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Name
  
Neil Mullarkey

Role
  
Actor


Books
  
Solitaire for 2

Ex-spouse
  
Irina Brook

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Born
  
28 November 1961
Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Alma mater
  
Robinson College, Cambridge

Occupation
  
Actor, comedian, writer

Residence
  
Lambeth, London, United Kingdom

Movies
  
Austin Powers: Internatio, Austin Powers in Goldmember, A Fistful of Fingers, Spice World, Comic Act

Similar People
  
Richard Vranch, Josie Lawrence, Andy Smart, Tony Slattery, Nick Hancock

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Neil Mullarkey (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor, writer and comedian.

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Early Life and education

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Mullarkey studied at Robinson College, Cambridge where he was a member of the Footlights and was Junior Treasurer during Tony Slattery's term as president. He became president in 1982 with Nick Hancock, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis as his contemporaries. Mullarkey formed Hancock & Mullarkey with Hancock, performing their act (which consisted of spoofing television shows' title sequences to that show's accompanying theme music) several times on television. This included Doctor Who, Kojak, and Dad's Army.

Career

Mullarkey has been in a double act with Tony Hawks called the Timid Twins.

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In the early 1980s, he teamed up with Mike Myers as 'Mullarkey and Myers'. They would perform sketches based on their shared love of cartoons, B-movies and bad TV. They played around the burgeoning London pub circuit, particularly at the George IV in Chiswick, where they often shared the bill with the young Hugh Grant, then plying his trade in the Jockeys of Norfolk revue. As their fame increased, Mullarkey and Myers toured the UK, ending in a sold-out season at the Edinburgh Festival.

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The two appeared as 'The Sound Asleep Club' on TV-am's 'Wide Awake Club', a children's TV show hosted at the time by Tommy Boyd. Mike eventually returned to Toronto, but Mullarkey would briefly join him to revive 'Mullarkey and Myers' in Canada. Later still, he appeared in Myers' début in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, as the Customs Officer who freaks Austin out with his penis enlarger. (He also appeared again in Goldmember and helped Mike Myers do uncredited rewrites of So I Married An Axe Murderer).

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As a founding member of The Comedy Store Players, he is regularly performing on the UK comedy circuit.

Theatre

He is a founder member of The Comedy Store Players, and still appears with them regularly at London's Comedy Store.

He has written and performed four one-man shows;

  • A Bit of Quiet Fun
  • Memoirs of Lord Naughty
  • All That Mullarkey
  • Don't Be Needy Be Succeedy
  • Don't Be Needy Be Succeedy won the Fringe Report Award for Best Satire of 2002. In it Mullarkey plays L. Vaughan Spencer, Life Coach, Self-Help Guru and Gangsta Motivator. The book Don't Be Needy Be Succeedy: The A to Z of Motivitality was published by Profile Books in November 2008.

    Mullarkey starred with Eddie Izzard in the sell-out West End run of One Word Improv and has guested with The Groundlings in Los Angeles and The Second City in Toronto.

    Cinema

    Mullarkey has acted feature films, including Leon the Pig Farmer, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers in Goldmember, and Spiceworld.

    Radio

    Mullarkey hosted Missed Demeanours for BBC Radio 4, was a regular performer on Bits from Last Week's Radio, co-wrote and starred in FAB TV and has appeared on Just a Minute, The News Quiz, Quote...Unquote, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Loose Ends, In Touch and The Unbelievable Truth. He wrote and presented the documentary Ten Years of the Comedy Store Players.

