Gregor Fisher

Gregor Fisher (born 22 December 1953)^[1] is a Scottish comedian and actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the comedy series Rab C. Nesbitt, a role he has played since the show's first episode in 1988. He has also had roles in films such as Without a Clue (1988), Love Actually (2003), The Merchant of Venice (2004) and Whisky Galore! (2016).

Early life

Fisher was born in

Fisher worked with Scottish comedian Rikki Fulton on his hit sketch series Scotch and Wry (whose broadcast was mainly restricted to BBC One Scotland). Another Scottish comedian he worked with was Hector Nicol, in the BBC drama Just a Boys' Game (1979).

Later, he appeared in Michael Radford's 1984 film Nineteen Eighty-Four as Winston Smith's neighbour Parsons. In 1988, he had a leading role in Silent Mouse, a dramatised television documentary telling the story of the creation of the Christmas carol Silent Night. In the same year he had a cameo (as a Victorian policeman) in the Michael Caine/Ben Kingsley vehicle, Without a Clue.

Fisher is best known for his portrayal of his character

In 1994–1995, he played the title role in the BBC series The Tales of Para Handy, in which he was reunited with Rikki Fulton. Fisher had also appeared in the 1999 sitcom Brotherly Love and in the 2002 sitcom Snoddy. He also appeared with Iain Glenn in the BBC Masterpiece theatre version of Kidnapped.

Fisher appeared in the 2000 BBC adaptation of

.

In 2003, he appeared in the

BBC2 on 28 February 2008. On BBC2, on 23 December 2008, he reprised his role as Rab C Nesbitt in a Christmas special. Fisher's autobiography, The Boy from Nowhere, was published in 2015. To coincide with the publication, BBC One Scotland broadcast a documentary, In Search of Gregor Fisher, which followed Fisher and ghostwriter Melanie Reid

during part of their research for the book.

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre Company	Director	Notes
1982	Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaites	Falsehood	Scottish Theatre Company	Tom Fleming	play by Sir David Lyndsey, adapted by Robert Kemp

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Another Time, Another Place	Beel
1984	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Parsons	Sometimes titled as 1984
1985	The Girl in the Picture	Bill
1987	White Mischief	McPherson
1988	To Kill a Priest
	Without a Clue	Bobby at Warehouse
2003	Love Actually	Joe
2004	The Merchant of Venice	Solanio
2005	Lassie	Mapes
2010	Wild Target	Mike
2016	Whisky Galore!	Macroon
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Rob Roy	Dick	Episodes: series 1.1 & 1.2
1978	The Tomorrow People	Uncredited Highlander	Episode: 7.2 "The Fighting Spirit"
1978–1979	Play for Today	Georgie/Tanza	Episodes: "Donal and Sally", "Just a Boys' Game"
1980	Square Mile of Murder	Tom Connell	Episode: "The Human Crocodile"
1978–1980	Scotch & Wry	Various Roles	Episodes: series 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 & 31 December 1980 episode
1982	Crown Court	Eric Mullins	Episode: "Too Bad for Tobias: Part 1"
1982–1984	Foxy Lady	Hector Ross	Series 1 & 2: 12 episodes, lead role
1986	Scotch & Wry	Various Roles	Video compilation
	Boon	Tom McGeary	Episode: "Fools Rush In"
	Naked Video	Various Roles	Series 1: 6 episodes, lead role (season 1)
	Blood Red Roses	Alex McGuigan	3 episodes
1987	Double Scotch & Wry	Various Roles	Video compilation
	Dramarama	Albert Pickard	Episode: "Stan's First Night"
1990	Silent Mouse	Franz Gruber	Television film
	Triple Scotch & Wry	Various Roles	Video compilation
	Chancer	Norman Attwood	Episodes: "Killing Floor", "Hazard"
1994	A Christmas Night with the Stars	Rab C. Nesbitt	Episode: 25 December 1994
1994–1995	The Tales of Para Handy	Para Handy	9 episodes, lead role
1995	Saturday Disney		Episode: 25 March 1995
	Kidnapped	Gahlsan	Television film
1995–1997	The Baldy Man	Baldy	2 series: 13 episodes, lead role
1999	Brotherly Love	Hector Robertson	Series 1: 6 episodes, lead role
2000	Gormenghast	The Fly	Episode: series 1.3
	The Railway Children	Perks	Television film
2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Mr. Squeers	Television film
2002	Snoddy	Snoddy	Lead role
2005	Kidnapped	James Stewart of the Glen	Television film
2006	Missing	D.S. Doug Duvall	2 episodes
2007	Oliver Twist	Mr. Bumble	Mini-series
2008	Empty	Jacky Allen	Series 1: 6 episodes, lead role
2012	Love Life	Will	3 episodes [3]
1988–1999; 2008–2014	Rab C. Nesbitt	Rab C. Nesbitt	65 episodes: 10 series & 2014 New Year Special "Hoodie", lead role
2018	The ABC Murders	Dexter Dooley	Episode 2
2021	The Cockfields	Ray	Series 2
TBA	Only Child	Ken	Upcoming comedy[4]

References

1. ^ "Glasgow on Film: Gregor Fisher". www.glasgowonfilm.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
2. ^ MacDonald, Stuart (14 March 2010). "Rab C Nesbitt inspired Mad Hatter accent says Johnny Depp". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
3. ^ "Love Life". 15 March 2012 – via IMDb.
4. ^ "Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh star in a brand-new BBC sitcom from the makers of Guilt". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

External links

• Overview of Gregor Fisher
• Gregor Fisher at
  IMDb
• Gregor Fisher at British Comedy Guide

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