collins | |
| 1997 | THE ADVENTURES OF DAWDLE | Ray Steward | Dawdle Productions | ||
| 1997 | FATHER CHRISTMAS: THE MISSING REINDEER | Voice Over | Jon Doyle | Cosgrove Hall Films | |
| 1994 | THE SNOW QUEEN | Snow Queen Productions |
Awards include:
David has received many awards for his work, notably the 1988 BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his performance in PORTERHOUSE BLUE. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Comedy Performance for ONLY FOOLS & HORSES in 1989. In 1996 he won a Special Recognition Award from the National Television Awards and was voted Favourite Sitcom Performer by the British public in the BBC’s TV60 Awards. In 1997 he won a second Best Comedy Performance BAFTA for the 1996 ONLY FOOLS & HORSES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, which also won the Best Comedy Writer Award. He received the Royal Television Society’s Award for Best Actor and The British Comedy Awards Top Television Comedy Actor Award in 1997. In 2000, the British public voted him the winner of The Peoples’ Award 2000 for Television and Radio and he has won Best Actor at the National Television Awards in both 2000 and 2001. In 2002 David won both Most Popular Actor and Most Popular Comedy Performer at the National Television Awards. He was also voted Best Actor at the TV Quick Awards that year. In 2004 he won the Most Popular Actor Award at the National Television Awards.
In 2003 he was awarded BAFTA’s highest accolade, the BAFTA Fellowship.
He received an OBE in 1993 and was awarded a Knighthood for his services to television in the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.