Roger Blake
Actor
- Born
- December 21, 1957 (age 68) · Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Roger Donald Blake (born 21 December 1957) is a Welsh actor, impressionist and entertainer. He is best known for his portrayal of Prince Philip in Spitting Image and The Big Impression and Noël Coward in television commercials, and narrated Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile, The Twits, as well as the Topsy and Tim animated series from 1984 to 1989.
Blake had a steady career, he made appearances in British television sitcoms such as Blackadder II, Only Fools and Horses and Dear John. In 1990, he joined the cast of Spitting Image, where he became well known as the voice of Prince Philip, he also voiced other characters including George H. W. Bush, Robert Maxwell, John Prescott and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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It was on Spitting Image that he met Alistair McGowan, when the show was axed in May 1996, McGowan invited him to join him on his new television show The Big Impression, where again he voiced Prince Philip but also he became famous as the voice of Jim Royle in The Royle Family sketches. Blake was also known for his impression of Noël Coward, he played the playwright in television commercials for coffee and he appeared as Coward himself in the Series Four finale of Red Dwarf (Meltdown).
He made a brief appearance in the film Patriot Games, as a Constable. He voiced a policeman, as well as a balloon seller, in the movie Flushed Away in November 2006.
Known for
Acting11
- 2006Flushed Away as Policeman / Balloon Seller (voice)
- 1997The Fix as News Editor
- 1996Spitting Image: From F.A to Fair Play as Various characters (Voice)
- 1994Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups as Noel Coward
- 1993Roy Chubby Brown: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 1993Thatcherworld
- 1992Patriot Games as Constable
- 1992Spitting Image: Election Special '92 as Spitting Image
- 1991Buddy's Song as Car Dealer
- 1986Car Trouble