    Filmography

    Actor
    2022
    The Pentaverate (TV Mini Series) as
    Mustache Man
    - Episode #1.6 (2022) - Mustache Man
    - Episode #1.4 (2022) - Mustache Man
    - Episode #1.1 (2022) - Mustache Man
    2016
    In Mud and Rain (Short) as
    Adult George
    2003
    The Sitcom Trials (TV Series)
    - Improv Special (2003)
    2002
    Austin Powers in Goldmember as
    Physician
    2001
    TV's Finest Failures (TV Movie)
    1998
    Comic Act
    1997
    Spice World as
    Barnaby
    1997
    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as
    Quartermaster Clerk
    1996
    The Preventers (TV Movie) as
    Croupier
    1996
    The Amazing Colossal Show (TV Movie)
    1996
    Saturday Live (TV Series) as
    Timid Twin
    - Episode #1.3 (1996) - Timid Twin
    1995
    Six Pairs of Pants (TV Series) as
    Various Characters
    - Episode #1.3 (1995) - Various Characters
    - Episode #1.2 (1995) - Various Characters
    - Episode #1.1 (1995) - Various Characters
    1995
    A Fistful of Fingers as
    Master Of Ceremonies
    1994
    Solitaire for 2 as
    Parris
    1993
    If You See God, Tell Him (TV Mini Series) as
    Waiter
    - Episode #1.2 (1993) - Waiter
    1991
    Paul Merton: The Series (TV Series) as
    Various Characters / Mr. Bassett
    - Episode #2.6 (1993)
    - Episode #2.5 (1993) - Various Characters
    - Episode #2.4 (1993) - Various Characters
    - Episode #2.3 (1993) - Various Characters
    - Episode #2.2 (1993) - Various Characters
    - Episode #2.1 (1993) - Various Characters
    - Episode #1.6 (1991) - Mr. Bassett
    1993
    Lovejoy (TV Series) as
    Auctioneer
    - The Ring (1993) - Auctioneer
    1992
    Leon the Pig Farmer as
    Waiter
    1991
    Josie (TV Series) as
    Fab guy
    - Episode #1.3 (1991) - Fab guy
    1991
    Lazarus & Dingwall (TV Series) as
    Plain Clothes 2
    - The Little Red Mark on the Side of the Head (1991) - Plain Clothes 2
    - This Isn't Your Lucky Day (1991) - Plain Clothes 2
    - What the Hell's Going On? (1991) - Plain Clothes 2
    - The Whisper of a Bat's Wing (1991) - Plain Clothes 2
    - What Happened to the Gerbil? (1991) - Plain Clothes 2
    - You Expect Us to Believe That? (1991) - Plain Clothes 2
    1991
    About Face (TV Series) as
    Brian
    - Briefcase Encounter (1991) - Brian
    1990
    Absolutely (TV Series) as
    Man in Sketch / Protestor
    - Episode #2.8 (1990) - Man in Sketch
    - Episode #2.1 (1990) - Protestor (uncredited)
    1990
    Colin's Sandwich (TV Series) as
    The Undertaker
    - Frank (1990) - The Undertaker
    1989
    Alas Smith & Jones (TV Series)
    - The Untouchable Version (1989)
    1989
    The Manageress (TV Series) as
    Kenneth David
    - The Management Reserves the Right (1989) - Kenneth David
    1987
    Carrott Confidential (TV Series) as
    Various Characters
    - Episode #1.7 (1987) - Various Characters
    Writer
    1996
    The Amazing Colossal Show (TV Movie)
    1995
    Six Pairs of Pants (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
    - Episode #1.3 (1995) - (writer)
    - Episode #1.2 (1995) - (writer)
    - Episode #1.1 (1995) - (writer)
    -
    Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 1989) (written by - 3 episodes, 1989)
    - Nightmare (1989) - (writer)
    - Hypnosis (1989) - (writer)
    - St. Normal Day (1989) - (writer)
    - Kidnap (1989) - (written by)
    - Love is in the Air (1989) - (written by)
    - President Normalton (1989) - (written by)
    1988
    Saturday Live (TV Series) (additional material - 1 episode)
    - Episode #3.1 (1988) - (additional material)
    1986
    Wide Awake Club (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
    - New Years Special (1987) - (writer)
    - Episode dated 5 April 1986 (1986) - (writer)
    Script Department
    1993
    So I Married an Axe Murderer (script revisions - uncredited)
    Self
    2015
    Laugh Out Loud: The Funniest Films Ever (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self / Quartermaster Clerk
    2011
    24 Hour Panel People (TV Mini Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.5 (2011) - Self
    2010
    The Sweeney: The Life and Work of Jim Sweeney (Documentary) as
    Self
    2008
    50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2007
    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, A Shagedelic Decade (Video documentary short) as
    Self
    2007
    100 Greatest Stand-Ups (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    2006
    Have I Got News for You (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #32.5 (2006) - Self
    2006
    QI (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Dogs (2006) - Self
    2005
    28 Acts in 28 Minutes (TV Special) as
    Self
    2005
    The Comedians' Comedian (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    2001
    I Love Christmas (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    1999
    The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Paul Merton (1999) - Self
    1997
    Light Lunch (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Whose Lunch Is It Anyway? (1997) - Self
    1997
    Comedy Store (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.7 (1997) - Self
    1994
    Just a Minute (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.5 (1994) - Self
    - Episode #1.9 (1994) - Self
    1990
    Don't Quote Me (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.9 (1990) - Self
    1990
    Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.8 (1990) - Self
    1988
    Scruples (TV Series) as
    Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.9 (1988) - Self - Panellist
    1988
    After Ten with Tarbuck (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.3 (1988) - Self
    1988
    Cabaret at the Jongleurs (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.1 (1988) - Self (as Neal Mullarkey)
    1987
    Saturday Live (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.9 (1987) - Self
    1986
    Wide Awake Club (TV Series) as
    Sound Asleep Club
    - New Years Special (1987) - Sound Asleep Club
    - Episode dated 5 April 1986 (1986) - Sound Asleep Club
    Archive Footage
    1990
    Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Series 2 Compilation 1 (1990) - Self

    References

    Neil Mullarkey Wikipedia